crashies and shao are pretty equal in the context of initiators despite them having switched roles recently on some maps.

the other 2 i'll agree with

0/8

its been 3 of 8 weeks bro

yeah but 2022 NAVI was just as bad with that

steels literally known for his entire calling and strats is poke and prod default until a 30 second left hit, literal 2022 NAVI or 2023 KC on crack

atleast they have an IGL now ig?

Honestly I dont care for who represents the league in Tokyo other than the 3 best teams, its only been 3 weeks into the season so alot can still change across the board other than maybe LOUD being #1 and KRU/EG being 9/10. Some teams look great one week, bad another. Only thing that matters is the top 6 for playoffs.

That being said
LOUD, LEV, NRG for Tokyo
(sorry furia)

cus regional arguing regardless of who it is is omnipresent here
BR v LATAM
NA v BR
BR v EMEA
NA v EMEA
APAC v APAC
EU v CIS

alot of it is needless dogshit banter across the board

nrg slow start

I feel XMS would be the next best option, him or Nivera

sick format, seems like itll work well for apac too
(Ik americas wont get that because we are only 4 regions compared to europe and asias dozen or so)

watched every now and then around the time post reykjavik 2021, only started following consistently around champs 2021 and onward

Neon or Raze best 2 options for duelist on lotus

navi and lotus man

maybe some people just watch VCT regardless of region? I've watched games from both Pacific and EMEA if theyre on and I'm not busy

6th worst rated player in americas as of week 2

na challengers everyone else plays for 2nd no?

A return to normalcy

NRG Is gonna bounce back, just a slow start and a bad showing against a really good team in Leviatan. Are teams like SEN/100T/FUR also competing for that 3rd slot yea so it can go either way really

High Plat

Thats disrespectful to golds ngl cus those are bronze takes

Honestly agree

then lets ask nobody

i can't believe it

0/8

NRG is a lock for tokyo

good point

roles and strats were mid at best recently, something had to change.

He'll find another roster for sure he's still a really solid T2 IGL

boaster lower than both Saadhaak and FNS, just because he won the most recent title doesnt mean he's the best IGL automatically

ANGE1, Kingg, Benkai > Koldamenta, this is a braindead take off one game.

disappointing maybe, but they're still a good roster, should do better in split 2

honestly W, should help SR get better, Vanity is a proven talent and I'd argue he's better than Dazzle, sucks to see the old LG core start to leave more and more but that roster kinda needed it after being just good enough to qualify but nothing above it, with talents like Bdog Mada and Moose they shouldve done better

AMER: MIBR
EMEA: TH or BBL
APAC: DFM or RRQ

#7

Not even all of collegiate/3rd party tourneys gets covered on vlr, or even liquipedia. So no

FUR 2-1 Keznit may be Brazils kryptonite but KRU arent gonna be able to team diff a rlly good looking furia

major copium

KRU might now not be the absolute bottom of americas

in context of the americas (NA/LATAM/BR) The top 3 teams from the playoffs later this year (you get into playoffs by gaining circut points thru S1, MSI, and S2) from each challengers league go to the ascension tournament and the winner of that tourney gets a slot in the franchise league.

koalanoob
bdog
corey
babybay
tex

Honestly don't know, putting bdog on smokes was stupid and they didnt come out looking as good as expected, maybe they rebound but just like last year with stage 1 invites like SEN, C9. SR disappointed this time

NRG, no, not happening
LEV, potentially

Americas has 2 clear cut top 2 just like EMEA
Loud NRG
Everyone else is either fighting for that 3rd spot or likely gonna be a bottom feeder on the league (mibr, c9, eg, kru if no keznit)

So i def think furia has a chance but itll likely come down to h2h vs sen 100t lev

2 or 3, i aint active here like i used to be

Yay
Cryo
TenZ
Ardiis
Koalanoob

HM: Jawgemo, Tex, Zellsis, Bdog

unironically this is a worse matchup than FUT v RRQ

group diff, decent team

too broke for the GOAT Jamalesh "Hazed" Cobbanath

RRQ, DFM, NagZ, whoever joins c9, Carpe, soulcas, destrian, murizz, just in franchising. Dont even get me started on the AI players that make it into T1.5-T2

MAD 2-0

zoro.to
9anime.me
vrv

theyre benching xand to bring back keznit

S0m, jollz, ardiis, TMV

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