Ok EU I will wait, but you're really setting the expectations high...
Enzo is probably the main one I can think of, H1ber is another who is tearing up Spanish VRL atm. You could also potentially make an argument that (I know people will meme on this) guys like Mistic, Magnum & Monsteerr maybe would have been worth another shot at the top level in EMEA instead of some of the players that did get picked up. I'm not saying all of those guys are "World Class" in the same way that like nAts or Derke are but then not everybody that made franchising in Americas is a yay or Cryo level player either.
I'd also be pretty confident that there is plenty of talent in VRLs that haven't even touched Tier 1 yet that could excel in the right system, just the same as there is in NA, VRLs just don't seem to be promoted as well as NA Tier 2 so I think there's a lot less familiarity with the players in VRL, especially being that it's split up into regions.
I mean on paper/pre season expectations Omega group has top 3 EMEA teams + Vitality who will likely end up to be anything from 4th to 6th in EMEA, and then ofc FUT who are likely the worst. While Alpha had Giants and KOI who likely end up in top 6 and then you have Heretics, KCorp and BBL who are all likely bottom 4 teams.
yeah they are really down to their last leg rn,idk man this is really scary for emea i think everyone set their expectations really high for a single elimination event with like a month of pracc,i wonder what the orgs will do if their roster doesnt do well here... they might just drop the whole roster tbh
I dont wana overhype FNC, NAVI and TL but you cant argue that they dont look like the best EMEA teams... Its not looking good for EMEA but its defenitly not over yet. There is a good chance they choke but god knows i wouldnt underestemate them. Also you kids got to stop with the region hate, chill out and enjoy the show...