I am not calling these teams bad at all. All trophies are valid, I am just comparing the validity.
SEN M2 2021: 10/10
GMB M3 2021: 10/10
ACE CHAMPS 21 2021: 9.75/10 (idk why ppl call acend a fluke team when they innovated so much stuff, including brim and omen shit in a super dominant astra viper meta. Plus they fell off after cuz zeek was suffering from mental health issues. Nothing else. Only real excuse is that GMB was tired after the KRU game)
OPTC M1 2022: 5/10 7/10 (it’s a 50:50 between optic and fpx. the 2 best teams of EMEA weren’t at full force - FPX couldn’t attend and FNC had 2 subs and remember that OPTIC was very weak against Emea teams)
FPX M2 2022: 11/10 (winning an event despite so much disruption in practice due to visa issues and also having a sub is insane + the only time a team has won a tournament with a FULL lower bracket run)
LOUD Champs 2022: 10/10
FNC LOCK-IN 2023: 9.5/10 (lock-in had the exact same top 5 as champs 2022 and FNC also won Tokyo right after so fnc is valid. 0.5 off for being a single-elimination invitational tournament)
FNC M1 2023: 8.5/10 (super dominant, back to back trophy, 4 of the top 5 players in stats were from FNATIC. Eg did have practice issues tho with demon1 coming in late and prx didn’t have something, but I don’t think this dominant fanatic loses to the 2 at the time regardless)
EG Champs 2023: 10/10
SEN Kickoff 2024: 8.5/10 (kickoff style and lack of participating teams at Madrid led to half the teams at Madrid being full of rookies - KC TH GENG - that aren’t as experienced internationally. SEN also went on a hard fall off right after when there was a real and normal format)
GENG M1 2024: 9.99/10 (the only thing keeping them away from 10 is that some teams would prob have rather saved strats during this stage as there is not much time between Shanghai)
EDG Champs 2024: 10/10 (so many insane shots)