it feels similar to s1mple returning to cs, it's like you're rooting for the good guys to win in the end

zjc has not been looking good since joining EDG, I won't lie. But this is a serious team issue.

0 kills in a map is legit a career destroying performance, his time in t1 should be honestly be done

insane corrode comp

ag back to business as usual

who could realistically stop them?

Margaret and Ivy are their expendable players (dambi is highly criticized, but dropping him would mean their entire structure would need to be reworked). Does this mean RB is playing senti for ns?

anguist deserved a shot at one point, the ship might've sailed tho

SEN vs GENG tbh, their games are always fire

they cant accept that g2 is getting 2-0'd by geng, there's no helping their level of delusion

It's really a mix of things imo. Internal issues really screwed them over and they had a hard time adjusting to the Tejo/Yoru meta. Jieni7's poor performance wasn't the only problem but he had a very important role and underperformed the worst. We know EDG have had issues with bad mental as well, and I think the S1mon situation (fan reactions, doxxing etc) made them lose focus.

everyone and their mother knew 0-2 0sp0rts were washed going into Toronto, not a surprise that GENG 2-0's them here

Honestly feeling a Wolves win

This. Quite literally everything was stacked against them for this event.

Wolves 3-2 PRX

Is he really the best player in the world right now?

As a team they might be bad. Their players are cracked but something has to be very wrong with the team for them to play like they did.

Probably the most accurate tierlist, no delusion detected

I don't think RRQ fans expected them to go far

Honestly I don't know. He's their best player but he couldn't get activated in Toronto. I think RRQ is destined to be forever mid. Maybe Ewok/Crazyguy leadership just isn't working. All I can say is that Crazyguy is definitely not a great initiator for Jemkin.

People were downplaying how important YOU was to the team. Integrating a new and inexperienced player who can't even comm properly really ruined their chances. Of course meta changes and overall inexperience on stage probably didn't help but losing YOU was the nail in the coffin.

It's kind of crazy how people were downplaying XLG losing YOU like it wouldn't fuck them completely. If you listened to the comms and watched the games you'd realize that YOU was very important to the team. Not an exceptional player, but his replacement couldn't comm with the team.

It would've been easier for SEN if they drew the EMEA teams

coin toss game, I'm thinking Wolves 2-0 BLG but who knows

Knight has been a paycheck stealer since 2023

People have been deluding themselves about Aspas for the whole season, he hasn't looked great on MIBR but everyone acts like he's Thanos. He didn't adapt to the Yoru meta and Verno/Cortezia were more impressive than him during Stage 1. He's obviously a great player but the "best duelist in the world" claims should be stopped by now.

Spring has been incredible, juicy great too but yuicaw has been meh

do you believe?

I'm surprised he hasn't found a t1 team yet tbh, especially throughout 2024 where EMEA looked even worse

Aspas has been extremely overrated all season long, he didn't look good on Waylay and failed to adapt to the Yoru meta, and that should've ranked him below other duelists but somehow everyone still had him top 3-5 for Toronto.

vlr will never be the same after the toronto incident, the goat conversation is over

02 0sp0rts would be lucky to get a map off of Bilibili

I don't know why people give a shit if someone is "complaining" or not. Aren't people criticizing NPCs like Tarik or other twitch streamers that have zero opinions or hot takes of their own and have to follow whatever their chat says so they don't piss anyone off?

He's had "off" or mid games since joining MIBR, but that's mainly because his teammates have looked more impressive than him or the enemy team just completely avoids him. Verno and Cortezia had some outstanding games throughout Stage 1, and honestly looked better than Aspas.

BLG actually played quite well against TL, I think it's going to be a close game.

Is Lysoar the definition of regional merchant? There was a time last year that he looked great during the regular season then completely flopped in Shanghai, now same thing happens again. He was probably the #2 player for Wolves during split 1.

goatygoaty gaming 2-0 team kekwood

I think KRU is one of those teams that would need a complete rework to reach a new peak. Like add more staff or swap 2 players. I really don't see this core doing anything exceptional. Getting Dante might give the team a new energy. But the thing is, these players are some of the best of LATAM. There aren't many obvious upgrades.

You're built for BBC keke

Face of Brazil, longevity and Riot has heavily pushed him as one of the top stars of the game so now there's kind of a sheep mentality around Aspas being considered the undisputed goat. Like right now it's hard to argue Aspas being a top 3 player in the world, even a top 3 duelist might be a stretch but somehow he's ranked top 3 going into Toronto? I think he's undoubtedly one of the best val players tho.

Nobody

BME's performance in one split was better than DFM's entire career lmao

the Game of Thrones book series was objectively the best fantasy written since Tolkien (books 1-3 that is) and the show did an excellent job until Season 4 or 5

It's pretty crazy to see how low people rate AOT and Game of Thrones now compared to how they were rating those series while they were airing weekly, goes to show you how failing to wrap things up affects the publics view of the entire show

I feel like everyone has ranked Aspas too high for this event, he hasn't been thanos throughout stage 1 but everyone pretends like he was

movies are over

Jemkin was thanos throughout stage 1, I don't have a ton of hopium for RRQ making it far in Toronto (they're a hard team to trust) but Jemkin deserves to be mentioned as a top player going into Toronto

3 nolan in a top 10 is brainrot, his best film is The Prestige (10/10 film)

If the BLG players are shooting and not NPCs like they were at Champs then we'll probably get some close maps, but no matter what it should be a TL win

marved?

holy facts