aylez [#17]
jus name the region fnatic atp
the rest of yall are fuckin dogshit
"EMEA teams suck except for fnc, we should rename the region to FNC region"
lets review the facts:
In the time it took NA to win two international competitions (Masters Reykjavik twice, with a years gap between each win), EMEA has won FIVE. (This is counting LOCK//IN, which was an international competition.) IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.
NA, during this period, had two of the best players of all time in their prime. Yay, and TenZ.
Even with this firepower edge in 2021 and 2022, EMEA won more trophies, proving our players are better on average (god forbid you mention botshies and bottor, most overrated winners in the scene. Well, vic's alright since he creates space but crashies cannot play internationally and is still being rated "top10 of all time".)
To say that emea is a "dogshit region" while YOUR region, combined with the rest of america still has two less trophies than us while having a MUCH larger population (Continental Europe has around 750 million while Americas as a whole has more than a billion total) is total bullshit. Why don't we talk about how much of a choker region NA is?
In total, NRG/OPTC make up the only team out of NA to have top 4 finishes from 2022 to now, with the only other team in this category being the recent runner-ups, EG.
In fact, Brazil has almost as many top4 finishes while having more top2 finishes than NRG/OPTC. (BR have LOUD who placed 2nd in reykjavik, 1st in champs and 2nd in LOCK//IN to OPTC finishing 1st in reykjavik and 2nd in champs.)
EMEA meanwhile, had their top4 finishes in FPX, who placed 1st in copenhagen, 4th in champs, 3-4th in LOCK//IN and FNC who placed 1st in both LOCK//IN and Tokyo to make it a total of 5 top4 finishes to NA's (OPTC) 6. Keep in mind, NRG are responsible for 5 out of them.
While FPX/NAVI are responsible for 3/5, with FNC only recently adding to this top4 pool with 2.
Keeping that in mind, NA is the more "one team region". For two years, NRG was the only good international NA team. (EG only recently starting to play good).
EMEA still have more top1 finishes. Copenhagen, LOCK//IN and Tokyo vs Reykjavik and Champs '22. NA/BR haven't won a single trophy this year while EMEA has won two.
Which region sucks more? You tell me. The region where FNC isn't even carrying EMEA top4 representation over the years (including 2021 stats, this diminishes even further, with Gambit holding a 2/5, ACEND a 1/5 and FNC jumping to 3/5 since they placed second in 2021's reykjavik). Versus the region where for the last two years, NRG/OPTC are responsible for 5/6 of NA's top 4 appearances from 2022 to now.