well this team beat Fnatic 2-0

just how bad are the other 2 teams? even 2G looked better than this shit

they had multiple meetings in 2024/2025 apparently and likely were giving warnings but KOI is known to have poor management so it is unknown whether the news made it to whoever needed to hear it. despite that, Ibai knew from the get go what the contract entitled and he didn't fulfill it. Riot likely had promises with sponsors so just a replacement wouldn't do

I feel bad for the players and coaches not the org. maybe don't breach your contract next time and you won't get kicked, simple as that

yeah I definitely wouldn’t be upset with expedition 33 winning goty it’s just not my genre of game

it’s so good bro 🙏
def harder than hollow knight too

been playing for only a couple hours and this is game of the year already

just beat lace

nrg will not lose twice to a chinese team

I honestly think mibr could win a game

TL don't make it out of groups

1. G2
2. FNC
3. NRG
4. PRX
5. RRQ
6. DRX
7. SEN
8. TH
9. TL
10. BLG
11. EDG
12. GX
13. DRG
14. T1
15. MIBR
16. XLG

I have a degree in ball

people said the same thing last year

Termi takes out asstrella for Beyn

NRG 3-0

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/d039b0b1

copy it if you want idc

hot take but mibr win a game. cold take none of these teams make it to the podium which is why it's mid

drx never loses their first groups game

first international 26-0

nrg 2-0 edg couldn't even beat bili bili lol

C = D >> A >>> B

fnatic must've paid for their group

one for each NA team

lowkey just give KR/JP, SEA, and CN 3 slots each, Americas 6, and let EMEA play India for 1 slot and we’re looking gold

DRX don’t get grouped at champs

S - Favorites: G2, PRX
A - Contenders: NRG, TL, FNC
B - Playoff Contenders: SEN, BLG, T1, TH, DRX
C - Grouped: RRQ, EDG, DRG, GX
D - Dead on Arrival: XLG, MIBR

threw in some hotter takes

SEN and BBL fans only felt a fraction of that one Talon dude’s pain

you know ball

thanks for catching my typo chief 🙏

has to be NRG right?

unlucky for SEN Riot don’t allow more than one Chinese team per group

lowkey think I’d rather have NRG lose this game for seeding since I would much rather see them play less experienced teams like GX, DRG, and RRQ first than T1, FNC, and EDG, assuming favorites win out

EMEA getting to farm China per usual

G2, NRG, EDG, DRX

maybe some nice seats around the front row

meanwhile the other teams couldn’t even make it to Toronto

MIBR got 3rd at both kickoff and stage 1

if only they beat DFM ☹️

it’s not weird however that would make champions just a 3rd masters when it’s meant to be a culmination of all of 2025

people upset about DRX, MIBR, and TH qualifying are dumb af

Champions is supposed to be a showcase of the best teams of the entire year and the truth is all three teams were better than their counterparts for majority of the year. I mean what’s the point in it being a circuit if you just ignore everything from the past?

not to mention the points awarded literally scale greater throughout the year and there are 2 entire Cinderella slots open in Stage 2 to help low point teams. if your team didn’t make it that’s on them, should’ve played better

also here are the H2H records across the year
C9 2-4 MIBR
BBL 3-6 TH (3-8 if you count EWC)
TLN 2-3 DRX

bet we’re going to find out an anonymous Indonesian team bought scrim vods leaked by an anonymous Korean team if Talon choke this game 🙏

I thought he was too busy playing hide and seek with fr0st 😭

only DRX “fan” I see mad is an Indonesian pretending to be Korean

unless MIBR play TH neither are getting more than 6 rounds a map

who qualified for Paris?

BBL/GX
TL
TLN
MIBR
any Chinese team
TH

hope TL don’t get grouped for a 4th time in a row at Paris 💔

almost makes me forget I’m watching talon and rrq play

RRQ
NRG
FNC
G2

mine's more realistic

+TenZ
+vice
+shinobi
+mitch
+Relyks

swap nrg and mibr in that post and it's an accurate representation lol

we don't have that european spy anymore so it's wraps for blg