Haven't been super impressed with NRG but it's hard to say until we see them truly pushed by a good team. I'd almost want to swap KRU and Furia, but at least make them the same tier. I also think 100T are at least on the same level as MIBR and EG. They way exceeded my expectations and I think they could easily hang with MIBR and EG if they had a less stacked group. Honestly the top4 feel like a cointoss on who'd win on a given day. Even though LEV didn't make it through, the team is easily at the same level as all the others if they just fixed a few minor mistakes.

Ban it..

Kinda both. SEN was gassed a bit too much but LOUD and qck are also just better than people expected them to be. Which if you watched LEV play, Aspas on this roster would've pummeled SEN most likely. Both teams still played amazingly and I don't think SEN will go out without putting up a hell of a fight.

Here's a novel idea. Ascension was made to get good orgs into the Tier1 scene... So just give the org slot to M80. The Guard players will be picked up by another team, and I'd honestly be surprised if a current America's org didn't just pick up the entire roster with this announcement. The players proved they're tier 1, as much as it sucks they're getting into the league because the big teams want them. We need new good orgs in the league, M80 deserves it.

Wild that 2 teams from EVERY region qualified. Assuming you count China as its own region. NRG choked hard though, they were not able to handle the pressure.

Yeah, sadly a 1 team region. Still the best team in the game right now, but one team region.

Edward do be gaming

From nearly beating LOUD and LEV to looking awful versus the bottom tier teams. The roller coaster never stops

Honestly they'd look better if they had a gold player mechanically but was a good igl. They have the talent to win games 4v5 as long as they actually play the game coherently.

Rough first map. Only rounds BBL won was when QutionerX went crazy.