how long until the old guard cycles out?

i'd say after this season the previous generation will be more or less gone in tier 1 universally (excluding China)

Who are you considering the old guard

Contracts all end this year on g2 so its likely

I think the wording here is a bit unfortunate because of TGRD
But I get what you mean

idk tbh in 2024 we saw TH succeed by picking up tier 2 talent, and this year many more orgs followed suit, so I think if those said orgs do well we'll see more investment in tier 2 hopefully