why EDG is bad

they aren't bad. i think that the dip in EDG's performance is overexaggerated, it's just that the other Chinese teams are catching up.
the reason I say this is because EDG was the 6th best team in the world at their very best, which was at the tail end of 2023.
people like to pretend that they were ever in contention for winning a tournament, but they weren't.
EDG is looking to change so that they can break the status quo, and I think that in order to do that there need to be big changes, and during those big changes dips in performances are inevitable.

Agreed, they're trying to build to actually be able to win a LAN instead of just attending every single one and bombing out

Nah they dogshit

EDG is looking to change so that they can break the status quo, and I think that in order to do that there need to be big changes, and during those big changes dips in performances are inevitable.

Ye this exactly. They changed how they play significantly during the first stage and in turn... looked underwhelming.
However Im not sure if I have trust that theyll be able to surpass their past performances; they already showed that they were willing to fall back into their old ways during playoffs.
This at least to me signals that theres not really trust inside the team that the new system can win them games, in which case the project is destined to fail.

I dont think theyre a trash team now, as many have concluded after their past 2-4 losses, I just dont think we'd have them consistently at the top of their region regardless of their competition.

Damn you spit nothing but fax

Yes, the game has changed, and yes China has improved as a region, but in Tokyo and Champs, where EDG got 5th-6th, they looked significantly better than they have internationally this year. I don't think anyone reasonably expected them to win an international tourney, they were just touted as a sort of "dark horse" for Shanghai, bc home crowd, no timezone adjustments, etc. And I think the dip is overexaggerated, not because it isn't a big enough dip, but because they have already achieved the goal every team has going into Stage 2 (they're in Champs), so they have a decent amount of leeway to try revitalising themselves for said Champs. I really like this team, and I just want to see another KangKang popoff.

8/8 good bait

''Why EDG is bad'''

1st line: ''they aren't bad''

4/8

mid bait, edg cant even win rounds in an international anymore bro

EDG aren't bad, they just don't have the proper plan to compete. They have the potential. The only problem is that they weren't getting the competition in the Chinese league. The casters already said that they were so good that anything they tried at domestic level was too good for the teams and even if they wanted to experiment some comps they had to try it at the international level which obviously would result in loss. Good to see that they are trying it in the 2nd stage

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