They're okay, but they're not the best. I've voiced my concerns over keeping mimi and petra on the team previously, and when petra left I was excited but that immediately wore off when I found out Nelo was put into her place.

I don't know how old you are, but petra and mimi are a package deal since CS days and G2G kind of fell into the trap of keeping them both with mimi even having her contract extended until 2027 (this needs a fact check but I'm lazy to find the announcement). I very strongly believe there are better IGLs and scan players in the GC scene.

I'm sure the vibes on the team are good, but vibes aren't going to bring you baseline skill. There's been a clear sign Turkiye has good players coming out of it year after year and GC is no different. With the amount of resources G2G has they could just build a turkish GC superteam around amy and vania. I think amy and Safia are two strongest sentis of EMEA so replacing amy isn't a thing they should consider.

LMAO nice post though, people are hella overrating G2G this year when they are on track to have their worst finish in the last 4 years

Hopefully TLV, probably SRG

If Leen gets nervous I expect G2 3-1 TWIS, otherwise G2 2-3 TWIS

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Well mimi had her contract extended so this team is not going to go far. I never understood the Nelo move and petraela show albeit iconic is just no longer viable for the strongest roster possible (in terms of GC).

Vania was looking to be the new GC MVP but it seems like now shes just an okay player at best.

I still stand by what I said earlier (was a few months back by now), I think blackhand roster pieces with Amy + Vania would've been a far better call. Rezq wasn't given the same courtesy when she underperformed, so I wonder why are the veterans given a pass.

Dodonut disasterclass worst rated duelist and worst rated player of NA Challengers at the moment, I really don't understand, was there really no other available NA GC duelist to fill in the slot?

Alexis sold a few rounds to NBG herself, im happy that they put her on a different role but she needs to start shooting back more often

Since I have conflicted info, can you provide a source for this? Im guessing this was announced somewhere on their social media?

Hmm I guess it makes sense, I thought they were going to be permanently on the roster and were genuine moves. Thanks for info.

Yeah Timo seems insane judging by his stats, hoping he gets a spot on a better team then

Can someone tell me what went down here? How'd TSM lose?

Nah, there's nobody mechanically in GC playing right now ready for tier 1. From what I know not a single GC player has reached top 3 on ladder outside of flor. First we need them to conquer that, then they need to play well in tier 2.

Incredibly unrealistic scenario but I think we will get another GC player in Tier 1 by having some turkish 15yo girl prodigy that stomps GC, stomps ladder and then gains T2 experience aged 16-18, and picked up by a team, but that would basically require her to be the next kaajak

the current GC talent pool doesn't have 5 T1 worthy players, a few T2 stragglers but that's about it imo

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3-0 for KC GC MVP Safia

I think bringing Nelo was a mistake if they decided to renew mimi's contract. They still in my eyes have role issues, they bent the roster towards Nelo but it does not seem to be paying off at all IMO.

Amy was so good as a primary sentinel on other rosters too and held the title "best GC sentinel (EMEA)" for quite a bit, just feels like she's being hindered.

Think an ideal roster given that mimi is renewed for a bit mimier (initator) / berryx (duelist) / amy (senti) / Vania (smoke) / mimi (initator / flex), just go all-in on the turkish talent and try to develop it with DrewSpark.

I have grown very fond of KC GC roster, hoping they win it all this year

Can't tell if G2G fell off or if they never were on for the past 2 years, just majorly overhyped from their previous roster iterations it seems

I'm surprised G2G picked up Akita over berryx tbh, I really wonder how the trials went

They placed 3rd last stage + overall didn't have a standout performance, they are no longer the "superteam" and others stepped up also

Ah it's you again, hello. I'm not particularly enthusiastic about GC; just observant at this point, the last few months have been disastrous for my hopes LOL, I've seen far too many downfalls of these rosters and the top GC level evened out, nobody really stands out.

I think TL BR was (no longer is) the only serious contender to take games against their regional T2 competition, but now with -bstrdd they're just a regular top 3 / top 4 GC team. They showed they could take off maps and even won series against players and teams who are in T2 now when they didn't tilt and properly coordinated. GC teams painfully lack a playbook + they lack teamplay, SRG got into T2 by having good teamplay but didn't hang around because they outright played bad. No excuses, no BS, just bad aim, bad teamplay, bad util.

I'll hold off the hype on Falcons, but I have nothing but respect for them.

I was thinking finally we get a GC team on their track to do well in tier 2 and then they get rid of bstrdd, I'm legit dumbfounded

If you read the thing, Sarah gave her benefit of the doubt and it unfortunately got abused.

Finally someone with common sense.

-alexis when

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Unless I missed it earlier, before clarification I don't see the mention of Sarah from SRG directly, there's so many sarah's in GC same thing with mels lol - and also yeah I agree she could replace some of these scan players with no issues, I am almost 100% certain she would've pugged her way into tier 2 if GC didn't exist as a gateway

Anyways she has another chance to prove herself, lets hope its gonna be better this time around

Oh yeah she deserves it, she's proven to be a ladder warrior and is probably the second most committed player in the GC scene to play ladder + get better. Shame SRG is held back by not having a 2nd initiator that can properly frag.

Agree on Kamiyu, somewhat agree agree on Amy, agree on srN, indecisive about Nelo, disagree about Sarah (if we're talking GX GC Sarah)

I don't expect any of them to be tier 2 dominators, I will be convinced a GC player can hold their ground in T2 when they get able to dominate the ladder and go at least top 20 there

Noia made it into tier 2, they (SRG) just fell out after first split, they're playing relegation soon.

The players who did this should just be blacklisted from the scene, embarrasing

Which 5? I'm kinda curious which regions are we talking about also

right on the money, i play a few games each act and finish in either silver 3 or gold 1

Killjoy and Cypher tied for n1

How come? aren't both jobs oriented towards sitting for a long period of time?

God bless whoever decided on this, was about time. As much as I love Petra and mimi, one of them had to go for the past year. They were really powerful for a long time but the competition caught up and they plateaud and the role changes just did harm.

Good luck to Akita, she doesn't really have shoes to fill because G2G (and GC) isn't quite known for its duelists but I still hope she does well. Now they have 3 flexible players but they should do their best to put them in proper roles so they avoid the issue of having 3 people playing a different agent every map.

AND THEY DO IT AGAIN

I've been watching GC for about 3 years at this point and T2, especially NA T2 for 2 years now. It isn't difficult to balance. Riot should do a better job at incentivizing people to reach for the stars, I feel like "settling" for a certain tier of play is the worst way to decay as a player, GC or non-GC.

GC just has not consistently been appearing in T2 for the sole reason they're not good enough as a collective, individuals are but the league itself is at least a tier below. Even if they want to be in T2, they are not there yet. I will be honest when I say this I am surprised that we got a whole GC team in T2 as early as we did LOL.
GC also has an issue with having way less people to choose from, so you can have way less prodigies in comparison to regular play and can't form superteams (G2 Gozen fell off). For GC prodigies we should be keeping an eye out for Turkey, as they tend to have some really good players in VCL, VCT and GC. Maybe one day we have 5 Turkish girls in VCL.

GC players earn their place in T2 by being good enough to play in T2. Nora, k0rupt, Bob to name the ones in NA VCL. It's really just that simple.

I have one very simple solution - how about Riot just funds both equally?
This is not a pie where one gets more and the other one gets less, these are two separate pools according to them, they should just be equalized and we have a solution.

To also add onto this, if GC and T2 had approximately equal funds to work with (which I know, wishful thinking), GC players would hesitate a lot less to leave the sphere into mixed teams. Money is an amazing motivator, especially if you rhink you have potential.

As someone who enjoys watching both leagues (especially NA T2), I truly do think they should give more funding to the scene. I get that if you are good you will be picked up, but to become good you still need to find a reason to play this game competitively, and financial support sure helps.

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Then you are safe, the bracket is huge

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https://x.com/kyedae/status/1907570736983847217?t=5DquI1EDQC0wdhxZ7dP9Dw&s=19 yes

The vibes are not enough to carry a team to Challengers and I hope they consider more initiator players in the scene as I have rarely ever seen her frag when it truly mattered

6 kills in a Bo3 is ROUGH. Hopefully alexis locks in and they don't end up playing 4v5 vs Funhavers.

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