I saw the entire forum trolling u guys coz only Fnatic and Navi are good enough to win Internationals and the rest is trash. I mean, Vitality, Koi, Giants are promising and Liquid, KCorp, Heretics and Fut look they can improve alot. I don't think you guys are in bad shape at all.
I want to read a serious take from you EMEA guys. Do you really think your region is that bad or they will overcome in the near future (Tokyo Masters/Champions)?
people really see 1 game in a single elim bracket and decide whole teams are dogshit. KOI looked decent vs NRG, Liquid honestly hard flopped and the calibre of players really needs to show the next time they play, vitality went up against what people are considering the best team of SA. Lets wait until regional play and multiple matches to see if anyone is actually garbage.
Honestly I expect liquid to step up in the emea championship. I think team secret played very well, but honestly it seemed like TL wasn't even trying during the series: no coordination, no strats, just a buch of individual plays from nats and jammpi.
For vitality, koi and giants I think they only need time, but they have good potential
in terms of rosters i do think orgs could've made better decisions bcz there's still a good tier 2 pool to choose from and giants, liquid, vitality have good rosters that could be huge in the future while NAVI, FNC are in a good place.
now in terms of performance i think other regions are improving better overall like BR/LATAM have been crazy this tournament and they're favourites to win
so it's clear that the levels between top teams of each region are now very close but that is bcz other regions improved not bcz we're behind or anything
Koi Giants KC played the champs finalists and didnt even look that bad. BBL took a map off DRX and Vitality had a decent showing as well. All these are new teams and will need time. Peanut brains judge off 1/2 bo3s. same type of people are giving up on SEN and C9 because they lost one match against top level teams
I think everything is fine. Both KOI and GIA had to face NRG. KCorp and BBL were heavy underdogs vs LOUD/DRX. TH had their chances to make it deeper, but their first game vs EG was 50/50 and they lost. And even outside of those I didn't have much hope for KC, BBL or TH. KOI and GIA have great potential IMO, but as I said they had to face NRG first. Both teams need more time.
On Omega bracket ofc tl flopped hard, but I don't think its end for them. Their individual talent is really high and I have no doubt that they will do great once the regional season starts. Its single elim, first official together. VIT showed a lot of potential here, just need to work on map pool and pistols lol. They showed that they have enough firepower to compete, something that many were concerned over. And well we haven't seen much of FUT so hard to say, but again I don't expect much from them.
And then you have FNCand NaVi who both have showed a lot of good stuff already and if they can keep up both of them are great reprentives with chances of winning titles.
Overall KOI, GIA and VIT showed a lot of potential and can be really good in the future, TL flopped here but their potential is still really high and will likely improve a lot from what we saw. FNC and NaVi already look strong. KC, BBL, TH and FUT trolled with their rosters IMO, but too early to tell. Overall I think its completely fine and I believe we will send strong teams to Tokyo.
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