Thoughts on pickems?

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cloudberry

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/5f7bd572
Tried not to always go for the favourite. It's not a Champions without upsets, you know

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mines very similar tbh

except i have lev instead of vit

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fnatic and vitality are NOT qualifying lil bro

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cloudberry

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Who do you have making it in group A? DRX + KRU?

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yeah. fnatic are going to get bombed out by bilibili

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cloudberry

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0-4? Because if that's the case then BLG make it with one of DRX/KRU

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Ballsamolee

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bruh im stupid. i meant bilibili will beat fnatic then kru will beat fnatic

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cloudberry

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Oh ok

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bro thought he could sneak a trace run in

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cloudberry

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You say that as if it isn't possible, but by all means, it could happen. Group C looks to be the most unpredictable group of the four.

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trace are mega chokers even in china they are NOT the team to go on a lower bracket run

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cloudberry

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For all we know they could be the kind of team to only choke in regionals—kind of an anti-PRX. The truth is we have no idea what will happen in group C aside from LEV or VIT winning the group. It's really up in the air

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kyro1

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i agree but not because of trace lol i think talon are a mega x factor and lev havent had any good international results ever so we will see if this time is different.

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doomvor

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Honestly weirdly similar to mine.

FNC > DRX and KRU > BilliBilli for me
I have FPX winning matchup one but TH winning thru LB instead (I also do not see VIT > LEV at all)
Talon run over Trace run (I have a lot of faith in primmie from those early games

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/032b2f2e

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kyro1

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drx vs kru is in my mind a complete 50/50 and vit vs lev i think is very close both have 2-3 individuals step up to carry them and couple of deadweights and their map pool is similar

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doomvor

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Agreed on the first part, but I still see LEV winning. (TBF I don't watch too much EMEA)

I think LEV core > VIT core, and LEV deadweight is more experienced and used to these situations over VIT

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kyro1

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vitality dead weight is actually pretty good under pressure like kicks doesnt frag heavy but hes always good for a clutch and ceNder is igl so its not expected for him to frag but he does pop off at some point in each series. idk you say you dont watch a lot of emea so i think you will be surprised with vitality they are really good they only lost to fnatic all season and fnatic are looking like 1 of the favorites to win the event. they also stomped heretics like it was not close at all.

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True, but C0M has had experience at Champs and these high pressure situations. I get kicks and CeNder can do well, but niether(from what I know) have experience in an international(outside of Lock//in), and the stakes are very different. They also have more rookies as well.

I think VIT are going to do well, yes, but I still see LEV winning 80/20

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kyro1

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do you think lev is the best team in the game or something? an example of an 80/20 is like Sen vs Furia no chance this is a 80/20 its closer to a 60/40

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donkkomong

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Stopped at FNC losing to DRX

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LingWang

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how is drx better than fnc?

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cloudberry

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I don't think they are. Just have a hunch

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IceFoxx00

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https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/5017b6da

Legit flipped a coin for all matches

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cloudberry

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That's a great coin you've got there

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overcooked a little sadly, especially with group c. lev will absolutely make it out of groups, aspas will carry if he has to but they arent going out so soon.

#22

donkkomong

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This ones better and more accurate https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/2ef5f47b

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cloudberry

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You're definitely playing it a lot safer than I am