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| Last post: | May 27, 2024 at 10:52 AM |
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Boostio working with Zikz + mikes has high potential.
Hard to tell how influential Zikz was in EG's success but by the fact he was picked up quickly seems very promising.
Everyone always talks about mikes being one of the hardest workers in the scene. Having him work alongside someone may be beneficial in utilising him to the fullest.
EMEA: Slow and methodical
APAC: Fast and explosive.
CHINA: Unpredictable and wild.
AMERICAS: ?? So many different playstyles, probably due to merging the regions.
It wasn't an "era"
but they were still an exceptional team and is in the conversation for the best valorant team of all time.
11 team swiss with 2 teams progressing is a disaster waiting to happen.
Both FURIA and FUT have dropped out.
With Apeks and BBL coming in as the replacement invites.
The 4 teams are now:
It was also due to the fact OW had 4 core game modes.
(escort, assault, control and hybrid)
Oh yeah pl1xx is heavily linked to wolves.
He's also been teasing it:
https://weibo.com/7824709645/NA7hmoCvH
https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAmnAgT0y2aN5ZJ1jJwFw22hxpTo1dMTZMK5fDXEXK_cCi99BsKN1LQjpcgEkzVwqv
There is a rumour that pl1xx is signing for Wolves.
Imo that is a pretty good pick up for that roster.
GuanG is signing for Nova.
In terms of Chinese regional players that is a solid pickup.
Masters Madrid will have 8 teams, 2 from each VCT league.
Shanghai will have 12 teams, 3 from each VCT league.
damn what a roster.
On paper one of the most stacked teams arguably ever.
why am i even talking about this.
such a waste of time
I don't really see how this would be/result in people being dismissive of the EG Player's performances in 2023... its more erasure of the shit stain that is the EG Brand.
Loversrock been putting up great numbers aswell as globeX, his team mate.
loverrock is also ranked 1 on ladder.
The whole team is quite interesting, nice to see them make east.
You can't handle the truth so you hate with lies instead
If you would count international tournaments only... Leo would still be higher than aspas
No igl needed just joga bonito
Why is everyone talking about Asuna leaving all of a sudden?
pretty sure he is staying
Thoughts on the potential navi role swap?
It's something they did in the most recent off//season event and something they have toyed around with during last season.
Honestly it might be a genius move.
Ange1 on initiator:
It's nice to have the igl on a role that can dictate the tempo.
In theory he should be less aggressive as the scan initiator is normally the closer in the team and their kits are used to set up team mates.
Less ange1 omen tps.
Shao on controller:
Mechanically strong enough and smart enough to be a strong anchor.
Would also allow him to be a closer on defence
On attack he could also be a closer (depending on compositions, he may be a pack player if he plays omen) but with his mechanics I wouldn't mind him being aggressive.
Elite
pAura
Brave
Reazy
Quti
I mean that is a promising lineup.
It will be interesting to see what pAura can do with those young stars.
Ascent has been in the map pool for a very long time.
The standard comp for the map has stayed the same for a while.
There hasn't been as much tactical development on ascent compared to other maps.
Best ascension duelist?
He didn't even play ascension.
Role swaps + weak system + Harder opposition = underperformance
Navi is still a top team and can contend for titles.
but I just can't trust them.
They are way too inconsistent in their comps, roles, vetoes and performances.
If they can hit some consistency they are a scary team.
I think teams like heretics and KC do have very high ceiling just based on how mechanical their rosters are.
But the likelihood they reach their peaks is quite unlikely, which shows by the gap between my prediction and ceiling.
Navi.. is still a very strong roster.
A team with shao and suygetsu always has the chance to contend for titles as long as the rest of the team can perform.
A little bit of consistency with comps and a bit less trolling would help.
Floor: The worst case for the team (ignoring the freak events that a team blows up or something worse)
Ceiling: The best case for the team
| TEAM | FLOOR | CEILING | PREDICTION? |
|-------------|-------|---------|-------------|
| FNC | 3RD | 1ST | 1ST |
| VITALITY | 7TH | 1ST | 2ND |
| FUT | 6TH | 2ND | 3RD |
| NAVI | 7TH | 1ST | 4TH |
| LIQUID | 6TH | 2ND | 5TH |
| GIANTX | 8TH | 3RD | 6TH |
| KC | 10TH | 3RD | 7TH |
| BBL | 10TH | 4TH | 8TH |
| GENTLEMATES | 11TH | 6TH | 9TH |
| KOI | 11TH | 6TH | 10TH |
| HERETICS | 11TH | 5TH | 11TH |Thoughts>?
(if you are on mobile this might look weird)
No.
The new KC roster has a really high ceiling (potential).
There is always ways to improve ... always new ways to innovate and develop.
However the amount you can improve decreases as you improve. The gains become marginal but still important in tier 1.
KC looks a lot closer to the finished product that TH does.
By a "finished product" I mean a coherent team that works well together.
A team that knows what they are doing and what their team mates are doing.
Yeah that is definitely possible.
On the positive side.. patitek should be a good standin for wo0t for the kick-off event.
Regardless I still don't think TH is a competitor for those madrid spots.
A lot of improvement is needed but there is still time for this young squad.
A very outdated comp from Heretics..
Sage feels like an agent stuck in the past.
KC looking a lot better than I thought at this point of the season.
Both teams packed with high potential and mechanical players however KC looks a lot closer to the finished product that TH does.
It's two group of 3 teams.
Only the winner of the group will advance.
Group A: Vitality, Furia, Global
Group B: Fut, GENG, TR
Because Vitality won both games it means they will advance.
Group B comes down to the last game, FUT VS GENG.
Whoever wins that game will advance.
....
It's "Americas" when Brazil wins
and its Brazil when they lose
Not being delusional does not revoke my emea status.
We are 100% the region that had the best off season.
So many of our teams have improved.
It should be a very competitive emea league next year.
In the event of a tie between one or more teams, the tie will be broken on the basis of the following criteria in order of priority:
- Number of points scored during the phase (victory = 1 point, loss = 0)
- Head to Head victories
- Number of rounds scored in Head to Head
- Number of Head to Head rounds conceded
- Number of rounds scored
- Number of rounds conceded
If one or more teams are still tied, a Tie Break will be played to break the tie.
Interesting.
However there is always some way these orgs manage to circumvent the salary caps via streaming contracts or other means
That might be one of the worst logos of all time.
Happy to see XIT picked up, it's also a good pickup for Legacy to try and compete in ascension.
I wasn't a fan of the old Legacy roster plan, it feels too forced and doesn't feel like the natural progression that the GC scene should have.
I was kinda worried about Brazilian tier 2 after hearing some of the news coming out but it's nice to see some more positive news in recent times, hopefully it continues.
It will still be very hard to Brazil and Latam to compete with some of these Na teams.
NA t2 having access to scrims with franchised teams is a huge plus.
Teams like OXG are looking very scary and if they keep improving like they have been... who knows how strong they might become.
Oh I forgot about seider.
Man some of this nationality/regional stuff is confusing
Yeah well if we are going based off tweets then -fizzy +bucher seems like the move.
They are moving to dach.
Which requires multiple roster moves to make the team eligible.
Try this.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xfy0lbve0hdr0ju/AAABN1YgdJVDBItvUdIXs2qza?dl=0
It has the Roster Construction Rules for 2024
Pretty sure foxy9 is a starter at this point
Can't believe he waited 5 years just to play 1 season of OWL.
Truly unlucky.
It's always cool to see the competitive pyramid linked to the game itself.
Though I hope this doesn't destroy some of the tier 3 events and structures we already had in place.
Pretty sure those teams disbanded.
The swiss stage will be pretty similar to a normal group stage, except in theory with less duplicate matchups?
8 teams means, 2 wins and you are qualify and 2 losses and you are out.
https://weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404977701638504903
Interesting article on weibo, sadly it is only in chinese at this point.
ENGLISH POST: https://x.com/lhfaria/status/1734042186956919041?s=20
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