NA internationally

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YvngKurry

Am I the only one worried about how the #2 seed for NA will hold up internationally? I mean it seems like anyone can beat anyone for the #2 spot, and i'm not sure if any of the teams in contention are good enough to make it far against international competition. Might just be me though, but I think that the other regions like apac and emea's #2 seeds will fair much better internationally.

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DELUSIONAL_POTTER_FAN

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that's why we should give the 2nd slot to sentinels they have lots of experience

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YvngKurry

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Oh ok!

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nah TSM better choice much more experience

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WinterZ

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nah give 2nd spot to Global Esports to boost viewership

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sweetdreams11

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if u want to boost viewership give it to br or jp

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zardinez

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No I agree with you completely Felt like last year we had Sentinels, Envy, and C9 as world class competitors, but now it's really only Optic. I don't believe in XSET much, Faze is lacking strategic depth, and I also just don't trust NRG to hold their own against a Loud or FPX.

On the other hand, Optic is really fucking good and they have a map pool of literally 7 maps, so it's really hard for them to lose bo5s. I wouldn't count out a repeat win as a possibility.

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YvngKurry

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Yea to me Xset are missing that X factor of a player or players popping off and winning the game single handedly and faze are missing map depth and some strategic depth.

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zardinez

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X factor is right. Sure Cryo and Zekken are really good, I don't deny that, but I can't see them beating top teams (or even upper mid tier international teams like DRX and Guild)

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Faze is good at fracture, haven, split, icebox and breeze. Its better than fpx being extremely good at 4 maps then borderline lazy at others.

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YvngKurry

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Are they that good at split? They’ve lost 9-3 and 8-4 leads. If the third map is split and they start attack I doubt they win.

Other than that i agree.

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Cresp

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100t only lost split to tsm in this whole stage. I definitely think theyre top level at split, and faze were really close matches. Forgot nyfu too

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I'm pretty sure they will hold much better than The Guard did.

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zardinez

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Assuming they don't get seeded in the top 8 then instantly play two top 4 teams, yeah.

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Im confident in all the teams in most regions. If anything, its important to not underestimate teams bc their runs are “easy”. If that was the case zeta/kru/prx wouñdnt have gotten such high placements. Eg beat optic and eg was beaten by really good teams too. NA is full talent just like the other regions.

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YvngKurry

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I think it’s just me being paranoid again lol 💀

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All good just enjoy the games

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zardinez

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No ofc there's chances for them to go on runs just like any other team, but there's no way you can say with confidence: they'll be top 8/4/2 or whatever. I feel pretty confident in saying Fnatic and Optic will be in the top 4 (obviously anything can happen but just statistically speaking, I think it's likely). I do not feel confident saying XSET/Faze/NRG could even make it out of groups.

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Personally, i think that faze and nrg have more chances on going very far than xset. Xset is very sound, but nrg literally have 4 on and off heavy hitters that can win games alone. And faze have the big D and the smeag. Its easier for these teams to either bomb out or even win the whole thing.

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Daniveus

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Xset are like Guild, they are good representatives.