L riot, the only one to blame
surely either teams' players' mental are shit by that time
imagine all the bugs the observer didnt catch

nice to see

ggwp

wota

the recency bias is strong with some people, i also expected mistic to not do well in champs but he proved me wrong. even without the stats he has serious impact.

best case scenario

love zeta, but no. i feel like the decision they made last minute returning tenn cost them this champs. but who knows really. from their matches as well, it looked like their map pool was weak.

good to see and it's so cool how much they play differently as well.

vamooooooos, hope they can ride the momentum from here!

he's young and already achieved a lot, he'll bounce back!

yes, would be cool to see different regions in top 4. it's also very good for the scene.

so proud!!!!! considering the schedule isnt on their side as well, so happy! vamooooos!

schedule isnt on their side as well, but i believe

DRX 2-0
OPTIC 2-1

they've been winning without having to rely much on chamber tho

hope they can keep the momentum!

gg

lcq teams all out, im not surprised but sadge liquid not on form for this match. ggwp fnc.

dont worry at least one EMEA team makes it out tomorrow. at most two.

mistic is doing so well in champs ngl

guru

apac also winning? apac pride

its content, negative content gets more attention.

dont speak too fast liquid was dogshit in pearl too

ban it lol

but the situation you just stated is of teams playing back to back with almost the same prep time, and if it’s the skill of playing back to back with almost same prep time then sure thats fair. yeah i think the same that even with 1 day prep i dont think fpx beats drx, but who knows? it’s better to know u have at least tried to prep when u know the opponent is prepd as hell. i dont want drx win to look like it was just handed to them, so no one can say drx just got lucky.

fpx and xset results are fair. they had same prep time no problem with that. securing top seed allows for more days of prep time thats fine as reward as top seed, but not even a day interval for the other team is just too unfair i think.

m3c liquid, oglu g2, liquid g2 had to fight the same day, so there isnt much difference between prep time. it’s not the same situation as fpx back to back game.

drx definitely deserved the win, just saying what the coach said is reasonable. i still think even if fpx had prep drx still wins, but knowing the sched for fpx, cant help but feel bad for them because that shit happened to drx last time as well.

thats the exact reason why i dont like back to back games, because i know it happened to drx last masters. i think that kind of schedule should not happen, at least a day interval should have been done esp when opposing team had more prep day. what the coach said is perfectly reasonable to me.

nope

m3c wont win

he seemed like that to anyone tbf

m3c didnt qualify for a lan this year for a reason. at least they saved themselves for being flamed here in vlr.

just a tradeoff between the 100t emea slayer and optic emea curse lmao.

optic looks well prep for the phx comp

as a fan of drx, it's really unlucky fpx had to play for 2 consecutive days, i think that's organizer fault.

DRX W. looking super good i hope they make it far!

tl has been weak on bind since forever. they just look good at it due to recent win with edg where they antistrat them, but look at their history and they only have like 2 wins for that this year (imo edg chose that map as well because tl is dogshit on it lmao). if pearl, fracture or bind stay on the map pool, optic easily wins.

feels like the curse has been slightly broken when fpx dropped a map to optic tho lmao

maps favor optic. more time to prepare for them as well.
even in their map picks, liquid looks shaky. i don't really have expectations.

if you look at fpx run closely at m2, you see they beat 1st seed jp, kr, apac, fellow emea teams, and optic. i dont think that's fluke.
prx and fpx are the most studied teams in this tourny, too.

W

loud didnt play yesterday

true, but drx owned the map veto as well and has been looking good since the group stage in their maps. massive improvement in mental and role changes worked wonders for them. fpx had been looking a bit shaky too.

ban it lol, they got owned by xset here too

for champs it's stax

mental improved a lot too

prx for sure is heavily studied by teams, doesnt help fpx had laid the guide. lev is a very good team. respect both teams wth.

kru and 100t did well their previous matches despite their loss, especially 100t. i really thought the matches today would be closer, so idk if it's because emea teams suddenly went god mode or were out of form before or it just wasnt a good day for the lcq teams.

wow i have no idea this is happening.

eh but isn't everyone set to become free agents anyway. like pro players' contract aren't really that long.

asian teams friendship too wholesome.