bad phrasing, but ESL's top dogs are all German afaik, so obviously negotiating the entire youth labour deal will be easier

yes, they has consistent tier 1 slots but didn't work out

Average take of a person who has never looked into the integrity side of things. can't blame him tho, he earns plenty of cash to not give a shit about it

well maybe ESL got a deal cuz they are in ties with the law for a long time now

5 stages of grief
denial.
anger.
bargaining. <- you are here
depression.
acceptance.

donk mzinho and senzu had no problems attending Cologne this year (all were 17), m0nesy had no problems in 2022 when he was 17 as well...

they need galorys to lose and 2g to win m80, otherwise they have an inferior round diffrence causing them to lose 3 team tie breakers

afaik they are not even on hold, they are actively selling. problem is that they are selling for pennies, the transfer of two of their players costed pennies afaik

and we know that only 1 goes up...

org will just fold the valorant department, they did the same in CS, maybe thin in finances?

probably pointless now, donk is like top 4 ru athelete in popularity, s1mple is like top 2

give it a year m8, scene should be ready any time now

yeah, it's made for 7th graders
https://ua.tribuna.com/uk/blogs/cybertribuna/3117022-kibersport-vzhe-navit-u-piduchnykakh-navi-vyvchatymut-na-uroka/ here is the link, you can translate it to englsih, but it basically talks about what esports are

a country where there is no other sport to contend with

except other countries have sports like football and basketball taking up the first slots

yes. I wouldn't say playing valorant is laughed at, but it's nowhere near as close as CS. kids at schools grind cs, uni students grind cs, navi winning the cs2 major is mentioned and talked about in books at schools now. most of my generation grew up watching s1mple play, most of UA players are awpers because of it. our uncles/cousins/elder brothers played 1.6 and source, so when most of us were little we just picked it up and enjoyeed it

cuz Ukraine doesn't give two shits about valorant? UA scene literally had matchfixers and washed frauds leaving, meanwhile russia actually had some decent players leaving

what the fuck are you even saying, turkey has 80 mil population, russia has 140 mil population, esports is like top 3 sport there in terms of popularity within youth, ofc they will have more talent

''It is still really likely he will remain in the team according to sources.''

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we are gonna pretend VP has been an Armenian org ever since the 1.6 days ye :D

majority turkish team

where the fuck has china and americas has been mentioned in that thread?

fold the org

all of that talk and still 0 international events won by a majority turkish team

FUT winning a map at champs?

c9 spent a shit ton of money on the most mid roster in cs after trusting a CASTER to assemble it.
sentinels and faze started their stocks which would cost 5 serbian dinars
EG fumbled the champs roster and spent millions on mid rosters in cs and dota, recycling same players
NRG and 100T aren't that restarted, but imo they aren't perfect as well

too many turks lost them RR

I would say most emea orgs are fine, but NA orgs are straight up retarded

except you forgot that most esports managements are nowhere near as close to being so far planned ahead.

I mean why would they, extra expanses

which is fundamentally bad for the scene's development

I don't wanna imagine what faker fans would do bro

bro watched the 6 minute video just to be reminded there is grass which he can touch 💀

bro so delusional he has to sip on some big copium cuz he knows navi got into franchising due to being the biggest eu org in CS

due to what would they be more relevant?

cs roster announcement, tenz is back home

well and I think it's not over yet, pretty much every tier 1 TO has like 2-6 events in a year

next year features 30 tier 1 events ( you don't have to visit every single one)

ah yes, the eternal ''not entry = baiter'' take

there were plenty of S-tier events this year
IEM Katowice - Spirit won thanks to donk putting up a historical mvp
PGL Copenhagen Major (Champs) - NaVi upset everyone to pull of a historic win in the most stacked playoff bracket ever
IEM Chengdu - FaZe get their revenge and win a final after 4 failed attempts in a row
EPL - Mouz win the event comfortably
IEM Dallas - G2 with a sub win the event in Dallas, launching monesy even higher in the top 1 debate
Blast Premier Spring Final - navi silence the haters only to lose to spirit 3-1 in the finals
PLAYER BREAK
Esports world cup - navi go thru faze, mouz and g2 to claim the event in Riyadh
IEM Cologne - vitality get their first W of the year after beating navi in a nail biter final

understandable, I got the same way here, I didn't wanna watch BB Dacha. Just FYI, in case you are new, the top teams are NaVi, G2, FaZe, Spirit, MOUZ, Vitality, these 6 are usually in the league of their own, however teams like pain, mongolz, liquid, col, 9z, saw, ef, astralis are sometimes capable of putting up a fight

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we are cooked bro

cs isn't IEM only, this year tier 1 cs has two TOs, Blast and ESL/IEM
right now we have pro league, after that it's blast fall finals in Copenhagen followed by blast global finals in singapore and then IEM Rio.
RMR are regional major rankings, it's the last regional stage before the major. It decides which teams go to the major and the ranking of the team decides who goes to which stage

cheatolarnt joining its older brother cheater strike, it was bound to happen

iem rio is in october I believe, but it's sorta a warmup event before RMRs (major qualifiers)

astralis are shit as well :D you can cheer for NA CS, or SA CS if you like some underdogs. m80, imperial, pain, red candids. tier 2 eu which is solid is EF.

why would you cheer for fnatic cs 😭😭

I mean I can take a deagle and go for a confident tap myself, I just like spraying more with ak

https://youtu.be/z3Ve_hvHJPk
+1, shit like this is not possible with rng