the buff was a while ago, but they reduced the damage fall off, so now it’s 156/39 dmg from 20m or less instead of 15m or less, and it will now 140/35 dmg from every other range instead of dropping to 124/31 dmg after 30m

he’s just having a life game

whens the last time liquid got anywhere near third internationally?

it seems like teams that get third place at big events often fall off
wolves (3rd toronto, now 0-3)
lev (3rd champs, barely winning anything this year)
loud (3rd place champs 23, lost to furia the next year)
burger boys (3rd na challengers stage 2 playoffs, now 0-3(pls prove this wrong))
edg (3rd bangkok, fell apart after)

geng just got 3rd at ewc, i’m predicting they won’t make champs

right now (i still believe in the comeback)

so we’re just doing shit for no reason now?

tejo

x has the most aura

ok but you can’t lie crashies narrate bang zekken on the same team would win champs

we get crashies once leo comes back and move john back to senti

and also 4 players trying to igl, and the fifth one is buzz who isn’t gonna listen to shit

let’s be so fr no one upvoted ts

i was gonna come in here and upvote out of pity but then i realized who it was

i’m an ex laptop user as of today cause mine just short circuited

mindfreak says hi

its the jacob bond

i think you misread it, it’s until 2038

the only way they dont make champs is if they win less than 3 more group stage games and dont win a single play off game, while TH and TL go undefeated in group stage and both get 3rd/4th in playoffs

all they need is a competent igl who can frag

we never know with how much they changed just before toronto

they changed it. now an ascension team can qualify for the next year by making it to champs, and if they get top 8 in their region then they can fight for their spot in this years ascension. if they get bottom 4 then they are fully relegated.

neither side has much credibility but unfortunately it’s unlikely flor will get signed for the foreseeable future

respectfully, why tf does that flair exist

fnc

he needs to cut somethin else

he got a paper cut

the chemistry of 2024 sen is what got them a trophy

get c0m on that team and we have a deal

apac is so close in points that there’s guaranteed to be one team that deserves to go but won’t

bro g2 ain’t getting relegated bro

if this is 2023 100t then that means current 100t is 2023 eg, and i dont see any champs win coming from that team

:(

get this man on the article team

you know what you did

welcome 100T flor

boom got lucky that their opponents kept making roster moves just before their game with them. unfortunately i don’t think they will have the same success, but they have the points to make top 8

single elimination may be more competitive and lead to the best team winning, but riot will never switch because lower bracket is better for entertainment, not only are there more matches and more opportunities for storylines, but with double elimination it almost guarantees that the grand finals is between the best two teams at the event. like if bangkok was single elimination, the finals would have been g2 vs edg, which was a pretty easy win for g2. even if that was a bo5, it would not have been nearly as entertaining as g2 vs t1.

fnatic win first two maps of a single elimination grand finals, but then fumble the next two maps?
i’ve seen this one before

that time

now someone’s getting real

anericas still in shambles unfortunately

you are right, the teams that qualified from stage 1 absolutely were the right teams, but the other half qualified through a glorified kickoff format (except for pacific, but that format was even worse cause they played bo1’s). there’s also bo1’s played in group stage which is even worse.
on top of the poor format, the absolute cramped timing of the entire event gives no room to breathe for the teams that went deep in toronto. look at the teams in china, for example. they all had to play a match on july 4th or 5th, then fly to saudi arabia, and start ewc on july 8th. and just look at the results: no chinese team made playoffs.
hell, they’re even playing on the old map pool. imagine having to prep for 7 maps for stage 2, and 2 different maps for ewc
and just one last thing, toronto should not be the standard for comparing ewc to a masters. toronto was probably the most scuffed international event, with emea getting 2 less weeks of prep time, playing on a completely different meta than what teams qualified on, some teams not having critical players available to play, and the whole #1 seed bye thing. but even still, no ones saying prx’s win is a fluke or undeserved because they were clearly the best team, but i’m not so sure this will be the same for ewc

maybe

trent wore a shirt saying i ❤️ tejo and you put him as fade

boys?

Sacy was the same way

well ig burger boys ain’t ascending

chamber

it’s almost a major, but the format of it and its qualifiers makes it easier to fluke than madrid and bangkok were. (i’m not saying those wins were flukes or ewc winner will be a fluke, just the formats make it easier for teams who aren’t the best to qualify and win)

TH had the highest average placement in internationals last year but didn’t win a single trophy, and now their prime has passed