saying t1 is better than g2. thats not to take anything away from t1 they won they played better in the bo5 they deserve the win. but going forward for the rest of the year g2 will outplace t1 thats pretty obvious from their consistency and read on the meta meanwhile t1 fluctuate drastically depending on map they only have 4 good maps all of which they run double duelist on. also g2 are the biggest chokers i have seen in the game and im saying that as a g2 fan like seriously the grand final debuff for g2 is like 5x what it is for most teams. the t1 win is more of a match up diff then them just being better (g2's worst maps also happen to be t1's). the same thing happened in madrid last year the best team at the event lost and thats okay, results dont tell the whole story thats whats fun about watching esports or sports in general if the best team before the match won every time it would be boring.
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Americas is currently the strongest region. G2 nearly lost to a sentinels that weren't even In form with a bad map pool WHILE having map advantage. NRG are inconsistent and struggling internally. 100T got NRG at their peak, dropping out early. Loud are still waking up, MIBR is fine. G2's play style has been exposed several times now. Guarantee you, they don't make Toronto. But youll see
Strongest region is complete cope, holy. SEN is imploding post TL loss, and you just listed a bunch of reasons teams CAN'T keep up. The G2 loss to sentinels was down to Anti-stratting they adapted to. SEN has always liked anti-stratting, but it doesn't mean they can keep yp.
EMEA and APAC both have 5 serious contenders. America's is too busy tripping over themselvesup. I reckon G2, 100T and MIBR will make it to Toronto and then both the latter will crash out.
SEN hadn't seen G2's split or haven, lol, and they had barely any time to prep abyss. That's cope. SEN will be more than fine. SEN doesn't require anti strating more than any other team. EMEA has 4 serious contenders, Apac 4, China 3, Americas 5 if not more. Mibr and G2 won't make it. But like I said, you'll see.
People act like a team has to be good at all 7 maps in rotation to be "the best team" when the structure of competitive play allows map bans and weak maps. If a team is the best in the world at 4 maps and shit at 3 others, they are the best team because they will continuously win matches. Arguing that G2 is a better team currently than T1 after they lost a final with a 2 map advantage is literally insane. You could argue that they will improve and become better, or that they will have a better overall year, but they aren't the better team right now because they literally just proved it in front of our eyes
i’m not a fan of either team, but i agree with you and am not sure why everyone is giving hate. t1 won and deserved that win, but one win doesn’t always decide who will be better next time. “but they proved it right there” didn’t g2 also prove it by not losing in the first round of playoffs? by not losing in kickoff? i think if they faced off again, there would be no clear favorite.
that being said i get it’s funny to give hate to someone who might be saying this just because he’s a g2 fan. but a 2-overtime 5-game win, even with the map advantage, doesn’t say anything about their skill difference
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