Just wanna make sure that I'm not delucional.
the fck are u saying liquid is the n3 team in emea and 2 in europe meanwhile g2 is 5 they fkin went to an overtime against oxg in breeze the same team that got fcked by liquid 13-3 and g2 lost to fpx which this team lost to forze in the lower bracket the same team that got 0-2 by liquid so now stfu and stop talking
I dont know if they are more deserving, but the way TL lost to Gambit definitely makes me wonder if they could perform better than G2 on Berlin. I mean that 3rd map (Icebox) between TL and Gambit really could've gone either way after TL's comeback and probably would've gone to TL if Jamppi had found some of his missed shots.
There's really no point in "what if" at this point though. TL lost, G2 made it. I like G2 too so hopefully they''ll make a good performance.
Well, for starters, G2 had a 3 round lead on their 3rd map, Bind (12-9), and then lost 5 straight rounds to lose the match. In comparison, TL's 3rd map Icebox had Liquid losing 5-11, which is when their comeback started and the team managed to get up 12-11 and force overtime. You may think is the same situation, but in G2's case, they lost their chance to close out the match while leading, while TL managed to force overtime after a 7-round comeback. Then, after TL found themselves losing again, they forced a 3rd overtime, while G2 didn't win a single round after being up 12-9 and lost in the 1st overtime, losing 5 straight rounds when it mattered most. So when you ask how is the way they lost different, is different in the way that TL managed to force 2 overtimes with some key clutches (GMB forced 1) and had more chances to get the W than G2 did (2 times at match point vs 1 time).
But again, no point in "what if"s. G2 qualified, Liquid didnt so that pretty much answers the original question. And I like G2 too so this is just me over-analyzing things, not dissing or anything.
copy pasting this from another reply ignore random points
g2 were less than a millisecond from beating gambit and did better against them overall compared to liquid
liquid lost 13-5 and 13-5 against giants in a more important match at that time(qualification for emea playoffs)
also 13-4 and 13-3 map wins for g2 against giants isnt struggling
sorry for this random nerd post i am g2 fanboy
liquid won against giants in a seeding match(grand finals) but they did good against them but still not better than g2
g2 didnt do well against giants on icebox tho
sorry for this reply idk why i sent it even though you typed all 4 representatives deserve their slots
prolly cuz im g2 fanboy
also i think in g2 v liquid match both teams are equal and it can go either way
That's true, but kryptix is like the least influential player on the team. And as far as I see, scream and jampii potential should be more than that so maybe if changing the weakest link of the team can change that, why not?
Inconsistency yes, but I think after they change jampii to igl it's gonna be better soon, they still need some practice. Time will tell their competency as t1 in this regards,
The 2 biggest issues imo are, that they have no good sova player and no good jett player + they dont really have the entry star players. Scream is a bad entry and jamppi isnt that cracked on entry either. There best entry is their skye player.
Overall everyone seems to be able to play a decent amount of agents but noone is excellent on the top 3 agents besides soulcas skye + they lack some roles. For example noone played skye ln bind while soulcas was on raze.
But they have a lot of time to practice now without having to worry about anything really. They can fix the fundamental mistakes and work on their roles. They dont have to half ass somethin because they now have 1.5 months without any games
This kind of arguments is allways feels lame.
So what you belive if TL was match with G2 they were gona win ?
Then if you think about it if OXG wasn't match with TL maybe they could have win another game maybe they could have even go to Berlin (im just asuming i dont realy think they were had a chance from the beggining).
they dont get to play Berlin because they lost and G2 has won. You all have to deal with this