I think India is confirmed hosting one in the next 2 years right? (Heard rumors somewhere)
Probably won't be 2025 though cuz of Champs Seoul + Shanghai
sooo

Masters 1: LATAM somewhere, only not Mexico because of Ascension happening there

Masters 2: reykjavik (AWWW yeah we are back baby) or London/EU city

Champs: NYC/Boston (PLEASE I NEED EAST COAST REP I JUST WANT TO GO TO A GAME) stadiums for Boston could be TD Garden for Top 4 (cuz hard to book), and the arena that they did the Boston Major in CS in when C9 beat Faze? Idk NYC places but there's gotta be a ton

Listen Navi is going to be so back bro i swear just wait theyre going to fry i swear just wait theyre so back

Rest of list yeah cook

Maybe G2 for KRU because keznit my king and i have a hating G2 fetish but thats entirely bias

GenG is absolutely NOT peaking right now

Secret yeah, but primmie diff

Single elim backet with horrible schedule for teams vs 1 team can't attend and another team has subs

Pearl 2022, Abyss 2024

2022 first masters >>>> 2021 champs
2023 lock//in is worse than champs because franchised made many good team reset their whole rosters
2024 madrid is worse than champs 23 because of the top 4 teams at champs all 4 of them were completely different teams, or were not at the event because they weren't good enough

True primmie the goat primmie going to win champs 24 governor going to go from T2 na to best team itw just watch

Teams being miles above their competition is not their fault and I don't rank events lower bc of that

If a region sent their best teams then FNC and EG being cracked should not diminish their trophies

I think I'll probably rate it higher than both Masters this year, because it's now (supposed to be) the 4 BEST teams from the region, rather than the 3 Best teams + a team that was in form for 2 weeks

When I rank trophy wins I rate them by difficulty, which is why I rated champs as = to masters

If you want to rate players by who made the most then 100% champs > masters

Gambit was forced to play finals on like 2 hrs of sleep or something, schedule was completely messed up and favored teams on one side of the bracket heavily iirc

Why? LCQ teams almost NEVER make it out of group stages, which is the only thing Champs have that Masters doesn't, and after group stages it is the exact same for both tournaments

Because everyone has some BS criteria they want to follow when rating trophies n players that suits their own agenda

Ex: Tenzlover69 will say that LOCK//IN is a fraud trophy because single elim, but will claim Tenz's 2021 trophy is worth the same as GenG's Shanghai trophy

Cneddickrider99 will say Champions is worth more than stupid Masters trophy so Cned > Ardiis, even though 2021 plumber era + single elim/Gambit no sleep champs drama

IMO the only objective way to weight trophies rn is:

Masters (22/23/24) = Champions (22/23/24) > Lock//in (single elim so worth less) > 2021 Berlin > 2021 Champs + the other Masters

Sacy n Chronicle are the goats, but Aspas easily best player OAT

Most dominant player ever is absolutely 2022 Yay, and 2021 Tenz doesn't count bc plumber era

Ok now whine about why Tenz is the "goat" in comments

le0 f0ria says no

well...

prx aint winning but it would be so good

Counterpoint:
Please let KC through because then tjey can be easy farmed by Americas and Pacific teams

my favorite casting moment was when that guy did that thing on that map and the casters were like wow look at that guy do that thing that was the coolest thing ever

i ageee so much alecksdesk

0/8

Bump for more downvotes

read the post brodie

they literally don't have to learn anything ???

vlr brainrot

Title, couldn't seem to find the answer anywhere online that I could see

He said in the interview he might play smokes or sentinel, but who does he replace? Confirmed not duelist though by himself in that video

On a map with double smokes and jett map:

Demon1 - jett
Jawg - omen
s0m - viper/2nd smokes
Ethan - flash initator
Fns - sentinel/scan initator

On maps with double smokes and raze/not jett map
Jawg - duelist
Demon1 - astra/brim/learn another smokes agent in offseason
S0m - viper/2nd smokes
Ethan - flash initiator
Fns - sentinel/scan initator

On jett maps with single smokes and double iniator
Demon1 - jett
s0m - omen/single smokes
Ethan - flash initiator
Fns - scan initiator (he played fade in 2022)
Jawg - sentinel if you have to

and flip jawg + demon1 for other duelists on ^^ maps

Role issues make no sense for this team, cuz likely everyone will continue to play double smokes, and if they don't then they'll just play double init double smokes, which also works

This roster with potter could cook so hard

Laufey is a good pop artist who took styles of jazz and implemented it into her music

I cant stand listening to it anymore because everything she releases is just the same old rehashed sound done in a slightly different way, and there's no innovation in her sound which just makes it boring

And also the lyrics are so damn cringe holy just find a gf bro trust me its not that hard

Sorry what is this trent slander agenda ive seen this entire year the man is literally a legend and he constantly gets underrated (God knows how) and gets compared to people wayy worse than him because the "storyline" of G2 is that they aren't good at aiming (even though they have Valyn, Trent, Leaf which is a whole nother bs argument) so he gets thrown under a rock as "just another solid initiator"

In verno i trust

i would get on my knees if it meant fns and co won another international lan

Small price to pay

^^

come to nrg so much money org they have shaquille o neil and so much money

u could have puchan and s0mpai and demon100 and ethan and dawgemo all on the same team youd win it all every year plsss get this ch0t guy out of here plssss <33333

He didn't say a line that related to that, I just assumed based on his mentality throughout the interview that FNS and the duo would be splitting, which imo would be best for them because Crashies n Vic are just not the same anymore :(

honestly

2nd in regionals should give 2 points, 1st should give 3

2nd in internationals should give 3 points, 1st should give 4

makes it more fair for teams who get close instead of just rewarding winning everything

OR DROP THE BAG ON POTTER AND GET FNS AND POTTER ON A TEAM WITH JAWG AND FNS HOLY FUCK

demon1
ethan
fns
s0m
jawgemo

potter

HOLAYYY

Link to FNS interview after C9 Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L65DR5eXZBM

After seeing this it looks like Vic/Crashies are just not working with FNS idea wise, so tbh what if

-Victor
-Crashies
-Chet

(if oxygen doesn't make ascension)
+Bonkar
+Verno
+Demon1?
OR (if no Ethan + Demon1 or Oxygen makes the League)
+nismo
+Zander
+Koalanoob? not sure about duelists in NA, maybe could steal an EU duelist

not sure about the coach, but surely someone is good if no Bonkar

Its not based off of map diff anymore right? I thought it's based on H2H now, then map diff if theres a Rock-Paper-Scissors thing

This feels like the burner of a Fnatic fan or a loud fan

why are you laughing

even as NA fanboy

i just feel sad :(

an international event without LOUD doesn't feel real

who

1. Incorrect, Verno clears
2. You forgot china

if 100t played NRG right now i see them losing tbh

NRG got beat by 3rd ranked team of shanghai and a SEN that looks absolutely back in form, probably best team in Americas

100t lost to LEV and it wasnt close and they lost to FURIA

what the fuck is a dought

Yeah their playoff hopes are dying tmrw to Goatznitdeus

No but they outcall so hard w boaster and fns on same team

With LOUD losing ts actually might be possible ngl

So first off NRG is obviously going to have to win both games 2-0 in 2-0,2-0 fashion, giving them a 5-5 record with 11/10 map differential

100T needs to lose 2 of the next 3, between EG (likely loss), LOUD, and MIBR, or if they win against LOUD and MIBR, they need to drop 1 map, leaving them with a 5-5 record and 11/11 map differential that NRG clears with

LOUD will likely be out of playoffs with this next game against LEV, so they aren't an issue

For EG, in this case, they would have 2-0'd 100T, so they would have to drop a map to MIBR (not happening), so it's likely that EG won't be the team NRG would be replacing, however it's possible if the maps fall the right way

The likely playoff team that NRG would replace is C9, as they would have to lose to NRG 2-0 (a given here), and just lose to KRU, as this would mean their map differential would at best be 12-14, at a 5-5 record that NRG clears

So yeah it's likely possible if:
NRG 2-0 C9
NRG 2-0 KRU
100T loses against EG and drops 3 maps in their next 3 games
LEV beats LOUD
C9 loses to KRU

Which honestly if NRG gets ts done then it's possible with EG looking on fire, a Choke9 squad, and a dumpster form 100T

as a biased NA lover hopefully LEV loses the next 2 matches and bombs out of playoffs and 100t finds their form and gets in off points

as an Americas Enjoyer
Sen
Lev
EG/KRU/LOUD
G2 pls

I dont need 44 matches of MIBR and Bleed in my life

the difference is that it is known that FNS is not a good aimer vs yay who was known for his aim

hate baiting is so fucking cringe

help sewers

tweeted from ipad

3 arguments:

texture
miniboo
woot

1. No one right now
2. probably going to be a rookie that goes literally nuclear over the next couple of years, and has a very long career cuz most of the people in the scene rn who are old won't have time to build their legacy in Val as they played cs, vs the Zekkens and Miniboos and Woots of the game
3. Right now, Woot/Miniboo/Zekken/Tenz(?) if he keeps up his current form for like years, but Faker's dominance will literally never be replicated and this game is SO hard to keep up form in, so I don't see anyone getting a bundle like Faker did until maybe 8/10 years