cold ass quote might have to invest in a GENG bundle for that mentality demon

a perma viper so I wouldnt say controller, I would still go with Sentinel player still

they played this comp at kick off

both NA so who cares

Looks like that’s the case. The issue is the inconsistencies between regional and masters. If everything was 360 or 240 then it would be fine

With their Ascent and Icebox, I see them as maps where they can beat the mid to bad teams on but not the great teams. Their Bind just needs fresh ideas as teams just already know how to play against them. Their Breeze needs an immense amount of work to be a map they can beat even the mid teams

I seriously doubt we will see FNS and S0m on G2 this year. Theyre on vacation and i doubt theyll want to join a team with very limited time to practice before stage 1

I got no vacation days, might catch some APAC games during Stage 2 as Ill be in Korea around the same time

he should get picked up tbh, had some great games during nacl quals

I think it would be cool to have a gamemode with all the agents getting super buffed. All peak agents and then mega buffs for bad agents

I now know what that other thread is talking about. No one is close to Faker my dude. You can ask absolute randoms and they know who he is

i have never seen anyone claim this, but Faker is clear of any player from 99% of esports. I have never watched or played league of legends and I know about that guy

It’s not really recency bias if tournament success depends on recent performances. TH is not getting as much love as KC for good reason. At the end of the day, people takes do not really matter once the tournament actually starts

Let people speak whatever language they want smh

Ignore them bro 😭, they love attention like this

I would probably change a couple of things:
Sacy = Crashies (free bro from Viper on Sunset)
Johnqt > Victor if we are talking the sentinel role (overall Victor > JohnQt)

MIBR is going to be a middle of the pack team (which is pretty good considering last year) and I can see Lev cementing themselves in the top 4 after more practice

Many forget all these tier 1 teams live in the same place regardless of the team. So he will be able to see him and and hang out with him anyway whether Pancada is on SEN or another team

It’s not his fault as an individual, it’s just the fact that orgs crumble to try to accommodate him in the hopes that he becomes 2022 yay again

Do not consider any M80 or OxG players when trying to make changes. It’s not gonna happen do not even bother

On paper would be a fantastic move but they wouldn’t change their igl

he is gonna be great and thats why SEN will keep him as a 6th until the end of his contract

oxg players will ascend, there is no way they leave their current setup

likely would take a large buyout

y15y

unless the whole roster is dropped I dont see fns and s0m coming in

I wouldnt put tenz in my top 10 but KK and something didnt look as good as they did last year during Kick Off so its reasonable to see them lower than expected in rankings

I think it was not very wise to bring more from that 2023 G2 into tier 1. Should have just been Oxy

not really, it was pretty expected that Kick Off was not a very forgiving tournament. Everyone who was practicing the most made the masters. We will see more "expected" results when everyone is able to practice more

Sykko

Idk where to rank them but before people are mad about other people's rankings you guys should remember that being the worst out of a great pool of players doesnt mean they suck

its too early for this type of talk

I think its time they start experimenting and cooking up some new and weird stuff

we talk about them being local as an advantage, which I agree for the most part, but it also comes with a lot of pressure and this is a young team

He is great tbh, get him on a team with elite support

fair enough my fault keep the agenda going

when you get the chance to pick up the best NA support player in 2023 and the best champs performer, and a former top 3 controller that has great chem with your current players, you take it. I still believe this roster will be great this year. Way too reactionary. Being top 3-4, will get them to an international where I think they will be able to be competitive

I agree fully, it depends on TH shifting their map pool. If they stop perma banning ascent, their chances go up a lot. If they let SEN get rid of 2 of (Breeze/Ascent/Icebox) then they put themselves on the back foot before the match starts. If they cook up something on Ascent then I can see 2-1 either way

From what ive watched, in terms of overall teams not the ones that made madrid, 1-2: NA/EMEA 3: Pacific 4: China

bugha clears on fortnite apparently, put him on jett ez SEN 2-0

definitely three map series for sure, I think sen are gonna have a lot of trouble if they get to another Bo5 against a team that is good at 2/3 of (Breeze/Ascent/Icebox). In a Bo3, they can hide those weaknesses better. TH perma bans Ascent, so if they keep doing that I can see SEN taking the first match against TH. If they cook something good on Ascent and SEN doesnt ban Breeze, its really a 50/50 maybe even slight edge TH

miniboo is great but Zekken looked like a top 10 player itw

looks about right to me

NRG fans are looking like the biggest cry babies. You guys have a stacked roster wait for them to get it together, you guys will be competitive at a international soon enough. Even Fnatic fans who have the best roster still imo mostly congratulated others and looked at their own mistakes

its easier to let people celebrate and wait for the inevitable moment everyone else catches up. these kind of threads just make you guys look bitter and jealous. your team's time will come this year let em prac

I cant see them struggling for a chance at champs but dont see them being a tourney winner come masters and splits. Theyll be comfortably in the points imo

Look great for me 11 AM and 2 PM

i have no idea to be honest, it is a nice feeling going into a masters feeling like 7/8 teams have at least a small chance to win

I think considering Icebox was their perma veto it looked quite decent. Not really good but its a map they can work on and get potentially some wins on. Thier split and lotus looks fantastic. They need to work on their bind to get it back to world class

2021 bandwagon fan then rightfully so I had to suffer 2022-23