As of late I have encountered a rather intriguing post on this forum titled "Who's winning", to which I would like to express my views and rebuttals.
G2 they make 0 mistakes like how is that even possible? Like JonahPlayoff is gonna be unleashed and drop 30 a game without overheating or overpeeking. Simply great team mechanically and strategically. They look like 2023 FNC imo.
While I can definitely see where this argument of G2 being a top 4 team is coming from (given their recent strong performances), I still must urge every vlr user to alert themselves to the fact that as of late, they have only been playing against subpar teams. It doesn't take a lightbulb to see that G2 have been the favorite to win many of their recent matchups. However, when faced with adversity, they will crumble. I would like to point everyone's attention to GUARD's loss against PRX in Copenhagen, withering under the pressure despite showing rather confident performances in the North American Region months prior. Not to mention, in the GRAND FINALS of the most recent AMERICAS circuit, they only managed to muster a rather pathetic 1-3 scoreline against Leviatan (who, to their credit, were outstanding).
Now, time to address the Jonah Pulice hype train. In their most recent match against EDG, bro only manage to pull off 150 ACS across 3 maps LOL. quite frankly even a ranked veteran like myself who has been in the trenches of EMEA radiant/high immo (not flex, just facts) can see that he had a poor performance and made many crucial mistakes which caused them to drop the map of Icebox 13-8. bro had 4 first deaths as a controller like how braindead must you be to allow yourself to be farmed like that WHEN YOUR WHOLE ROLE IS TO BAIT YOUR TEAMMATES. I do really see potential in Jonah as a player but I personally feel like he should go back to basics and practice basic gamesense and map awareness, instead of relying on aim.
the current G2 is mechanically gifted, but strategically subpar to majority of the teams in playoffs as of now. I would be more than happy for them to prove me wrong, but it all depends on Jonah Pulice's performance, I guess.