After Yay's recent performance in NA VCL,
After seeing EG pick up Demon1 from the depths of obscurity and seeing his performance on-stage against LOUD,
After seeing Cloud9 pick up 2 literal who's who couldn't even make NA tier 2 and becoming potentially the best team in the Americas league,
After seeing highlights like these https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfDyleAibOM
I think it's safe to say that the best players in the world aren't necessarily the players in VCT. There's huge swathes of underrated talent outside of Tier 1, and even outside the mainstream competitive scene.
Think about it, the best player in the whole world could be rotting in some tier 4 team, and if hypothetically a T1 team like NRG could pick them up, they'd be able to set them up to reach the same heights as Yay did.
And the worst part is? you wouldn't actually be able to tell that they're world-class talent until they play the best teams in the world--because until that point you could always argue that they're performing good against lower skilled opponents.