Looking at the matchup and London completely objectively are NRG more likely to win and do better at London? Yes. They still need to earn their spot despite this. I'm a FNC fan. Would they have done better than every EMEA team going to London in my opinion probably. But they needed to earn their spot and they did not. You can't already be pre-complaining about 100T going lol if NRG lose then they do not deserve to go to London even if they would have done better than 100T. Or LEV for that matter

Alfajer - duelist
Riens - init IGL
Hiro - Senti
Ruxic - smoke
Woot - 2nd duelist

I just want a good match that will instill confidence for Americas at Paris for whoever goes tbh because PRX are looking shnasty rn

What an incredible match! Honestly with a 2-13 map TH deserved that win 100%. FNC threw a lot of rounds and even in the last map Alfa went God mode and they still lost. The salty FNC fan within me really hopes the EMEA team go to London and DO NOT get grouped please for the love of God

Pretty much a show match for CyvOph to see how he melds with FNC. If he plays really well it will boost his stocks and the Boaster = Midas allegations

FUT really decided to not show up and TH decided to travel back in time to 2024 TH just to screw over NAVI TT :(. Rip to my goat Hiro

just kidding I am wrong

TH beat both tho so it would be TH

what about me? I'm kind of good in Swiftplay sometimes

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you say that and yet you though TH would beat them? smh

I love Leo but this is a good take

translation for the people below 57 years old:

defense because I am an OP merchant

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I'm fat

The game needs Boaster. Even talking about consistency its pretty undebatable that he is the best IGL of all time just because who is an IGL who has lasted as long as he has with as much success? I think with Vitality it proves that he does not just get carried, what he does has so much impact on his teams.

who is the top 5 above F0rsaken?

true ball knower ^^^
I was going to suggest Parasyte and Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood as well

let the starters sit with you for a while and they will grow on us I feel like. I like em!

If you have teams that don't play in swiss you wont get any points for them until playoffs! You should transfer BBL and Furia players out for the time being!!!

Clove is non-binary and Omen is definitely a man but the point still stands

they are still live so timestamps are tough but it is within the first 15-20 minutes of the show I think

the real question is what would the roles be?

feels like boostio in his prime aiming could be duelist?

I don’t understand why FNC won’t just have Alfa on entry duelist and explore Kajaak on a different role. Hear me out: Kajaak is mechanically incredible. Whether he’s on his comfort pick or not, he’ll probably fry. I could see him absolutely cooking on Veto behind a Alfa entry.

Also, -NOBODY and being in anyone else please. What this team really needs is to find their own style, and I think Kajaak is a good enough player to thrive on other agents will allowing Alfa to create space. Just an idea.

wayne stocks just went way up

I'd say after what nAts said about Boaster in this most recent game they are more than even lol. But I can't hate nAts that guy is a beast

Yeah that is true. The strategy could definitely stay the same with him on as a coach

Hear me out, and this might be crazy:

Derke
Leo
Chronicle
Alfa
Boaster

Replacing Boaster would mean changing how FNC has functioned for the past 5 years. I understand the "FNS step down" comparison but with 3 back to back finals last year why would any team with a brain want to reset the culture and calling and strategy of their team? Boaster will HAVE to step down eventually but just giving his personal K/D stats is so absurd. 3 finals appearances is significant.

TLDR this is the most VLR stats Steven take ever

why would you take your knife out in that situation Bang?

FNC 3 - 2 BB80

People just look at KD and see Boaster negative and think he's bad. If Boaster could play his best perfect dream game he would drop 0 kills and his teammates would just be perfectly set up to get every kill every round. He is the epitome of an IGL my GOAT

I mean you have great taste it's just there's nothing from the past 3 decades on this list on VLR. These kids don't know any of these songs hahahaha

are you 50?

Definitely not #1 but he is no doubt top 5 all time. Just look at all the old Optic players man. He is the only one to stay this good for this long

boaster not #1 all 5 years? gotta be bait

SiufatBB

GIVE ME FORSAKEN THE FLEX GOAT

Kurt is the goat

2025 Kickoff FNC had a buy to the second round. They faced BBL and lost getting knocked down into the lower bracket.... they then went on to go back - to back - to back finalists at the end of the year. Did what they did today instill confidence in the roster, no. Am I worried that Boaster wont adapt and bring his team to international success? Definitely not.

The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

It's a good romance anime but there are sooooo many that are better. CLANNAD, My Dress Up Darling, Love is War, Tomo-chan is a girl, Kimi Ni Todoke to name some of my personal favs.

"almost 18" hurts to hear. I am 27 and I love romance anime dude relax lol

Ben Johnson

What is your favorite color?

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To each their own but there's some omissions on this list. Mainly any person of color lol

I think it's crazy to say NRG was a superteam. They were an incredible team but I think when you call a team a superteam it's not only because they won 1 tourney in the year. By that logic arent EDG and EG superteams in their respective years?

What is your definition of a Superteam?

In my opinion a superteam means all 5 players can be considered/argued to be the best in their role. Fnatic 2023 is the only superteam that has existed in history. Not MIBR team that is being constructed and not Lev in 2024

Derke - top 3 duelist
Chronicle - Top 2 flex
Leo - Top 2 initiator
Alfa - Top 3 Senti
Boaster - Goat IGL

an Americas example would be:

Valyn - IGL
Leaf - Senti
Aspas - Duelist
Sacy - Initiator
Ethan - flex

What do we think VLR?

Fav move: Saadak to Kru. It's good to have such an incredible IGL back in Americas and especially back in a LATAM team

Move i am hopeful for: Cryo to a team where he can actually be successful and go to internationals