It’s called good sportsmanship.

I’m pretty sure it started with rts games 2 decades ago.

Pretty much everyone said gg gl or gl hf at the start of a match when I played RTS games like SC / TFT /SC2

It’s interesting to think that 2024 will start without a large number of the premier NA talents.

FNS the most accomplished IGL in NA
S0m arguably the best controller in the world last year
Yay the best player of 2022
N4rrate one of the most exciting t2 prospects
Tex duelist of the ascension winning team

Pacific only has 1 real loss that I can think of Jing

And EMEA only has Scream / Nivera

There has to be a reason besides mediocre play.

Pancada was actually good for Sens brand so all of this “doing it for clout” doesn’t make sense.

Wild theory. They are using pancada as bait to attract a really good affiliate team. I know there is some weird work around where you don’t have to pay the players full salary if they are playing in ascension.

All this stuff with mxs might be more than just tournaments it could be the start of an affiliate partnership

Most of the time I see gh it’s been a fairly competitive half.

Look babe! Another Brazilian playing the victim!

Didn’t you know the whole world is against them!?

This is the beginning of the end for loud. A tier is still very good and calling a team that lost a S-tier player and replaced them with a B-tier player “weaker” is not a personal attack.

It’s called being honest.

People are weird

So many people mad that Sen put the worst performing player on the team last year as the 6th man.

Being good over a year ago isn’t a good enough reason to stay in the starting 5

That’s like saying Zombs should be in t1

Am I the only one who never posted in that okobotro thread?

100t

They are so painfully mid and I thought for sure they would be great last year.

I hate being wrong

This is incredible

NA are world champions.

You’re just an angry little prepubescent man child spewing spittle all over your monitor as you shout with rage about how “b b b b b but EU is aktuwally better!!!!!”

You lost the only tournament that mattered last year.

In fact your region wasn’t even good enough to make the finals two years in a row.

You’re frauds and you’re trash. Enjoy crying in your pillow at night while us NA fans enjoy being champions.

Just pointing out that basically the only ones who would ever use that phrase are people who are trying NOT to offend.

And crying over an x at the end of a word makes you look like a bitch.

“ Latinx is a neologism in American English which is used to refer to people of Latin American cultural or ethnic identity in the United States.”

It’s just gender neutral. Because the woke left are terrified of misidentifying someone’s “gender”

It’s not about conquering you and stealing your identity.

Aspas basically beat MW in every category but acs AND won the tournament.

Is that really what you believe 😂

Its literally what idiots in USA say to try and be politically correct.

We ain’t out to get you dude.

We barely even know you exist.

Y’all delusional.

Aspas had a better
Rating
KD
Kast
WAY better clutch percentage (Mw only had 1 clutch all tournament)
FK/FD ratio

AND led his team to a tournament victory.

MW had more ACS

Y’all high if you think MW had a better tournament than Aspas.

Imagine getting this upset that someone put an X at the end of Latin.

Y’all soft as warm butter.

6th at best.

Anything above 6th is a wild over performance for the 2nd best team in t2 in 2023.

Both great.

Both have arguments for who is better.

Here is my take, I worry about Aspas as a person. I don’t know how good he actually is in a team environment. He always seems like he is “to cool to care”.

I do know that derke is basically a 2nd caller and has been on the same team for a long time.

In the server I would pick Aspas, but if I was drafting my own team…. I just don’t know.

If it goes down

Demon1
Ethen
Crashies
Marved
Victor

I will change my flair.

The experience of those players with the raw power of demon1…. Gorgeous.

It’s the closest we have to an NA super team.

Aspas is proving that he deserves to be talked about as a top 3 duelist.

The rest of the team is good but not great.

They are missing 1 more star and they could be contenders for top 3 finishes at every tournament.

Right now it feels like they need just a little more.

Fair take. I think geng will be a lot better than people realize.

Prx, rrq, DRX, geng, bleed

Everyone else.

Furia wins and we see 100 threads about how NA are doomed and terrible because a team no one thought would be good split series with the 2nd best team in Brazil and lost to the best team in SA.

Give him a break guys.

He is obviously mentally handicapped.

They played haven 36 times. It’s always been a strong map and comfort pick for them.

They played pearl 10 times.

Without pearl in the map pool, not banning haven is a stupid play by c9.

Kings famous play where he stands up and opens his arms was on haven.

I didn’t say it was thier “best” map, but it’s one of their strongest maps.

Lev have always been amazing at haven.

Letting them pick haven is troll.

Great fragger and this is the map he is known for.

Probably wants to prove he is good and not just a product of saadhak

Haven is one of levs best maps since forever.

If they lose this map it’s joever

I’m excited to see if he can make an impact.

One of the players to watch for sure.

*insert Thanos “I don’t even know who you are” meme

Weight watchers meeting

Bro thought the 2nd best team in t2 who had 1 good tournament was going to be the “savior” of the region that won champions. 😆

Jakee (the best counter to the op) is dying in the first 3 seconds multiple times and the observer hasn’t shown it so I can’t see how he is being so fucking dumb

Jake paid to throw or is he just that bad. Died in the first 3 seconds 5 or more times so far……… as the smokes…….

Remember when ardiis (a top 3 duelist for EMEA ) went to NA and was the worst duelist in NA and 9th best in Americas?

Will you have to tell your employer that you have sever mental retardation or is that something you don’t have to disclose when you get hired?

It’s sad how many people are clearly mental ill.

I wonder if people have always been this retarded?

I am not a fan of “best in the game”

But no denying he is arguably the best in slot for his role.

Anyone who says “it’s only because he is in FNC” clearly never watched him when he was in Guild.

Tbh they are surprisingly good signings.

Stellar deserves a 2nd chance and Corey has always been solid.

Jawg
Corey
Com
?
Stellar

Add a cracked young 5th and it’s a decent team

Boostio to 100t
Ethen and demon1 to NRG

Jawg
Corey
Com
?
Stellar

Honestly not a terrible lineup.

Lux9 is malibus alt

The game will be better but the difference won’t be as huge.

The thing about gta 5 is that it was so much better than anything else when it was released.

Now we have tons of shit that’s like it. The next game won’t be as revolutionary so it won’t feel as amazing

Cope and seethe

NA are world champions.

Feels good to be the best 😎

More teams got better imho

For the most part I haven’t been impressed with any off season for EMEA or NA.

RRQ got way better
T1 could surprise
GenG is better
PRX is about the same
DRX is the same

It’s going to be a good year for them.

Still the best team in the world.

If champs 2023 played out 10 times FNC is winning the tournament 6 of those ten times.

EG 2 times

PRX 2 times

We just happen to live in the timeline where EG won.

Ngl I was worried about NA, but seeing these EMEA teams perform is embarrassing.

This really might be Pacifics time to shine

If EG loses most of their players.

NRG (if Ethen / Demon1
Lev
Sen
Furia
Loud
100t ( if Boostio)
C9
G2
Kru
EG (even if all t2)
MIBR

TDL

Keznit doesn’t deserve to be in t1 because he is an asshole.

Reality

He is a top 3 duelist in SA

Keznit is great!

But Less is better.

I can see an argument for 3 or so players being swapped, but then it would be more my opinion than hard facts.

What player who didn’t make playoffs would you call a top 10 player? And who would you remove to place them?