Stage 1 Hot Takes

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In the last few days before Stage 1 (except China) starts post your hot takes to come back to in this thread. I'll also rate how hot of a take it is.

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egann

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prx miracle run to toronto

#3

MrBlooBloom

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even the players don't believe atp

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trmnl

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absolute masterclass

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hot but not impossible 7/10

#5

JustJozua

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Apeks go 0-5 (not really a hot take)

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2/10 GiantX and Navi just have to not troll

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Dept__

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Boom wins all their games 2-1 and the grand final 3-1

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9/10 Boom first seed would require a miracle

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100/10 didnt even know that was a team

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sideshowsbaldhead

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they were like 3 rounds away from 2-0ing t1 btw

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nexate2003

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100T win stage 1 and win Masters Toronto

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8/10 They have good pieces but their roles are messed up.

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irenic_

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NRG goes undefeated until playoffs, knocked out by KRU. FNS loses more hair as a result (not thought to be possible before).

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9/10 Have you seen Derke?

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irenic_

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no who is that

#12

delighted

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VIT don't qualify for Toronto

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7/10 It's hard to imagine them not qualifying based on their firepower but not impossible if other emea teams return to form

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cameran

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sen wins stage 1 and top 3's toronto if n4rrate goes back to duelist with zekken moving to init (john back to senti)
fuck this shit zekken became ass n4rrate is our last hope

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6/10 N4rrate hasn't been performing as well as he was last year on Fade, I can see him on Jett being good, but him to duelist won't make sen best in America

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bees

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one of keznit or DGZ goes nuclear on Waylay and carries their team to 1st seed
Talon wins every matchup in groups
T1 the only Korean team that qualifies for Toronto

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killerkayak

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6/10, one or both probably will go nuclear but likely not on waylay
8/10, talon is good but is so reliant on primmie so if he has one bad game they likely lose close
10/10, DRX will keep form or GenG will gain, no way one or the other wont be top 3

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Verstepping33

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G0ng fumble in group stage

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5/10

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Trykan

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C9 makes playoffs as 4th seed and make a run to get the 3rd slot to Toronto

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7.5/10

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Taz04

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Lev make it to Masters Toronto.

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6/10

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Muratg_7

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Navi will qualify for Toronto

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A1pha1

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G2 miss out on Toronto.

Reasoning: their group has teams with really high ceilings (honestly in any given day C9, MIBR, Lev and Furia might just outshoot them you never know) that can win against any opponent in any given day so they will drop 2 matches and miss out on the 1st seed bye. And they draw some on form 2nd seed from the other group and their run will be harder.

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catNmouse

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They could just win by having better team play than those teams & g2 also has shooters on their team, i believe MIBR will genuinely have a harder time than most people think mainly due to the language barrier and the current meta favoring yoru

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8/10 I doubt G2 can get gapped by C9 and Furia that hard based on how good their util usage is in the meta. With three teams going its hard to not see G2 making it.

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mongu

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DRX decide to choke because they’re DRX and let some team in alright form like prx or NS to Toronto. So like T1, GENG, NS

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Patoow14

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mibr will win split 1 with verno having a 1.31 rtg and aspas 1.45

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seofps

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put verno on clove every map

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Mirage27

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Two of the 6 non NA teams make Toronto (Personally think LOUD and KRU but MIBR have a chance as well)

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5/10 G2 feels like the only solid NA team. Sen, 100t, and NRG are all shaky.

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catNmouse

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DRX goes undefeated in the group stage to lose the spot to NS

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xineFso

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Keep dreaming bud

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xineFso

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Not a hot take but Talon finishes 2nd pacific ,qualifies to Toronto and paris finishes 4th and 2nd respectively

#37

JesusisLord

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Sen wins Toronto

#38

number7_cNed_fan

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Wolves qualify for Toronto in 3rd place

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4/10 if Trace keep their form against AG and Wolves can live up to their off season hype very possible.

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mooinabarrel

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evil geniuses make playoffs barely because of 100t loss to a winless 2g team, they then go flawless until they qualify for toronto before going out of stage 1 playoffs in 3rd, then they win champs ofc

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6/10 for EG making playoffs, your take gets progressively hotter to the point of delusion

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Xx100tglazelord69xX

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dude this is 2023 plot (except 2g was mibr and mibr then was shit… it’s rough being an 100t fan). @ beginning of 2023 EG had about two fans and like 0 wins

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Disastered

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team secret goes to toronto.

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Raycist

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EG and 100T makes it to Toronto

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JustHaveFun44

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GE top 6 in Pacific and Talon makes toronto.

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makesung

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TLN dominate Koreans 🤓☝️

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unofficialwaifu

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EMEA: Apeks surprises everyone and manages to get to playoffs but will fall short to going to toronto
AMER: EG to toronto. Yay back in form.
APAC: T1 will shit the bed
CN: Wolves 2nd place

#48

SparkyzzOfficial

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xlg qual to toronto

#49

m0rtem

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EMEA: FNC qualifies for Toronto and finishes 4th
AMER: NRG finds footing and qualifies for Toronto and SEN doesn't make America playoffs
PAC: PRX qualifies, GENG wins stage 1, and dfm eliminates DRX in playoffs

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iamstarsoul69

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the only hot take in this is dfm beating drx, rest is valid

#50

Kasw

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dfm winless on stage 1

#51

RokkuV8

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100T goes undefeated until finals where asuna trolls by jump swinging into every corner making it a 4v5

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Xx100tglazelord69xX

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Conversely… 100t barely makes it into playoffs, sent to lower round one, and then makes masters by an Asuna jump headshot

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StalwartTiger_35

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sen are buns
tec locks in for a bit to play spoiler (like split 1 eg last year)
heretics still place outside top 2, maybe even miss toronto

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cxrsedval

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dfm make a miracle run to toronto
wolves beat every team in their group and have a lower bracket run to the finals

#57

ggd12345

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SEN get canceled and drop out of stage 1

#58

PlasmatheGoat

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Lev will be good (top 3-4)

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froggy_lol

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EG qualify for Toronto

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229fn

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TH get 2nd

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S1LNTT

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Feel like I've seen this story before lmao :/

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229fn

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:c

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RayKage

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GE/DRX/T1
TH/FUT/VIT
KRU/MIBR/G2
EDG/WOL/BLG

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notepicfailboi

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GE. Instant 10/10 hot take

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Ame: c9, g2, Nrg
Emea: Na'vi, Vit, KC
China: Fpx, EDG, Nova
Pacific: RRq, GenG, T1

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lakpx

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fnc quals toronto

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saket

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nongshim qualifies for toronto

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SleepingSnorlax

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VIT and T1 are gonna shit the bed but I think there will be a underdog team for Toronto from any of the four region ( I mean team who are constantly middle of the table or lower

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LoopyBiscuit63

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T1 had a miracle run and are not making it to toronto, MIBR will greatly disappoint and will not make it past group stages

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Yistyy

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Top 3 NA:

G2
LEV
EG

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DSBY

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nvm

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Shadow_Monarch

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Ethan on Yoru NRG goes Top5. No Yoru for NRG they go Bot5.

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GodAwfulGod

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G2 end up bombing out of stage 1 and don't make masters toronto

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tiAsunNS

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nongshim qual to tor

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Alint

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Heretics return back to form, going 5-0 against the other teams, and enter playoffs hot, winning cleanly and make it to Masters Toronto as seed #1

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catNmouse

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only hot take is heretics breaking their second place curse, everything else will most likely happen

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Yuniee44

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Vitality will struggle to qualify for Toronto