letsgooo
outside of bcj that’s like 4 superstars lmao
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letsgooo
outside of bcj that’s like 4 superstars lmao
im probably biased so ill concede that he could be more iconic
thanks! Raze I thought for sure but Deadlock is interesting, any particular reason?
wo0t iso would be so fun to watch
Astra: happywei (1.36)
Breach: Francis (1.10)
Brimstone: slowly (1.36)
Chamber: Jemkin (1.23)
Clove: No one
Cypher: vo0kashu (1.21)
Deadlock: Kr1stal (0.82)
Fade: PatMen (1.16)
Gekko: No one
Harbor: valyn (1.11)
Iso: No one
Jett: something (1.26)
KAY/O: Veqaj (1.18)
Killjoy: AAAAY (1.29)
Miks: No one
Neon: whzy (1.15)
Omen: Neon (1.24)
Phoenix: jawgemo (1.32)
Raze: Zmjjkk (1.22)
Reyna: No one
Sage: xavi8k (0.95)
Skye: invy (1.22)
Sova; trent (1.32)
Tejo: hiro (1.34)
Veto: Cryo (1.10)
Viper: v1c (1.28)
Vyse: Alfajer (1.25)
Waylay: primmie (1.27)
Yoru: dgzin (1.38)
What is an agent that's not picked a lot rn that you think could make an appearance at London?
Hyunmin is in the convo but mada was one of the first to adopt Waylay, in their Corrode comp, and won Champs with it. Plus he is one of the most proficient Waylays at Kickoff and Santiago, before the nerf.
mada in 2026: 514 rounds on Waylay, 1.03 rating
HYUNMIN in 2026: 224 rounds, 1.11 rating.
HYUNMIN in 2025: 473 rounds, 1.03
mada in 2025: 175 rounds, 1.09
total: mada 689 rounds, HYUNMIN 697 rounds. but mada has the added Champs buff in terms of iconic.
Brimstone: Demon1/MaKo
Omen: MaKo
Sova: Leo
Phoenix: SicK/Victor
Fade: Shao
Deadlock: probably johnqt lmao
Vyse: d4v41 or leaf
Waylay: honestly could be mada
Clove: Smoggy
I swear Shao is getting underrated now.
From 2022 to early 2023 he was legit the best initiator in the world. He was rivalling Leo at Lock//in. All time he's easily a top 5 initiator.
nah don't asc players play in open quals all the time? Or is that not how it works idk
I heard someone say that this patch was probably heavily vibecoded
shoutout to Leo's 1v5 sheriff ace on GUILD (against navi?) in like 2022.
i'm g3 but have played dia/asc players in community tournaments and held my own
think i deserve plat at least
CHAROD and k0rupt have some tier 2 experience, same with Bob. Aria has been around in GC for a while I think. IDK about glowstick though.
I don't know a lot abt him but is really so hyped up that one bad map necessitates these kinda comments? He was very good the first two matches.
he def wasn't on initiator when in t2, he has 8 sova games and 1 fade game all time compared to like 150+ omen games.
ah, you're right. I was thinking it would've been brawk Fade, Ethan Omen, keiko Vyse, skuba Viper for some reason, but obviously not.
thanks for the feedback! I think EDG have insanely talented players but just talent alone doesnt necessarily make them favorites if you know what i mean. I haven't watched too much of EMEA so I perhaps am underrating them, wo0t especially, I had him at around the 20 place but thought that players like Sato and happywei were deserving. He's def an HM though.
He just isn't really comfy on Fade I don't think. Otherwise we would've had him on Fade on Lotus and Split instead of Vyse. The couple maps of Bind last year he played Fade on we lost by a lot and his stats weren't good.
And yeah I trust in Ethan's flexibility. (pause)
their form hasn't been standout since jingg and something have been playing so nice
i have more faith in valyn and derke to show out at London
XLG ban Fracture, NRG ban Split
XLG pick Lotus, NRG pick Breeze
XLG ban Ascent, NRG ban Haven
Pearl remains
HM: PatMen, f0rsaken, d4v41, Sato, happywei
He has played Astra earlier this year, on Breeze, averaging 0.87. We lost to MIBR and won against C9 those times.
If NRG leans into more double duelist, eventually Ethan is going to have to learn some more smokes because brawk can't play vyse on every map for Ethan to play initiator on, and furthermore Ethan can't play Sova.
Like let's say we swapped to double duelist on Breeze:
mada Jett, keiko Phoenix, brawk Sova, skuba Viper. Then Ethan has to play Harbor/Omen/Astra.
or on split:
mada Waylay, keiko Raze, brawk Skye, skuba Viper. then Ethan should play smokes; he can't play Skye since brawk doesn't really play any controllers.
So fundamentally there are some small kinks in agent flexibility NRG need to work out, and it's either Ethan learning more smokes or brawk leaning into sentinel/viper as his secondary role (or just learning Fade).
That would work but I feel like the roles are better with yetu. Also I'm a fan of him, and I think he's in better form than xeus rn
I suppose so. I rated mada highly so him and kk are similar but chichoo over skuba has got to be an insane upgrade, considering skuba's form.
I guess I'm high on G2 and that getting an upgrade over jawg like s0pp would be even better for them. but the nrg/edg team is def a contender for #1
XLG x FS: Crws, happywei, primmie, NoMan, killua
VIT x LEV: kiNgg, Neon, Derke, Sato, Sayonara
PRX x DRG: f0rsaken, vo0kashu, something, Jinggg, Nicc
G2 x FUT: valyn, yetujey, s0pp, leaf, trent
EDG x NRG: keiko, CHICHOO, Zmjjkk, Ethan, brawk
TH x GE: xavi8k, benjyfishy, Wo0t, PatMen, RieNs
(note: each team has to have 2 of each component team at least)
My rankings:
done a lot of data posts and community ranking polls, generally try to be positive in a forum where everyone hates on everything
Here's hoping
Maybe we pull out the 2024 (?) PRX comp
keiko Jett, mada Raze, Ethan Yoru, brawk Viper, skuba Omen
split isnt that unknown, we're dogshit at it
i think our pearl is gonna be good, overall on this year its still one of our best maps
As an NRG fan:
Great maps: Fracture, Haven
Good maps: Lotus, Breeze
Bad maps: Pearl, Ascent
Horrible maps: Split
hope we get put on the same team this szn :pray:
I think I have heard of u actually, mb
bump
its a super supportive community, youll have lots of time to shine, there been many cases where a silver/gold has outperformed a diamond
slowly flex/igl
Smoggy controller/duelist
Neon Sentinel/Controller/Duelist
mada Duelist
crashies recon
not good but have the potential to put together a really good game. they lost to 100t in part cause lukxo had a horrendous game, usually he plays infinitely better.
rather that than another 4th place international finish
why nrg will win london
odin. literally who in the event matches them in odin? glazers will say trent but we all know in our hearts he has legit 0 odin. haters will say nrg have no odin then go glaze "Gold 2" lmao.
why is chubizin on smokes and melser on recon, seems like their natural roles are the other way around
but yeah thats insane, i think david is one of the better latam tier2 players as well, think ive seen him for a while now
So this is a season format:
Points are awarded for each map win. No matter if it's at internationals, domestic playoffs, group stages, whatever. Each map is worth one point. In tier 2, each map win is worth exactly 0.28 points.
Phase one is a international group stage with 8 groups of 6, completely randomly assigned, to play in a round robin. Top 4 of each advance to playoffs.
This is a single elim 32-team format, until you get to the top 8, where it transitions into double elim. All matches in final 4 are Bo5, and grand final is a bo7, with the winner picking the first 3 maps.
Phase 2 is domestics: a 2023-style huge ass round robin. Top 8 goes into a swiss, where top 6 goes to playoffs (i think there needs a tiebreaker for 6th). same format as before.
Phase 3 is another international with 4 teams from each region. Just for fun it's the same format as champions.
Phase 4 is a final international involving all 48 teams. This time it's 6 groups of 8, with the top 2 selected from each group to advance, making 12. The last 4 are selected from a playing from all the 3 seeds. The playoff is the same as phase 1, with round 1 the only round being single elim.
Finally, the world champion is whoever accumulated the most points.
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