same lobby as the x2 world champion

jailing an academy player is possibly the most retarded thing an org can do

demon1 for smokes isn’t a bad option

if they get lucky with a good coaching staff and players they could be competitive

right now in their current state they get gapped fundamentally by most t1 teams

they’re not doing shit with just 1 coach i think we all know that

they should add more coaches

1 coach with the gameplay they’ve shown is not enough

envy is making their own academy team

not all hope is lost, tsm has a chance to qualify for stage 2 playoffs and play with the other tier 1 teams and a chance to make champs. franchising gets re-evaluated in 2027 so there’s a chance tsm gets in

depends on who they get as their replacement

how many rounds did he throw

why did they suddenly swap him off cypher when he was one tricking it for the entire year, especially on maps like ascent and abyss

100T bind is only good because of zikz

what happened with shanks?

no, enjoy the wedding

it can’t get any worse than this year. they seemed very dysfunctional most of the time so having a full rebuild is not a bad way to go

himotino

both sunset maps had hype endings

fnc this year have played mostly double controller/sentinel with some double duelist, the only time they’ve played double initiator was when fracture was in the map pool and abyss in champs

heading into next year i think the meta will lean towards double controller/double duelist

what did i miss out on?

they could try avoid playing double initiator

deserved at last

what for??

he didn’t let you down

most attack sided map

jonahpiss initiator over trent is diabolical icl im glad they switched off of that later

finally

i still wouldn’t classify it as a fnatic choke, nrg were just the better team

fnc didn’t choke lol, if anything nrg were the ones choking

zellsis >>>>

because of G2 probably

lohan is at the arena so there’s a chance he will consider waddle

shorty masterclass

THATS HOW THEY LOST THE MAP

their fans would have a meltdown

teams with 2 map ban advantage usually play their best map/other teams perma ban as the 3rd map

if teams like liquid heretics kc and even fnatic are trialing him then he’s good

are you nats 2nd biggest fan?

flash is very niche in this meta + fair enough with smokes but neither has chron (viper is more of a pseudo senti than a controller)

They’d have to ascend first

alfa has been flexing for most of the year, they’ll live

if NA’s best team couldn’t make it past swiss after getting a michael mouse run then you know its cooked

they’re affiliated that’s about it, if they ascend then bbl will not be associated anymore

who is that source?

unrelated but i find it interesting how most emea teams either ban bind or opt to play omen/astra instead of brimstone on bind

lar0k to fnatic would be fire

he can be the second sentinel/duelist in their comps + three veterans to help him feel welcome

imagine if prx made bangkok, they would’ve had the biggest crowd buff ever

saadhak and less don’t fw keznit, as for the other guys i have no idea

i want TSM to win but at the same time i want canezerra to have a good game so he can prove the doubters wrong

yeah it won’t be easy i’ll give you that but it’s a good thing, it means that the region has a lot of depth and challenge, nrg have a very good coaching staff in bonkar and strong, as long as they have those two they will be fine

nrg got 2nd in stage 2 while sweeping most of their opponents minus g2 and 100t but we don’t talk about that match

notice how every international winner in 2025 didn’t win a regional trophy (prx did but only after winning toronto)?