NRG vs anyone for the 'defending world champions' storyline but specifically
EDG vs NRG
24 champs vs 25 champs perfect ending to closed franchising + cn crowd

regular city

I cant wait for americas playoffs

I have been lying on my bed eyes closed for 2 hours now. Slowly going insane

I have a bad fever rn struggling to sleep. Dont think it will go away with two hours of sleep.

Inshallah I wake up after with a good game to review

Cuz there’s not a big mechanical & macro diff between the teams. The teams are discretely ranked by chemistry & protocols. Other regions teams vary in all

Americas ramp up by end of the year because it takes longer to build this. Which is why their games are random at kickoff but they do well in champs

+srb

u lowkey right they've only won breeze attack and summit defense

Type shi

I just checked on the rules again

us making top 4 100% guarantees

This is not guaranteed at all because LEV currently have a 5 point lead and both teams have the h2h against us. If LEV finish 5-0 and g2 place 4th then even 3rd won’t be enough. Theres too many factors to say exactly.

It’s not even guaranteed against 100T/Furia because h2h in playoffs also counts and if they win there it will go to h2h map/round differential.

Basically nothing is certain, this game matters a lot but it’s not be all end all. We just have to see how the stage plays out.

So we’ll end the split 3-2, putting us at 14 points.

If Furia or 100T win every group stage game and place 3rd they’ll have 14 points but we’d have the h2h vs both teams so yes

100T can still overtake but they’d have to top their group and place 3rd/4th and simultaneously have NRG losing out.

Also even if g2 and lev don’t make top 2, if NRG place top 4 they could still make it through.

Top 2 in points advance to champs so if any of NRG, G2 or LEV make top 2 in the split (which is very likely) the other two will also make it.

The main contribution is the +5 from placing third and the +4 from placing 4th in the stage.

NRG are currently 5 points ahead of Furia. If they win this game they will have a 6 point lead to both Furia and 100T as well as h2h advantage. Makes it impossible for Furia to overtake NRG regardless of how the group stage goes.

that game doesn't count

if eeiu was still on the team this would've been an easy win for them

Big game today for the champs point and h2h. If NRG win they are almost guaranteed top 3 in points.

Even with eeiu out Furia first ban NRG's best map Lotus and first pick their worst map Sunset so it should be a close game

heh sanks

gg

whole team has 5 kills

caught up now. NRG looked angry following the first two maps. Taking aggressive timings, swinging through smokes. I'd love to see this playstyle more from them, especially with this comp.

Honestly went about how I expected. 100T play a great sunset and nrg are clearly not as confident on it. Cryo shut down many swing rounds but nrg were outclassed regardless.

I'll be honest worried map pool wise for NRG. They're average at breeze, haven and ascent and not good on sunset and split (also summit assuming they haven't practiced it). If Lotus gets banned they are in a lot of trouble. Winning teams need 2 great maps and atleast 2 good maps, not 1 great and 3 average

yeah mb I thought u were being sarcastic. I can do actual analysis but that was the initial takeaway

mb

0 analysis I just said what happened

Just caught up. Great reads by 100t throughout and good shooting by their whole team.

Really rough performance from keiko. Would've still been a competitive map if it wasn't for the double eco.

Attack anti-eco defaults needs a rework before stage 2

I'm pretty sure we stopped praccing fracture coming into playoffs cuz its leaving the pool anyway

Wouldn't mind them winning today likeable team & NRG dont need it as much as they do. They've got a good chance assuming they ban Lotus

yeah but they have improved it significantly since then compared to g2

he was a bit out of form but I'm glad hes back

Why do teams float it vs them? 13-2 this year winning against basically every archetype possible. Doesnt matter how good you think you are on the map its just stupid

some coach in the break said they're the best emea team rn so not bad

mada aura

we used up all our clutches then

you had your chance

its nice but I can barely hear the game

we run this pistol 9/10 times wheres the anti

its a surname

Same crowd from champs I wonder how it'll go

Crowd hates us hahah

deserved

why is the level of play so low? So many bad decisions and team fights. also verno bro

TBH I thought with any Chamber double duelist comps it would be skuba Chamber, keiko/mada duelists, and Ethan smokes.

yes I thought the same but they probably tried in scrims and found this to be better

I still don't think that this will be our actual comp come stage 2 but maybe they will prove me wrong

for Haven it'll stay this. I think they were trying it on sunset but failed recently which is why they banned it today. No one has figured out sunset yet anyway so its fine.

Fracture I don't think is that bad

I mean cmon we got double pistol and lost 13-7. KC is the first opponent we've faced on fracture that can actually play the map well.

Sometimes it still feels like keiko is doing everything. When was the last time mada aced? so sadge

Thoughts so far?

I can understand the new comp; chamber is perfect for keiko and ethan is crazy enough for neon but they clearly dont have much practice with it. Lots of holes on the map and honestly really bad ult rounds.

Map pool is extremely shallow. Banning sunset/split. Fracture and ascent are not good. Only map that is world class is Lotus.

Still worried about consistency from mada and skuba. They used to have clutch rounds even if they underperform but its rare nowadays.

Glad we made playoffs but I'm not very confident on winning it all

12-2 is crazy

They'll run the exact same comp on sunset btw

mb

insane round

Lets be fr odin hasnt been the win condition all year

probably cuz nrg ascent is ass