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Just my opinion. EMEA didn't prepare to be bad vs international teams on Pearl so that fucked their map pools. Next event it will be way better because teams improve a lot on maps after international events and now they know how to improve. And IMO EMEA has the most good teams out of any region and the potential for next year is insane.
“Guys I swear we didn’t expect that we would lose a map if we didn’t practice it. I thought the other regions would be bad so I didn’t try to be good at it :( guys I swear we’re so much better trust me that map just gives EU a debuff. We totally didn’t lose fair and square guys I swear we’re still better”
You realize that we cannot at this point tell why EMEA teams are weak on Pearl. There are so many factors that might have led to this. For example heard Sliggy saying that Liquid was doing really well on Pearl in scrims, but what happened vs PRX? Maybe their style was just suited vs EMEA teams and shit vs international teams. Or maybe EMEA tier 2 teams etc that they scrim against just aren't good on that map and it gave false confidence. Or maybe they just had an idea and plan, but other regions like NA just had better idea and plan on this map. This is what happens when there isn't much footage on new maps. And because of this Pearl will look completely different when next tournament comes along. Teams will be much better prepared and much better on it on macro level.
and I understand that this is partly coping from my part, but my point is that you can scrim a new map as much as possible and think you are good at it, but it might still be shit vs international teams just because the region isn't good at it or you are not used to different style etc. It isn't coincidence why all 3 EMEA teams suck on it.
EMEA is bad on Pearl 100%. But my point is that its somewhat understandable why this might have happened and why that might be more about the map being newer than about the teams or region being bad overall. Because if you had bad read or something since the beginning its over and you couldn't even prepare for it.
“EMEA is still the best even if we lose. We just lost because we suck at a map that every other region is better at and we had a bad day :( guys I swear even if another region wins the world championship where EMEA was beaten ruthlessly multiple times by other regions some of whom aren’t even still in the event were still better I swear “
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