surely NRG and 100T can't be 1 and 2 on your list with only 1 roster move each right? NRG swapping Demon1 for someone and 100T doing more than we initially thought?

All of the 100T players from 2024 are UFAs. Their contracts all expired. It's entirely possible someone else (Sen in this case) just made a better offer?

I haven't heard this rumor yet but it would suck for 100T to lose bang (whose ceiling is astronomically high in my opinion) , but also smokes is an incredibly deep role in North America right now
you have players like bang, skuba, zander, v1c, marved, and thats not even mentioning traditional duelist players that have flexed over to smokes and still looked incredible like your demon1s and jawgs (not saying those are as realistic of options but point stands)...insane levels of depth

What we Know:

• Mikes was let go - they are actively looking for a new AC for the 2025 season
• Zikz got extended for 3 years (I think until or through 2027)
• The entire rosters contracts expired at the end of the 2024 season due to the players and org agreeing to restructure the contracts to do so - technically speaking I believe 100T doesn't have any signed players right? (p sure this was tweeted about my the 100T VP of esports)

What we Think / Rumors:

• They are mostly running it back with the same roster
• They could start trialing new players to make any possible changes in October (from one of the Chet interviews)
• narrate has been linked in different degrees to Sentinels and 100T (duoing w zekken but also n4rrate had a screenshot of a DM with 100Ts VP of esports leaked - didn't see the contents just that there was conversation) Im not here to say either is more likely Im just pointing out we know about both

I imagine we will see the same team run it back this year (Cryo, Asuna, Bang, EEIU, Boostio) but who knows

Seems to be the common belief that its going to be
Cryo
Asuna
Bang
Boostio
Eeiu / c0m…dont know which of those two Id rather have but Im happy.
I just want bang to stay 🙂

woOt is already been leaked to Heretics no?

My big brain play with cypher was a 1v1 on bind and I had to defuse and the enemy was hiding in showers. I put a cage at shower door and one on the bomb and tapped the bomb and hid in the corner of showers. He came out to stop bomb defuse and I killed him when he walked passed me. Big brain

I did mine I little differently but I like the thought exercise

Americas: kinNg (Flex; IGL), bang (Smokes), mwzera (Main Initiator), Aspas (Main Duelist), Less (Sentinel), trent (6th man)

EMEA: Derke (Main Duelist), Leo (Main Initiator), Boaster (Smokes; IGL), Suygetsu (Sentinel), Sayf (Flex), nukkye (6th man)
Sayf flex might feel weird but he used to play different roles and his form is incredible rn

APAC: Foxy9 (Main Duelist), Xeta (Main Initiator), Mako (Smokes), K1ng (Sentinel), Stax (Flex; IGL), f0rsakeN (6th man)

I would love Sliggy pick up! I wonder if 100T is the type of structure to double an AC as a 6th player or if they outright grab a 6th player

I wonder who it will be
Ive heard the rumor that Sliggy might be the AC but who knows
Hopefully they will announce sometime soon lol

really would like to see a complete clean slate, but they're supposed to be keeping dapr so :/

Cryo Zekken Bang Derrek Stellar

prepared for hate... I like Zekken

Common Ryan W, doesn't miss w the top tier posts...keep it up I love reading them!

Close Guild v Acend but from the form at the end of groups I'd take Acend.

Dude this post rocks! Great read W take! I personally have 100T in a 2-0 bc I think they seem to work best with that week of prep time and I don't think Faze is on the same level Ghost is at the moment to mitigate that week of prep. Definitely think Faze could just come out and out frag 100T and win it though. I think if either Bind or Split get through then 100T probably take a map but I hope Fracture gets through because I would LOVE to see that map matchup!

think it just want updated yet, yeah Faze get 2nd because their map diff was 6/4 and EG and LG split at 6/5 and EG has the H2H

think the VLR bracket is wrong atm (edit its fixed now)

Old LG aproto king shit man LFG

As much as I would like Liquid naTs, who do they swap for him? I think the first thing Liquid need to look to do is get a GM (if they don’t already have one idk) and some coaching structure before just making more roster moves. This being said I think it would still be a nasty good pickup obviously

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Wow 6 bad takes in a row thats gotta be a record of sometime lol