they will be so shit this year holy
maybe? but thats also the same for literally every other league
theres still DRX, Zeta, PRX, Global and imo Talon
Guard could beat
emea, BBL Fut, heretics, maybe vit
americas, eg, MIBR, Furia, kru sen obv and prolly c9
dont count an entire region out cause of one team lmfao
all this shows is the gap between t2 and t1 is smaller than you think
C9 lost to Fokus
https://www.vlr.gg/166332/the-guard-vs-sentinels-ludwig-x-tarik-invitational-main-event-ubf
Vit is a bit of a stretch but is possible
Furia would be close but i think the names or better on the guard
if you watched the game you know jugi carried as fuck and c9 was throwing alot, this also doenst mean c9 is gonna stay in the same form and be always worse than fokus.
the team you said "is a bit of a stretch" literally got destroyed by c9 so whats your point?
against furia they could win but you are forgetting that furia had close games with some giant teams. furia just needs to work harder, thats all.
I'm gonna be real the guard is probably better than half the franchise teams atm. Franchising means roster and players traded essentially starting Over. Most franchise teams don't even have a month of actual practice yet. The reality is tier 1 scene probably gonna suck in the quality of games for a while before orgs start recognizing the actual good players or teams and picking up ppl from tier 2 scene.
I think both Americas and EMEA will be 3-6 team regions while APAC will be max 3 team region. But its too early to tell, but I don't think Pacific will do that well. Even historically only DRX and PRX have done something and Zeta during Iceland where they were ahead of meta IMO. All other Asian teams have always just won some games by being unpredictable and doing plays that no one expects. And its good for short time, but gets figured out quickly and then its gg. But who knows, just my opinion/prediction based on past and what I think.
y'all are generalizing pacific way too much after 1 newly formed team perform bad. its also their problem picking the squad based on vibes but not actually fill the roster with an establish players in each role. they need to figure tf out what is the best agent comps that they can use because their util usage and teamwork looks all over the place