the culling games has some banger fights but storytelling-wise yeah i agree

hard to say if vookashu's better than Autumn from the fact that DRG has struggled against FPX and EDG the entirety of the split & scraped by Trace. If DRG actually start to show the results that is expected from all of their player talent then it's more of a fair debate, but that requires them to make leaps & bounds in improving their macro

in China if you can't win a 1v3 w/ a sheriff while tagged by a cypher cam against vandals you are SHIT

this. he was a heavy asset in stage 1 & popping heads

i mean tbf the rest of the region in stage 1 has been slop (except for my GOATS All Gamers) but after Shanghai i definitely think they'll improve by a huge margin by Champs 2024

personally I've been a fan since after they picked up Life and Autumn. They are probably the ONLY team that I can positively say takes every single drop of improvement and gulps that shit down like they're in a drought. Absolute CNEMA

it counts impressions not live viewers but i don't doubt that a FUCK ton of people are watching

FPX losing OR winning here will be good for them. If they win they're gassed and go into the next series heated. If they lose they're gonna be extra motivated to not let it happen again & go into the next series heated.

once again NAVI fans prove why they're the only based EMEA fanbase

you ain't ready for QUAD CONTROLLER

wait a second this shit is a banger

they've been cooking ever since bottoming out in Champs 2023. this truly IS the year of Berlin

"Back when I used to play-"

close but wrong answer buddy 😴

Don't forget which team recruited him to stay cracked in the interim between DRX prospects and the main team 🥱

Football Heads - Maxo Kream, Benny The Butcher

i'd be mad delusional too if FNATIC were our only hope

understandable 😭

please move to CN and aid me in my All Gamers crusade. It's tough being the only fan

AfteR is a fraud without Goat9

realistically what's going to happen is they're gonna barely prep for FPX and then Life's gonna pull them over the line with 5 different 4k's

AG MENTIONED RAHHHHHHHHHH

yeah but let's not pretend like trying to be PRX-lite is the solution to every team that's not named FPX. EDG has always been a team that prides themselves on good mechanical fundamentals & not doing anything too insane on the macro. IMO adopting a western playstyle will do them WAY more favors in the long-run once they figure shit out

the problem with that is whenever they go against teams with just as much firepower they get shat on. Nobody's random timings and lurks get shut down & whenever kangkang isn't activated it all goes to shit. they'll get the hang of it eventually

game determines who is guaranteed playoffs + they can pick who they go against so this HAS to be a banger

with how good FPX has been looking they will prolly be at least competitive in playoffs, and DRG have way too much firepower to not be dangerous to most of the weaker teams

not really a "china moment" tbh DRG was shitting on their previous setups and genuinely way better compared to last time

they're solid and mechanically one of the best in the region. they'll prove their worth in frags

I HAVE POPPED A BILLION BLOOD VESSELS. MY BRAIN IS MUSH. WHY DOES GOD FUCKING HATE ME AND THE TEAMS I ROOT FOR

they are serial chokers

if only India invested more into pc esports

FPX unironically has the most firepower out of all the international leagues outside of PRX 💀

if Life stays in form and Berlin keeps being a competent igl it's very possible imo

EDG were the first to be ahead of the curve but now teams with more firepower are catching up. CNEMA fr

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TE needa lock in and shut down Ilya "Raid Boss" Ushakov

don't jinx it when 100T still have to play against LEV

yeah because it'd be aspas when he rarely tries

damn wtf they're COOKING

yeah russia is still EMEA (i have no fucking clue)

blud does NOT watch the chinese broadcasts

NOVA ban breeze and DRG fumble the bag

AG ALL THE WAY LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO

qualifying for playoffs 😴
a korean import is on the other team 😈

we're about to see either the most surprisingly good performance from one of them or the muddiest shit ever

stopped reading after "WILL" but keep cooking

if this isn't a banger I will actually be so disappointed

i agree 🐍🐍

the problem is that being tier 2 talent doesn't inherently mean you're not as good as tier 1. most of it is an experience gap and potter clearly has a knack for boosting confidence enough to where it doesn't matter. but unless we see her team replicate anything CLOSE to 2023 EG it's hard to deny that it COULD'VE been just a flash in the pan

don't call anyone the GOAT yet until after 2025 tbh