I mean that’s the most obvious choices but something always goes different. I’ll say
G2 2-0 TE
T1 2-1 VIT
TL 2-1 EDG
SEN 2-0 DRX

no NA vs EMEA
no CN vs KR

boring ass fucking draw as always riot

ahh hell nah, I do NOT wanna watch tejo merchants play each other 🙏

give me:
G2-TL
VIT-SEN
DRX-TE
EDG-T1

I need the NA/EMEA and KR/CN rivalries. please don’t give EMEA-CN like always

yeah u right, i forgot about that game

that G2 are currently 0-3 in bo5s. like they are really prx level bad at winning bo5s

bAtschest

3-0 G2
3-2 T1
3-2 VIT

what a terrible day to be literate

TH crumbled as a team and weren't playing well individually either. it was like maps 4/5 against geng. pretty sure they were just avoiding getting 2nd place yet again it was so bad

free1ng is a top 5 initiator

if TL beat anyone at Bangkok relegate the whole region idc

1. G2
2. EDG
3. VIT
4. DRX
5. T1
6. SEN
7. TE
8. NRG

-Gap-

9. TL

how could we get shit on by the region that won nothing last year 💔

if this happens I’m going to need European fans to take a month long hiatus from the site 😭

💀

lmao

fr they gotta beg TL mid match to give Pati back for minibum

idk about that one, Carpe kinda owns

honestly can’t tell if this is better or worse for shitmea 😭
either you get liquid who have a 0.00001% chance of winning Bangkok or TH who have a 0% but could get 2nd max

especially when all the lck orgs hate each other lol

the team i made genuinely gaps everyone

they aren't going to win internationals is the problem. kr teams can dominate pac all they want but there are too many orgs trying to grab kr players (drx, geng, t1, ns, tln, dfm, ge, rrq) that the talent is too divided

MaKo the goat of korea but Karon has better synergy

the region is prospering so much that the talent is too split up. every team feels like they have 1-2 weaker players.

a team of Karon, Meteor, Free1ng, Munchkin, t3xture could win Bangkok easily but the talent is stuck between 3 orgs

actually. and even more I miss when more than 25 NA players were relevant and teams didn't have to recycle the same 'franchised proven' talent like they do in now that t1 and t2 are so split. look at how much healthier this tournament looked org/player wise compared to now: https://www.vlr.gg/event/800/champions-tour-north-america-stage-2-challengers/group-stage

We didn’t, can’t wait to see NRG at Bangkok

we winning Bangkok too 🙏

NRG vs FNC gf is going to feed generations!

personally hard disagree
G2 > VIT > DRX
TH > GENG > SEN
T1 > MIBR > TL

and why is it GenG?

people forget that this team still has 3 world class players in t3xture, Munchkin, and Karon despite losing Meteor
not to mention they always turn up for internationals and the only teams they have ever lost to are SEN/TH

idk about 2025 but Lock//In C9 were the closest we’ve had to a team physically breaking the stage

vit/th look like the best overall 'top 2' from any region although G2/EDG still look better to me

I'm also redacting this statement if either one of these teams lose to FUT (international gatekeepers) or TL (single handedly bringing down emea stocks)

nah if nrg had sen’s path they’d be in the same spot right now. already moved on to Toronto, Bangkok is fraudulent

I’ve seen enough, it’s a shame that they’re going to get eliminated tomorrow 😔

tbh they’re fortunate they avoided nrg for so long though, top 3 is pretty lucky for this squad

honestly it probably goes all the way back to kr getting slandered after that LCQ with DK, F4q, and Nuturn

brother was not there to witness sea fans reactions to kr getting 3 slots. the kr fanboys are being annoying right now but a decent portion of sea fans deserve it ngl.
not to mention half of them can't even accept that their teams are just worse and are making tons of excuses about riot favoring kr (in reality sea has always been prioritized over kr for slots and the t2 changes are too recent to effect this tourney)

best team oat, 2023 fnatic would've had 0 trophies if this team still existed

Americas and bum ass region when emea is right there 💔

how about TH win an event

1. Americas is the best region by far and will 3-peat this year
2. Pacific strong overall but don't have any teams that are contenders this year
3. EMEA is just VIT/TH surrounded by a bunch of C tier teams (FUT are just gatekeepers and have a 0% chance to win btw)
4. NRG win Toronto and Paris (only mild take)

aight nvm fuck this team bro

come back when NRG win this, my goat FNS would never let me down

his highlight of the tourney

i mean if anything the off season showed us that they're super inconsistent. they lost to fucking rapid lofi
their peak is good but their floor is low

they fr looked like they had never practiced before when I watched them

between nrg, fnatic, wolves, and paper rex, who would you say is most disappointing?

speaking facts brother, they’re the kings of gatekeeping mid

RRQ looked good
Personally I have to see TL not get steam rolled by FUT like the first time to consider them good
You’re probably right about NOVA

I’m a KC believer. I think their game against GX was the biggest fluke across all leagues
honestly the only NOVA games I watched were a bit of the Wolves game and their loss to DRG so I probably don’t have a great perception of them cause I didn’t watch the CN off season