I want all regions to be at least somewhat competetive but this is just too bad man...
I feel like China will do better internationally. Their silliness and aim heavy mechanics will just catch emea, na, and brazil off guard. They did well in Tokyo and did badly in Champs because every team was anti-stratting them and they were still learning how to combat that lmfao. With new strats and a fresh 2 months to reset I think. they'll be find in Madrid. Only teams im worried about are the APAC teams because they're their scrim partenrs and PRX have similar playstyles where they run some crazy ass comp and aim duel.
meh. At tokyo EDG shocked everyone by beating Loud. At Champs, they were 1 round away from taking LOUD to OT at their Haven and Loud got a bit worse with aspas -> quick. And if imma be honest they lwky shouldve won vs EG. If they didnt lose that eco where all of them got detained I think that games goes to OT. But everybody counting out china already. I think every game China plays is going to be a hella close series. If coaches and players look at their vods and say "this is sloppy their ass" they might get upsetted.
im not talking about tokyo. im talking about champs. They were in form and looked 10x better in champs than tokyo lol. They beat fnatic and were a map away from taking down EG. They finished 3rd overall. EDG was 1 round away to take LOUD in form to an MAP 3 OVERTIME. EDG vs Loud will be a good and close game if they play each other lol.
you replied to my reply about tokyo, I was not talking about champs. both EDG and LOUD look worse than they did last year, but LOUD has the best player itw in saadhak while EDG doesn't. i trust LOUD to beat EDG regardless of how close it is, although EDG can definitely upset. Saying EDG have T3/ top 4 chances to win is not underestimating