All this time every deep run NV(sort of)/optic/NRG made were due to insanely lucky circumstances without fail.
Optics Iceland win was hella lucky considering there were only 2 competitors being loud and DRX, zeta and prx were easily run over by them but at the time the 2 greatest teams in the world fnc and fpx werent able to make the tourney. We saw the skill gap in fpx v everyone else cause right after that they won a tournament in which optic got an easy group and an incredibly fortunate playoffs, xsets first international match and DRX throwers to make it a deep run then proceeded to get stomped by prx and fpx.
Champions optic got a free group, they then went to playoffs went against an abysmal TL, got xset AGAIN, got stomped by loud, faced drx throwing another game, got stomped by loud.
Lockin Koi, giants, need I say more?
Tokyo was DRX at their worst EVER, loud also at their worst, and TL poised to win all 3 maps yet somehow continuously threw each one, and then nrg actually played a genuinely great game against prx but again remember, they had a sub
Nvs only deep run was Berlin and I'd say the only lucky part of the run was that Sen were super complacent after winning Iceland and we heard that they barely even scrimmed anyone. And the rest was fine but it'd be hard to get lucky in an elimination bracket like Berlin
They're a good team but constantly they're making deep runs in tournaments where their opposition are having so many struggles and it shows cause we've only ever seen them win a handicapped tournament.
They're a great team don't get me wrong but I feel like people suck their dicks too hard sometimes, theyre just able to consistently be above the throwing average which honestly in this game seems to be an impressive feat already.
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