playing more rounds doesnt make u better, because if you are getting destroyed like EDG did getting good stats is ridiculously hard, surprise surprise good strategies and winning makes u shoot better

Your argument just really isnt good, EDG were bad not kangkang, you only need eyes to see. Haodong did not have any good calls since 2023, his utility on iniator was not good, and the rest of the team were bottom 5 players except smoggy and kangkang. The stats alone show how impressive kangkang was in shanghai. saying he was bad is just wrong. Maybe he was worse than usual but still a top 10 player in shanghai.

Kangkang was also better than t3xture in 2/3 events

but thats what I mean, china will never be seen as good if its close to a region, its because another region is degrading

heretics were washed sure but still a decent team, a little overhated
Bilibili almost beat sen dont think thats a fair assumption
RRQ almost beat fnatic
geng choking also has to be a merit to wolves

they also took a map off fnatic

I dont think its fair to say "easy to beat"

the only good team they didnt play was g2

well I mean it worked, you did click on the post

most people do not agree with this take, I mean like look at the 2 other comments in this thread

I meant I baited with the title, my take is very serious

I clicked baited a little but heres what I mean.

China is still the biggest underdog region, and not really treated as real. People still think that this is the easiest region to farm in and that any stats there dont matter. People still think the teams in the region are weak and are carried by 1-2 lucky performances. Many still consider the WOL, TE, BLG, and EDG runs lucky and that they shouldve never happened. Take my word, 1 bad performance in china, a single one, and people will start saying the fluked all past results and that this region shouldnt exist.

so what do I mean wolves performance did not matter? I mean that they did not change the narrative of china, People will doubt and continue to doubt this region to the end of time. If I said NOVA esports are the 4th seed in china, it holds no value, people will call them shit, expect them to go 0-2 no matter what and half of the people have probably never watched this team play. compare that with a 4th seed for any other region and people will still say that there is a decent chance that will win a series.

China will forever be the worst region in other peoples mind until they consistently win trophies b2b2b

lower stakes = less important

me personally id put wolves one with their incredible performance, and with the unknowns with EDG.

I think FPX and DRG should be below TE, I think TE are back with how they performed in EWC

JDG above TEC, thats my hot take