tbh TL could lose to any of those teams. last year they were 100% an upper middle team but this year they look really bad.

they need to try something different because this clearly isn't working

-nats from sentinel to controller and make nats igl (more reliable)
-mistic to sentinel (less pressure)
-jamppi on permanent initiator and midround caller (good initiator and more experience)
-enzo on flex and no longer igl (too many bad calls)
-keiko continues on duelist

idk why teams are so high on yoru rn. jett and raze are better even after being nerfed, especially when you already have flashes from initiators.

iirc riot puts it on the event organisers to handle promotion so whoever hosts game changers has to be the one to get the word out. this is a bit odd on riot's part tho since they say they want to bring more eyes on gc but won't promote it themselves.

i think riot is trying to condense VCT so that game changers isn't overshadowed and to make space for league. idk why they have to do this when valve has no problem balancing dota and cs afaik.

if TL doesn't troll i can see them winning. TH have lost their last two series and they swapped patitek so they might fall apart if TL plays well.

all of EG played well. you need a strong mental to lose a 9-3 lead on one map and then make a 2-10 comeback on the next.

the score doesn't do this game justice, EG was always in control.