fnc vs eg vs loud vs prx 2023 recap

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manca

recency bias against fnc is crazy

lock in:
fnc: 1st | eg: ro8 | loud: 2nd | prx: ro16

regionals reg season:
fnc: 1st (9-0) | eg: 6th (4-5) | loud: 1st (8-1) | prx: 2nd (7-2)

regionals playoffs:
fnc: 2nd | eg: 3rd | loud: 1st | prx: 1st

toyko:
fnc: 1st | eg: 2nd | loud: 8th | prx: 3rd

champs:
fnc: 4th | eg: 1st | loud: 3rd | prx: 2nd

fnc had by far the best year
eg showed constant improvement
loud had a mid year slump but recovered
prx was consistent but never pulled through

current rankings:
too difficult to say, each of these teams could beat the other depending on the day
this is how I would rank them:

eg
prx
loud
fnc

2023 rankings:

fnc
eg
prx
loud

#2

Sir_Johnny123

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People forget Fnatic only lost 3 series all year.
1 of those 3 was a seeding match

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SilentCypher

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Exactly. FrAuDnAtIc my butt, when you're this out antistratting is something which cannot be avoided.
They held it very well imo.

#10

manca

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2 of those 3 losses were to loud

#11

Sir_Johnny123

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Better than going 0-4 against Billi Billi.
Loud had been hard anti-stratting them since lock-in

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manca

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nrg living rent free 😂

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Sir_Johnny123

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Defintely its fucking hilarious how bad they looked this champs

#21

dER1593

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Stop including lock in man. EG don't even have the same team. It was a show tourney. 1st place prize was $100,000. Compare that to champions where 1st place was $1,000,000. Fnatic couldn't even beat liquid to win EMEA.

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Yistyy

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EG had a far more impressive run, from being one of the worst in all of franchising, to 2nd at tokyo, to winning champs

FNC were a boring superteam smurfing on shitty newly formed teams at lock-in, and stomping on the lackluster competition at tokyo

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REAL

#12

NioMS

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Fnatic was newly formed as well lmao
Most teams had the same core so this is just bullshit
Prx and Drx had the same squad.
Loud, Nrg, Navi, 100T,C9,... all had the same core just like Fnatic

#14

Yistyy

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dawg it was a mickey mouse exhibition event with no seeding or double bracket, it doesn't mean shit who won.

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starxito_sike

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you come to a tournament with no idea of your opponent's best maps, comps, playstyle and have to make on the fly decisions and adaptations, single elim meant more pressure on the teams to win otherwise they are out

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trembolonaRage

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fnatic is by far the best team to ever touch the game

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Dolphin

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Before furia and mwzera no?

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SmithAndWinston

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SEN 2021 Clears

#9

manca

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still taking loud over them

#16

lorenzopajaroFC

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How is PRX above Loud in the 2023 ranking?

#18

EWW_EU_EWHO

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PRX won their APAC event, then came 3rd in Tokyo and 2nd in Champs. LOUD is really close but have to rank them 3rd. LOCK//IN doesnt count same as Redbull or Tarik invitational doesnt count.

#20

manca

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loud went 0-2 in tokyo
brings them below prx

#23

lorenzopajaroFC

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Prx went 0-1 at lock in

If lock in doesn’t count then Fnatic definitely didn’t have the best year

#25

manca

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assuming lock in doesnt count:

fnatic still won 1 international trophy, more than loud and prx

#17

EWW_EU_EWHO

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Clown antics to count Lock//in when Riot mentioned it was just an exhibition tournament. Fnatic has been 1-2 against LOUD in 2023 which in itself ranks them below LOUD. Not to mention the 1 series they won was in an exhibition event and they lost twice in the only major event of Champs, eventually LOUD kicking them out.

Champs is the most important event and it is unbelievable how NA teams have made back to back champ grand finals.

Real ranking for 2023
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EG
PRX
LOUD
FNC

#19

dER1593

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Stop including lock in man. It was a show tourney. 1st place prize was $100,000. Compare that to champions where 1st place was $1,000,000. Fnatic couldn't even beat liquid to win EMEA.

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immashedpotato

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no champs their year is fraudulent and doesnt matter