Didn't know BBL has the German government in their pocket like that and just decided to not give him a visa.
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Didn't know BBL has the German government in their pocket like that and just decided to not give him a visa.
They were literally 3rd in kickoff lmao.
They're definitely not the third best team in Americas, but you could put Aspas on a team with 4 Shanks clones and they would still get some wins. The rest of the team isn't world class, but they're all solid, they won't miss playoffs.
GC players are exempt from the import rule. Flor doesn't count as an import.
Makes sense you don't know him. Why would you watch Masters Bangkok as an NRG fan?
Very unlucky for Erik.
Bringing in a performance coach might be a good move though.
Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a Cove. A Harbor Cove. A Harbor Cove with a shorty! And shorties make me crazy.
The official broadcast will continue to refer to them as Rankers until this tournament is over. They signed up as Rankers, so that's what they are. They'll be Envy for the next split.
Happy for Rossy, he for sure deserves to be in tier 1, but I don't like this move at all. Natank was not the problem and this will not fix their issues.
Blue for the feeling after they bottled yet another tournament.
Red for all the blood shed on the way.
White for [REDACTED]
Man seeing Stax and Buzz after that intense final and after all they've been through with DRX actually made me cry even though I wasn't that invested in T1 initially. Really reminds me of Boaster after the LOCK//IN win. Both insane 5 map finals with OT on the last map too.
You meant assists right? W prediction
Upset is a bit much. Even if you favour EDG, it couldn't possibly have been more than a 60-40 in anyone's mind.
Should change your username to CoughingBaby I guess, unlucky
Vit Derke has a lot more freedom than FNC Derke and it shows. He's always been insanely good but it almost feels like he's reached a whole new level this year.
What reason have NAVI given us to believe they are A tier?
Yeah man I remember when Derke choked the two international grand finals he was in. Or when Sayf choked the two domestic finals he was in. Good times
Forgot crashies exists. Jeez, that's insane. Literally half of all international tournaments
Fin fact: With Chronicle (Masters Berlin), Milan (Champions 2021), Erik (Masters Copenhagen), Boaster and Alfajer (LOCK//IN and Masters Tokyo) and Crashies (Reykjavík 2), they now have six different international titles between them (out of twelve).
What's even crazier is at the end of the year it'll still be six!!!
EDIT: added crashies
The average vlr chatter's brain can't conceive that teams might sometimes play better or worse than other times. It's because they always go 2-19 in ranked,
Not as much as you
When marketing features players by brand value instead of video game skill 🤯
"all time" but let's conveniently ignore 2022 and also 2025
Sick lineup. On paper, G2 Vit and EDG should be heavily favoured, but in such a small tournament with only 4 teams in the playoffs, feels like every team could go on a run and take it.
Feels like every region is sending much stronger contenders than in Madrid last year.
I'm not sure he'd be into it when the alternative is making content and potentially doing broadcast work. I do think he could be a great coach though.
Awesome analysis, badger252!
Hiro singlehandedly won them Fracture.
Really happy for kaajak, he's been getting a lot of shit. Hope this gives him some confidence and he can keep this up!
Jesus Christ
Nobody above silver takes headshot percentage (especially in a single map lmao) as a valuable metric to assess someone's skill.
My consistent goat
Getting worked up over a casual off season pug with not even established teams, but mixed rosters who probably never practiced together is crazy ngl.
Bro's gonna die of a heart attack before he's 30
So once again different rules between the regions? In EMEA there was no such rule concerning the ascension teams. Weird.
Agent black my goat
It really feels like that's Bonkar's impact. Bonkar used to be a Sova/Breach main when he still played for the Swedish Guild roster, he knows how to play Sova.
With how Leo and Verno are looking specifically on Bonkar's main agents, both after having worked with him for such a long time, idk. Not to take anything away from either of them, I'm sure they would both have turned out to be insane players even without Bonkar, but they have quite similar strengths and just make very few mistakes.
Victor? His senti on NRG has always been very good
"bottom 15" bro did NOT pay attention in primary school math classes
"The decision was made unanimously by our players and coaches on the team"
I get that team chemistry is important, but it's important because it helps you win, not the other way around. These are professionals who are getting paid to win games; if winning means being uncomfortable because your IGL is criticising you, maybe suck it up or find a different job.
Not a good look on the team imo. No wonder this org has never been successful if they make decisions based on players' feelings and only hire their besties.
Upsi
Much needed update to the points system. We'll see how it plays out but I think it looks much better than last year.
Tier 2 isn't really sustainable on its own, not just for orgs but for players as well. It's only worth it if you see a clear path into tier 1.
For someone like blazek1ng, he'd need to massively improve to make the jump back. Not because he's not good enough for tier 1 per se, but the skill floor is increasing every year, orgs will always prefer younger players. He'd need to massively stand out from a large crowd of insanely talented and hungry tier 2 prospects.
Realistically he's not making it back, and I honestly think retiring is the wisest career choice.
They benched him, but he was stil under contract
Leosen 78% headshot rate, my goat. We're making it to Champs with this one
It's literally just the 4 non-damaging assists. He actually had so little impact you can compute the ACS in your head (non-damaging assist gives 25 CS, so 100 total, divided by 14 is roughly 7). Zero bullets hit.
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