can't say much till we see them play with NaturE but they look promising, need time to play together as 5 before we say anything. -huynh was a good move tho

Unsure, there playstyle is unorthodox when comparing it to teams in NA and does not play well vs NA so I feel as if a change in their style needs to come before their roster. Crunchy/dizzy are talented as fk and iyen is pretty smart so just give them a little bit more time if not Bob would probably be the first to go as NA has a large amount of great Sova's and Bob doesen't exactly do perform like BCJ, Crashies, Hiko, eeiu, Shahzam, effys, and JonahP.

Bob is actually at the bottom of NA Sova's in the last 60 days with a whopping 166 ACS in 398 rounds. ( https://www.vlr.gg/stats/?event_group_id=all&event_id=all&region=na&country=all&min_rounds=200&min_rating=1600&agent=sova&map_id=all&timespan=60d )

Nothing to change.

There next showing will be really good, no roster moves, just let them develop their style a little bit more.

Give it a little bit more time for daps to establish the structure within the team then kick him for someone that can frag better and igl

Drop nobody and pick up more agents/the new meta. It's obvious that they want to go against the meta but its just not working. Don't know who but somebody needs to play Astra/Viper and on Haven especially you cannot be still stuck playing Omen. The only teams that have managed to avoid/not be impacted by the new meta is Korea and unless 100t can adopt that very very specific playstyle idk what their going to do. We will see soon their progress but no roster moves should be considered at all.

No idea wtf the management is doing with this roster thief was a star player and would frequently drop 30. stellar also being the igl and flex so I have no idea. They had a solid identity and even toppled SEN long ago but I can't really say much till we see them again with their new roster.

IMO they looked really good lately and removing Dazed was a big mistake. Don't get me wrong I think hes taken way tooo long to find the groove with this roster but overall they've not only been impressively unlucky but have gotten good reputation across the board. If it not were for SEN having to go into Challengers 2 I think we would have seen a lot more from them and Shahzam has called them one of the most underrated teams. I think they will be extremely good their next showing but if they play without Dazed they won't do so well. They have to stop swapping their style/roles also but I think they've already done that and establish an identity. We will see on what they do next.

its just they dont have that real structure and team play that teams should have after playing for a long time and igls like shinobi are good at establishing that. wardell/roza/drone as we know it don't igl and bang is also really young but maybe hes like rossy? Hazed is good af no hate at all towards him but hes a secondary igl not a primary but we'll just have to wait and see again I don't doubt your right.

Yes, I agree with this as well there has been a huge meta shift recently and we should watch how all teams perform this next vct before we should consider anything but I gave my take with only their most recent performance in mind

They had decent results recently toppling GenG is good progress and I have faith that they are beginning to take it a little seriously but imo if they struggle more I think hazed should be dropped. Don't get me wrong I think hes one of the most underrated players in NA rn but I feel as if TSM's players are not taking it seriously and are seriously lacking that high energy/serious IGL. hazed is igling(i think?) which makes him a viable asset but I don't think he's made for that role and is rather a better second igl/lurker. Find them an IGL that can establish a structure between wardell/roza/drone which should be the core of this roster. They've been playing together since beta and have yet to find a solution which calls for serious change. Bang is a good introduction but I don't think it does anything for them. Brax is in unlucky spot, they signed him for no reason other than to please the fans and it seems the deal was done without the players really understanding how he was going to be included and I don't think hes really what they need either.

-hazed
+shinobi
^Watch how the team will grow

Drop whole roster except for temp/aleksander. This is the general consensus with this roster since its inception. clawdia, potter, and osias are all inconsistent af and I imagine they miss lots of opportunities for tournaments/scrims because of potters other occupations

Was shocked by their recent Wedid benching but it depends on who they sign. I don't think that Purer is a very consistent jett player although he's definitely not bad. I think they should pick up a cracked jett/duelist player(jcstani would have been good). The players who should 100% remain are thwifo(underrated player),BCJ and Ayrin(his astra is too good). But they should not have ayrin swapping to duelist on different maps he's a good player but not cracked enough to be on duelist compared to other players. I don't know who their trialing as 5th but I have faith in whoever they decide to pick up as the roster has always been on the cusp of top 5

I'll fix your fav NA teams with my 1000 IQ

i mean they were just starting to get good...too early imo for this drastic of a change

I think its because no one cares and this obviously a ridiculous situation that could have been solved by other means

tfw your favorite player is stuck in contract hell with a roster that consistently goes nowhere and cannot consistently attend tournaments due to their igl's main job of being a commentator.

tfw aleksandar wont be bought out by any other teams because he's only been recognized on one roster(MR) and even they hardly did anything

Context:
https://twitter.com/mel_anji/status/1398827403238068233?s=20

Later, it turns out that someone just had a sent a 78 second clip and a picture of a scoreboard...
but the original tweet remains up and the insight female roster was pressured into leaving the organization after having so much hate thrown at them.
https://twitter.com/Apidaez/status/1399221488226471936?s=20

So, instead of direct messaging the team you scrimmed or doing anything else for clarification C9 mel goes directly to twitter to tweet out allegations against a considerably smaller org and basically do irrecoverable damage to all these players careers knowing the size and ferocity of the C9 fanbase...

C9 mel posted an apology and an insight player posted a 24 minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fezApsUc_pI

Why does C9 white continually find themselves amidst drama?

emea bracket is probably the most poorely done thing i've ever seen

No one believes they are top 2 for sure but you cannot deny them top 5 or even top 3, they performed exceptionally well for the position they were put in and although the team and players were new as a whole wippie is a star player in the coming and was known as a talent on chaos with vanity before so jammyz had big shoes to fill in and although he played well I have no doubt wippie would have played better. Also, their preparation was probably better than any other NA team would have done other than sentinels, I don't know if I could see c9/NV/100t beating liquid the way that they did by fooling them.

V1 = Top 2-3 vanity's attitude towards the game will lead this team to a long and healthy place at the top of the game.

All the respect in the world goes out to jammyz and V1 for flying him out on barely a weeks notice and filling the role quite well especially considering he's only had t2 experience up until that point

how are you coping before EU even has lost man cmon

its a huge comp issue, they can't play against viper no less viper/astra. banning icebox is a huge sign of weakness that they aren't comfortable with the new meta and have been playing basically the same comp on every map for months. Not that their play is bad or anything but you can't out maneuver/strat a team if their utility is x5 yours. If NA played old comps with no utility I think KR would be disgustingly strong but they arent

well a large part of it being that the favorites in most regions didn't make it i.e. 100t, VS, gambit, Acend, Gamelanders. Think if any other NA team besides V1 made it then there would be a lot more because this game's popularity is off the back NA hype and V1 although probably, at this point, easily top 2/3 in NA they aren't popular at all with the audiences over there

counting mainstream only or shroud and all the other streamers? I only watched the first half of that match

EU and KR are not popular tomorrow we will have a lot more

idk if thats his backpack tbh, looks like his back/body https://i.imgur.com/LziZe6H.png

"your not coach or player so you cant talk"

worst opinion ever, hate this shit

liquid is just bland they actually aren't that tactically superb, all they do is just rely heavily on their counterstratting and when it doesen't work they crumble (i.e. V1 fooled them with a different comp and Fnatic just ignored their preparation). Need a better igl/coach

stone cold clutch god but fnatic has them figured out and they won't win any rounds from here unless someone drops 3k/clutches on liquid

why does scream always puts his head down after every round liquid loses? I get he's probably shelling his anger but imo it probably lowers your team moral to turn to your right and see your star player cup his head in his hands as if you've already lost

do you think that bo5 at the end of their masters was most definitely a saving strats/fluke? Like V1 threw their matches for sure vs SEN in the grand final

If they to FNC 2-0 have they actually failed every single one of their expectations?

snowflake its literally banter

usually teams dont like bind because the lack of a mid creates a lot 50/50 plays where you tp x5 and its probably the best map to pick if your a worse team and want to win a lot of rounds. its a real puggy map and the thing is sentinels arguably has the best individually talented players in the world so they will always squeeze out the win

https://twitter.com/OfficialBoaster/status/1398344301353046018?s=20

at the end of the day make sure every team and fan has fun just like Boaster said in the pre-tournament press conference

this event has been crazy and we could not have asked for anything better

they were just banter shit talking literally every team does it

anyone notice peri's facial expressions when playing lol, its like he's putting himself in the game and whenever he dies he jumps

v1 will be prepared for sen but i don't know if it'll be enough, NA meta just looks so good vs any other team/region

its literally only strong on haven... people complain about this but it can only be applied on a single map + they are getting B/C/A for free with no casualties so it makes it even easier.

v1 was saving strats vs CR to trick TL

i actually wanted them to be good because the best BR teams in csgo are always fun to watch but its obvious that they need time to get better.

1600 dpi .2 sens 320edpi since beta

100t will not make masters 3 but tsm will imo

EU talked the most trash leading up to iceland? I don't understand why you feel like this when you guys were making the most noise

can confirm, btw what happened to your main?

wippie is obviously going to stay and I really think jammyz's performance is being overrated although I do believe he is playing well considering the position he was put in. Idk if wippie would have played better but overall V1 would have been better off with wippie, all the time spent catching jammyz up could have been used to push their strategies further just as they tricked TL into thinking they would play double duelist. Stuff like that is why even if V1 ends up in the grandfinals wippie will stay on the active roster. Also, (i know its irrelevant) but wippie's performance in masters is the reason why V1 are even in iceland. He would make great individualistic plays, play post plant well, and even manage to keep his acs up on average.

I do see a world where if this visa issue keeps fucking him he will be replaced but now he has time on a stable roster to address the issue.

for some reason I just feel as if Liquid played exceptionally well in their run and their playstyle only works for that region. Fnatic plays much better vs international teams but I guess we'll see I don't doubt your right though

agreed but fnatic>liquid and I could see fnatic beating V1. NA will play best KR team and best BR team tomorrow, if NA wins both games than its safe to say that NA is the best region and it might not be close. Liquid lost to V1 with a SUB really embarrassing especially after Scream said NA teams are predictable.

often happens to teams that realize they are about to upset another team Sadge (hopefully not)

yea i agree, he is a great player that can be good on any agent. I would love to see wardell on phoenix/reyna popping off!