they could just grab some russkis and turks but instead theyre stealing players from loud and mxs
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why EU stealing our players?
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yes and lets remind themselves how they got 4th
Beat shit KRU
Lost to XSET (how you losing too Dephh and Ayrin)
Beat KRU again
Lost 1 close map and 1 stomp vs DRX
Beat LEV (beating a team with tacolilla and igl on duelist aint an acomplishment)
Wouldve lost to XSET again if it wasnt for turret bug
Lost 1 close map and 1 stomp vs DRX
Great tourney run
Won EMEA stage 1 couldn't make it to Reykjavik 2022 due to the War( would have given a run to teams like Loud and Optic)
Won Copenhagen through lower brackets
Made it to 4th place Champs.
That's already a better year for the team than most other teams.
So calling them 1 trophy wonders is wild when they had a great year.
NA has far fewer slots for all of our talent. 25 at the start of franchising and now 30 with G2’s Ascension — EMEA has double that at 60 slots. The competition is much tighter and players know there’s another 30+ pool of T2 talent that wants their spot.
NA also has a smaller T2 league relative to EMEA with teams that we often get to see play against T1 in offseason tournaments. The worst in the league are relegated out between splits and the best are considered prime scrim partners by the T1 teams. By contrast, EMEA T2 has a ton of T2 leagues that dilute talent and make it difficult to measure the level of play when every representative gets to farms their respective regions.
I think most would agree that three T2 teams from this year: M80, OXG, and MxS would fit just fine in T1 around 8-12th in the league if not higher. G2 has proven this by placing 5th at Kickoffs and then 2nd in Split 1 after roles swaps.
M80’s original 2023 core was more consistent than TGRD’s (now G2) and just missed out on ascending. They dominated Split 2 this year and were high priority scrim partners among T1 teams.
OXG proved themselves in the off-season, taking matches off 100T and G2 (pre-Icy), as well as having close games with SEN. They were also priority scrim partners and dominated Split 1.
MxS were created by taking the supportive core of Moist, who placed third behind TGRD and M80 last year and adding fragging players from SR: Mada and v1c. They’ve finished third in every Split but always by the thinnest margins — like again in this list.
There are no doubts that the better players on these teams are all T1 quality. They’re proven and consistent but don’t have the opportunity — that’s why other regions are picking them up. On the bright side, we should be recouping N4rrate, Rossy, and Yay.
I think its more complicated than "stealing players". If most of these EMEA teams are stacked with veterans, then they want to focus on perfecting their craft to win tournaments. It takes a lot of time and energy to improve as a team and mentor young, tier 2 talent to become tier 1 stars. It is not to give them bail to look internationally than domestically, but it shows that they might not be up to the task.
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