Gomis: robbiebk joins Gentlemates

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Loud_Neymar

Done deal

https://x.com/anonimotum/status/1837113412259586193?t=bSj5VgkLsuv_qOL3vZ2HxA&s=19

He was joblife igl so i expect him to replace beyaz

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Makes sense to try a igl with better fragging. That seemed to be a bog issue with beyaz.

Robbie
Scream
Shin
Natank
Kadavra

Would be the roster i hope for. Great fire power and french identity without forcing full french team

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M8 Scream sounds great

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I hardly doubt that’s the final roster, don’t think Scream is gonna get picked up. And I’m not sure natank and kaadavra stay

And looking at their tryouts I think they’re looking a lot into turks

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any news on Click to GX?

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Not really

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Congo1

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I just heavily disagree with teams on the scream issue in that case. Individually he can be a top 5 player in the world.

And i also dont see why natank and kadavra wouldnt be great assets.

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Natank I completely agree but he's been seen trying out with NAVI and if they decide they want him there's not much to do
And Kaadavra most likely yes, but it's up to the coach Ig

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Great pick up. Finally a team that bets on EMEA upcoming IGLs unlike KOI or KC. W here

I believe in goked’s judgement and tbh, both GTZ and Joblife played very good valorant

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i understand KC because if they took an igl from t2 while having multiples rookie on the roster they don't want make the same mistake like last year

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Yeah it’s not criticism, if you get the chance to sign Saadhack you do. But if we all have that mindset that will always be the case and we’ll never get new IGLs

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who is the new KOI igl?

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Expected to be flyuh.

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Not official but like 90% it’s Flyuh

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source ? Spanish streamers? 🤔

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A mix of spanish sources, KOI themselves hinting it, flyuh with KOI bundle and KOI staff in twitch chat, etc

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I like the pickup, robbie has a good track record in tier 2.
That dsyre roster that played in dach was something special.
His run in portugal was also solid and more recently the joblife roster which dominated france.

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He speaks french right?
That make sense

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Does he actually?

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idk, its really werid M8 sign him if he doesnt.

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M8 is not building a French roster, they already have a non French HC

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Let's go! Finally a team giving a chance to actual tier 2 IGL instead of just turning players into IGLs or importing.

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GM8 absolutely cooking icl

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Great pickup
Was expecting/hoping he'd go to TL, but the m8 roster has some real potential now

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I'm pretty confident nats is gonna stay as TL's IGL

And you finally get what you were asking for yesterday

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I pray he doesnt (didnt particularly enjoy TLs calling during the second split, it lacked a lot of creativity a dedicated and experienced IGL can bring), but ye, based on the trials (or lack thereof for IGLs) Ive seen, I think youre right

IGL's aint getting trials in general this offseason so it is what it is
At least we get 1

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Congo1

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How much of that was a lack of midrounding vs a very thin and weak playbook? I would like to see him get one more year. He didnt have an engh to boost him like magnum.

Lets see what they do next year

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oh ye its definitely fair to give him more time - point wasnt about him being bad, but rather about how beneficial it is to just pick up a player who has years of experience calling, because they already have this backlog of strats for once the playbook runs dry.

Nats is a hard af worker so im sure he'll grow well if they keep him on IGL^^

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Sure but as we all know theres scarcity in that regard. I doubt TL could sign such an individual. Saadhak was the only one available really.

Even Navi kept theirs despite a terrible year. Says all you need to know

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(sry was busy for a bit)
But thats sorta the point of my criticism. That t1 teams in EMEA operate under the old G2 Pipson assumption: "I can turn anyone into an IGL". And ye sure you can get someone to call, but not everyone is made out to be a proper IGL.

We dont really know if our t2 has good IGLs since no one ever gets the chance.

Players who were IGL'ing in t2 right before getting picked up in 2023 and 2024:
Enzo
beyAz (won ascension)
SouhcNi (technically in t1 in the past, but only 1 tourney with FF)

and maybe:
pAura (t1 in the past, but played in t2 right before getting picked up)

Might be missing someone? List is a bit shorter than I thought but just looking through the rosters I dont see anyone else who was IGL in t2 and then got a shot in t1.

But ye its criminally short considering we have 10/11 teams in t1 atm. When emea is constantly struggling with lack of IGLs you'd think they'd start looking at the lower tiers, but alas.