I mean, it's not like he was particularly bad last year (outside of the game to qual to London) he was decent for most of it. But I feel like when they switched him to duelist in stage 2 + Champs it was just kinda setting him up for a under performance since they already had KK who can play any duel except Yoru.

First time in a domestic grand final, in the post s1mon era this might be the start of something!

Will they go 3-2 or 0-5?

I wouldn't say wrong, but some people think game=match like myself and they just use map instead. So it can be confusing sometimes.

Maps?

EDG 2-0 DRG moving up to 4-0 in groups.

It definitely wasn't just S1Mon that caused their success in Champs 2024, everything was going well for them outside of ecos. I want them to get back to success, I just don't see any path forward with how the team is currently being run. Like the most of the comps have been a struggle, the way they're playing in general has been a bit lacking. I just hope that whoever is in charge over there, can do something so that they can make London and have some success there.

The thing is, back when they had S1Mon in Bangkok sure KK's Yoru isn't great but it looked much better there than at it did at Champs. They also tried waylay 1 time back in the loss to NOVA, like KK can play it.

IIRC, the manager at the time they had the internal conflicts has already been replaced. I think this would probably be the best option right now tbh, like S1Mon made this team look the best they ever did.

So let's be real, this team has looked pretty bad since they the played upper final at Bangkok. Ignoring everything that went wrong there, genuinely what are they supposed to do? They've tried double duelist (stage 1, 2, and Champs in 2025), it didn't go well. Sure they lost a close game against the eventual Champions in NRG, but then they kinda shit the bed against liquid. In 2026, they've been doing double duelist, and then CB entry + KK chamber. Sometimes it looks alright, but most of the time it doesn't. While I don't really know Esports too well, isn't EDG supposed to be a premier org in CN? Shouldn't they be able to sign any player they want? Like the whole org and everything they've done since benching S1Mon after the NOVA loss, just makes them look lost. I've been rooting for this team since I started watching VCT back at masters Tokyo back in 2023, and I get that you can't always be international contenders every tournament. But like they shouldn't be struggling this much, at this point they would look better if Haodong was the 5th.

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