EMEA playoffs still running until may 18th.

Meanwhile EWC qualifiers scheduled to start at may 16th for EMEA. No announcement where. No idea who is gonna play when.

At the same time challengers EMEA starting may 19th.

EWC quals are scheduled to end may 25th and Toronto already starts June7th....

This schedule is mad.

They are not even competing in Valorant anymore after Riot acted against them.

Falcons will not be riots friend anytime soon

This is some impressive level of hating. Damn.

TL 2-1

you say "pattern" without knowing what that word means. Derke did it now with trexx for the first time.

Also Sayf essentially just defended himself from rumours spread by the liquid camp. And once again, even if you count this "incident". It is one case. NOT a pattern. He did not comment negatively on trexx.

This account is terrible. Really feels like a trexx alt.

The team is some experience and a star duelist away from being a top team

you are just having opinions without knowing anything and doing your due dilligence.

shao is consistently a top rated player from 2021 to 2025. Despite being on a 5th-6th team he is still up there.

This is factually incorrect.

If he were added to liquid you would be blowing him immediately

okay thats crazy. That would be a huge buyout. Im not sure i believe that.

Its much more than Xeus

what? Who did these two speak negatively about publicly? I dont think either of them has literally ever done that.

Even in this case Sayf has said nothing about trexx, only derke.

what number did you hear?

but does that make him a bad teammate? does it make him at fault in this completely unrelated situation?

I dont care how you feel about someone as long as you dont let your emotions cloud your judgement

i heard it 50k. Thats really not much for a talent of his calibre

its capitalism bro. they will pay you the least amount possible.

If Comeback didnt have better combinations of team quality + salary available then he is gonna take this one.

Im sure in his eyes this is a lot of money

Trexx was removed from back to back teams due to attitude. Why would you think he was wronged when there is a pattern for him but not for others?

If anything people are shitting on Sayf because he is one of the most unpopular people in EMEA right now. Even though there is nothing he has done wrong beyond being a bad IGL

you are aware that you can just not comment if you dont care, right?

i dont know. I woild assume its unlikely he will be ready for stage 2 .

Thats what im saying. I the other teams are happy with their guys you can only go to the teams who make you offers

incredible... wow. 5K. He is rich.

Mates have multi millionaire streamer. The pay is not comparable to PCFIC

Its still a promising team and its not impossible. i can see a reality where they do the BBL and become a fringe top team.

The teams who are guaranteed to make it already have their duelist and are happy with them

do you think BBL pays their academy the big bucks for fun? They are getting T2 peanuts. Especially turkish region doesnt earn any serious money.

Comeback is earning huge money compared to his old salary and gets to play on a promising team.

The top teams all already have their star duelists. FNC kaajak, KC Marteen, TH Miniboo, Vit Derke, FUT Xeus.

Best he would get is a middling team like NAVI, Mates or BBL. But if the other teams are happy with their pick then he can only go to Mates.

Its really not that crazy

Thats just smart business on their end. Means they have more budget to build a strong team.

.

okay then i understand you more. Thing is... building a roster that can win trophies after you didnt make playoffs in stage 1 is a near impossible task.

You will create a core here and test the team out for the remainder of the year while retaining your spot. If you need to make one or two changes to build a trophy winning team the time to do so is after the season. Building for 2026.

All that matters right now is staying in T1.

Thats entirely a team issue. Its up to the coach to build the synergy, creat util setups & lineups, establish the protocols and drill that shit into their heads.

You prioritize your gunplay if you support a bum. Veqaj had to be the hypercarry all his career. Why wouldnt he use his gun if he is the only guy that can shoot. If he played like Molsi he wouldnt have won a game. Now that he supports Comeback im sure he will gladly lean back and be his sidekick. Also Veqaj has never been on an actually good team. Expecting the util setups to be as sophisticated as in other places is not entirely fair.

Same goes for Mates Kamyk. Zyppan and Click just werent shooting even when they were set up. Kamyk needed to put the responsibility on himself a lot of times. Also the narrative that some people (im not saying you) have that Kamyk has shit util is so silly. He beefed the astra suck and now people will remember that shit until their dying days.

Lets revisit this conversation when they play their first games and lets see. I really dont share your pessimism. If the coach does his job properly this team will be good. I can see anything from top 4-8 for them as the league is pretty strong these days.

Come back to this post when Mates easily retain their T1 spot.

Would be a massive upgrade. No way they do such a thing

quickz is still 17 i believe

Who exactly did you think you were gonna get? Unless you took someone like Yohpa or DaviH there arent many Sova merchants available.

Is Kamyk a riens sova? No. But can he do a servicable job? Absolutely. Its far from Batujnax Sova

was a very important performance for him indeed. Hope that continues

Brother i have watched T2 for years. I am not wasting my time on someone who opened the stats page of the last event he played in.

as i said. Keep counting fella.

...10 11 12 13 14 15....

This team will fucking bang now. I really like the changes. Impossible that they dont make top 8 now. 2 Hard upgrades to a roster that already had potential. Roles also work

He just supercarried french finals. Dont meddle in these affairs amigo. Keep counting instead.

...56789

Lar0k is 17.

And youre right. They can now play a really strong double duelist on Haven, Split and maybe more.

Also Kamyk can play the Sova no problem. I completely disagree with gamergirls take. The only whole in the teams comps is that nobody has experience on Fade but come on. Its fucking fade. If they didnt have a Sova you would have an argument as he is hard to pick up.

Why would that be "retarded"? Kamyk plays sova well enough. And Kada, Veqaj and Kamyk are all so flexible that you can make any comp work.

Minny as hard senti and Comback as hard duelist are the anchors they needed filled role wise and thats settled.

Kada can play senti on double senti comps. In that case Kamyk moves to Smokes. Otherwise he can normally play all the smokes. For double smokes Kamyk or Veqaj can pick up the second smoke. Depending on whether the ini they run is a Sova (Kamyk plays it) or a flash ini (Veqaj plays them). Also they have super strong double duelist comps now on maps like Haven and Split or wherever else with Veqaj + Comeback.

Theres a lot of comps you can run with a team this flexible. I think you completely disregard Kamyks ability to play scan inis. He has the experience on Sova. Only hole i see for this team is Fade but im sure one of them can pick it up. Its not a hard agent to learn

He is strong enough that he can win ascension.

Or if Riot open the system to T2 in like a 6/6 split of partnered teams and promoted teams

Or if they give shared Partnered and open circuit tournaments

He could easily find his way back at T1 level. He is still a good player.

Giants never used him right unfortunately

No. He is super flexible. Plays all of the duelists, yes. But also Skye, Breach, Kayo, Viper, Chamber. He will flex to whatever is needed and likely play the flash initiators. Kamyk will play Sova

No

Kada is very likely to stay at this point

https://x.com/anonimotum/status/1921882349551124737

Likely replacing Zyppan.

One of the best players in france for the past 2 years. He will be good.

Full Roster for Stage 2:

Comeback
Veqaj
Kadavra
Kamyk
Minny

sayf is playing flex igl instead of Star duelist like he used to. Its not a fair comparison

You can watch while in the gym. Works really well

by not making new alts

Toronto is the one.

i dont agree. Kadavra plays every role in the game. Maybe his Sova is weak but thats it. Whether thats smokes, senti, ini even double duelist he can do it. No reason to replace him whatsoever.

All 3 players are very flexible. Kamyk and Purpo both have a good Sova and play all of the initiators. I do not see an issue

Kada has been their smoker which unfake and purpo both dont play. I think its just about the ini/flex position

role wise its 100 % Zyppan. I think at this point they are not gonna changce 3 players when the market is tight and the season is deep

Nats will not be denied

the top teams dont play it.

KC made playoffs so they won their few games as well. But youre not seeing G2 or sen playing it for a reason

so unnecessary. they played a good game. top 5-6 is a nice finish