Im really sorry bro, but I just cant get behind drg being any sort of a good team besides talent. their approach to the game is so so bad. XLG I agree looked pretty good, but then again XLG almost beat EDG if it wasnt for KK showing up and just farming

not really, the other two teams, especially, especially DRG looked horrid. and EDG still had plenty of holes imo, that xlg or drg didnt exploit. Did you see some of EDG's antiecos?

I mean you can think what you want about region strength, but personally I think the top american teams are the best

I would argue G2's 1 game was more impressive than any single game EDG played in kickoff. I can totally see EDG going into bangkok and showing prime performance on every single player, but I see an equal oppurtunity for them to just be mid, like in this kickoff

theyve been playing since the offseason, and theyve looked good there, and against c9. They overall also played a very clean game of valorant and minmax a ton of shit in the first match in kickoff.

I heavily doubt it, but if they do laugh at me all you want

wouldnt say weak, just not incredibly strong

Dawg there was like 3 overtimes in 3 maps wdym it wasnt close, EDG's igl had to go like 37-17 to scrap a win on abyss

EDG just did not look that good against any of those matches tho. They looked mid against nova, got slammed by TE, Almost lost to XLG, DRG looked so shit, Played pretty well against billibilli and played an extremely close series with trace. Nothing looked clean, even against the mid table teams

NerfMaxima (one of the best newcomers <3)

Did not know so many people like me, thank you cloudberry

it was impressive but trace looked like they could take the GF from them if it wasnt for a nobody god game. so def beatable, G2 havent shown anything bad yet. I would find it hard pressed if you dont currently rate G2 higher

EDG look shakey and beatable. G2 look good asf with jawg

I made it??? o-0

yes

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They are 100% the favourites to win bangkok and if they dont, I dont think G2 will ever win an international event trophy.

They are the PRX of last year I think

like a little parasite that you eventually tolerate because you see it so much

dont worry, I dont totally hate you... just a bit

Tyloo

shrike

I meant it wouldnt be bait mb

whole new tournament

is that another nova believer I see

so you're even worse than I expected?

this is the most braindead thing ive ever read

First. It's good to have 1000 pages of analysis as long as it makes your team win.

no its not bro? no one ever. and I mean it, no one ever in a professional or unprofessional environment will EVER, EVER read a 1000 page document of analysis for a single match. Part of the job is condensing and summarising the information. having 1000 pages means you failed at it

the m4's of the world is wild

One thing I did actually notice is the lack of plans with ult. there are many ult combinations that straight up win rounds, you have 1 for ascent but thats it. Also since you dont actually have a professional team, I really like the postplant idea you did for ascent, but I wish you did it for pearl too

oh that makes sense

and do you play every map or???

oh btw what do the map colours mean

idk bro im plat, but cool auramancer image

Malvinkoekemans told me

"guy says he does analysis and made a 110 page on 100t
sends it to 100t and gets ghosted
makes a vlr post on how shitty 100t is

people and real coaches read his analysis and give him tips
he acts arrogant and basically says stfu

either greatest bait ever or mental retardation"

if he made 100 pages then surely it has to be bait right? xD

either that or he is unemployed

from what ive been told, EDG and TE are sending in academy rosters

TE have an academy roster, so no worries baby. Without the big boys, Nova is here to win

can someone fill me in? I completely missed this guy and now everyone is talking about it. From what i know is he did analysis and plays swiftplay

I agree with the top reddit comment: "s1mon is every duelist wet dream"

what about your other members? I wanna watch this

This is where nova stocks go up baby

I think destroyR should get a massive shout. He is amazing at his job

Oh yeah Engh should get a shout too

ez win
https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/a5e68b03

Agree. I think G2 might actually win for once

Agreed

Mine is:

G2
EDG
TH + VIT
T1
AMER #2 + TE
APAC #2

I completely agree, on average APAC teams look really good, but the top teams dont look like they can win

Is it weird to have more faith in the chinese teams than the pacific teams to do well? Besides T1 the rest dont look that good and T1 themselves feel messy.
I have to wait for TH and VIT to play a little more but to be honest my confidence in them isnt that high either.

Rn for me bangkok looks like: AMER > EMEA >= CN > PAC

$5: Trexx derke
$4: Chronicle
2$: Boaster
1$: nAts

Coach: ENGH

Roles are self explanatory

yeah it all makes sense if TE and EDG are sending academy teams

oh I get it then