If it's true and not a troll, I knew that meet and greet was a mistake. If it is a troll, thank god. Either way, he can still play.

You're being too kind to him.

Majority support and expect great things from APAC because the fanbase is generally humble about the consistent success they've had (especially PRX, honestly the most likeable team and fanbase imo). Many Brazilian fans have grown delusional over a singular 2nd place, they need a reality check like 2021.

You get 2nd one tournament and grow deluded. I am afraid for the Brazillian players future with these expectations.

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Order aren't even the first OCE team to be on the receiving end of Indonesian death threats. Happened to players on Bobo (Bonkers) too, people are just ignoring it now.

Particularly an APAC issue, whenever a tournament comes around people can't handle any kind of banter. The players are often (not always) equally bad as the fans with this as well. Everything is taken so personally when it isn't, it's a game.

We have some okay orgs in the region but imo Order currently is the only strong org we have the in region, with two of our top 4 being completely orgless for a long time now. Would definitely be easier for the region as I think we have some seriously good players coming into the scene now, but just don't have the facilities to build on that. It just sucks to watch sometimes.

Sadly for you all we do is lose, no need to cope when it's all we know

One quote and ya'll be malding, like I said, rent free and it's great.

True that, I'm not saying it's bad, I've just enjoyed seeing it a lot.

Literally just a dude talking up his team, OCE population is tiny and we have barely any infrastructure so of course we're underdogs, if you can't handle what he said you're just fragile. It's all in good fun.

For sure, it's good fun as the underdog as we have a lot less to lose, it would have been brutal if BOOM lost hahaha.

Disappointing to lose but hilarious to see how rent free ORDER live in Indonesians heads. ggwp!

The rDeeW/WRONSKI role swap has backfired hard

BOOM lagging?

If there's anything I know for sure about the OCE region, it's that you're going to forget about us in a weeks time.

Gotta expect it and take it on the chin when the players themselves talk trash, isn't a big deal. They've gotta show up in game if they don't want to be clowned on.

Only someone from the Gabonese Republic could have such a bad take.

To be fair we already knew our place, it's just the aussie way to chat shit.

Australia is a part of APAC, but still gets done dirty. No reason why OCE shouldn't get multiple teams. Might change when NA orgs start taking our spots for franchising but I doubt any of the OCE teams will get any chance for awhile.

Can't have a Mini & Boaster in every game, as much as I'd like it to be so.

1st and 2nd frag I don't think you can decide what kind of player they are.

Why would we have two Sentinel players? Magnum was kicked because Fnatic wouldn't play Chamber with him on the team. Ranked =/ VCT level.

Main problem wasn't that Magnum couldn't frag, he was really food, don't know why that's being said. We just needed a Chamber player, and Magnum as the Sentinel player was the clear person to replace.

Chamber, sadly. Meta isn't great for the current roster and they want to end the reliance on Derke.

Read the post instead of reacting to the headline.

Starting to think 60% of you can't read. The takes in this thread mske it obvious you didn't look even a couple sentences past the headline

If you're going to have a dumb take at least read the post past the headline so you can seem at least slightly informed.

Why comment something like this if you're not going to read the context. They're not benching based on performance.

Why would Fnatic change anybody?

The entire team has been set up to enable Derke for a long time, so of course he gigacarries.

He's in the hotel since he has to quarantine for 7 days. Just some teams get to play from the hotel while others don't and obviously Riot won't communicate why.

Love how they don't mention why Derke isn't playing because they know it would show the clear favouritism in their decision making.

He's being tagged in all Riot content for FNC vs NiP

Derke is now tagged in the Twitter post for FNC vs NiP here

Would be messed up to let LOUD play with their whole team while forcing Fnatic to play with a sub just because we had a player catch COVID a bit earlier.

Just like how Derke will play from his quarantine facility for the safety of others? I don't understand why you're pushing this idea that because Fnatic have a substitute they have to use it. If that was the case, it would be outright stated already.

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Nowhere in that statement does it say the LAN setup has anything to do with not having a substitute player.

Sure do, what is it with teams and bright green logos.

As from the NIP LOUD case, they have a LAN setup in the quarantine facilities.

Not a confirmation, but he said himself he can't wait until the tournament starts. Pretty sure he's playing.

He is yes, but that was just an excuse since he couldn't come anyway. Will most likely be back for EMEA after Reykjavik.

I feel as if whoever wins this is going to face the other team again in the finals, basically a Bo6 and should be a lot of fun. I hope it lives up to the hype! FNC 2 - 1 M3C

This is so sad, Bonkers just don't have the clutch factor that PSJ have had in these overtimes.

I'm SWEATING this is too close of a series.

Bonkers just choked tbh.

BONK

That was confusing