i really just want to see a Japanese team do well this year, after what happened with Zeta during Reykjavík i always had the hope for another huge run from a Japanese team
DFM look stellar, (even though they lost vs PRX) at Radiant Asia they showed great progress from last year.
its gonna be a great year for the Japanese teams fr.

Nah, i think they will keep Gyen in the main roster.
with time i completely believe he can be a great smokes player, he just needs to slowly get more stage confidence as a player.

they hit a low spot against TSM (and whoever they played after, or before i dont remember)
they kinda just couldnt win certain rounds that seemed very winnable.

nah deadass no art = DFM L, got hope for DFM tho i think they could get it.

true, hopefully that gets fixed with time. so many times rounds were winnable they tried to hard to win it, throwing too much shit.
NRG win tho, shits promising.

if they bring it back to 7-5 NRG wins on defense ong.

i thought SEN was bad, this is... rough.
even though sen lost a 12-6 this is still just as rough, hope that NRG flip it.

let the hate sit, i like it.

definitely wasn't fun to watch them swing out of chokepoints with little to no util and expect to win it.
Still am kinda pissed about how many times MITH flanked and it always got value. Never was really punished.

Touché, just feels kinda rough.

Role swap stuff, thats all i can really say, plus new map pool. Probably just trying to find their "strong maps" this tourny.
his timeouts are a little late tho, feel they could be called a little earlier, allow him to talk to the players to keep them locked instead of the 12-11 last round of regulation timeout.

Yo wait, i just saw for the lower bracket matches.
Thats a nasty schedule, losing the upper bracket then having to play another match right after is a little fucked for any team.

i honestly think, if zekken got around the corner (when he raz ulted the brim at showers and kadoom killed him after) this game would have ended.
guy honestly had the most impact at the perfect moment, i really felt like the timeouts came a little slow.
it was 12-6 and they called a timeout at 12-11, not good, players basically were boomed as soon as MITH got double digits.

he definitely had a rough series, seems like most fights he took (that he normally would take) always went wrong.

It really just came down to how MITH played the map.
many, many rounds of flanks that were un punished or created enough pressure to turn a winning round into a loss.

8. seems most realistic tbh.

very slight stinker, but didnt really feel he made a lot of impact this series.
bros gotta be sick or somethin, gg go next

im not discrediting them at all, they played fucking flawlessly.
but the amount of times SEN has gotten rounds lost because of flanks is a little crazy.

MITH literally flanked every round they could, and SEN STILL DIED TO FLANKS.
shit was a tragedy to watch, nothing could come close to what fuckery i just saw.

i think they flanked every round on defense and SEN just dont expect it??? Crazy talk.

He wants to see the scene thrive and i respect that.

welp, gg nt. go next.

(i wanted lofi to win)

which duelist tho?
personally i say Iso.

classic VLR overreact, let them warmup a bit. this shits over.

(please be wrong)

probably back to Johnqt sentinel and n4rrate flex duelist (init on some maps) with zekken picking up the sova.

its a kernal level anti cheat that basically forces the player to ONLY have delta force open.
It was something like, you couldnt have task manager open, no USB drives and a couple of other dumb things.
their has been plenty of back and forth between if its safe or not.

Delta force is fun, but i can see how the way they have their anti cheat is not good.
excited to play marvel though.

ill give leeway for Gyen, 18 with no T1 experience (or any tier of experience) at all.
he will get better with time, but the whole team seems really good.

i think with Gyen and better defense sides this team can be dangerous.
it will no longer be Meiy and friends
Meiy will finally have some shooters.

Only thing is though, they will have to slowly adapt to how Gyen plays compared to SSeeS.
i think theyll adapt quickly but Gyen still needs stage experience.
hope they do well in the regular season.

Tbh, if they can clean up the HORRENDOUS defense sides, i think they can be a great team.
Unfourtantly that comes with time, and it doesnt help that 2 new maps are coming back in RIGHT before the season starts.\
But as a DFM fan, im glad theirs more positives than negatives in terms of this new roster.

after how they were last season? they are looking a lot better, this tourny is great practice for the whole team to stay comfortable.

nah the rest of the maps look good for DFM, dont let this choke fool you yet.

DFM for some reason just loses the ability to play the game when in comes to Ascent defense.
but aye, everytime they lost first map they won the rest. just sayin (cope)

just what happens when the first half ends with this team.

you can activate it whenever i think, i had my laptop for about 2-3 months before redeeming my free gamepass on my laptop (same laptop btw, nice ass laptop)

I think SSeeS is very good, but i also think Gyen with a little more time and stage experience (only stage experience was RBHG) would do well.
Obviously will have moments where he will have mistakes but i still believe Gyen can be a great player.

i think it will work well, but will have to play a lot of Anti-kayo setups for it to work well.
i think its a solid comp tbh.

Kinda hope they do a mix of the vapor wave with the new colors, a homage to SPG.
but they probably wont.
(i cope)

Just have to give Gyen time and experience under Ssees, Gyen only saw the stage during RBHG and was unfortunately sick for this event.
He probably wont have a great first few matches but im willing to see how he progresses for DFM.

Love seeing how well Ssees is doing but I really want to see Gyen succeed.
Hopefully whatever happens, DFM stays winning.

leaf stinker, Xeus shows how good he is, fake comeback 11-13 FUT wins.

i kinda wonder why they didnt check the corner, surely if a full C rush turns into a plant on A theirs gotta be a lurker SOMEWHERE right??

now im really excited for the neon nerfs.
what will they do with slide accuracy?

though i agree with staying in NA, this gives a better resume for her.
2x GC champion and MVP, multy regional GC champion, T1 experience in EMEA.
gotta respect it.

Ah ok, thanks for that clarification.

i see, i know their is a ruling that stops a team from ascending for a certain reason but im not sure what.

i think if its an academy team (or a team thats under a franchise team) then they cant ascend.

i mean he last played october 27th, short amount of time but anything could happen.
but that means theirs basically 3 duelists on one team.

yeah thats a very random place to see him, i also thought hes still on TLN anyway?