aspas lost to him in tokyo and champs, i don’t know what you’re implying with “of all players”

jingg got diffed by icy two times

Anyone can make it, nobody had TH and KC (the two worst teams in 2023) making madrid same thing with GENG making it over DRX.

losing to a t2 team in the offseason means nothing

100T are better than EG

They are experimenting with different roles on all the maps

No

always a dark horse

the craziest part is that they weren’t even the worst team if you actually look at the games, they were just big chokers

if chronicles sova was really better then don’t you think they’d run it on maps like sunset or even haven back in 2023? leo is the primary sova player for a reason

no icebox this time, where g2 is either the best team in the world or the worst

fair enough on cauanzin, meteor to me has shined more on KJ and he does everything you mentioned but on her instead

what would you put for cauanzin and meteor?

he called derke a system duelist 😂

i’m sure the guy who was a top 5 player at every champs event (except 2023, he was still good though) is a system duelist

derke is a system duelist???? the fuck am i reading

he’s a natural talent, i really can’t see a world where people doubt him, he is being underrated severely next year i agree with you

i think the opposite, his calling isn’t bad at all but his fragging is super inconsistent

who’s getting the boot then?

didn’t he say that he had offers from a few teams and then came back to them 2 weeks later only to find out they’ve already found their players?

ironic how he’s the only one out of the starting players on the fpx core that is team less

EG got new management this time

yay looked happier with EG than he ever did with BLEED, his issue is with his mental really.

what about derke?

true, lev capitalized on harbor really well on abyss and icebox super well

with how flexible jawgemo is, i won’t be surprised if they run some unique stuff like nrg did on abyss

also they switched out harbor for astra on breeze which makes sense because harbor isn’t good at stalling

1.09 rating

edg would be nothing without s1mons support, the real reason why they were doing so well. As long as he’s on the roster and supplying supportive utility they’ll do fine. It is true that they have insane individuals that won them rounds (truth is that they were always great but the team couldn’t capitalize on that very well) but that isn’t what made them super good imo, it was their change in leadership and style of play

With that being said, CN should look better in 2025 and if they give EDG a fair fight at least then I can see considerable improvement

1900 lichess is considered mid elo right?

Then why isn’t it the same for EDG? They’ve made a coaching and player change after shanghai and were a completely different team, they looked much better regionally too and were able to translate it in internationals, that’s why they looked way better at champs. Both teams made international finals for the first time with their current iterations. CN teams are also trying to find their footing in early season too you know

and what makes you think TH won’t fall? emea has arguably gotten better than 2024 with M8, TL, GX, KC and VIT making considerable upgrades

watch your mouth, chicken joe clears.

when yay?

Americas: MIBR, Furia
EMEA: M8, KC
APAC: GENG, T1
CN: EDG, TE

do you think trace can finally take on edg?

It’s because johnqt is from EMEA, and azzelastia is not very nice towards EMEA players despite his idol demon1 living in russia for a part of his life

He won them madrid and took them to 4th place in champs, valyn himself doesn’t see himself as better than anyone else cause he hasn’t proved it yet

one of the best

Kamyk is a two time international winner that means kamyk > eg in achievements

He had the highest rating this year but he’s only played 472 rounds.

He’s not talked about a lot when it comes to OPing, maybe it’s because he only made one international since lock in but even then he was feasting on the OP

I’m talking about you

Which reserve player will EG get next? I’m thinking the goat reformed

he’s a baiter

Show me a picture of him holding the champs trophy 😹

i’m not taking shots at icy cause he’s massively improved but you can’t just call a reserve player a champs winner like that

cauanzin has haters???

latam only has kru

everyone had them lower than top 6 once it was announced patitek would stand in again

drx nearly beat optic the 2 other times they met tho

W

they just dropped him 💀