theyre doing anything they can to secure a franchising spot next year

just because they’re “celebrities” doesn’t mean they have to be perfect all the time

idk i dont think they would keep tex if less joined, so just one goat

then who tf is stopping you from just walking around

ngl i think aspas still has the aura to pummel anyone's ass

ngl gotta go starxo for this year

if you hit a headshot with an op, the opponent you hit is put at an extreme disadvantage for the rest of the round

yea hear me out, what if you have someone who's goated on jett attack side, but another player who's goated on jett defense side

this tournament is gonna be good for them cause theyll likely do well against the teams with less experience, however idk if they can handle prx, t1, or g2

yea theyre fine, but i think theyll get diffed by g2, especially with jonahp's util

416
randomly picked marteen as a cheap buy, little did i know he would be my highest point earner

we get the marteen vs kang kang battle
international bo5 kill record vs overall bo5 kill record

nrg is too complacent now and will choke against the good teams
trust me mibr would have a higher ceiling

It says it ends on February 15, 2025

same with bbl
and furia
and mibr
and prx
and like any of the teams pretty much

definitely surpassed th, but now th cant even make those finals

you have five teams that have never been to an international before, and usually they'd be ranked lower cause of inexperience, but they all look like the top of their region
on top of that china teams are hard to rank cause who knows if theyve improved since champs
mibr/nrg and prx are crazy rosters but theyve also looked so shaky
and then theres team liquid
it feels like its so easy to say g2 and t1 have a clear path to winning, but then again furia, ns, m8, or bbl could pull off something crazy

g2 and m8

oh hes still on tl contract?

i have genuinely heard nothing about this guy since he left liquid, and im honestly surprised not even a tier 2 team picked him up
call him trash all you want but he has never failed to qualify for an international

ngl i would separate envy/optic and nrg
its not like g2 absorobing tgrd, all of fpx eu moving to navi, or giants to gx rebrand, nrg just happened to pick up 3 of optic's players since optic was denied from franchising

oh yea, ig first event since 2021

well they havent faced either of those teams yet, so we dont truly know
thats why i said theoretically they could be

i think g2 fans and t1 fans alike want this finals to happen, just with opposite outcomes

bros still living in 2023

it would be so fun to watch

where not a single player whose ever been on fnc has qualified

they beat every team they lost to in rematch
theoretically they could be the best team in emea now

idk if it’s fully true but i’ve heard more thought and preparation goes into val esports than cs cause val is more ability focused and cs is gun focused

highest kpr is a completely different record imo
getting a crazy amount of kills in a single bo5 is impressive just because of how consistent you have to be to get 25 kills every map in a usually high stakes match

ok but imagine drg zmjjkk

yea i wanna see marteen repeat what he just did in a grand final

if he keeps shooting like he did today, they've got it in the bag

bbl is a good pick
imagine a team fighting from premier, and immediately winning an international

ooo yea, the whole team, especially koala, deserves it for the work theyve put in

and to make it interesting, dont just say you're flair
who do you feel would be the most interesting to see win
personally for me its g2, i've been a fan since 2024, and seeing them finally win a trophy, especially making up for the choke in bangkok, would be magical

they were cooking sirloins before but now theyve changed to a elegant indonesian dish

wasn't mibr literally built around aspas's "passion and chemistry?"
i would definitely say mibr isn't a real "superteam" but i dont think thats a reason to hate on them, cause in actuality they werent built to be a superteam
vitality on the other hand, i completely agree

that chronicle has never qualified to the first international of the year?
if fnc win tmrw and make it to santiago, then i think we can all agree chronicle was the one holding them back from madrid and bangkok

santiago finals will be a g2 vs t1 rematch, and it will be even more of a banger than part 1 was

they decided to stop being lame and just ran it down everyone round (and they CAN call for shit)

the bo5 kill record is different id say because staying that consistent over the course of 5 maps is insanely impressive. also the fact that bo5's usually have higher stakes, so the pressure is also a factor

id at least say vit and mibr are the closest thing to a super team this year though
and even still they will both do better this year than the previous "super teams"

a superteam requires a top igl as well to be considered a superteam imo
and at the time ethan was NOT that

wouldn't mind fnc at santiago but TL going on a second crazy kickoff lower bracket run in a row would be so funny

HELL YEAH LETS GO TEAM!!!

my goat

he was also on KC when they won 2024 kickoff

very true
marteen is moving like prime tenz and aspas combined

marteen currently has a higher kpr of 1.141, while kk's was 1.067 in that final
kk's record was in an international gf, which is very impressive, but this is too insane