Sideshow, TMV, and ShyoWager break down whether any Tier 2 teams can actually reach Champions from the VCT 2026 Stage 2 Play-Ins.

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Sideshow, TMV, and ShyoWager call the time of death on the VCT teams already chalked in week two, from Fnatic's collapse to the squads that are flat-out done.

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Sideshow, TMV, and Shyowager put eight VCT teams through the Panic Scale as Stage Two group play kicks off in Valorant.

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Sideshow, TMV, and ShyoWager play VCT script writers for Stage 2, picking the biggest rivalries and drafting their VFL fantasy rosters.

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Sideshow, TMV, and ShyoWager call their VCT Stage 2 dark horses and dead horses across every region before the season kicks off.

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PatMen forced FrosT out of Global Esports after their first international, Platoon is stepping in as head coach, and Envy player Poppin just published his full account of how a tier two identity gets dismantled when you reach tier one.

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Masters London peaked at 9.9 million concurrent viewers, with roughly 80 percent of the audience coming from China. Sideshow, TMV, and Shyowager share their verdicts and discuss the regional fraud and the Frost drama.

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TMV, Sideshow, and ShyoWager run the Fraudit on Masters London: EMEA has all three of their teams in the playoffs, Pacific is down to PaperRex alone, and the conversation about who runs Valorant is wide open.

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We preview Masters London with an upset draft, a bottom 10 players ranking, and a VFL fantasy breakdown.

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We unpack Valorant's real viewership numbers and a brutally honest aspas interview that confirms MIBR's leadership problem.

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