BLAST production is so ahead of others its crazy. They are currently producing the Spike Nations tournament in Valorant that is happening right now and the production is already so good when it comes to observing, replays and stuff like that(ofc way behind CS production, but SN is just small tourney). BLAST actually goated. Their CSGO content is also so good.

Blast Paris Major 2023 will be fucking awesome holy fuck

Best entrance IMO so cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9ppDIbn5ic&ab_channel=BLASTPremier

Team Liquid, because I like the personalities. I'm supporting them the most, but I don't think they are the best*. Supporting every EMEA team pretty equally.

true VLR warriors should get more recognition

I mean you can say exact same thing about team like C9. Their roles overlap as well. Like how is Xeppaa proper initiator when he has only played bit of Fade? Both him and Zellsis are mainly KayO/Raze players, while Leaf also plays Raze and even Neon like Zellsis used to. Like how is that not overlapping? Also Jamppi and Sayf are super flexible and can easily change roles and even Sayf has played Raze in the past. And soulcas/Redgar is not problem by any means and they just pick what suits them more. Both can play either role with ease.

Both teams can flex, but I don't understand how it is bigger problem for TL?

TL leaks don't look promising?? What?

I don't know what is happening with them. Crazy setup, but so much delay like how is that even possible.

2: Finnish, English

This. Biggest difference between EMEA and Americas is just the name value. I said this before but if you look at NA and EMEA LCQ (that are really equal in level) fucking OGLU placed same in EMEA as C9 in NA. The team whose core is part of this C9 "superteam". But do people talk about OGLU or their players? Like don't get me wrong individually C9 are better, but you get the point. People just look at names and assume their skill based on that. Like some people saying that team like Vitality should import NA players over Molsi and Twisten lol

SEN is already 2 Brazil and 1 Brit so half of them aren't even from NA if you only look at country of origin

Alfajer is Turkish, nAts is Russian but my point is that:
British: TL Soulcas, FNC Boaster
Finnish: TL Jamppi, FNC Derke
Swedish: TL Sayf, FNC Leo
Russian: TL nAts/Redgar, FNC Chronicle

so they have almost same nationalities minus Alfajer and nAts or Redgar

best initiator

TL 🤝 Fnatic
British, Finnish, Swedish and Russian (+Turkish and Russian)

SUPERDOME event happening on BMEESPORTS Twitch channel rn

can't clip, but go to this vod and 00:15:55 forward (should start at that point):
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1625839717

He was shown on SUPERDOME event intro with Fnatic jersey on. Interesting that Fnatic haven't announced him yet.

Leo was shown on Superdome intro with Fnatic jersey on lol

Yeah I don't know what happened, just have to hope Rogue was just chilling or played worse because less pressure or something. But its fine they have time to recover and see what went wrong and I don't think seeding matters as much this worlds for team like Rogue.

Nice to hear! I used to exercise really little before, but this year started doing stationary bike and some dumbbell exercise and have been on it for 5 months already. Its not much, but still a lot of improvements and weight lost. So its really nice to hear other people do stuff as well and I actually only read this today for first time and its actually motivating af. Thanks for sharing and good luck!

What a game lmao

C9 is overrated IMO

I could go to USA and buy bottle of beer

Not huge fan, but their old logo was also pretty bad and old school so I think they needed update. They could have done way better tho. This doesn't have any uniqueness to it and is so forgettable.

Nah. Sheydos is good, but Leo is better and is true initiator.

Would say he is top 2 initiator in EMEA if not even the best at times. Shao is the only competition.

You didn't see anything 😎🖊️✨

https://gyazo.com/2416eb4901cb920156a511cdbff9221d
Leo in white t-shirt and black shorts.

Edit: Tweet deleted, but it was Boaster in front of Pyramid in Cairo and Leo could be seen clearly in the background.

https://twitter.com/OfficialBoaster/status/1581314762860040194/photo/1

Leo is in Cairo with Fnatic, so we will see him playing soon

Yeah that is true, but it just lowers my expectations for this team and we won't see how he will fit in for couple months.

Yeah its bit disappointing to potentially have 2 out of 10 teams being Turkish only, but it was expected when both BBL and FUT were allowed in. But I'm not too concern of them tbh. I think FUT actually has pretty decent roster right now with potential. And BBL well... they have Qutioner at least. They just need to be able to keep up with rest of teams and that has always been bit problematic for Turkish teams. They seem to always struggled with game plans and stuff like that. But overall I would be pretty excited to see FUT going against some of these VCT teams.

Yeah some Turkish teams are known as scrim demons I guess because they are known for their aim at least. At least my understanding is that Turkish teams are like EMEA's Brazilian teams. They are aggressive and outaim you. But that has been the case for loong time and they haven't achieved much outside of SMB last year. Futbolists won EMEA tier 2, but I don't know can this team compete against rest of EMEA VCT. I think they have some good pieces right now, so I wouldn't be too upset if they just go with it. I just feel that they won't do very well in tier 2. And its not even about individuals its just that Turkish teams usually are behind in strats etc.

hmm this roster move doesn't excite me if I'm honest. If he is IGL then I guess it makes more sense, but why not try to get someone like Boo instead? I think the core of Fit1nho, Cloud and hoody(if the rumors are true with hoody) could have been decent with good 4th and 5th, but Rhyme? Not sure about that.

Not super convinced of Heretics so far, but it could work. Really depends which form of Avova we will be getting. During his peak he was arguably the best controller player in EMEA, but has been far from that form for most of this year only performing during playoffs really. Hopefully he can bounce back though!

No. They can't stay in Russia, so they had to relocate to Serbia. Makes getting visas easier. There's many Russian players living in Serbia right now like Shao, Suygetsu, Cloud etc.

Most stacked for now because there's less teams per region. Also thing with EMEA is that they had to brought tier 2 players, because there's so many teams and for example both Jamppi and Sayf are on same team while NA imported Ardiis. Also there's so many underrated players in EMEA just because they don't have clout. Like people praising C9 and their players(old roster) even though they were like OGLU level team in NA.

Rogue will make it to playoffs COPIUM

but fuck what embarrassment from G2 today

at least Rogue doesn't have that many clear visible problems right now. With Fnatic Hylissang played like shit almost every game and Razork had weak performances. And with G2 their botline is so bad and they got bot diffed like every game. Rogue at least has shown good individual playmaking and teamplay. Like Hyli and Targamas were both so bad this tournament, but Trymbi was smurfing vs TOP.

Looks good. Trexx is flexible and really good.

Let's go! Cloud is such insane player. I hope he just doesn't get stuck in shit team. But if rumors of F1tinho, hoody, Cloud are true then Giants could be good.

Ok 2 scenarios:

• Just baiting. They likely have Twisten Fnatic jersey because he was supposed to sub in for Alfajer in Copenhagen just in case if Alfajer didn't get visa.
• Twisten is playing for Fnatic in the random tournament they will be attending in. Maybe he just wants playtime and Fnatic is willing to take him because now they only have 3 players and won't play with Leo and Chronicle but with their GM and coach instead IIRC.

If they managed to sign Leo and Chronicle then yeah. In my opinion they would become the most stacked team on paper with those signings.

Is it scam tho? More like reasonable price. That's why EMEA doesn't have similar problems with outrageous buyouts like NA does. But yeah its cheaper than I thought, but some crazy individual buyouts really inflate the scene and its not good when teams have to pay that for 1 player.

How can you prove that someone isn't non-binary because isn't it just choice in the end of the day? Couldn't anyone be non-binary at any point if they wanted? Just wondering.

so bad from Fnatic unlucky

yeah menu is shit and old one was better

Riot has become lazy with skins ngl

Also on Ascent by some teams. And my point is that its not straight replacement for Sage, but that his kit works as if Viper and Sage were mixed in my opinion. Someone like Suygetsu with good aim could play him and work more like reactively "smoker/area blocker" just like how Sage is in a way. For example on Ascent Harbor could help attackers to get market control, but he could also use abilities to exect A through Tree in same round even just like how Sage walls are used on these points or even Jett smokes. I could be wrong though.

Nah I don't think so. I actually see his playstyle being hybrid of Viper and Sage. So he will either be played as secondary controller or in similar way as Sage aka block certain areas like Ascent Pizza to Market point on attack or to block off Garden on A. Pretty fast really reactive stuff. Wouldn't be surprised if he became meta in Ascent but outside of that I'm not really sure. I think other controllers and Viper do better job for most part.

This. I think he could work as Viper replacement on some maps, but even still feels like Viper might be better on most maps. He looks good in terms of fast exects on site or fast map control, but outside of that I don't think he is that good or at least not better than other agents. I think he could work a lot like Sage actually. Maybe on map like Ascent he could be good.

I don't think its that good. Good as secondary smoker, but I don't think it will be used that much.

patuj