i think the issue goes beyond politics. if we are writing off injustices as "politics", then everything will keep falling apart as the world turns a blind eye. getting callous about this kind of stuff will eventually spell utter disaster if it doesn't stop soon. and tbh, i dont think anyone expects a corporation to do the right thing without public pressure. there is only so much one person can do, but if more of us talk and discuss it, it might wake more people up on the reality of the situation; that it is up to us, the fans and enjoyers of the corporation (in this case riot) to apply that pressure which will in turn hopefully influence the actions of people at the top. if we normalize this, it's over.

no he wishes someone sucked the soul out of him. in other words, he is down bad for the sloppy toppy.

they THROW SO MANY SO MANY LEADS its SO difficult to watch. assume the map is lost if DRX is up 12-8 or 12-7, no matter what.

no one knows how to take a joke on vlr anymore smh. you newgen speds don't know the definition of humour.

fortnite isnt bugha anymore, its peterbot. the guy who was accused of hacking for years until he won a LAN with his best performance after a near flawless year.

FR, where is my goat tenz??? tenz should be everywhere! also i suspect they put benjy there to hype up the fortnite nerd fans because they would probably recognise him.

well yeah buzz and stax are actually chronically ill with choking syndrome. mako was the only DRX player who was simply incapable of "choking" but of course he can't do everything, and last year flashback was carrying more than his weight at internationals, which led DRX to 5th-6th at champions, which wasnt too bad but still cursed. now hopefully freeing can help out too, at least until hyunmin gets used to the international stage, because although freeing is technically a rookie, he also has a ton of tier 2 experience himself. hopefully DRX shows up for bangkok because i dont want them to succumb to the washed and fraud allegations that are flying around about them rn.

No time for the goat rookies to warm up :(

He will free DRX from the 5th-6th curse!!!

My biggest fear is that this turns out to be a GENG situation. I am praying that TL get obliterated at masters Bangkok.

These levels of cope need to be studied. These teams are so new that you actually don't know what the fuck an underperformance or an overperformsnce is for any of these teams yet. This is going way too far.

please tell me this is a troll. his smokes really are not good...

Hmm I expect to see a typical buzz choke at Bangkok. It sounds bad but he rarely puts on his best performance during international tournaments.

i dont think i "hate" any region particularly, only fans of specific teams. but if i had to choose, the pinoy crowd and the indos and other SEA countries have the most insufferable fans in general.

its basically an offseason event, dont get too hasty now

nah, you just don't know game. flashback has a higher ceiling than meteor.

have you seen flashback at his peak? i dont even think he has hit his peak yet, ever.

No this format of ranking is so boring 🥱😴. Why not make it spicy because we all know that the lower end of China or pacific is not equally as good as the lower level of EMEA for example

I really can't explain why this team flopped except for terrible coaching staff. I think they both need to go now and new coaches come on

ok now to bring it back to reality. hyunmin = zekken, free1ng >johnqt, mako >= bang, flashback < zellsis, beyn =< narrate. evenly matched as much as we can tell on paper.

Did you lose all your monet betting on VCT EMEA kickoff? Why should anyone listen you you, you fraud?

Stop begging it please, anyone can make a poll and write a 500 word essay explaining it, so don't act like this is something special. It's something that most of us will forget about in a couple of hours max.

I feel like this is your secret alt that you made randomly or used a twitch account instead of steam or something a while ago, and now you wanted to do something funny so you changed the flag and flair and talked to yourself. If this is true then you are truly schizo and there's no hope for you anymore.

It depends on which version of SEN we get. If we get kickoff grand finals sen, then it's going to be a nailbiter 2-1. If we get map 3 Pearl sen vs mibr lower finals, drx is much more favoured to win.

Almost... it seems that comprehension isn't your strong suit

and VIT also went almost flawlessly before that.

i stand by what i said. SEN stomps actually.

did you just say glue? so T1 play glue matches with sylvan?

T1 taking a map over VIT?? i doubt it.

PICKCKCKCKCKKCKEMEMEMEMMMSMMMSMSSSSS

higher than DRX with sylvan?? is he really that amazing? ik carpe was worse than wet toilet paper for T1 but still.

i wouldnt say lightwork but yeah that is the only hope for DRX here. and that fact that DRX in groups is unstoppable.

SEN beats TL, trace and T1 easily. im sorry to say. they have more star power potential with zekken, narrate and zellsis (it feels wrong to include zellsis here but he can carry so...)

THEY GOT THE HARDEST MATCHUP POSSIBLE IN ROUND 1???!?!??!?!?!??!?!? AHHHH ITS SO OVER

good mental but TL skill issue fr in last 3 maps.

too? i never said anything about the fans! i have come to accept that the troll SEN fans are not actually fans, but i still hate the current roster. you hate me!

huh? give credit to the OG supporters, who have been cheering for teams through thick and thin. For example i might hate SEN, but i can respect some of their fans because some of them were loyal.

GOAT status achieved.

i think it means a lot because G2 and EDG are a bit scary even for vitality. EDG because they had so much time to improve since champions, and G2 because their teamplay is impeccable.

ok but he was getting initiator treatment. getting over 10 assists but almost pi ing in the same game.

and he is still the GOAT anchor and flank watcher!!!

for clarification: i like nats and keiko. i dont fw the rest.

nah fuck liquid. i hate the team.

DRX too low :(. freeing will carry them through this tejo meta. bangkok is probably actually their best chance to win.

fr, him and trexx deserved those trophies since 2022. leo got them in the end but all 3 were amazing, and now its their turn to win.

well yeah it seems vitality has a heating up issue. i personally think they subconsciously underestimated TL just like we all did. but by map 3, they got serious and locked in.

the only other player that deserved to stay on that TL roster was nats, and sayf with nats could have done a lot in 2024 but whatever. it worked out for sayf in the end.

my dream would be to see leo sayf and trexx reunited. i still think that leo would be better than kicks, but nevertheless, VIT is still so stacked.

fr i have to agree. TH should not have lost so bad to vitality and definitely were not the team we once knew when they lost 3-0 to TL. i admit TL played well, but TH should have been able to put up more of a fight considering they have so much talent on that roster (woot, riens, benjy and miniboo sometimes).

keep coping, regional wins mean a lot. dont let GENG and TH's runs at internationals last year fool you. you dont want to have to play tougher competition immediately.