this year, we’ve seen the same fall off that happened to the top teams in masters 1 as we have every year, if not at an even faster pace than previously
We though that this was because masters 1 was 8 teams, yet this year it was 12, yet nothing changed
I think we need to shift this narrative about 8 team masters to kickoff masters, the first masters of a year with a quick event qualifying to it
and honestly, it makes more sense for kickoff masters to be a fluke than an 8 team masters. the real top teams of the year aren’t fully warmed up yet, and it’s harder to anti strat. not to mention if there’s a brand new meta that hasn’t been fully figured out yet. these factors would have much more of an effect than just “less teams = easier to win”
i think it’s about time this negativity around 8 team masters needs to lighten up a bit. they’re probably still a bit less entertaining, but not at all less competitive

in order to qualify to playoffs, AG have to win at least 9 rounds on map 3. Otherwise, FPX will overtake them in round differential. BLG on the other hand are already guaranteed playoffs

or even just the core of reduxx, verno, skuba, throw in any decent smokes and another duelist and they would genuinely compete for trophies

yea but how many are horrific singe vehicular accidents?

idk maybe he was doing a quick visit. theres a really good korean bbq place nearby

DH was injured recently in a single vehicle accident
This morning, the main road to my school was blocked off because of a single vehicle accident.
Is DH in my town rn?

yea exactly, they made it a part of a different subregion, where even if you qualified to it, you would have to travel to SEA to actually play with bearable ping.

have a masters melbourne yet not even giving oceania its own subregion would be devious

g2 vs mibr match:

Everyone in the team is celebrating.
But aspas has other plans.
He leans towards tex and whispers come with me.
Tex flustered.
Asks "w-why?"
Aspas "u were a good boy today, i got gift for you."
Tex blushing.
Follows him.

They go in the backroom.

Tex "so? where's my gift?"
Aspas says nonchalantly "what rhymes with tex?"
Tex "m-m-mex?"
And they have a lovely dinner at mexican restaurant
Bajajajajajajaja

HOW WERE TEX AND BABYBAY THE BEST PLAYERS??

just wait til you hear about s0m

if riot revokes a teams partnership they don’t have to disband now, the open qualification means that GE and their roster could still compete in whatever region they declared themselves and still qualify to internationals

those top performing non partner teams still have to make rosters under subregions import rules, and it would create issues to have some teams follow one import rule and others follow a different one.

no offense but i think buffing china is the least of our worries, they might win two matches per international instead of one.

but yea it does mean that strong subregions will have a decent advantage going forward, but at the same time, it would probably be healthier with sub regions because those weaker subregions will still see a roster represent them no matter what (unlike now, where latam fans best hope is a latam player on a brazilian org with mostly na players)

genuinely i had no clue lakia had a hand injury for 2025, i just genuinely thought through the whole year that he was dropped and never re signed cause of his performance

they had to do sub regions because an online, open qualifier is just not feasible for a full region.

well now that riot will reassess contracts every 2 years instead of 4, they could easily just drop an org for one that is more dedicated to their region.

it’s necessary for a sub region circuit though, you don’t want a team with just 2 mena players playing in mena with 3 top players from eu/turkey
the only teams i think are forced to change their roster atm would be kc and navi (maybe ge, cause idk if australia counts as sea or not), so it’s not like strong teams aren’t possible. honestly might even be more possible, cause you have infinite flexibility over 3 players, not just 2 (ie you could sign aspas, alfa, and forsaken, then choose one of their regions to find two more players)

mibr and furia will be fine, just because the org is brazillian doesn’t mean their roster is forced to be.
otherwise teams like varrel and g2 would be fucked

they can still declare themselves an NA team and keep their roster tho, they said that any time can declare themselves as any subregion as long as they have 3 players from that region

with next years import rules, won’t navi and kc have to drop a player?
if im correct:
ExiT - MENA
Chloric - NA
Ruxic - Türkiye
Hiro - Türkiye
Filu - EU

and KC is:
N4RRATE - NA
Suygetsu - EU
dos9 - MENA
Avez - MENA
LewN - Türkiye

for NAVI i could see them just dropping filu for another turkish player, and they would declare themselves a turkish team, but for KC they’re easiest option is getting another MENA player, but idk who they would replace. I could see them just fully rebuilding after this season anyway

if your region always has the “best team” then why no trophy?

ngl it’s not a terrible idea like everyone else is saying, in fact this might make groups a bit more fair too, since everyone will play the same amount of maps
however for casual entertainment, most fans like to see an actual winner, so i doubt this would ever happen just cause it would risk viewership

yea i thought there was a post already but i wanted to give my appreciation

btw i just found a bug that it hides the xlg v te and rrq v zeta matches too

for that new VCT button on the match list
thank you devs

StynX

yea i really like how he.. um
his gameplay is really.. uh…
nvm i take it back, i got nothing

give me one, i’m the most positive guy ever.

yea ik, im questioning neilzinhoe here

yea

6, Why? ^^^

in immune

hate to break it to you, it’s not a sub

usually the top teams at least don’t fall off for the first week, ig AG are just that bad

shut up BorINg lozer

nah phoenix will be the new meta

all the top teams from 2024 haven’t won more than 3 matches internationally since then

shudup man :(

yes, my only one for emea
my other two were ag v fpx and blg v tyloo

anyone else?

TF YOU MEAN "We need time" THIS ROSTER HAD A TOTAL OF ONE CHANGE IN 3 YEARS AND HAVEN'T WON SHIT BESIDES A VAULT OF BLOOD MONEY

it’s a 2 hour flight if that’s what you’re asking

can i be diet coke

orange is more popular but apple is better
it’s like how tenz might be the most popular val pro in na, but there’s clearly better

get cockia out of ere asap

yesterdays match? the one against wolves? alr bud

yea cause god forbid anyone make it to their match on time

he won a skirmish

i could already tell that just cause delb could never have this many kills