The Greatest Kickoff Ever! — Plat Chat VALORANT Ep. 253

About this episode

The episode discusses the performances of various teams in the Masters Santiago and the implications of the new Kickoff format.

🏆 Masters Santiago Top 10 Players form: https://forms.gle/fm7GhVoP7cZbrVNc9 📝 Follow us!!Instagram: / platchatpodcast Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/platchatpodc... Twitter - / platchatpodcast 📺 Produced by Kurtis Russ https://x.com/KurtisRuss 0:00 - TMV begging for subs 2:24 - Was the new Kickoff format bad? 7:28 - RRQ lose three best of 5 finals in a row, Jemkin has some choice words 16:58 - Nongshim RedForce win Upper Final vs RRQ 26:51 - T1 run the entire Middle Bracket (5 wins in a row) to qualify 33:00 - Paper Rex run the Lower Bracket to qualify or Masters Santiago 51:09 - Which Pacific team will do the best in Santiago? 55:38 - Welcome Mini and ShyoWager! 57:55 - BBL take down Gentle Mates in five maps to qualify 1:08:23 - Gentle Mates bounce back and take down FNATIC in Middle Bracket final 1:29:54 - FNATIC lose Middle and Lower finals, fail to qualify 1:40:57 - Team Liquid win five matches in a row to complete Lower Bracket run 1:55:03 - Team Heretics fall out of Kickoff 2:02:21 - Vitality lose to FNATIC and Team Liquid to end their Kickoff 2:08:07 - Which EMEA team is most likely to win Santiago? 2:12:37 - Welcome Mimi and Dryad! 2:16:53 - FURIA laughs, then…

People in this episode

Host: Kurtis Russ

Guests: Mini, ShyoWager, Mimi, Dryad

Topics covered

• VALORANT esports
• Masters Santiago
• Kickoff format
• team performances
• Pacific teams
• EMEA teams
• Americas Kickoff

Keywords

• VALORANT
• Masters Santiago
• Kickoff
• team performance
• esports
• Pacific teams
• EMEA teams
• FURIA
• NRG
• FNATIC

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Masters Santiago, RRQ, Nongshim RedForce, T1, Paper Rex, Gentle Mates, FNATIC, Team Liquid, Team Heretics, Vitality

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