Best rookie year

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bl4z31ng

out of everyone’s rookie years? all of them
(not counting 2021 since everyone was a rookie)

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sloppytoppy

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Kajaak or Alfa maybe considering international impact

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ticua07

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if kaajak won anything it probably would be the best rookie year ever in valo

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3 2nd places aint enough?

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sloppytoppy

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Honestly not enough cause people tend to forget

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Ronyko23

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Nobody cares about second place. Even woot year was quite good in 2024 but nobody cares

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ticua07

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crazy performance but bad year :/

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derp64

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no lol

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brams6663

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Recency bias, brawk and demon1 > kaajak rookie year

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goatsterfnc

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brawk??? lol

i could argue about demon1

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Semen-1

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kajaaks year was clear of brawks

demon1 is definitely up there with aspas, less and karon

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Congo1

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lol no to brawk. demon1 is fair

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xax3

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Demon1

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I_LOVE_LESS

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Less

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GodAwfulGod

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Success wise it has to be brawk or demon1, performance wise its probably kajaak.

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glittering_yard

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My Top 3:

Aspas and Less (2022)
Demon1 (2023)
Karon (2024)

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marxlboro

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kk was in his rookie year in 24 wasnt he?

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xax3

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Hell nah

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marxlboro

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bro looks like a kid but has 4 years in edg damn

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glittering_yard

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edit: Zmjjkk played Champs 2022

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Asspiss sneak

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sw4gman

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kaajak for consistency or demon1 for peak, idk what people value more. I'll prob lean demon1 cause he was pretty good in tokyo and his team won champs

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beamdotdash

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Demon1

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G2thelion

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I mean Kaajak was clearly the player of the year in his rookie year

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xax3

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it was brawk

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Schneefeuer1

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champions is the only tournament

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xax3

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but not just a normal champions performance it was destructive

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foythvlr

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Aspas and Less on 22. Only rival is 23 Demon1

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Ronyko23

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Dino era.

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foythvlr

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No one gaf

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archetype

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Demon1 2023 (100% international attendance rate, got 2nd at Tokyo, then won Champs as the best player of the event. didnt even play for a full year and achieved this)
Less & Aspas 2022 (100% international attendance rate, farmed their region, 2nd place at Reykjavik, but unfortunately grouped at Copenhagen. Won Champs in one of the most dominant Champs runs of all time)
Karon 2024 (Won 3/6 possible trophies in the year, missing out on Madrid by one map, Stage 1, and Champs) as one of the best players on the team, picked up straight from ranked with no real prior tier 2 experience)
Kaajak 2025 (back to back to back International Finals, best player on Fnatic for most of their important games, but sadly no silverware yet)

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bl4z31ng

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quick correction: Demon1 wasn't on the EG starting roster at lock/in so he didn't attend it

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archetype

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how is this a correction what are you correcting

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bl4z31ng

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Claimed he had 100% international attendance

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archetype

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yeah. he went to every international he could attend, which was Tokyo and Champs

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ATAT7

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Gsr three peat with Liquid coming up

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brahianv

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kaajak dont bring the odin merchant in

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-Artorias

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only right answer
aspas
alfajer
demon1

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shrike-

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it’s demon1

in terms of stats, eye test, impact, and the fact he has a trophy, he just clears. what he did in the latter half of 2023 is nothing short of demonic

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Livvie

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heh i see what u did there

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shrike-

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That wasn’t even intentional my pen is just that fire i guess

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Nats_2nd_biggest_fan

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Fernando Alonso

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Langacune

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wo0t debut was the best, shanghai

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satellite_kov

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aspas and less no question

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Bangme

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brawk