verno made an international after leaving, nrg did not. When nrg make champs and win 1 game I will agree.

didnt zellsis state he would keep playing for as long as possible.

narrate just needs to get comfy and he is a monster.

this is a good test to see if sen is actually in form or if they are a product of the easy matches so far.

i could see reduxx replacing zellsis as reduxx does do some mid rounding and is vocal. Also if you are gonna have johnqt perma the senti role then you should have a VERY Good played on that flex role. zellsis is good but reduxx is better long term imo.

another org could hypothetically try to buy that entire roster from sen. The only issue is that reduxx is signed to sen officially so he would not join that team. Also nights is still to young think. So you are dropping 2/3 of your best players. But if it gets you a spot in t1 it could be worth it.

so if the lev academy is insane, do you just drop sato cause this man is the goat.

its like the cavs without lebron.

i think teams such as lev should just pick up young talent from t2 instead of recycling the same pros. Drop everyone besides sato and oke and build around them.

how did lev land sato. he deserves better than this bum team.

plant the bomb and miss shock darts, after that he flanks.

i just put on tarik and rob, and them talking about their pickleball racket is more entertaining tbh.

tbh they should have lost 2-0

i meant in their next matchup lol. Next game should be a lot better than the first.

ill change it when you become fertile lil bro

PRX or FNATIC

interested to see how NRG vs 100T goes.

zekken is currently playing better. The only duelist aspas is better on than zekken is jett.

yeh these games so far have been pretty bad. Idk what is happening but its pretty disappointing.

zellsis is more likely to be subbed than retired. I think boaster is more likely to retire than be kicked. Hard to find good igls and boasters tracks record is too good. Zellsis is more replaceable than boaster.

i think verno is too inexperienced to igl for mibr. Also, his performance seems to have taken a hit due to the role.

id perma johnqt at sent and just pickup an aim god on flex. assuming bang and narrate stay:

Johnqt: sent
zekken: duelist
narrate: intia
bang: smokes
probs reduxx at flex though.

if furia win a series everyone in this thread gets feet pics?????

no.

G2 looked fine, they dont have leaf which is arguably their best player. Sen was def less impressive but the comeback was good regardless.

it was trent.

no one is asking you to watch?

lol "might go down as the worst roster move of all time". Id say this post may go down as one of the worst of all time.

i will be honest. I think loud was better than their record in split 1 but this team seems to have a higher ceiling imo. Love when Brazil does well

probs Gen.g, texture is worth 2-3 people.

tbh fnatic has gotten A LOT of lucky rounds. They should not be up this much with how badly they have played in a lot of these rounds.

i find it funny when he says something sen should do and they do it and he gets all excited and shit

At his peak, this guy is world-class. sensational

I think 1 of those matchups is an upset.

the momentum was ruined. if Gen.g lose I will feel sad for APAC fans.

I agree with what you are saying overall. I just dont like when people (not you specifically) are now saying that its a disadvantage being 1st seed and are using that as an excuse for the loss. It's an overall advantage with its Cons but so many people online act like the cons outweigh the positives.

I hope XLG play more random cause G2 does great against standard play. Just disrepect their setups and play more aggro like PRX and you got a chance.

i hope the chinese teams beat G2 or any other EMEA/Pacific team cause the irony in this easy route would be hilarious. Do i think they lucked out sure but which teams in the swiss do we think would have most def beat sen? Only 1 team I could see us being under dogs and thats against Gen.G. Against PRX its 50-50. Think we would be favoured against TL, TH and MIBR.

i dont understand this. They would arguably get more time to adjust to the meta cause 1. they skip the world cup qualifers and 2. get more time to prepare while teams have to qualifiy to playoffs. Also the meta pretty much went back a meta which is more similar to what was happening before tejo. Using it as an exuse for a loss its pathetic imo.

Is getting warm a benefit sure, but do you think TL would have chosen 1st seed or playing through groups. I think a majority of teams would have prefered going directly into the playoffs.

I think riot should have everyone enter group stages, but give the first seed a 1-0 advantage, so that they can still warm up during the groups while having to win fewer games to qualify.

Link to FNS talking about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzHUFMOeM78

So, would you remove splits and just have qualification-style playoffs? Assuming we get 5 events, with eithe 3 weeks per event, and 3 weeks to qualify for each event. You’d have to remove splits to still get about 1.5 months off after the year ends for teams to reset.

My issue is, logistically, how would this even work? Riot in League uses splits, so with splits we probably can’t have many events unless it’s instant playoffs, double elimination qualifications straight to the tournament.

What does everyone else think?

Here is what a general timeline would look like. I sorta used a rough ball park, :
-Qualification: 3 weeks
-Setup & arrival before event: 1.5 weeks
-Event duration: 3 weeks
-Break after event: 1.5 weeks

-Number of events: 5

Calculate total weeks per event cycle
Total per event cycle:
3 + 1.5 + 3 + 1.5 = 9 weeks

For 5 events
5 × 9 weeks = 45 weeks total

Weeks in a year
52 weeks

Remaining weeks after events
52 - 45 = 7 weeks off after the last event

Do you think the advantage teams gain by winning master qualifications is balanced? They get put into the playoffs which seems like a crazy advantage at an international comp? Isnt that too OP? They also get to pick their opponents, yes even if Sen won I would think the same thing. EU teams who went to the world cup + late qualifications basically get screwed unless they insta qual for playoffs like FNATIC.

I feel that the teams that qualify first should start 1-0 and need to win one game to enter the playoffs, because not playing any games until the playoffs seems like a crazy advantage.

i have been a fan since the start of val. I got an account from 2020. Been a fan through that sacy and tenz season where they shit the bed too, when they had deph, when they had kanpeki. Been here through the best and worst times.

is he an import, and does that mean sen cant have anymore imports in the future? Sorta just asking cause I am not sure how it works.

yeh i think they need to start playing more aggressive on defence some rounds. They legit only make risky plays on Eco but that's easy to read.

I obvs dont know as much as pro's but dont you guys feel that Sen tend to paly realy passive when they are up a lot. To me it seems like they play not to lose instead of playing to win (yes there is a difference and if you play sports you know what I mean). They play sorta scared instead of taking risks which essentially lets them walk onto site most rounds and play post plant.

I think they give too much respect when they are up a lot.

"most overrated" btw. kekw

i think most people thought he was good but a downgrade from tenz which at the time was a fair comment. He is playing out of his mind though.

trent ong just doesnt lose clutches. I assume he is going to win whenever he is in the clutch

nice bait

w jinx thank you sir