So, about 7.

Are we really arguing Single Elimination is not Mickey Mouse? The least stable format of all time?

Also, the whole tournament is played on online server, EVEN the "lan" part is actually played online. So unless you want to argue that online tournament are worth the same as LAN tournament, in which case, why even do LAN? this is a Mickey Mouse part

I also care about the other part and won't watch EWC, but technically if those 2 point were fixed I'd call it a "real" tournament that I still won't watch

No rule?

I'm putting a Tier 1 team in Tier 3, they never leaving Invite on purpose

We've seen better ragebait

You could have said XLG and DRG doesn't count because China bad

You could have said M8 became good as soon as they were a Partner team and not an Ascension team, proof that T2 is bad.

That good run comes to an end, BME incapable of winning anything after going 5-0 in group stage proving it

That Bleed alone should have been proof that the system didn't work and should have been stopped...

I did see them already!

But I'm also way more aware of the SEA storylines in general, so that helped me.

It's just that Anq is in a region that I know nothing about except the fact that this is one of the worst Tier 2 region, so I wanted to learn from people who knew better ahah

Thanks for the recommandation tho, if you have other potential interesting person/team to follow that aren't well known, let me know!

The stat aren't the reason I thought he was good. An Ascendant may farm a Gold player, I'll still find the mistake in the gameplay ; the overextend because they're too confident, the lack of plan, the miss aim that doesn't get punished and many many more.

The reason I think Anq is good is not just because he's stating a lot, stats are just the reason I took a look in the first place

Anyway, I got my answer in that thread anyway, so I'll let it rot now

I wouldn't find an Ascendant to be very good in a Gold lobby ; but I do find him really good against, I agree, the worst Tier 2 region.

I just found curious that he visibly got 0 chance at it - when there's historically worse Tier 1 profile from similar situation that did.

I'm not advocating to say he will be the next Top 10 player, I just thought he was among the player that probably could have gotten there, and wondered if there was a direct reason he didn't

That's why I looked at the gameplay because I knew that was a factor ; I just think in his gameplay his aim is still incredible and his util, while not perfect, is on par with a lot of other profile that people say are "obiously the next big thing"

Hey!

I was doing a check in on every region looking for potential next great player, to learn about the potential storyline for Play-in in VCT Stage 2, and I happened to look at the player "Anq".

I was really surprised to see such insanely good stat consistantly, even in losses, on a role that isn't even supposed to be buffed by vlr rating system, so I decided to watch some vods about him.

Now, my question is the following: Why did he not go into Tier 1 at all yet? Is there logistical reason? Is there something I missed that doesn't make him a Tier 1 talent? Was he just wrong place wrong time during the possibilities? Does he not want to be Tier 1? Or is it about something else?

Thanks to anyone who took time to read, and thanks for the potential explaination!

Well, not really possible then

They could still qualify to EMEA Stage 3 right? We might see him in Play-in which would be awesome

Is oroni 18 or more? I haven't seen ANY info about this

If he is, it's indeed a slam dunk, he was great BEFORE going into a competent Tier 2 team