https://youtu.be/Pxet1WWcEHY?t=156
you got that bob shoutout

There are only positives from a PR perspective for GE if they had Indian player(s) in the their roster, I'm sure they must have trialled the top prospects from the scene. If they were good enough as of right now they would be on the roster. The fans don't even realise that VCSA has one of the best formats from a player experience perspective, the tops teams will get to play in THREE LANs(split 1 cup 1, split 1 cup 2, and split 2 playoffs). For upcoming players it's the best place to grow.

I've never understood that second option. If the Indian players are not up to snuff, nothing good will come off it. what experience do they get that they won't get in VCSA? 12 stage matches? If you're playing in GE you're the type of player that is going to make VCSA playoffs anyways, you will get LAN practice. the only real argument is they may get better quality scrims against other APAC teams on lower ping in KR. the downsides? they are going to get fucking battered by people across all the social media platforms. Their confidence will be fucking wiped by the end of the season. It's going worse than the average team by virtue of all the noise surrounding GE.

My understanding is it was a budget issue. That previous team would not have been cheap at all, and regardless of the unfortunate circumstances, did not have the required results.

quite frankly that's all they need to do right now anyways, there's so much interest from unis themselves and a huge presence of 3rd party collegiate events anyways. They just need to keep an eye out on some bad actors(see NECC's recent controversy), so that the more prestigious academic unis don't get dissuaded from running more than just club teams.

I didn't think the terrible NACL OQ seeding could be topped, but GC proves me wrong

1337 the new SQN

the real question is why did SR, NBG and TG let icebox through against what seems to be a pug team

We can now forget the LG incident(s)

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It only took someone from the Soniqs core 3 years to make NA challengers, but it was worth the wait.

He can't go any lower than this

Jsung is on fraud watch for this 13-0

Katsumi playing for Burgerville tho, plus Sad vs QoR will get streamed anyway

No she's based out of NA, OCE players don't really even do trials much anymore to NA, the ping is insane.

Ngl rly wondering where a lot of the gc fa teams are, only see a handful which is is disappointing given that there seem to be a lot of open spots. Is it a premier contender issue?

Yeah, I'm not sure why invites aren't based on whether the core stick together, like in NA. Sounds like VCB is a mess right now.

Yeah, I had a look, I recognize xand and ntk, they might be a bit tough, but it seems as though TL beat a bottom challengers squad like you said. A little bit of luck and they can definitely make it.

Do TL have a actual shot at main event? there are only two spots, and I imagine a lot of teams in closed quals must be made up of ex challenger players?

2-0 for SaD Bob masterclass

Ez for Bob

Naija putting in the shift for the sq peeps

Challengers teams invited are based on the core of team staying together iirc, so the current team wouldn't qualify for the invite. However there will likely be 4+ challenger spots up for grabs in the open quals, so they've got a solid shot.

traitor

If it's bench it doesn't matter, and they may have them on the team for now, like with RNG. RNG so far isn't in the league, so they need to go through ascension. it's a worthwhile investment.

Probs cause CN league will have only 1 import slot, apparently Weibo is locked for the league. So guess they went with pl1xx

If you had a history of consistently dc-ing in games, it carries over. I think they do wipe the slate clean, although it depends on how egregious your dc-ing used to be.

deadass, the rerouting threw me off

I was under the assumption that the core 3 rule was still in place. Since exalt was part of the original squad, he can be subbed in. yay and nerve are two replacements, they wouldn't be able to replace steel with anyone else but the original squad(so exalt xxif or riku).
Unless the core 3 rule gets reset going into split 2

Exalt is likely playing due to roster lock restrictions.

X0tek botfragged as predicted 😞

Seen the SA leaks, this one is first set i've seen for china. makes sense with the amount of players of chinese origin in the region.

pl1xx and maple to move to weibo. oce taking over slowly. https://blix.gg/news/weibo-report

Isolated from playing any other region, along with expensive travel costs, and most importantly, a far too small playerbase given its isolation. No way to sustainably run it, unless it becomes popular locally, with the likes of the sports leagues here.

No, his internet dropped.

That's the thing, it's not just NRG. Multiple NA challengers finals teams inquired about him at different points, all got similar responses. Just have to assume they wanted him on their team, put through absurd buyouts to dissuade anyone from buying him out.

I don't understand what the point is of locking him in a buyout so high no one would pay, did they just want to hold him at any cost? Cuz that just meant he would be stuck on their payroll regardless.

Was wondering why a regular season oce match had 24 comments, makes sense

Highly likely he just hasn't posted his LFT yet.

I don't know if you have enough copium for this team too

Our rate rn is 2.2 and decreasing, we'll hit replacement rate in like 2 decades, that's far better than what most expected. Jk CH wb RJ are small fry compared to the up Bihar belt, if they focus on just those 3 they'll drop the overall rate down. The south and north east are below replacement rate.

It's legit just UP Bihar MP that have pop growth, rest of the bigger states have fertility rate or below.

No future life is over indeed

4 teams qual from this one, so the 4 highest seeds that lost in Ro64 will progress to lcq ig.

Wtf, one of the least likely upsets

The first day is not streamed, cause most, if not all games in r128 and r64 are slaughters. iirc the bracket is reshuffled once it hits ro32 and goes into double elim, so there would be no point in putting up any brackets on their SM, or on vlr.

Banger name

W, but knowing the system it'll take ages to get the infrastructure set up.

All ik is she flubbed the easiest internet apology kek

Oh fuck, that changes things lol