Definition of Tier 1, Tier 2, 3 teams

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avepalto

What makes a team tier 1? Tier 2? Is it qualifying for big events? Or being on the top 10 of the region?
By this definition is Sentinels currently tier 2?

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no_noise_979

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its all arbitrary

there is no definition but generally people put tier 1 as top 10 teams / the teams in the highest league / teams that make challengers playoffs and teams that actually got a real chance at winning

tier 2 generally is salaried teams (can be an f/a team if they are great) and they are outside of the top 10 / highest league

tier 3 is generally semi-pro unsalaried players or free agent teams

it can also be separated into world wide tiers and regional tiers also, tier 1 world is different to tier 1 brazil for example

a gatekeeper team is one that is very consistent at beating tier 2 teams but also very consistently loses to tier 1 teams

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avepalto

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thanks for the detail :)

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no_noise_979

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yes, i forgot to mention that if there is a big skill gap then that defines tiers as well

like for emea LDN UTD and BIG even though they are in the top 10, i would not put them as tier 1 as there is a big skill gap between them and Guild/Acend/NaVi/Liquid/FNC/G2/M3C/FPX

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“There is no definition but I will still make up some nonsense”

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no_noise_979

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everybody got their own rules for it

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he didnt make up nonsense, he recited what others have said, generally.

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Xaldez

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It's about ranking but on a long term, so no SEN is still Tier 1. Teams have kind of stable positions be cause it's often the same teams that play T1 /T2 or T3 events.

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kristof

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tier 1 = all EMEA teams
tier 2 = all NA teams

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gat

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who won the last lan?

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kristof

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Asia

#7

delusional_sentinels_fan1

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Where EMEA in top 5 KEKW

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jackb2016

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where was Nigeria at the LAN :(

#14

Howard

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In the vlr comments 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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Revlo

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tier 1 = NA
tier 50 = EMEA bots

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kristof

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say this when NA wins more Champions than EU

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delusional_sentinels_fan1

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Tier 3 = sen

Tier 2 = TSM

Tier 1 = OpTic

Tier 17= EMEA

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avepalto

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lmaoooo