Sentinel: Forsaken
Controller: Mako
Initiator: d4v41
Duelist: kk
Flex: smoggy?

its hard to fit the top players into roles.
asia has alot of top duelist though.

😡

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I mean I could systematically sample the data to make it "fair" but its not really worth it.
The data shows that demon1 in theory improved eg atk sides
You cant say demon1 improved eg atk sides by x% but you can see he has improved it.

I mean you could average the data? for all maps.

+----------------------------+
| Overall average atk wr%    |
+-----------+----------------+
| pre-demon | 34% (28/82)    |
+-----------+----------------+
| demon era | 55% (215/394)  |
+-----------+----------------+

I think the main difference is the improvement in their attack sides. (maybe also mental aswell)
EG had terrible attack sides before the introduction of demon1.

The reason why the games looked like a "choke" was because they would commonly start defense side.

+-------------------------------------+
| Demon1 impact on atk wr%            |
+----------+------------+-------------+
| Maps:    | PRE-DEMON  | DEMON-ERA   |
+----------+------------+-------------+
| HAVEN    | 23% (5/22) | 53% (30/57) |
+----------+------------+-------------+
| SPLIT    | 18% (2/11) | 48% (36/75) |
+----------+------------+-------------+
| FRACTURE | 50% (5/10) | 69% (61/89) |
+----------+------------+-------------+
| PEARL    | 33% (8/24) | 70% (26/37) |
+----------+------------+-------------+

(pre-demon has very small sample sizes)

Demon-era stats: data
Pre-demon stats: data

1 bad event and people are already trying to kick crashies.

duelist: Takas
sentinel: nivera
initatior: enzo (igl)
Controller: kAdavra
Flex: scream

oui.
though scream is really good on duelist, missing out on takas again would be a huge miss.

Pearl and fracture 100%

Very similar map vetos.
Fnc will always ban pearl.

I think that fnatic would pick haven before fracture though.

Yep, the map veto advantage seems huge here:

Fnatic will always ban pearl and now also fracture.
Which are 2 maps eg/prx are good at.

He's the definition of a big game player

hsdirr for a bit. (best swedish team also unsigned)
Until they disbanded, after losing 4 polaris games in a row.

• meddo talking about t2 emea dexterto article

He did win i70 though, which is one of the biggest uk lan events.

currently lft.

axle 🎡

vlr rating is pretty good imo, its not perfect but nothing is. it just looks more confusing because it uses data we cant see.

why fns was bottom?
Joint lowest k/d, 2nd lowest kast, 0/8 on clutches, -3 fk/fd score, 2nd lowest assists number on the team.
Also kills/deaths arent weighted equally, 2k versus a full buy is worth alot more than a 2k versus pistols (for example)
No point in really rating fns based on stats since thats not his main focus.

Loud need to revert to what was working best. (back to harbor)
Liquid were alot more competitive than I thought, a few mistakes to fix but they could make it far in champs.
Drx.. korean roster shuffle needed asap, the squad seems burnt out.
NRG, I would like to see them prioritise playing split. Double duelist works well for this team.

I think it hurts the event that there was alot of underperformers.
For me I would characterise the teams like this:

Low expectations: T1, ASE, FUT
Underperformers: Loud, DRX, NAVi

Competitive teams: EDG, Liquid, NRG, PRX (though prx pains me because of what could've been)
"Overdogs": EG, FNC

and so far in the playoffs the series were only close between teams in the same category.

Sweeps (2-0/3-0) in masters playoffs:
Tokyo: 7 (so far, 4 games left)
Reykavik: 6
Copenhagen: 5

No, I think the grand finals decides that

Might have to do with timezones.
Also I think this event was way too overhyped, alot of the teams aren't matching my expectations.
So many dominant 2-0s

13-7 we survive 🕊️

this jinxer... i am familiar with your game.

6 first deaths on attack.
a first death isnt necessarily bad, if ardiis can dash onto site and make space .. die and then get traded its successful.

classic liquid

WTFFF

we need a boaster and kangkang collab song

its not that serious

syyko can fix him.
or go get d4rty or that swisher

🇺🇲 ELiGE
🇺🇲 Autimatic
🇷🇺 Zorte
🇷🇺 Electronic
🇫🇷 JACKZ
🇺🇿 Nealan
would be crazy, though I feel like elige could get onto a better team.

if egblack then disbands m80/tsm should swoop in now and pick up the core of jeorge/junior/hext.
maybe go get CLASIA + a good igl.
could easily make a major with that.

nah this is worse.
liquid are the top north american team and have been for a while, though atleast they are keeping a few players.
when c9 switched that was after multiple failed attempts of even making a competent roster.

Duelist top 10.

1. Derke
2. Aspas
3. Sayf
4. Leaf
5. Something
6. kk
7. demon1
8. ardiis
9. cned
10. saya

this is what im feeling rn.

eg is also going eu , no way they get electronic though.
i guess you can be a nouns fan 🔥

this cs2 roster shuffle is crazy.

thoughts on liquid csgo going eu?

NRG WINS ->>> EMEA 1 team region
LIQUID WINS ->>> AMERICAS 1 team region

if they started banning useless trolls there would be about 5 users left.

Doing pretty well but i honestly think teams are hard trolling their vetos versus eg.

The veto versus fut was probably the only veto that didnt go into eg favour imo.
yet fut werent good enough to even take it to 3.

potter shittalking is funny idc

people were overreacting with stax though when he literally said nothing offensive at all.

EG BAN: BIND
FNC BAN: PEARL
EG PICK: FRACTURE
FNC PICK: LOTUS
EG BAN: HAVEN
FNC BAN: ASCENT
DECIDER: SPLIT

thats my guess.

EMEA has won 1 (one) single game using Harbor on pearl in VCT this year. (from lock-in, emea regular season to tokyo)
https://www.vlr.gg/167351/funplus-phoenix-vs-karmine-corp-champions-tour-2023-lock-in-s-o-paulo-alpha-ro16/?map=3

Riot deliberately seed the same regions on the same side of the bracket to allow a more diverse amount of regions/teams to make deeper runs.

Literally only 7 pearl games played in emea league.
only somewhat decent pearl team in emea is navi

emea teams arent adopting the double wall controller meta.

1. Turkey
2. Polaris
3. EAST
4. SPAIN
5. FRANCE
6. DACH
7. MENA
8. PORTUGAL
9. ITALY

Derkegg 🥚

12-0 on defense side lotus.

lowkey the only veto that didnt go into eg favour.

damn.

if they lose round 18 its over.

edg aint dead though

why are you bumping your own L?
do you have a humiliation kink or something?

good players create "Luck".
luck is created by putting yourself in good positions.