Brazil and Turkey are the regions that have the most talented players in the world individually for me, we had to work hard but now Brazilian teams seem to have a good teamwork and use of utilities Tier 1, when Turkey reaches this collective level that Brazil is presenting will be terrible for other regions, mark my words.
cNed best player in the world imo.
Uh... FF got fucked, playing with an academy player. Since Lurzy and Brasco were involved in the scheme. BBL also lost 2, Kero and Logicman, but they've completed their roster with QutionerX, with full roster being AslanM4Shadow, Muj, Aimdll, Fred and Qx. Fut is okay for the time being but they choked in a T2 tourney against Regnum Carya and FF, they don't look as dominant as before. Overall, If ex-SMB choses not to stay in Turkey we prolly won't have a contender for EMEA playoffs. So yeah... That's pretty much it.
BUT, If Fut get their shit together and Oxygen does undergo a change in the roster, hint hint, they need a cracked Jett, then we do have a chance.
Tbh Izzy to Oxygen would be a great move, I don't think Paura/Russ/Turko would stay in Turkish Scene, best possible case for each of them would be VGIA Turko/Brave, Guild/Heretics Russ and Guild Paura, I dunno if they're interested in him tbh
This scandal is not just about Turks.
there are still streamers all over the world laundering money using twitch right now.
The Turkish community realized that there was an anomaly in the leaked Twitch data, and the Turks who did it were revealed.
I mean, even now, there are a lot of people who do this, they just don't show up.
That, my friend, would fuck the scene up, as much as I hate to admit. It happened in LoL as well, if we get a free slot to one of the international tourneys, Turkish teams don't even stand a chance against EU/NA. This is the best for them as if they can prove themselves in EMEA, they do now actually have a shot at making at least quarters.
Thanks for the support buddy, I would like to see our teams in Champs as well but I need to say this, we couldn't get on that train in time. SMB and co had the chance, but there was a minor error on the roster, mainly Izzy, sure, he's a great player but not aligned with his Jett plays, but only oping, like Jamppi. If, and they tried this, we could get cNed, then we would've actually made semis, Paura said in the roster announcement stream of SMB that they contacted cNed, to possibly buy him out from Acend, but couldn't close the deal, and sticked with Izzy. And most of SMB are trying to form contract with EU orgs, so I dunno, but as an SMB, and a delusional russz fan, I would love to see em in Champs next year.
About the growth, I'd say most of the T1 Turkish pros have reached that ceiling a few months ago, when the competitors was much fiercer in Turkish Scene than it is now. Sentinels like Xistou/Aimdll/Paura, Cracked Jetts like qw1, Russ, util usage of Oxygen and Team play of Fut shows that they've been trying to get past the mental barrier, still, they've made an amazing first year if I have to say.
Also, #DIADEFURIA and I hope VK quals from the lowers, I have Brazilian copium overdose in champs, so best of luck to VKS, Furia and VK continue to show us what they're made of.
Uh... We do have a few options but for those to happen the orgs would need to throw considerable amounts of money in.
1-) cNed/Paura/Brave/Russ(Sova/Sec duel.) /Turko (Most solid and stable team imo)
2-) Russ(Sec. Duel)/Xistou/Sasuke(Igl)/Qw1/ Qraxs( A great contender but missing smokes, might go for someone like Aslan if there ain't any options)
3-) Aimdll/ Souchni(Igl Sova)/ Turko/ Russ(Jett)/ Brave.
Had the incident didn't roll over the scene, there would be so many options to explore, but sadly, nearly most of the T1 pros are gone now.
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