Will they make internationals? No. Will they be competetive and make playoffs. Probably. Doompreaching off of one early offseason game is silly guys. Relax.
However if starxo is IGLing as he says on his twitter it is a legitimate criticism to ask why they signed glyph.
This team with a GlobeX or Proxh would be individually strictly better
same every offseason when a "t1 team" loses to a T2 team, feels like we're recycling narratives ngl
people take things like offseason and scrim results way too seriously and get surprised when things don't happen like they expected to. if anything its better for a team to lose now and see some real problems they have before the season starts
Okay give me a team from last offseason that lost against tier 2 team, didnt beat them again in upper finals or win the game, that went onto making lan.
why tf would these conditions be relevant?
SEN didn't beat MITH again btw
The way things are going i'd have FUT, PCF under them and ULF, BBL around their level. I'd expect 7th to 10th for them.
Every team should be built with the expectation of competing for internationals. Any team that doesnt meet this criteria should be criticised, ESPECIALLY if they kick out another team to be put into the league
my flair just did a full rebuild where they picked up the most stacked coaching staff on paper, best T2 IGL, Best NA prospect who was of age, kept Cryo and brought back bang. The only thing you could possibly criticise about 100Ts rebuild is keeping Asuna, but half the site already shits on him and criticises him anyway so nothing about my flair contradicts what I said
I respect that take but when vitality, heretics FNC etc sign the likes of chronicle, Comeback, sayonara and already have the assets they have you immediately fall back to like 4th-5th at best. From there on its not far to the lower end.
M8s started the offseason late with no strong core to advertise and bad reputation as a lower team. They likely need to prove they can be a decent team first to attract better players. They did offer a lot of money to top players (keiko, jampi) i can tell you that
If you can attract top tier players then you sign them
If you cant attract top tier players then you should sign the best T2 rookies
If you cant attract the best T2 rookies then you take a gamble on lesser known T2 players (EG with Demon1 for example)
We dont need to be recycling mid players in the big 26
Starxo is great for team morale and apparently their IGL after all (also strong individualy in T2). Bipo dominated T2 all year. Marteen was the number 1 rated player in stage 1. Minny is stellar. Glyph is also a rookie. So i dont understand your criticism at all.
they will only be competitive because somehow the bottom teams in EMEA are geniunely TRULY the worst teams in valorant tier 1. so they have a chance at those but its a shitshow, emea has been doomed
So if you saying you're self you think they don't make even internationals let alone win something what are they playing for charity? 😭
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