Sao Paulo Tourney

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Xerol

Do you guys think that since the February tourney is going to be held in Brazil rather than Europe, that the EMEA teams might do worse than usual? It seemed to be that every time a Tier 1 international VCT tourney was held further away from Europe (Reykjavik), NA teams grew in power. Please answer thank you

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Recent CSGO tourney held in Brazil was won by EU team

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cause csgo is heaviloy played by EU, ofc they are expected to win tourneys maybe BR could've done something as their player base is big but they suck unfortunately

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Yes and the first ever international VCT major was won by an NA team in Iceland. Not saying that as a retaliation, but to emphasize that there is not much correlation.

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VCT major?

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Xerol

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Would S-Tier be a better term? Both Reykjavik 2021 and Champions 2021 were rated as S-Tier Tourneys on Liquipedia, so i just rolled with both being considered a major. 🤷‍♂️

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na teams only win in iceland because they are scared of the crowd.

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I mean, FPX lost in Istanbul vs DRX who was a major underdog there, as well as the rest of the European teams falling out before then. maybe EU teams only win because they are with their crowd?

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the difference for teams playing in different regions/crowds is pretty negligible and shouldnt be used as an excuse

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i don't look at it as an excuse, but more of an playful question. obviously different regions have different environments and every change to your environment can change how you perform in a game, right? that's why people have pre-game rituals before they play at a Lan, trying to replicate their setup as much as they can.

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I mean its about comfortability?
you may aswell replicate your setup from home as thats is what you are used to.
the difference from playing a tournament in eu/br will be pretty non-existent.

1 of the reason eu was so bad at iceland2 was all those visa issues

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"without my European mcdonalds i cannot" - Ardiis

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Xerol

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LOL too bad he's playing for NRG now, would've been interesting to see him with the rest of the now NAVI roster (but with Cned it is very intriguing to see where they will go next year)

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Xd

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All this to be owned by Sen and DRX

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Sen hasn’t even started practicing yet lmao. They got 5 players without even trying out of the team works. Management competitively wise is horrible

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Xerol

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I'm hoping the new NRG roster is good, but NAVI looks pretty fierce (old FPX + Cned)! Sen having 2 Champs winners, as well as strong talent (zekken, TenZ, with the coaches to help these younger talents), and a good igl to round them out, makes them a really amazing team! DRX has always been one of my favorites so i hope that they can show an even stronger team than what we saw in Champs as well!

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If it was 2-3 EMEA teams who had to qualify and fluke like g2 qualified, maybe I would be worried. But out of 10 of the best teams, undoubtedly 2 or 3 will perform. You also gotta factor in some teams perform better with everyone hating them. Players like cned, starxo and navi players know to handle the pressure.

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Who do you think the strongest teams from each region are? (Americas, EMEA, and APAC)
i think it would be NRG, NAVI, and T1, but DRX is a close contender for APAC!

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APAC- DRX, Geng, PRX
EMEA- Navi, TL, Fnatic
Americas- NRG, Sen and LOUD (I think they are gonna surprise)

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LOUD could definitely be a dark horse team, but i also think Leviatan could truly shock people, a lot of good LATAM talent on that team! Loved watching them play at champs, and i wanna see them play even stronger!