What are XSET doing

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I know all the talk is on 100T but they don't look that bad on fracture, on the other hand XSET looks so sloppy rn. They threw two ecos on defense by just peeking 1 by 1 into deagles, and now on attack there is no trading whatsoever on half of these rounds, just peeking one by one 3 seconds later. Even if XSET win this game there is quite a big gap between them and the best teams in NA.

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Exactly

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nice

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xset has always looked bad on fracture. not surprised tbf

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It's pretty bad that XSET has a guaranteed loss map in every BO3 then if they permaban Ascent and throw Fracture, especially since their other non-Bind maps aren't insanely strong either

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i didnt see anything good from xset that game besides zekken's constant map control, everything else looked mediocre

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Still scratching my head at why they banned ascent

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Tbf Xset last week looked even worse. I think the adjustments are good, they just need time with this comp.

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They looked pretty bad on Fracture

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You act like other good teams don't have weak maps. XSET lost by 3 rounds to Cloud 9 (one of the best teams in NA) two weeks ago. XSET isn't the best team in NA but there isn't "quite a big gap between them and the best teams." Stop being reactionary.

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If you watched that Icebox you could see that XSET could've easily lost by more than 3 ...

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Every match has rounds that could go either way. L argument

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C9 threw 3-4 rounds that map in very uncharacteristic of C9 ways, XSET were lucky that it was as close as 13-10 at the end. XSET might be able to always play close against top teams because they have a very strong map that teams don't ban in Bind, but their map pool isn't strong enough to actually get wins against those top teams. They ban Ascent, have a free loss on Fracture, look pretty average on Haven, and their Icebox and Breeze look decent but not elite. You can't beat a team that's consistently great on 5-6 maps like that.

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I don't disagree that their fracture is bad. I just don't think there is a huge gap between them and top teams, especially since I think that cloud 9 is the best team in NA and it was relatively close. Gl against V1 :)

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Yeah maybe I overexaggerated the "huge gap" part, congrats on qualifying and best of luck in playoffs :)