Zip lines go brrrrr

SEN vs G2 will be by far the most viewed out of the three

Gambit don't have much of a following from CIS and I'm assuming a lot of NA fans don't really care too much about two EMEA teams playing eachother again (shown by the low amount of viewers Liquid vs Fnatic got in Iceland)

Fnatic and Liquid are on a very similar level, along with G2
I'm not going to act like I'm not biased, but if Fnatic stop getting in their own heads, they can make it far

SMB are the obvious favorites, but I think Fnatic could pull an upset (or Liquid since they are the turkish slayers)

I think the LCQ will be really close between SMB, FNC, and TL
And since I'm a FNC fan, I'm obviously picking FNC, though any of the three can win

I mean, what were people expecting?
NA has the delta variant, BR sadly still has a lot of covid cases, and East Asian countries, although they don't have many covid cases, still have extremely strict rules

That being said, wish they had chosen a different EU city at least

Forgot that they swapped groups, replace HL with VK then

mb, haven't seen him around much cause of being on timezones ¯_(ツ)_/¯

BBL not being in LCQ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

I know it's super early, but these are the teams I'm predicting to go to champions, please rate my predictions

Sentinels (Berlin Winner)
Envy (NA Circuit Points)
100 Thieves (NA Circuit Points)
Cloud9 (LCQ)

Gambit (EMEA Circuit Points)
Acend (EMEA Circuit Points)
Fnatic (LCQ)

Nuturn (Circuit Points)
X10 (Circuit Points)
Paper Rex (Circuit Points)
Crazy Racoon (Circuit Points)
Vision Strikers (LCQ)

Vikings (Circuit Points)
Vivo Keyd (Circuit Points)
KRU (Circuit Points)
Furia (LCQ)

saw a photo of barce on thespikegg once and mans looks like a unit

Bonkar would be going for atleast +20 to make up for his kill differential in the EMEA playoff games

Cause Siberia exists

Btw, this is the info analysts should be looking at
I don't care about TenZ's ACS, just tell me how many kindergartners he could take

Was thinking about that, but it doesn't apply to other teams

How many kindergartners do you think each player could take?

I'll start with 100 Thieves' roster:
Asuna - No shame, would pummel like 15 of them at the same time
Steel - Could not bring himself to hurt a child as he is a father figure to Vanity
Ethan - 5-10, probably could take an average amount
Nitr0 - 0 or else dad buff would deactivate
Hiko - Has to remain child friendly and would; therefore, not be able to beat a kindergartner. If he wasn't child friendly, this guy would be a tank

Probably TSM over T1
T1 seem to want OW pros more right now

No need for TenZ to react to the BEST player in the world

https://twitter.com/T1/status/1433201594095452163

Personally, I think T1 should give up on their million dollar roster and field a new roster in KR as they clearly want KR imports (spyder, ANS, diem)

Hope he doesn't end up stuck on an academy team like ANS

I agree, any win the APAC LCQ is a massive dub for the scene
I just want to see SA do well cause it'd be cool for the game not to be dominated by EMEA/NA
That's why I hope CN/BR become major regions as well

My Take On SA in LCQ:

Realistically, GE doesn't (and shouldn't) have much of a chance to qualify for Champions, with everyone, except for the 7 yr old Skrossi fans, knowing this
The scene lacks international experience and will struggle at first with top teams
If GE manage to take a map off of NU, with Hyeoni, or VS, that would be a massive win for the SA scene
Any win against JP/SEA/KR would be a massive dub for the scene as well

Go into the APAC LCQ expecting them to have a rough time and be pleasantly surprised if they do well
I personally expect in a year or two, the SA scene will be internationally competitive and a potential major region

Keep your eyes on Skrossi and go in with low expectations

That's a good place to bootcamp (def not biased). Hopefully we can get some good scrimbux though between GE and KR teams to see what their chances are in the LCQ
I'm really excited to see how much the SA scene has grown since last playing against SEA teams

APAC LCQ is rumored to be on LAN in singapore so at least we get to see one international LAN with SA teams
Sucks that they don't get a direct slot though :/

LG should've picked dicey up instead of picking up ban and immediately dropping him
They have the exact same agent pool

I hope Zeta make playoffs for the sake of JP

no clue, but hyeoni def deserved a team
They'll probably try to flex allow or something

This one, officer

Good bracket

SMB beating Acend 3 times in a row is a pretty hot take imo

You rarely even see the same team beat another high level team 2 times in a row, yet alone 3 (sen is an exception)

I agree with most of ur points, but I don't think Shot_Up is the play
Picking up more duelists just doesn't seem right and is why I didn't list thief

also i forgot to add jcstani ;-;

Ur underestimating Vivo Keyd
If heat cosplays as Jett, they are making the grand finals

Yeah, Andersin is in a bit of a slump rn but still a great anchor regardless
Also should've clarified but I would personally keep Leviathan on sova, people forget how good he is, and pickup Poach as a smoke/IGL, like what he use to do when he was on Andbox

Rip other teams in APAC LCQ

Choose one:

VS superteam
NU with Hyeoni

That's a spicy group B

Here's a list of players that I think TSM could benefit from:
thwifo
oderus
stellar
andersin
jammyz
supamen
Poach

btw, Player1 isn't on the market, he is focusing on content creation and his book

Liquid lost to V1
By your logic, that means that Pioneers are on Gambits level

Not saying G2 doesn't have a realistic chance, but your logic is flawed lmao

All I want to see is:
-Hazed +Thwifo
+Andersin (bang's replacement)

+Make Wardell learn Raze on Bind, can't have the entire team shift roles for one man

I like it.
But if G2 beat SEN, I don't think bunny stands a chance against nukkye supremecy

Sadge, always sad to see TNL facing VS every playoff bracket
They deserved a second chance in double elimination :/

I'll pretend I didn't see CR beating HL
Good bracket otherwise

Post ur Berlin brackets below to get rated

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/670de0b7 <---- Here's my dumbass bracket btw

Not even going to the Academy Team?
You had the kid playing a different agent on every map, of course he'll be inconsistent

Picking up aspiring talent just to drop them is a bad move TSM

https://twitter.com/haloofthoughts/status/1433208876476870659
Pray that this doesn't happen

Now, it's either play against VS in the LCQ or Nuturn (with Hyeoni)
GE might have had a chance against the NU we saw in Stage 3, but now I don't think so :<

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/4f4f31b5
I believe in Boaster supremacy

For sure, Bren definitely have a chance against F4Q and G2 and have a lot of veteran players
But Sentinels just seem like they are a tier above the other teams in Group D though

Group A: Acend will beat SMB at the start, but SMB will qualify through the lower bracket

Group B: Envy will actual do better on LAN then expected because they have nearly an entire team of somewhat experienced LAN players, especially FNS and yay

Group C: Crazy Racoon > Zeta Division and won't be as bad as people expect them to be. Even though they lost to Zeta, they blew all the other teams out of the water, while Zeta struggled with teams like Northeption and Fennel

Group D: Bren Esports order the entire Jollibee menu the night before Berlin and DubsteP single handedly destroys both F4Q and SEN/G2 to qualify for playoffs

China doing China things ;(

+1
Hopefully it doesn't end up like another Bear Claw Gaming
Doubt the players are getting scammed by the deal since they are mostly experienced/high profile players

Please make it here Wildcard, I gotta see Ninim play against T1 NA :<

That was one of the choices in the poll
Keep reading and maybe you'll see that I only said Shahzam and Wardell were better awpers

Wedid is not an IGL