S: BLD, BOOM, DK
A: SZ, FCY, XIA
B: NAOS, ONE
C: OGS, BONK

You're overrating NAOS, they barely beat Oasis who got 3 rounds against the ID national team

CR are probably still off the table, those players have no drive to win and just want to farm easy followers

It’s not a masters event unless Drx are bodying an Asian team first round

everyone’s always talking about the longest win streaks but never the longest loss streak.
so far this is the longest I could find with 15 in a row, but I’m sure there are longer ones

that’s being generous

elder flame Turkey

their comps are kind of shitty but they have enough firepower to win it all

champs 2022 > champs 2021 for me. The only things fun about 2021 was the camera bug, X10 upset, and the KRU run, rest was pretty boring imo. BR was still bad, NA was having their worst tournament so far, VS shit the bed, the TL vs ACE match was anticlimactic, and the finals was a regional match that only had high viewership because of drops

New Copium - DRX got news that Something was having visa issues after Ascent and decided to throw so he would have more time.

Honestly though, I’ll be super sad if Something can’t play. He brought this team from losing against TS to beating DRX, PRX without him isn’t the same.

why does it say 14-12? game's still going on

actually really sad that AK can beat 9z two times in playoffs and still wouldn’t qualify for ascension

Xeta was really good in NA, as soon as C9 got rid of them they became mid

NAVI - everyday I have to read some NAVI fan trying to explain why they are still mechanically the best team in the world and why they are winning masters
C9 - people started calling them the best team in Americas and able to rival FNC just to get rolled by Demon1 when it actually mattered
TS - they really only beat PRX without something and DRX without Foxy9 and mfs thought they were going to Masters. Couldn’t even beat GENG on a long loss streak

Carpe is unironically probably the best Gecko right now, at least in terms of utility

KOTH bracket reminds me of LPL brackets, but a tad bit more unfair. not the biggest fan but could make some hype runs

I'm gonna take an educated guess

gotta prevent what happened to the FNC fanbase after lock in

welcome back 👋

fixed it mb, was doing it on my phone

vouch for the team that you will stick with through out masters so that we can come back to the OGs after. Only one team allowed too as always

TL: Epicgamer69, Sugma, Dokka, GreyDaze, Jeffo, Hauze, seankukuz, minte, Dumpero, ash_knuckles, PunisherXPR, Kesarigggg, natsfanboy

FNC: K2215, BigAbdi, acels, Bonkbonk201, FoechiGG, sentinelmain377, Blaxtonn, queueK, since_beta, BairyHalls, starxito_sike, Telextro_786, Jigabigale, hekzy, CryoZanderDerrekEnjoyer, Abydaby, warriorzz, Shownu, xD1LL4N, wizardbot, Congo1

FUT: zidmz, autumnly

NAVI: Verstepping33, Marty, sad_gambit_fan, emirerays, chloeburbank, annoybrocc02, EMEAstan, Kirya, thefastflyingfairy, orqn, number1_cNed_fan, 6vine, thjing, Brimstan, HadEs_In

PRX: Subreezy, NotMidUser, zardinez, Carthage_Er_Pola, Simon_Digger, Faraday, randomperson, crashhacker1, tetris, LycheeBlade, Trapyy, Rodu, EpicGamerGamingEpicly, silh0uette, adilKhan, raafi, DanielEVLR, CowokjarangmAndy, remnant_Aeher12, Jdang_SG, pandoradox, FrostTree187, valvenq, FDWC, Zeron, skatman

DRX: Sprouts, grenji, Rtg299, unknown_trash, SETSUZA, brahianv, pitchfork, Tanmayyy, camosouljia, streaQ, Derpp, RedHood14, TriQo, Theosss, Raevus

T1: alice, gamr, snowconedeity, Ricegum, fontea, Cannot

LOUD: inlucid, bbydrix, GENZAMAN1235, widepeepofrosty, kbkdark

NRG: noitaNehT, manca, Goatguynut, TrialRunnr, PEE_DRINKER, Simp4S0m, Cheey, Diitto, 33AJ, TSM_Shreyash, uwukitten, nyc, Okami_J, Chromantix, Imnop, Danny, Ooofmeister, aylez, Nachtel, Boltsnationriseup, Yistyy, Ailed, vvon, Delusional_SA_fan, Pandazzz, Manaphy, Flame4Game, GlxyMan, PandaZ, Onais, Katsuragi0056, Selex, saebr, tennisfan

EG: Pocket, Cresp, TheBigBoiPenguin, DELUSIONAL_POTTER_FAN

ASE: batchchestingveryhard, Vietcong, donut2612, not5kin, samhatts, DELUSIONAL_LAKIA_FAN, ZhangWei, Denggysaurus, MapleVAL

EDG: Nilonesia, Sareo, Mjtchell, funny_prank, Itsover, DELUSIONAL_SCOURGE_FAN, Chirby, Commend, FIZZYJIZZY, TakoSaki, Trip11, kankel, Ullyr

Delusional fans
KC: mrGoudas
C9: Qwertyy
OR: brobeans
SEN: NAclearsSa, Repetition, Pengu12
DFM: spookmeister

SEN somehow have more believers than FUT and they aren't even in the tourney lmfao

see (forget that I messed up the CN teams)

pretty much every old Andbox player - seb, vice, ANDROID, Oderus, Poach

Groups are exciting because there are those League rivalries though:
-two guaranteed NA vs EU matches
-two guaranteed KR vs CN matches

5-6th is copium for a team that hasn’t won an international match yet at the most stacked tournament we’ve ever seen. If I were a CN fan, I’d be happy just to see them make it out of groups.

bro doesn't know about masters uzbekistan 2029

I’m sorry Mr. Yessirskiiii, I’m still feeling bitter and sad after the drx game 😔

my honest reaction: 😫😩😣😖

imagine being on this list

why is the website lying to me. there's no way drx lost. why is vlr.gg gaslighting me? there's no way drx lost. it must be a glitch. there's no way drx lost.

ah shit this post is back 💀

I kind of agree, his fragging has been subpar recently. I also consider the fact that DRX’s attack has been super readable lately since they just tend to 5 man execute into sites. They aren’t faking or sending a lurk like they use to do last year, but I’m not sure if that’s stax or termi’s fault.

the other round is meh but pushing at 7-8 against an eco, whiffing and then feeding a gun is awful

Rb really just said fuck winning this series

boring post plant map that’s super momentum based, just give me Bind already

now we know why they don't play this map lol

holy based

God damn Pacific has the best production and it’s not even close

and now that PRX won a game, we can actually call it a real rivalry >:)

move PRX to S

name checks out

he also forgot my premier team

apology not accepted 🙅‍♂️❌🚫

doubt it, only way to win is to form a superteam and the language barrier stops that

that nothing will stop Carpe from getting 2nd place

drx always get free group stages in masters so if anything that makes it more accurate

drx always go full tryhard against other KR teams so expect a 3-0

A: EMEA 3rd, Pacific 2nd, Americas 3rd, China 2nd
B: EMEA 4th, Pacific 3rd, Americas 2nd, China 1st

this way, when you add up the seeds, both groups still equal 10 in total but they seem more fair imo

EDG = EG/T1/FUT imo
ASE are gonna get smoked though if Life and alphabet man don’t consistently show up

DRX places 5-6th, 5-6th, 3rd, 3rd-4th
“yeah but I still don’t think they’re proven to be top 5”

It’s your opinion at the end of the day what the current best are, but if you ask me, saying they still aren’t proven is just ignoring their past year of results. What makes TL, C9, or EG any more proven?

FNC and DRX are probably going to be the fan favorites along with PRX because of something