Pearl is one of the best maps for EG?
I agree with Fracture.

Huge respect for EG 🧡

2 Masters > 1 Champions
It's called Champions, but we all know that the teams and stuff are pretty much the same.
Also, Lock//In was an international LAN.

I can see this happening.

Loud can make the finals too, if they sort out whatever issues they had.

Not always.

Also, if you go by tournament finishes, you would have to say the same for all regions.

Yeah, I think the loyal 100T fans are actually good. It's the ones that randomly pop up that make weird posts.

We have to accept that NA was more competitive than EMEA. EMEA teams do have potential to make it though.

W team. PRX ♥

Don't fight hate with hate. Let them tire themselves out.

Japan W, but the timezone sucks

Agreed.

I don't have insider info on teams, so I can't say anything more.

It's not a fluke.

I don't care if they flop in Champions. I will support them as long as they keep this roster.

True, they are not Astralis level yet, but everything else you said is just cope and you know it.

NAVI?

s0m rn, but Marved plays were great.

Nah man, this is one of the best tournaments.

You say EG gave up after map 2, but Fnatic comeback from something like 4-10.

Yes he should be MVP

lol, Cypher has a low pick rate.

lol

I mean EG is expected to win this tournament

The issue is that Neon, Reyna, Phoenix, and Yoru don't have much going for them.
Neon's speed has a fuel bar. Jett glide does not. Neon ult doesn't last the full round, but Jett ult does. And Jett's E is better than Neon's by a lot. It's clear that there is a problem with the other duelists not being as good as Jett and Raze.

Reyna and Phoenix don't have a dive ability to enter sites like Raze, or Jett.
Neon and Yoru have movement/dive-type abilities, but not as good as Raze and Jett.
It's clear that pros prefer duelists that can jump into the site and break crosshair placements.

Jett is probably not that busted. The issue is that Neon, Reyna, Phoenix, and Yoru don't have much going for them.
Neon's speed has a fuel bar. Jett glide does not. Neon ult doesn't last the full round, but Jett ult does. And Jett's E is better than Neon's by a lot. It's clear that there is a problem with the other duelists not being as good as Jett and Raze.

Reyna and Phoenix don't have a dive ability to enter sites like Raze, or Jett.
Neon and Yoru have movement/dive-type abilities, but not as good as Raze and Jett.
It's clear that pros prefer duelists that can jump into the site and break crosshair placements.

Did you watch Fnatic vs EG? Last 2 maps were pretty close.

Okay. He might be cringe sometimes, but he's a nice guy, a good IGl, and a decent aimer.

You used to watch Guild play?

o7

Leo struggled a lot on a losing team like Guild. Let the man have some happiness.

Yes. they did lose many rounds in stupid ways.
They live by the sword and die by the sword. Maybe something will help them live more.

I don't think you are. I think it means more like what's mentioned in #3.

you mean from Fnatic or across all teams?

KDA includes assists, so I guess you meant KD.
Yeah, it's crazy, but it shows that winning series is not just kills and deaths.

PRX benched Benkai to have something on the team. Forsaken said in a video that they picked something to increase firepower. I don't think Benkai was benched because of synergy issues. There could be other reasons for why he didn't play instead of CGRS.

5 maps. Yes, his util has been insane this year.

Chronicle is already the GOAT regardless of tomorrow.

nah man, they did really well with a sub for their best player.

a little late ... around 3 years

I am not sure if they will pick nitr0 before he proves that he can catch up to other top IGLs.

-Derrek, +Trent seems likely
IMO, Bang can stay as controller or sentinel (he anchors well anyway). IGL can play sentinel too.

Derrek is a good player though. I am sure he will find success. It's just sad that it's not working out on this iteration of 100T.

genuinely curious, why is boaster fraudulent?

Agreed. EG could have won yesterday.

They were considered good, but not the best. Optic, Loud cores were considered better.

As an objective observer with no skin in the game,
EU and NA are equally toxic

yeah they used to win EMEA and choke in internationals before this iteration of the team.

I think Sentinels can beat Fnatic if they put in the effort. They just need a solid IGL, or Marved should evolve into a god IGL soon.
They have the firepower (Sacy, Pancada, Marved are all international winners, Zekken is a top flex and TenZ has great aim). It's weird when TenZ looks like the weakest link in a team.

People would call Sentinels a superteam if they win dominantly in a row, but it's harder in NA (the gap between teams is smaller in NA).

Yes you are right. Fnatic, TL and Navi are above other EMEA teams in firepower.

But I think if EG can do this well, other teams can also do it if they put in the right effort.

I am trying to say that there are good underrated players still available. What matters is recognizing them and forming a good team, and we will start calling them a superteam too if they win consistently.

Yes, they left in groups and didn't make to Tokyo, just like Leo and Sayf when Guild was not making LANs.

Who stopped TL from making a superteam?

Navi is still a superteam, they just don't seem to work.

Consider it from Navi's pov. They have insane players and they were considered better than Leo last year because Navi was winning, while Leo was stuck carrying a losing team with Sayf. So they won't drop anyone for Leo. They got cNed instead of ardiis, which seems fair enough.

TL is the team that messed up. They could have gotten Leo, Sheydos or Trexx instead of Soulcas and they would have had a superteam.

Even now, there are players like Leo stuck carrying average teams. We don't rate them higher than the players from top teams, just like everyone rated Navi, Optic, Loud players above Leo last year.

fnc was already insane before franchise and they just dropped their 2 worst players and picked up arguably their current 2 best players

Yes, that's what I would do if I owned a team lol

I am just happy that people are realizing how good Leo and Sayf are.

Trexx is also good. He is just on a team that isn't working.

Sheydos is in the same situation as Trexx.

At least now, we should realize that there are really good players on teams that are losing, but we don't pay attention to them because their teams are bad and they don't have results.