The regression of DRG is outright depressing to watch. They've always been inconsistent but they've regressed over Split 2. I heard they had coaching changes and I think that would explain it. vo0kashu has said that he feels obligated to drop 30 every game so his team could win and that's honestly a shit mental to have and you could tell it makes his decision making worse because he takes fights that are unwinnable in hopes of making a play.

NRG 2025
yay
fns
florescent
starxo
haodong

hello delulu

m0n0b00

bombing baby vs coughing hydrogen

mitch and tom casting these matches make them even funnier lmao, emea has been full of WTF moments whenever KOI, NAVI or GX are involved

You literally can't put wo0t over t3xture because he got diffed hard in the grand final of shanghai + t3xture's had a better year anyway, bro is beefing with ghosts

potter masterclass?

Talon might be trolling on twitter then because their players are thanking Ban for his work with the team

I would've put Surf on the chopping block but people on Twitter are saying he's replacing Ban

Need Secret to go on a run tbh

NDG was one of the worst players in APAC

I honestly want to see a different grand final instead of PRX vs GenG AGAIN, that match has happened like 10 times this year

t0nnn

what do navi need to make playoffs? we know the team is shit now and the players are mentally shot but it would still be funny if they made playoffs

Predicting a solid, maybe above average performance with some insane mechanical ability shown but Talon will underperform overall

I don't watch a lot of tier 2, but aren't Riddle Order better than SCARZ? SCARZ looked pretty mid from the few matches I've seen of them

He regained his aura throughout split 2

So FPX's problems in Shanghai were the Icebox comp (Life being overaggressive on Clove), bad defensive sides and bad pistol rounds. It looks like the only thing they improved were their comps on a few maps. Interested to see how they do in playoffs.

d00mbr0s come

Both of those could happen. I'm predicting GenG to lose to RRQ and still make Champs, but winning Champs will be very difficult for them because they probably haven't had as much time as other teams to cook up new strats + every team is going to anti-strat them like crazy + no breeze/split

Who is he replacing? It has to be either Jitboys or Crws, right?
edit: misread thought he was playing for TS, this should be fun to see

There was a time and place for PRX to win an international already, by this point their style of gaming is only going to get them further away from a trophy because more teams know how to counter it or will just win out the aim duels. The best thing they could do is hire more coaches/analysts for them to improve their strats, anti-strat and discipline the team. The only reason you'd add another player is if one of them decides to look for opportunities elsewhere, as noted already in the thread s0mething has said before that he wants to compete in NA.

At this point I think Less is being wasted on LOUD, he should be on an American team

He is the best oper in the world, true

Something 7-3 (movement diff)
Suygetsu 6-4
Woot 7-3 (mechanical aim)
Bang/Zander 5-5
C0m 8-2 (both shaky but c0m with the vandal is better than fns with a vandal)
JonahP 6-4
Sayaplayer 6-4
Kingg 7-3
Jingg 8-2
Oxy 7-3
Primmie 9-1
Keznit 7-3
Davai 7-3
Flashback 6-4

He knows

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/6a925ab1

kek kait0 isnt gonna like this one

still in korea looking for newjeans

Interesting, how many games have Bleed won after fixing their problem?

s0y0pl0y0r is washed

enzos everywhere

monyets smile is precious?

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/38800998

Whoever wins the RRQ/GenG match will meet PRX in the grand final I think

new el classico?

zekken and jaw on the same team is one too many cooks in the kitchen, demon1 and jaw are a better balance

I love how everyone raged at boostio when he basically called victor a fraud, dude was telling the truth

Agree with all of these but it could be argued that Boaster has regained his aura throughout split 2

I genuinely hope C9 don't make champs, shit would be a disaster

"current ability"

1. Something
2. Aspas
3. Zekken
4. Zmjjkk
5. Sayf

I think smokes and sentinel would be great for him but maybe I'm wrong. I could definitely see him excelling on Cypher the way Less does. Both have a similar playstyle. Astra/Brim/Omen for smokes or Cypher/Chamber for sentinel perhaps? Sentinel is the easiest role to learn and you can play passively/slow which would suit his playstyle and allow him to focus on his aim.

delulu odds again?

RRQ below C9 is actually hilarious

Will largely depend on how both of them perform at champs but I'd give t3xture the edge over wo0t as he reached the grand final of two internationals and diffed wo0t in their match at Shanghai to win the trophy

DRG actually regressed throughout the year

most washed roster

The igling has clearly improved since Pujan's return and s0m is still an excellent controller, Victor and Crashies need to go. This pairing is washed and not earning their keep. Bring back Demon1 for your primary duelist and throw money at N4RRATE. Amazing team on paper.

T3xture being wasted on GE really makes me think of how many other players are being wasted on mid/poor teams. Meiy is definitely at the top of the list. I'd want to see both DFM and Zeta disband so we can have one Japanese team with the best talent.

I wonder how oxy would manage on G2. They don't really need to drop icy because the team has been performing excellently with the system that valyn has, but oxy is deserving of a good team and would undoubtedly frag higher than icy.