Optic is the only team that has made it to the top 4 at three separate LANs. They were the best team in Reykjavik and deserved the win. This time they weren't, because other teams improved and I feel like optic kind of stagnated. They're still among the best though, sure M1 was unlucky for FPX and FNC but there is no asterisk for optic's Iceland win imo

Egg > fried chicken restaurant

Leviatán literally made it further than the Guard AND XSET under the exact same circumstances (first LAN, seeded into playoffs). KRÜ made it further than any NA team at champs. Optic is currently better than any SA team, surely, but the rest of NA is pretty mediocre at the moment.

Derke was #1 ACS at champions and #3 in Iceland 2021. Lay off the drugs man

Why are Guild frauds?

So ez

Well if you read past the headline, Brave was not benched for performance reasons.

I mean I don't think you can judge Boaster on his performance in Iceland. He is the IGL, there is a lot more to that role than just pew pew, and he had two players on his roster that he had very little time to prepare with, which means he had to do a lot more micromanagement during the game, which makes it incredibly hard to frag.

He clearly is not the best mechanical player, but he is one of the best IGLs, and honestly if you've watched EMEA challengers, he has stepped up his game mechanically. He was hitting shots like crazy in the group stage game and they only really stumbled in the last two matches against FPX and G2 after they were already qualified (which was concerning for sure, but overall Boaster specifically has looked good this year so far)