made it so close and could've won against Optic, who is a contender?
And the LAN nerves got better after game 1, they did worse against PRX. Why?
I'd say that one is slightly different becasue they're playing against a team they've played against many many times. That adds a level of familiarity. I'm not quite sure what point you're trying to make, but if it's something like, TGRD are just bad and suck as a team and NA sucks as a whole, imma have to hard disagree.
Can it not be both? I agree that PRX was a better team today and their style worked perfectly against TGRD, but I ALSO believe that some TGRD players (like trent) played a lot more passive than they usually would becasue they were nervous. Does that mean TGRD would beat PRX every time online? No not at all. Does it mean they might've made it more competitive? Yes. I think they'll come back stronger and I'm excited to watch them in the future, just like I'm excited to watch Loud, DRX, Optic, G2, PRX, and Zeta continue fighting in Masters.
having a strong mental is one of the most important parts of being a competitor. if your mental isn't as strong as the other team and you lose, youre just not as good. it's not an excuse. saying a team had a weak mental isn't a copout. if it consistently affects your ability to win, then you suck. that's it. not that deep.