Where is Korea VCT???? Literally 0 info besides one confusing post on their instagram
Giannero [#4]Who cares lol, KR VCT is a fight for the second place, DRX is just so much ahead of everything else
Thats what happens when a region gets one slot, one team gets alot of exp, then goes back to home region and dominates, then back to Masters again
Nisham [#5]Thats what happens when a region gets one slot, one team gets alot of exp, then goes back to home region and dominates, then back to Masters again
That's something I actually didn't think of, and you're probably right too. Explains why KRÜ are also the only team from LATAM to keep qualifying for Masters. Doesn't necessarily explain Crazy Raccoon though.
archetype [#6]That's something I actually didn't think of, and you're probably right too. Explains why KRÜ are also the only team from LATAM to keep qualifying for Masters. Doesn't necessarily explain Crazy Raccoon though.
ZETA got to LAN once. Ig it was enough
archetype [#6]That's something I actually didn't think of, and you're probably right too. Explains why KRÜ are also the only team from LATAM to keep qualifying for Masters. Doesn't necessarily explain Crazy Raccoon though.
Felt like CR didn't have the game plan that could improve over time and exp in 2021. While Zeta has crazy strats, mental buffs, eco plans, and a great IGl who understands the game with a staff that tries everything to antistrat.
Balla said that Zeta were the best team in Iceland and it was their map pool that were weak, which I agree with
Nisham [#8]Felt like CR didn't have the game plan that could improve over time and exp in 2021. While Zeta has crazy strats, mental buffs, eco plans, and a great IGl who understands the game with a staff that tries everything to antistrat.
Balla said that Zeta were the best team in Iceland and it was their map pool that were weak, which I agree with
Agree for the most part, but also Balla is known to be biased and has some pretty bad takes, I wouldn't agree with this one either. I think it's evident that OpTic DRX and LOUD were the best teams in Iceland, and if I had to choose one, it would be OpTic over ZETA.
archetype [#9]Agree for the most part, but also Balla is known to be biased and has some pretty bad takes, I wouldn't agree with this one either. I think it's evident that OpTic DRX and LOUD were the best teams in Iceland, and if I had to choose one, it would be OpTic over ZETA.
I agree with him because their game plan was the best imo and they got so far without having Dep not come online at all. I think they anti stratted great against PRX and DRX. They also fucked the map veto against Optic.
Nisham [#10]I agree with him because their game plan was the best imo and they got so far without having Dep not come online at all. I think they anti stratted great against PRX and DRX. They also fucked the map veto against Optic.
I can agree with that last part, huge blunder to pick Fracture into OpTic for your first map pick.
For PRX, I think ZETA were always going to win, just because PRX's game style heavily punishes unprepared teams that can't adapt midgame, something that G2 has due to regional differences and Guard due to inexperience (and if it happens I think Guard will win a rematch).
I can't really say for sure if DRX lost just because ZETA antistratted them because while ZETA were the only team to win a DRX postplant round, DRX surely had a fucked mental after the OpTic loss the day before.
archetype [#11]I can agree with that last part, huge blunder to pick Fracture into OpTic for your first map pick.
For PRX, I think ZETA were always going to win, just because PRX's game style heavily punishes unprepared teams that can't adapt midgame, something that G2 has due to regional differences and Guard due to inexperience (and if it happens I think Guard will win a rematch).
I can't really say for sure if DRX lost just because ZETA antistratted them because while ZETA were the only team to win a DRX postplant round, DRX surely had a fucked mental after the OpTic loss the day before.
I'm a little bias here but I don't think it was as decisive for zeta to beat PRX like you're saying. IMO PRX can beat anyone if the team isn't ready but that doesn't mean they always will and I think there tends to be more variability in what the result could be versus PRX.
Nisham [#5]Thats what happens when a region gets one slot, one team gets alot of exp, then goes back to home region and dominates, then back to Masters again
Excuses excuses .. next time APAC LCQ rolls around the korean teams will get shit on by SEA and JP again.
Victorie [#13]Excuses excuses .. next time APAC LCQ rolls around the korean teams will get shit on by SEA and JP again.
2-0 boom x2
2-0 reject
2-1 fennel
2-1 ge
2-1 prx
guess who korea lost to?? the two finalists and a first time regional match against india?
all of korea placed 3-6 and look where the nth core is now, placing top 3 in masters
Victorie [#13]Excuses excuses .. next time APAC LCQ rolls around the korean teams will get shit on by SEA and JP again.
europeans still stuck in the past
Strafe7 [#12]I'm a little bias here but I don't think it was as decisive for zeta to beat PRX like you're saying. IMO PRX can beat anyone if the team isn't ready but that doesn't mean they always will and I think there tends to be more variability in what the result could be versus PRX.
I mean maybe, yeah. I've said it a hundred times though that PRX feels like the gatekeeper team. Any team that has good adaptability will be able to beat PRX, but teams that are unprepared or inexperienced or lack that ability to be flexible will get rolled. That's why DRX beat them, and I think teams like OpTic would have beaten them too.
archetype [#16]I mean maybe, yeah. I've said it a hundred times though that PRX feels like the gatekeeper team. Any team that has good adaptability will be able to beat PRX, but teams that are unprepared or inexperienced or lack that ability to be flexible will get rolled. That's why DRX beat them, and I think teams like OpTic would have beaten them too.
To me DRX is the only team that can consistently beat them due to both experience and playstyle. I think Optic could too if they did a lot of prep. However, from what I've watched I wonder if the way EU teams play is going to be able to beat PRX. They always play slow and PRX just gets so much control and they eventually just start bashing their heads into a wall against f0rsaken's op.
Victorie [#13]Excuses excuses .. next time APAC LCQ rolls around the korean teams will get shit on by SEA and JP again.
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SeulgiVLR [#14]2-0 boom x2
2-0 reject
2-1 fennel
2-1 ge
2-1 prx
guess who korea lost to?? the two finalists and a first time regional match against india?
all of korea placed 3-6 and look where the nth core is now, placing top 3 in masters
Cry is free. Can’t accept the fact that Korea is a one region team.
Mortadelo [#19]Wanna see if Damwon can perform this time
they have no dedicated igl, unforunately i have some doubts in the current roster
Victorie [#21]Cry is free. Can’t accept the fact that Korea is a one region team.
ur crying idiot....does ur country even have a team? lmao
Strafe7 [#17]To me DRX is the only team that can consistently beat them due to both experience and playstyle. I think Optic could too if they did a lot of prep. However, from what I've watched I wonder if the way EU teams play is going to be able to beat PRX. They always play slow and PRX just gets so much control and they eventually just start bashing their heads into a wall against f0rsaken's op.
They could prob beat Liquid and we saw them beat G2. Teams like Fnatic, FPX, and Gambit could give them a run for their money.
Nisham [#5]Thats what happens when a region gets one slot, one team gets alot of exp, then goes back to home region and dominates, then back to Masters again
Valid point
https://twitter.com/valesports_kr/status/1521429367615721472
https://twitter.com/valesports_kr/status/1521459566071922690
TLDR top 4 last challengers get in for free, rest from opens
tiebreaker tomorrow
opens start on the 6th
main on the 21st (8 round bo3 rr -> 6 team double elim)