mada can easily replace almost any t1 duelist
verno is better than most t1 initiators in NA
skuba is the most underrated north american player.
wedid, brawk, flyuh, mitch, etc are all better than a lot of current t1 pros
This is such a dumb take cherry-picking the success stories while we've seen other tier 2 guys get rocked as soon as they enter tier 1. Bleed and M8 as a whole got rolled. Keiko was ass. Enzo was ass. Shadow was ass. Magnum was ass. Mistic was uber ass. Havoc, Hiroronn and Yoran were some of the worst players I've had the misfortune of laying eyes upon. Some guys are tier 2 because they belong there. Looking good in tier 2 is not some automatic sign they should be in tier 1
bleed had yay zest and sscary which are in fact franchised players or players who played on internationals magnum enzo and mistic too keiko wasnt ass he was above average same with hiroronn, yuran and shadow sucks ngl but thats the only ones and they werent even top of tier 2 in fact yuran was never a tier 2 player he went to zeta straight from the z academy which cant play on tier 2 thus he was tier 3 jp
talent wise (aim and crosshaire placement) most of talent T2 and T1 have a very small gap,
the difference is on game understanding meaning, map reaction they don't need IGL micromanage them ... etc
and on this there is a huge gap between T2 and T1, there is exceptions but only experience in T1 can make T2 talent VCT ready.