Good take, I agree

I would think Vikings personally. Even despite their upset loss a couple weeks back, I still really like their potential

Yes, agree to disagree on wardell

Agree to disagree. I think Wardell's peak is higher, but I definitely think his play style can cause a lower floor.

Step one: Get Sacy and mwzera on the same team

Step two: profit

Yeah I personally never fully trust the streams - that's my hangup here. They're always playing mind games on streams (or just straight up trolling).

If he was being honest, I really hope his Skye has improved.

Yeah I'd assume it depends map to map. If Victor is only playing Skye, then I'm with you.

I'd imagine he plays some Phoenix though, where I like his impact a lot more.

We will see. Either way I like how these teams matchup. I think it should be a fun match.

Any Brazil fans here? Wondering if/how much they've improved since Reykjavik. Looking forward to (hopefully) seeing Jett Sacy on LAN

Depends which version of Wardell. Wardell seems to have a higher ceiling but also a lower floor.

Victor, but Roza is still good.

Fns as an igl, but Hazed probably has better overall mechanics.

Crashies is better/more impactful, but Levi is insane. Crashies is either best or second best Sova NA. Levi isn't far behind.

Toss up. I like Marved, I like Bang. I think I err on the side of Marved (biased, of course) for his experience, but Bang has a chance to really show his value in this tourney and potentially Berlin.

this is the way my bracket plays out, but i have them losing to 100T in lowers and placing 5/6

my first day on this forum was the day of Project Netero

i feel like i got here just in time to witness a moment that will go down in history

as an NV fan, i hope this proves to be the case

Personally I think it'll be a battle between Acend and SEN at the top for the next few months, not sure any teams are gonna close that gap any time soon. So the EU-NA debate probably won't go away like it has in CS

Since 2012, no bandwagon here

blows my mind that people take these twitter /twitch baits seriously

OP has a G2 flair. Don't think it had anything to do with roles.

MikesHD is their coach, though it's still unannounced (he might technically still be on trial)

People keep overlooking this fact

Maybe they are. But you can't draw that conclusion from bait tweets

yep, not sure why people take stuff like this too seriously

also, of course he's gonna gas his team

Huh? I'm an envy fan brother.

That still means nothing. We've seen multiple pros on a single team bait before.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love for it to be true. Just nothing to treat as gospel imo

Think that's just bait. But who knows, they could always leak and just pretend it's bait anyways.

I wouldn't exactly say I'm "sold" on them either. It's more of a projection pick. And there's almost always a perceived underdog that qualifies, so my guess is Giants.

I feel like they'll continue to improve with more reps, probably improve enough to pull off a couple upsets in this tourney. Plus they just seem to be on a hot streak right now, which always helps.

Wouldn't think so. Maybe Jcstani.

Feel like their ceiling isn't too high with that roster, though.

Yeah V1 is def not a poverty org. Hypothetically, they could outbid practically any of the big name orgs.

Doubt they will, but they could.

I got Acend, G2, Giants, and Gambit.

Acend is nuts. I believe in G2, think they'll continue to improve and have a high ceiling. Same with Giants, but I think they're playing catch-up a bit rn.

I'm not super confident in Gambit just bc they haven't truly delivered on the scrimbux. But I feel like at least one non-EU team will qualify, so Gambit feels like the best bet.

yikes