Everyone think CIS is a very good and underrated and will be as good as EU in EMEA qualifiers
But here is why I think its a little bit overrated
In Iceland qualifiers, Turkey had 3, EU had 4 And CIS only had 1 spot. Everyone had high expactations from Turkey because of the viewership and overhyped fans but 1 of the teams got destroyed, 1 of the teams got a map from liquid but then destroyed and eliminated, and the last underdog team (OXYGEN) actually won against 1st TR team and one of the EU teams (Guild Esports). But Liquid crashed them so everyone said they also performed awful like the other TR teams, and everyone forget they literally eliminated Guild. And everyone has low expectations from TR because of that.
But like I said, CIS only had 1 spot so only Gambit joined which is by far the best CIS team (not even debatable).
And they performed decent. Im saying decent because if you think Gambit did really well and Oxygen did bad, you are delusional. They both were 1 win away from Iceland.
Because of how Gambit performed, everyone has high expectations from CIS rn.
But lets think now, what if CIS had 3 spots and TR had 1 spot in first EMEA qualifiers? We all know other 2 CIS teams would get destroyed. And the team that qualified from TR would be FUT which is the team that performed worst in first EMEA qualifiers. In that scenario, everyone would have low expectations from TR and CIS except Gambit rn. So Gambit will still perform good imo, but 1 team doesnt make a whole region good. I think other 2 CIS teams wont achieve a lot and thats why I think CIS is overrated.