i have no word
its pretty far, TE looked extremely good in china, only nova looked slightly comparable in Kickoff (TE look much worse in bangkok, dont even seem like the same team)
In the chinese off season it only further confirmed this
EDG
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TE
Nova
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XLG
FPX
WOL
DRG
BLG
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JDG
TEC
TYLOO
TE looked promising in kickoff and a better team than EDG. here what happened in bangkok.
Trace never played their best map, bind. Trace didnt innovate a single new comp except haven (which is the standard haven comp anyways), Trace individuals werent even online, Trace played super messy and clearly lost the confidence they had in chinese kickoff, Trace didnt improve a single map further in fact they look worse, from their already bad map pool
meanwhile
EDG dont troll their map vetos, EDG changed nearly every comp, EDG individuals are online and are clean asf, EDG have a ton of confidence and dont fall under pressure, EDG improved every map from their already good map pool.
TE look like they are going through the EDG shanghai/madrid arc where they crumble under the pressure, individuals arent performing like they do regionally, they play nothing like they do in china, they dont adapt to these international teams at all, and just mellow in dispair.
I have hopes for TE but this is not a good showing, hopefully they learn from these international experiences like EDG did and dont crumble like FPX