NRG and Paper Rex continue their rivalry during Masters London with NRG winning out in the amount of series wins this time but will fail to win London.
Then during Champions, NRG and Paper Rex both only meet in the Grand Final to settle the score and to end their rivalry for the year with a 5 map banger series.
Let me clarify your vision nrg wont make playoffs in any international this year this is the rule
Champions winner dont make it far in internationals the year after except the first one
There is no such rule, by that logic FNATIC is gonna do nothing in 2026 since they were the runner up at Champs
what did NRG (OPTC core) PRX and TH accomplish right after they got second?
Loud made top 3 in champs 2023 after winning champs 2022 dismantling the champs curse theory plus the rest were just genuinely unlucky
Acend were ass
EG no money
EDG internal conflict
Plus champs curse theory is not a real thing when you consider that the runnerups performed far below their expectations the following year
if there's an exception then it isn't a curse, it's just probabilities and there's a small sample size
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