yea i give up on the g2 take icl
but seriously, jawg gotta be an upgrade over oxy, and i feel like he would provide more behind the scenes as well

tbh idk about the g2 part, but genuinely i believe the biggest thing c9 lacks is drive
most of the players (oxy especially) just kinda do their thing, and of course want to win, but seem to not be bothered by just playing.
everyone knows jawg got that dawg in em, he would breath new air into the team, and they might actually push to make an international

NV, MIBR, C9, G2, KC, FS, and the obvious

g2 get more aggresive and c9 become a competent team

and now sinatra looking like 4 years of retirement means nothing
genuinely im starting to think if BONECOLD came back he could carry vitality

that ugly fuck should have never won champs

close, tennessee

every book weve read this year has involved the main character marrying his cousin
idk it feels like these books hit too close to home for my teacher

global esports because of that fuck ass lion on their banner in 2024
edg because who tf is edward and why is he gaming

nah im 6'1" so im fine

regarding your edit, i’m pretty sure they said that if a tier 2 team gets 3rd/4th, they’ll take a points slot

yea it’s a “bye” ig, but they will be seeded against a theoretically better team, so it’s not a game changing issue
and either way it’s the first round of a play in, it doesn’t matter that much in the end

booorriinnnngg

also putting the 3rd and 4th seeds from groups so close to the qualification makes it way less likely that the tier 2 teams even get a chance to qualify to playoffs, which is the whole point of the play in. i get it seems like it’s not fair for the better teams or something but esports isn’t all about competitiveness, it’s about entertainment too

for stage 2, top two of each group go to playoffs, bottom four of each go to a play in where the 3rd and 4th from each group get a buy. they’re joined by 4 tier 2 teams, and the playin is like last years kickoff format. top 4 of playin go to playoffs
this guy is complaining that if a team is guaranteed bottom four, there’s nothing to play for (not even true bc points) and that the play in format is shit (which i don’t think anyone else agrees with)

points are still a thing so every group match still matters
also putting the bottom teams from groups in the lower bracket is a terrible idea, in no world should the tier 2 teams be seeded above tier 1 teams for no reason.

sheydos and starxo top stats in project blender playoffs
crazy what escaping koi does to a man

nah that means sen win masters 1 2027 trust

when i started watching in kickoff 24, all i knew is that sen used to be good and now they are washed, so I really wanted to see them win again
perfect timing too

they were hoping for hl3 announcement at game awards
and geoff keighley baited them at the end with a mega man game

wasnt zeta rumured to have a batshit crazy roster move on platchat? sideshow did say it would fuck over a different team, so could this be it?

from each masters/champs winning team
already happened:
sen - tenz
acend - cned
optic - crashies

predictions
gmb - chronicle
fpx - suygetsu
loud - aspas
fnc - alfajer
eg - jawgemo

this is where it gets hard
sen 24 - johnqt
gen - karon
edg - chichoo
t1 - izu
prx - davai
nrg - mada and skuba (retire at the same time)

the only teams they beat at soop were a tier 2 team (who they almost lost to) and gen (the lords of choking) with two players who weren’t in tier 1 last year and no real igl

replace chronicle on vitality and win champs

in their 2022 state yea but 3 of them are still really good players in today’s era

so basically prx run at toronto?

nah berlinglazer acts dumb for fun but doesn’t realize he is actually dumb

i’ll get there one day

how about a compromise
every day we swap between being really mean and really nice

its a different situation compared to the g2, vl, and ns cases, and we saw a glimpse of that with the bbl pcific situation. if an academy team ascends, the main team can just gut the academy team before its sold if they want to, leaving whatever org buys out the academy team to be pretty hopeless, especially considering ascension is after champs so there wont be many great players left.

if the exact same five were to stay together for the year after they won, i think loud would be most likely to win something

kc v navi
fut v m8
pcf v bbl
ulf v vit

OMG MY GOATS BACK

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putting more stakes into tier 2 is a great start, with the path to champions now in vcl stage 2 there will be a higher incentive to watch tier 2
from there, more viewership means more money gained, which means more money able to be spent on the scene, therefore providing a better experience for viewers and players.

yea, but thats probably because vct gets crazy viewership in china, so riot is able to pump hella cash into the china scene, allowing for better organization

not in collge but i have a 4.5 gpa in high school atm

cause it isnt

they all just suck ass
remember the whole thing with the organizers for vcl NA allowing cubert to pick up satellite, then after the deal was already made, they changed their mind and said satellite had to play with ambrosia for the rest of the stage, pretty much fucking over both teams for playoffs?
maybe not as bad as jake sin or the whole north africa thing but i dont understand how every region cant go one season without bad organizatoin

cause any "good" team in americas has almost no chance of making an international this year. atm it looks like g2 nrg and mibr are gonna dominate the year, and even if one of them falls, lev looks like theyll fill in their spot. i would have said 100t would be 4th/5th best in americas along with lev but after the sen invitational it looks like sen is just still better than them , so i really dont think they deserve to be ranked higher than 6th or maybe even 7th 8th

what about autumn (the word)

verno

fried rice is so much better and you know it

for 1-4 seed it makes sense, cause if you made champs last year you probably still have most of your roster, and so you’ll likely still be good against new rosters with little experience with eachother

overrated
i have my eyes on gobstopper and felchmeister

alvinboy

and they still flop

c9 do incredible in offseason -> do jack shit in americas
c9 do jack shit in off season -> ???

damn were getting so deep into the off season that even the ragebaits are incredibly low effort
did NOT expect this 0/8 from you c0mera m0n

very on brand of you i_hate_everything