random draw from teams that made it to playoffs and teams that didnt (3 playoffs teams, 3 group teams). no seeding included

most likely only 2 because its 12 teams attending, not 16

if you consider choking having to play 6 bo3s in 9 days then yeah, i guess they did?

it looks like they are testing a similar format that they will take on next year, minus the VRLs? with the sort of franchising leagues they'll be doing next year teams will be selected by riot so this format kinda imitates that as it keeps the "best" teams at the top whilst other teams fight in smaller leagues to have a chance to play in bigger ones.

W for m3c

group b definitely looking good for gmb/m3c, especially with fpx being in the other group. they streamrolled every other team last time so i dont think itll be a problem for them, thank god aha. last 2 spots up for grabs by anyone, lots of upset potential though i dont have a lot of faith in BIG as they havent announced their fifth member yet if im not mistaken?

group a is literally group of death, fokus looked amazing in vrl and og ldn werent a bad team last time, even beating fpx. not to mention acend and fnatic both having 2 new players on their rosters. g2 is a hit or miss, i think fpx is the only team i could comfortably say will make it tbh. so excited to watch this group

hyped for vct!!!

the new acend roster looks hot and ready to win, id still say theyre one of the best EU teams (most accomplishments and were pretty consistent throughout 2021) especially considering they have no CIS players lol, hope they bounce back

EMEA gmb tl
NA 100t nrg xset
APAC xerxia
KR drx ons
JP zeta

yeah i would argue theyre still one of the, if not THE best team in the world still but ig we dont know until theyre on LAN again. def one of the most well rounded teams which makes them near impossible to hate

yeah seems only d3ffo gets the short end of the stick when it comes to gambit, but as a whole team they dont get much hate

so youd rather have an 8 team closed qualifier? lol

yeah, there wasnt really 3 last year either - masters 1 was a regional masters, no LAN. 3 LANS per year, its all gonna change next year anywyas

im not 100% sure how old all of guard's players are but id guess between them and now acend due to their 2 new pickups being pretty young. was drx and gambit last year though as far as i know

regional masters dont count as real masters

hope c9w closes this series out, would be so big for them

c9w took map 1, meL tweeted

EMEA gmb/m3c liquid
NA 100t xset nrg
APAC xerxia
KR drx but would like to see ons
also want to see ZETA again.they were sick at reykjavik

i think mel Could be on a top 15 team alone, she is an insane player but i understand her staying on c9w. its hard to say they are a top 15 team currently but they are definitely on their way, only improvement from here on! def top 30-maybe 20 imo

timeout & ff button right next to eachother, player says "lets take a timeout" and simply misclicks, teammates wont second guess and immediately click f5 (only 4 players need to). Just a mistake on Guild Xs part, no need to point fingers

imo id argue chet has authority over optic, he seems like a good respected coach

yeahh.... hopefully this one sticks around lol

certain player(s) not performing well and had a rough run & schedule last challengers. hopefully all things go right this time ^_^

if it makes you feel better jamppi said on stream the other day link is igling now

Scream made most calls at masters but jamppi said on stream the other day that Link is igling now

fnc coach said he was only signed to sub in for pracs and shit which is strange but ig thats why he never played

can be considered dehumanising because female refers to sex and genitalia and is usually used in reference to animals whilst woman is simply just the gender of a person

i think hes a very good igl but yeah, he can falter when needed

I think guild has a better chance this qualifier now they've been together as a team a lot longer, hopefully they can figure out what their problems were last qual because so many people had them high on their tierlists and down for qualifying

obviously they arent c9b, but they have the c9 name which brings them viewers no matter what. not the same amount as the male roster but still a hefty amount, undeniably more than what LG and Ghost are pulling currently (~500). and more people want to see if they can cause an upset because this is the furthest they've gotten (ever, or in a while) so theres more suspense than other games, even if they wouldnt do so well

C9 is a bigger org than ghost an LG so more people know about C9W and most people want to see how a female team fairs against t2/t1 teams

mel Sadge

im not talking about round differentials, im talking about how 1 sided the game looked. they game could end 20-22 but if 1 team ends all their rounds in a flawless and loses all their rounds in close 1v1s then its obviously 1 sided. not that thats what happened, just a metaphor. yeah, i said my response could be biased because obviously how i see a game would be different if im rooting for that specific team

according to the game???? watch it instead of complaining on forums that im mis using a word damn

felt as in looked...

no? gambit threw a lot of rounds in the earlier maps but in the end NV just looked a lot more lost, especially on the last map. nothing wrong with that though theyre still a great team i mean they just won a masters lol

the last 2 maps felt pretty 1 sided, regardless of the score line. its the most dominant GF at a major event, maybe im biased though

simply put Sentinels since they didnt drop a single map, let alone a series but i guess you can also take into consideration how close games were? especially the grand finals, although it was a 3-0 all the maps against Fnatic were super close but Gambit completely wiped NV/Optic + gambit first international 13-0. both dominant in their own ways imo

her whole team is goated tbh

GMB 1-2 100T masters berlin (specifically the icebox game, that 3v1 by yellow ;__;)
KRU 1-2 GMB champs (was rooting for gmb anyways but was such a devastating matchup with final map OT)
GMB 2-3 ACE champs (self-explanatory)

skye has already been nerfed like 3 times because of her flashes, i think shes fine as an initiator right now. kayo's flashes are just busted & pheonix is dogshit + needs complete rework

its because of conflict of interest, there is little to no chance of female & male rosters sharing players but theres many cases of players from main rosters going down to academy rosters and vice versa, it 'ruins' competitive integrity in a way female rosters cant. also Riot wants to give female players more chances to succeed in the scene, and if it wasnt for this rule 99% of female rosters under orgs would not be able to play in the main circuit and wouldnt develop very well

vakk and monster

i dont think its impossible though, especially with new news of Riot implenting franchise league next year a lot of teams will have to relocate anyways because of weekly events. pretty likely that they'll get bought by an EU team imo

theyre signing alfajer and fearoth apparently, bonecold is going to vitality and kiles is going to giants

yeah they do, they play through ro32 in opens

W take, people constantly shit on him but Gambit have been a team together for so long that its obvious they have something working out for them. you only have to watch a few of their matches to see he entries and makes space for them as his main job, he isnt there to sit back and kill people. not to mention his 4 other teammates are all insane players and as long as he can make space on site for them they usually convert the round win even if its a 4v5. hes also a demon on LAN, really hope they qualify this masters just to show theyre still strong

super unlikely but theres always the 1% chance, when watchpartying masters he did say a few times it made him miss playing pro lol

but surely then if an NA team wins masters 2 they secure an extra spot for another NA team, which would be OpTic?

true, theyve been known as scrimbit for as long as i can remember. as time goes on theyre only gonna get stronger imo - especially with their mental. they still have a lot of potential

yeah kinda, 4 of them were 19 at masters berlin. 2 of them 20 and 2 of them 19 at champs, super young team