C9 has a org policy of no expectations and no internationals v1c is trying to hard kick him.

I'd argue that is due to a certain war going on preventing a proper Eastern EU regional league and most russian players prefering CS over valorant.

Hope he recovers soon.

At least Falcons can make Major playoffs with their oil blood money.

I can see why boaster micro managinges his players if this is how they play when he doesn't.

Idk wtf he was thinking.

I mean that's more an arguement to ban sick then it is for riot to not do anything to canezzera. Also canzerra was affiliated with Riot, while sick isn't.

Like Mooda got a one week ban for win trading in ranked, while a similar example in the china League of legends league happened where the TES jungler got permanently banned for win trading in competition/ranked.

Obviously if your tied to riot and their esports in anyway the punishment will be larger and the tolerance for any rule breaking will be smaller due to representing riot and the esport.

All he said was it wasn't slurs that was the reason for the ban and he shut up when pressed further on stream.

I mean unless theirs a formal conviction or it was super obvious with video evidence that flor did the assault, (Riot fucked up with the Sinatra investigation shit if someone brings that up im not disputing that). It's infinitely easier to punish for comm abuse over he said, she said and twitter evidence . But also ion has aluded to the fact on stream that his ban wasnt due to slurs so it might not be slurs that caused the ban.

Also can has already had controversy/trouble so whatever he did the fact it immediately went to one year ban from all Riot titles says alot.

Its a hardware ban so he has to buy a whole new pc, and if he tries to keep playing on alts and gets caught that temp ban is getting upgraded to a perma. So might not wanna risk it.

Knowing fnatic's condition in other esports like league. Boaster leaving fnatic for the valorant division is the equivalent of caps leaving fnatic and it going all down hill from there.

All teams (TH and KC) out in swiss.

Look a guy can only carry so hard before their back blows out blame his teammates unironically.

The last time I had to see a hard carry this bad is probably aspas and lev during stage 1 and kickoff.

Jesus christ you guys really are marteen and friends.

Before playoffs happy with anyone winning. Now in playoffs maybe BBL, but honestly seeing their egos get so high off the win might lead to funny things.

The only good Chinese yoru( slowly) is contractly binded to tyloo and tyloo ain't selling to anyone, even when edg tried to buy out.

Coach/Igle's aren't good and iniators like sky and breach which chinese teams like to play being so bad kit wise right now doesn't help.

Lmao but honestly, all 4 teams are pretty hard choices.

Nah man, dude played his heart out, gotta respect that.

We dont need single elimination for a game to have high stakes. This is acting like teams and people dont care about matches in the upper bracket purely because of a second chance. That and lower bracket runs are a thing and should be a thing.

Also with Riot esports in general unless your the LCK or LPL. Teams do not play alot of games compared to other sports or even esports. So double and Triple are good ways to increase the amount of games possible. The only dig agaisnt double elim is the lacking of a bracket reset, but frankly with Riot esports im willing to ignore it and suck it up.

Single elim is fine in cs2 for me because their are so many tournaments and games, double elim would causs issues of scheduling and actual player fatigue for the top teams because they play WAY more games then a person in Riot esports would.Riot only has a paltry 3 internationals in a whole year compared to CS. Their is no excuse to not have double elim for more games between top teams

The only reason certain sports like Football or American football, hockey, etc don't do double elim is because of player fatigue and injury, otherwise if that didnt exist they would do double elim because that means more money, for the franchise, teams, and sponsors. Single elim is only used as a compromise not as a way to maintain high stakes.

I don't because the format is complete garbage. Were talking a about group bo1's into a single elim bo3( at least make it bo5's all the way). Lock in had the excuse of having over 40 teams to justify single elim. EWC doesn't at all, its hickey mouse format and its trash to make any conclusions from.

Just wait for split 1 and 2 playoffs to judge his improvement. Still hold doubt.

I'd have to say Geng, Heretics,and Envy. Envy because they couldn't even last one tier 1 event before blowing the roster.

Moving it to Canada wouldnt completely solve the issue really. Canada has had their own esport visa issues as well nats being the most recent example. That and riot doesn't have their own arena setup in Canada anyway for the domestic season so it would cost more.

It would probably be a better option to move into the studio at Mexico or Brazil.

Damn executed just like OCE League. Shame o7.

So with Talon leaving is their slot going to a org based in Thailand or is it going to boom again?

For some reason mobas tend to not have something like vlr or hltv equivalent like CS or Val. It honestly sucks due to how r/leagueoflegends is moderated.

You honestly might find better deals on parts in the used market with that kind of budget.

Can't really say what would be the best budget pc for you unless we know your budget really. Like is it just the new PC or do want to buy a new monitor along with it? Using wifi or ethernet? Etc. Is your budget like 500 USD, 800 USD, or 1k USD in your local currency?

Eh I mean for the forseable future as well tbh.
Whole year has been LCK Year same as last year and the year before, LPL looking bleak in the future with all its issues. We all know the results without even needing to even bother watching the game.

T1 3-0 or 3-1, worlds (no all of lol internationals) officially just becomes the LCK as no competition and every other regions only serves to be decorations from here on after.

C9 as a org has to be one of most unappealing orgs to sign for as a player at this point.

Like thats ever gonna happen.

Bruh lol esports is so boring T1 winning third time in the row same storyline geng choking when they look like the best in the world for the past 4 to 5 years. LPL gonna be on its deathbed next year with sponsors and investors leaving and all the controversy. So its all about Korea and no true competition for the next 5 years at least ( to no fault of their own).

Damn C9 just compleyely coasting through.

Yes they stay in for 2026.

What stats are you looking at? In kickoff he played the least meta easy smokers of clove on lotus and brim on bind where all you have to do is click a iPad.

Last year his astra was so bad it made split unplayable for 100T because he was so lost on it ( among other reasons for why 100T split was bad). While his omen was terrible.

100T were trying all of 2025 kick off and last year trying to get him to flex on smokes like Astra Omen on stage and in scrims ( In the end he could only play brim). But it just doesn't work, maybe 100T was dysfunctional, but I don't think he is flexible enough to make it work.

I dont think cryo is gonna be the solution you think he is.

If DRG and XLG place the same or XLG places higher then DRG , XLG wins tie breaker due to champs points and stays in tier 1 while drg plays Ascension.
So for DRG it's must win and place higher then XLG or they have to compete in ascension to try and keep their Tier 1 slot.

I mean your playing vs Deadlock Wall and Sage Wall buying a odin agaisnt this comp is a no brainer. They should have bought it way earlier on defense.

With 3 or more rookies on the international stage their are usually two ways it goes.

• Collapse on stage like MIBR at Toronto vibes OR
• Full happy time gameplay were just happy to be here vibes even if we lose and not gonna let the pressure hit me because first international. We earned are place here were good.
  NRG and GX rookies are on the latter vibe.

The stakes for DRG are pretty high this game. If they lose here they have to play in China Ascension right after.

Mickey mouse came from soccer and originated in the UK.

that might be a fluke, remember that right after that master win, T1 didn't qualify to masters

By the way I dont think T1 or Sen win were flakes just pointing out irony.

How is it a eg 23 when eg got 2nd at Tokyo and mibr had the worst international performance of any americas team ever at toronto?

EG already had signs that they were good MIBR has nothing.

If you watch over thousands of hours of valorant crazy plays would probably not be anything note worthy really.

They should probably do, 2 teams with the most champ points but only out of the teams that make playoffs next year. For the third and fourth seed specifically.

Start hunting in Brazilian T2 for a igl on the level of saadhak.

Eh you guys are still better/good in CS don't be to doomer. All regions will have downturns and upturns usually.