feels like half the teams I watched are not even close to being tier-1 worthy
it's kinda cooked. how do you wanna make it into VCT if you can't even hold a crossfire together?
Removing partner team was never on the table, it was either having more Ascention team and less partner, or give a path for T2.
At the end of 2026 we will have 13 teams :
feels like half the teams I watched are not even close to being tier-1 worthy
it's kinda cooked. how do you wanna make it into VCT if you can't even hold a crossfire together?
You overestimate T1 team, I just think you forgot that beside few top team (G2, FNC, GEN, DRX, NRG and somefew more), nobody have basic fundamentals there, T2 team fail to do a crossfire, doing a crossfire wouldn't even come in mind to half of T1 team especially under the top 4 (Last time we saw them was 2 month ago, so it's probably already out of your mind so it's normal, you still vividly remember champs). How many time we saw a T1 team throwing basic round, look at this clip from a top 4 team in the world https://www.youtube.com/live/Xo-gMuKq6Bc?t=5191s