Talon

Are they just the most inconsistent team in the world? Their record this stage literally makes zero sense.

no, they are the most consistent team in the world. they are consistently inconsistent

Unrelated questions but are the qualified for playoffs? Zeta vs NS outcome doesn't matter?

i mean its a new team so theyre still progressing and if you take out the loss to zeta then the record isn't that weird. aside from zeta theyve only lost to rrq who also beat t1

consistently being mid

they are consistent in keeping their WLWLWLWL record

ZETA match is voided in my books despite ZETA looking very good. Jitboys was trialling as IGL and the team environment was terrible because Crws had just lost his father (and as a result flew back to Thailand and the team was unable to scrim with their IGL that week) and the team did not feel comfortable making him call as a result of this. This week, Crws is back to IGLing and called a great game against T1 exploiting the weaknesses and I hope he continues to remain confident in his calling.

RRQ look strong but TALON did in fact look extremely lost but seemed to pick back up against NS. Therefore I think the game against ZETA would've been way closer if TLN was on their game. A 4-1 stage if they had beaten ZETA is not bad at all after a tough loss in the 2nd week to the strongest team in group OMEGA and learning from it.

This is a new roster even though the young players are close friends and this is their first time at Tier 1 so cut them some slack. This team is already displaying insane firepower and teamwork with discipline improving week by week (likely as a result of a unified language). Frost and Jovi have started introducing more execute heavy strats and the team is carrying it out well so it's all a work in progress but the improvement is gradual but very evident. This is not the same team as they were with ban and Governor ~ they have eliminated the language barrier among the players and brought in insane talents and I blame the inconsistent performances on lack of experience rather than player issues.

TALON will be strong, whether they make it to Masters, I do not know but I think they will be way more improved from Stage 2 and Champs and will be looking to qualify.