Being careful is a good thing. Don't look for weird associations or reasons. It's just being careful.

We too did it all the time before major official games. ALWAYS avoided same nationality teams, or some teams that have IRL friends (that we knew of) from other teams.

Better safe than sorry

Good chance that BBL will surprise a lot of people

Hard one to predict, both really strong contenders to go all the way

https://www.twitch.tv/thinkingmansvalo casts Acend's and Enterprise's games in English as far as I know

he joined Al Nassr

You're right, I can't.
Truth be told, sometimes it can get quite frustrating being on the inside and reading false information being spread on the internets and not being able to argue or even say anything about some things haha (And I don't mean this topic, just in general)

good thing that making shit up is not impossible ¯_(ツ)_/ ¯

Good theorycrafting, was a nice read. Looks like a strong team with good players and appropriate roles.

Just -sage on pearl (:

"cNed was benched in late September after Acend failed to reach the partnered VCT EMEA League."

Nobody was benched, everyone in the team were allowed to explore options. It's not the same thing. Acend acknowledged that everyone in the team should have a chance to play in VCT if given a chance

Good read nevertheless!

o7

You guys need to chill

If you're a fan of a player - you will continue to support him no matter where he goes
If you're a fan of a team/club - you will support them throughout the roster changes
If you call players traitors for their career choices - you're a hater, not a fan

Bump

shao

Gratz with the progress and determination!

A month is done, now go for a full year

Big true! First lan was just for experience, now they showed that they are just as good as the top teams and any other day could have been top 4 for sure. What an insane series! GGs

It's hard to choose one
DRX - because I was always a big fan of their discipline and pre-set plays
LOUD - because I'm a sucker for HUGE firepower and insane mechanics
FPX - my favorite EMEA team to watch + EMEA's last hope at champs

Hi VLR, my first thread here

Champions are heating up and we're down to just a few teams remaining. Every game is getting more intense, more important and more difficult for the remaining teams, players and fans alike

I want to encourage people to:
-Support the teams and players that you like
-Don't hate on the teams and players that your supported team plays against
-Spread love and positivity instead of hate and envy

Peace!

good

Very highly doubt that any of the remaining teams would scrim each other. There are plenty of EU tier2 scrims available, probably that's where they scrim. Keep in mind - at this stage of tournament there is not much time to scrim anyways.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

45 :|

Very excited to see EDG face against other top international teams, hopeful for some banger games 💯

Love the positivity and appreciation towards the teams and players, nice thread!

Purp0 is a great player. It is insanely hard to get thrown into an elimination game and perform. You don't give 'miss pressure' enough credit.
Remember Lakia being 6th DRX player and pretty much HAVING to perform when he got an opportunity to play? Yeh.. this is similar, it's super hard.

Hoping for a 5 game series!

Good talent and work ethics

Red Bull Homeground goes international? Now that's a pogchamp if I have ever seen one

Player boosting used to be allowed, but it's banned since May 2022 (at least in EMEA)

Banger match

Prx and drx are completely opposite

Kek

Take my upvote

You said it very well yourself
Ultimate orbs are a nice resource and objective you can get, but they are not free. They cost time and also sometimes cost your position. It's a balance between what and when you think is more valuable.

starxo's wall boost vs gambit in champs finals on icebox OT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyE3mfN_Ono

Cos I'm a Paper boy, and I've been tryin' to may
Oh I'm a Paper boy
Ay, I'mma just Paper boy, I'mma just Paper boy
I'mma get keep that gun, I be just staring at the sun
Nummies I'll fool gazin', I'm like the pool where I'm stayin'
They like you wanna be famous? I'm tryna be outdoor gators
I'm gonna be Paper boy and get a real down tropical
I'm a Paper boy I put my vests on, yeah
Like a wug woman tryna make it to the top
I'm a Paper boy, I been tryin' to make it.

Also - the momentum has finally been built

Very good

I got a nice mouse and a mousepad from that one, it was nice :)

Yo...
So somebody went digging into my pickems and now suddenly they stopped working. Coinsidence? I DON'T THINK SO :angryface:

I agree with this. Calling players by their first name or shortening their nicknames comes with direct relationship and being close with those people. Alfajer is an awesome nickname in itself

Eid Mubarak ♥

watch them

word

Bonecold made omen split meta before controller changes

okay

Banger match

double post for double banger

Banger match

firm W's all around

consider it done (previous one was sarcastic, this one is hard truth)

Love to see people putting thought into discussing some topics, its honestly a great read sometimes