thoughts on nrg after svl

here is basically everything i’ve noticed from them this tournament and heading into vct

• nrg started off a bit slow this tournament and while they eventually picked it up in the end, i can’t help but notice that this team is a little too reliant on individual hero plays; while they have crazy individuals, a lot of their confidence seems to stem from the fact they have very good individual performances and while that is good, i really would like to see them gain more confidence in their set-ups. i think this will come with time, though

• nrg before this was very weak on pistols, but i wanna say this chalks up to the fact that ethan, who personally is the main driving factor behind their pistol rounds, looked off this tournament. he was frying today and i think it showed in his fragging and his util, i believe his step-up is the main reason why their pistol win rate was much better this series

• fns was honestly still getting outcalled a lot, even in the final (sometimes), but it was somewhat overshadowed by, again, their individual performances. i’m a little worried other vct teams will start exploiting little mistakes in his calling that weren’t there before

• mada needs to be more consistent. i’ve always known his main problem was his inconsistently; he is very good, but he either has shitbombs or godlike performances, hardly any in-between

• s0m is still shaping up to be one of the best controllers in americas, so i hope that he’ll have a chance to showcase that on the international stage again

• verno

• take adderall

verno pretty much

shut down verno = win

fns was not getting outcalled at any point in the GenG match

"fns was honestly still getting outcalled a lot"
????????????????????????????

are you dumb the rounds that they lost is literally hero round by geng (2v4,2v5,3v4) in the rounds that they lost they just got outaimed

I think it's interesting the contrast between people who really know about the game, and us on VLR. No hate to you, but you say NRG need to be more confident in their setups and rely to much on the individuals, on the other hand for all of us who were watching with sliggy watchparty, He was constantly saying that their Setups we're actually really super super strong and their teamwork was good throughout the whole tournament.
Now im not saying sliggy opinion is law or anything, but I would argue he is more knowledgeable in the game than us and my own opinion was that NRG teamplay was good, so I would agree with his than yours but that just prefrence.

I also think this goes to show how people are never satisfied.(Not specifically to the OP but in general). In the past it was "NRG seem to have big-brain setups and reads and igling but their firepower is lacking." Now that they have better firepower and are looking good it's, "Yeh they have good firepower but now their teamplay is bad and IGL is lacking so they are getting carried". Which for the latter case just isnt true, FNS was calling really well and their setups were pretty good and they were fragging.
Just intersting how people see things lol
Lmk what yall tthink people

I want to hear people thoughts/opinion
Good day!

never analyze a team again 🔥🔥🔥

they only had a few hero rounds from verno, the other teams often had more hero plays
ethan is hardly the reason they were losing pistols, they had completely awful strats for them. it's not like they were just getting out aimed, the strats were fundamentally garbage.
FNS had great calls the majority of the time, were you even watching the game?
mada did pretty good in every game aside from the first against rapid lofi, he wasn't "very good" or a "shitbomb"

They are winning it all next year I don’t give a fuck. Actually the best team to exist since optic and I wonder why. Everyone is fighting for 2nd LMFAO