not only that, TE also were very clearly under pressure and lost all their usual confidence

everyone is buddy, everyone is

Catch up? not a chance, EDG are world beaters rn, but chinese teams can catch up internationally for sure

My point is when EDG doesn't care

they almost to XLG in an elimination match, im pretty sure they took it seriously

TE looked promising in kickoff and a better team than EDG. here what happened in bangkok.

Trace never played their best map, bind. Trace didnt innovate a single new comp except haven (which is the standard haven comp anyways), Trace individuals werent even online, Trace played super messy and clearly lost the confidence they had in chinese kickoff, Trace didnt improve a single map further in fact they look worse, from their already bad map pool

meanwhile

EDG dont troll their map vetos, EDG changed nearly every comp, EDG individuals are online and are clean asf, EDG have a ton of confidence and dont fall under pressure, EDG improved every map from their already good map pool.

TE look like they are going through the EDG shanghai/madrid arc where they crumble under the pressure, individuals arent performing like they do regionally, they play nothing like they do in china, they dont adapt to these international teams at all, and just mellow in dispair.

I have hopes for TE but this is not a good showing, hopefully they learn from these international experiences like EDG did and dont crumble like FPX

their best aimer is life and aaaay, life got replaced for a reason and aaaay rivals edg but better than no one

I agree, I got really lucky with blue otherwise I wouldve gone like 100+ tries

DW the other one it took 63 tries for me to win

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I am not good at these

if T1 and TL win all draws are fair game
if Sen win they cant face DRX (which means theres a 50/50 chance that DRX will face G2)
if TE win they cant face G2 (which means theres a 50/50 chance that G2 will face DRX)

JUST ONE MORE GAME

u mean shanghai btw

but alas that only happened because FPX already faced fut so needed a redraw. if its like shanghai TE can only face DRX or SEN/TL

there is always a chance

dont think vanguard would like that much unless u mean riot goes around buying ideas

ah, so you are just salty you lost and want some sort of superiority complex

I got it in 63 tries lol

and they legitimately look like they could win all 3 maps, and honestly deserved to win (just based on macro alone) all 3 maps if EDG didnt win so many hero rounds. like of course trace is gonna look deflated after losing abyss to a single guy dropping 30 as the igl.

other regions (excluding pacific) like liquid or sen won on the maps they prepped well to a strong degree and lost to the maps the other maps to a strong degree, not a single of those maps were actually close. There was no point in time where you could think the second seed could actually close of the gf (no I dont mean "oh liquid won 2 maps, they will win" I mean a series where liquid/sen looked good enough to win a full 3 maps if a few tiny things went their way)

TE completely macro diffed EDG on every map except fracture (again in kickoff, I think EDG look much much better macro wise)

kk is just oping less in vct, doesnt make him worse at it

yes, jett AND raze. solo jett is like a 2021 idea

yes, kk is by far the best op

t3xture, dgzin, aspas can fight it out for second best opper atm

Real take

TE looked the closest to their first seed alongside T1 in kickoff

they fucked over fpx like that last time

kk I think deserves number 1

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im so mad i fell alseep half way through watching the vitality match vmannnnnnnnnnnn

but CHICHOO wants that mvp he lost in champs, fuck he looks so good

EDG can still lose and was losing against bad teams without s1mon

yes

karon, s1mon, demon1

"s1mon isnt as impressive as the rest" well s1mon has won 3 tournaments in a row soooooo (2 china 1 champs)

2021 was the most fun but 2024 i think objectively was the best

sure buddy

you need to commit 3 players there which gives away what you wanna do pretty easily

this game just did nit happen. erase it from the timeline

idk even a fine seems like too much, the worse thing he did was be toxic

bros frying

these were two most macroly sounded teams and they played awfully in the beginning weird asf

if TE''s macro doesnt fall off too hard I fully agree GuanG is out of his mind

the two most sensible teams look horrible LMAO

this map veto is shit for TE but LFG TRACE

yepp I wanna see a banger

GambleNats here, just played some very fun ranked games and now im hoping to see a vitality and trace win :D

although TE are heavy underdogs here I think they have a decent chance

calling upon henbabyh is the first step into insanity

yeah, thats the thing I think people arent focusing on because it looks silly. its an eco round where a player needs to make some plays or take some risks to win. nats is just hoping for a hole to quickly exploit and catch an insane timing (which makes even more sense for EDG as they have the tendency to leave a ton of space open

might be time for you to logout and take a break

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because china dont use the same streaming sites such as twitch or youtube as its banned there

nope nothing you can do, the more things on your screen to tank your cpu the less fps you have. thats why graphic intense games tend to have very bad fps for bad pcs

Its mainly to op as the info from breach tejo is limited and EDG arent running a hard sentinel. For example EDG leave a completely open half the time. so they didnt pick it just for comfort. Also the rest of EDGs comp were a lot more outdated than that split, bare minimum they are running breach tejo

wake up at 4, see the condition of the game, then set an alarm and go to sleep or stay awake for the g2 game (depending how far the t1 vs vit game is going)