Should you be excited for what’s to come? — Plat Chat VALORANT Ep. 197

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📝 Follow us!! Twitter -   / platchatpodcast   00:00:00 - Intro (absolutely off the rails) 00:02:20 - Member Question: "sleeper" teams of 2025 00:11:01 - Global Esports announces roster 00:24:42 - Can FNATIC continue EMEA dominance with this roster? 00:33:58 - NRG win SEN City Classic 01:13:45 - Do the Sentinels roles make sense? 01:32:43 - Karmine Corp founder allegedly committed fraud 01:39:37 - Will this Neon meta be remembered the same way as the Chamber meta? 01:58:04 - Do we have enough agents to justify agent bans? 02:07:09 - Game Changers Championship starts this Friday 02:09:53 - Wyatt’s Weekly Award

📝 Follow us!! Twitter - https://twitter.com/PlatChatPodcast 00:00:00 - Intro (bren's minecraft house) 00:04:23 - Sideshow's hair transplant 00:06:42 - Support the show! Become a Member for exclusive benefits 00:07:36 - Plat Chat Starting 11 00:13:29 - Can Gen.G still be world class with yoman and Foxy9? 00:21:44 - DRX unveil new roster with HYUNMIN, athan, and freeing 00:31:08 - Does Primmie need help on Talon? 00:38:30 - FUT reverse-sweep BBL PCIFIC to win Turkish Red Bull qualifier 00:47:01 - BBL win Red Bull LCQ with Jamppi IGL 00:54:58 - MIBR to sign aspas thanks to fRoD connection 01:02:10 - How much better are Evil Geniuses with yay and sym? 01:10:35 - Leviatan to complete roster with nataNk 01:19:34 - LOUD sign v1nny and dgzin 01:27:18 - Gentle Mates remove everyone from original roster 01:35:09 - runneR and tomaszy to GIANTX 01:39:21 - BOOM add dos9 to roster; is sScary out of VCT? 01:45:27 - SEN City Classic announced (feat. EG, C9, and NRG) 01:55:13 - Wyatt’s Weekly Award

📝 Follow us!! Twitter - https://twitter.com/PlatChatPodcast 00:00:00 - Intro (feat. car accident) 00:04:55 - Support the show! Become a Member for exclusive benefits 00:11:05 - Patch 9.08 and future Patch leaks: Phoenix changes and new Armor Type 00:42:43 - APAC Red Bull qualifier does crazy numbers 00:55:06 - 100 Thieves add zander 00:59:20 - Sentinels complete roster with Gunter 01:03:35 - Team Vitality: are they 2025’s Super Team? 01:17:26 - Could aspas be joining MIBR!? 01:24:25 - Jamppi departs Team Liquid to get BBL (Esports) 01:31:10 - EDward Gaming release Haodong 01:35:09 - Wyatt’s Weekly Award

📝 Follow us!! Twitter - https://twitter.com/PlatChatPodcast 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:18 - Ludwig x Tarik was great 00:26:16 - Member Question of the Week 00:35:48 - Is Tier 2 VALORANT on its last legs? 01:00:48 - Something announces he will stay on PRX 01:05:27 - T1 Announces Roster 01:11:25 - Gen.G immediately bring back Munchkin 01:14:20 - NRG announces roster, drama ensues (!!!) 01:29:18 - Chet gets banned from VCT until March 2025 01:40:45 - Sentinels pick up Reduxx as 6th player 01:43:55 - Leviatan pick up Demon1 (to replace aspas?) 01:51:05 - Wyatt's Weekly Award

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📝 Follow us!! Twitter - https://twitter.com/PlatChatPodcast 00:00:00 - Intro (where is egg??) 00:03:56 - The Pacific Ascension final was an all-timer 00:21:57 - Anna Donlon confirms VALORANT has 35+ million monthly players 00:29:21 - T1 to go for a full Korean roster 00:35:28 - Will aspas go to BLEED? 00:43:11 - G2 Esports release icy, add jawgemo? 00:50:40 - Report: mada to join NRG 00:57:46 - Report: N4RRATE and bang to Sentinels 01:05:25 - Report: SUYGETSU and Elite to join Karmine Corp 01:13:04 - Will EMEA be the place for SA stars to go get paid? 01:24:23 - Wyatt’s Weekly Award