thoughts?
i highkey believe they still dominate if leo didnt get struck by long covid and derke didnt decide to snitch on his day 1s
supposed to be 2024 fpx
but shiteretics and g0ng fluke winned against us
only winning two of them as massive favorites in nearly every one is not that good
plus champions
So?
Every international winner is a favorite to win the next stage after going far in an international, how many of them actually go on to win the next stage?
Sen beat them at Madrid but where were they the next stage? PRX beat them at stage 1 but bombed out of Shanghai.
Also it’s 3/5, they beat PRX at kickoff (while they weren’t the favorites)
Winning regional stages is only small dominance. Look at G2
Since 2025 only one team that finished first in kickoff / won a stage ended up actually winning the respective tournament (nongshim)
envy/optic core
made 4/6 podium finishes in 2 years with 3 being in grand finals
SEN Iceland 2021
Optic Iceland 2022
Loud Istanbul 2022
EG LA 2023
SEN Madrid 2024
NRG Paris 2025
LEV London 2026
100T EWC 2026
off of pure raw placements EDG 2024, all three regionals + champs
weighing internationals higher FNC 2023, two internationals
also shoutout to Vision Strikers for their domination as well