i'd be mad delusional too if FNATIC were our only hope

understandable 😭

please move to CN and aid me in my All Gamers crusade. It's tough being the only fan

AfteR is a fraud without Goat9

realistically what's going to happen is they're gonna barely prep for FPX and then Life's gonna pull them over the line with 5 different 4k's

AG MENTIONED RAHHHHHHHHHH

yeah but let's not pretend like trying to be PRX-lite is the solution to every team that's not named FPX. EDG has always been a team that prides themselves on good mechanical fundamentals & not doing anything too insane on the macro. IMO adopting a western playstyle will do them WAY more favors in the long-run once they figure shit out

the problem with that is whenever they go against teams with just as much firepower they get shat on. Nobody's random timings and lurks get shut down & whenever kangkang isn't activated it all goes to shit. they'll get the hang of it eventually

game determines who is guaranteed playoffs + they can pick who they go against so this HAS to be a banger

with how good FPX has been looking they will prolly be at least competitive in playoffs, and DRG have way too much firepower to not be dangerous to most of the weaker teams

not really a "china moment" tbh DRG was shitting on their previous setups and genuinely way better compared to last time

they're solid and mechanically one of the best in the region. they'll prove their worth in frags

I HAVE POPPED A BILLION BLOOD VESSELS. MY BRAIN IS MUSH. WHY DOES GOD FUCKING HATE ME AND THE TEAMS I ROOT FOR

they are serial chokers

if only India invested more into pc esports

FPX unironically has the most firepower out of all the international leagues outside of PRX 💀

if Life stays in form and Berlin keeps being a competent igl it's very possible imo

EDG were the first to be ahead of the curve but now teams with more firepower are catching up. CNEMA fr

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TE needa lock in and shut down Ilya "Raid Boss" Ushakov

don't jinx it when 100T still have to play against LEV

yeah because it'd be aspas when he rarely tries

damn wtf they're COOKING

yeah russia is still EMEA (i have no fucking clue)

blud does NOT watch the chinese broadcasts

NOVA ban breeze and DRG fumble the bag

AG ALL THE WAY LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO

qualifying for playoffs 😴
a korean import is on the other team 😈

we're about to see either the most surprisingly good performance from one of them or the muddiest shit ever

stopped reading after "WILL" but keep cooking

if this isn't a banger I will actually be so disappointed

i agree 🐍🐍

the problem is that being tier 2 talent doesn't inherently mean you're not as good as tier 1. most of it is an experience gap and potter clearly has a knack for boosting confidence enough to where it doesn't matter. but unless we see her team replicate anything CLOSE to 2023 EG it's hard to deny that it COULD'VE been just a flash in the pan

don't call anyone the GOAT yet until after 2025 tbh

DestroyeR and Ego have been putting in work in China (at least their teams didn't regress)

fr his confidence must be below the fucking floor atp

van lyn 2-0

it's momentum based because a fuck ton of teams are a shitshow when it comes to cohesive they are. America's are stacked on paper but there are only 4 teams that actually have an idea on wtf they are doing. EMEA has always been like this for some reason or another. Pacific feels like the only region where the borderline bottom feeders saw their issues and said "yeah let's not do that next time". China's china.

PLEASE WIN NOVA. PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

unluckily i was very wrong

I can't believe Van Lyn 13-0'd Thinking Men twice!

atm 100T but EG could very well prove us wrong if they make playoffs

watch where you tread foenem. you'll trip on your fat cap

van lyn's gonna farm this sleeper bracket 😭

DRG over AG or Trace is crazy

he cook

AG AG AG AG AG

everyone on platchat has a tendency to have the most sleeper takes and be proven wrong (PLATCHAT GARUANTEE BABY). The concept of a middle-pack team actually improving to being good and consistent is foreign to them sometimes

man are you wrong!

BLEED (staff's a dumpster fire)
DRG (smth about the logo irks me)
NRG (funny story of riches to rags)
Liquid (somehow every roster is just super boring to watch)