This is the situation rn
https://www.vlr.gg/399819/koi-update

I suppose you’re right it’s already not very common although I think a big part of that is either management incompetence or nepotism because a lot more coaches deserve to get fired every year, but that’s another topic. Overall yeah Ig you’re right it’s not very very common

Yes but that is because Zeta can take all the time they want to start tryouts because no one really is gonna steal their players. In the other regions where you have to share you can’t let everyone have 2/3 weeks advantage on tryouts or you’ll end up with the leftovers. And doing those tryouts with no coach is weird af and risky

Bonkar switched teams I suppose

Thinking about it they’re kinda fucked. A team might wait to sign a player until after ascension but not a coach, tryouts have already started and doing it without a coach makes very little sense (although some teams are)

Maybe assistant coach spots but that might be it

I’d be more than happy with that off season xD

I want Sheydos back on flex tho a sentinel IGL missing there. But very much yes

At they very minimum what he speaks on steam is terrible and it might be a bit better than that but he always does the interviews with a translator so it’s def not fully fluent

To kick people? why?

I'm genuinely curious on how do they communicate

Valorant call outs is the only reasonable explanation

exactly

Tf you mean he literally gets all the big leaks. George hasn’t leaked anything in a long time and Flynn is not a reporter, he had an excel that was a good summary but most of the info wasn’t his

Not only even Valorant he’s also the goat in LOL

Fair, yup, only one there is

Anonimotum is and always will be the only goat of the leaks

Not necessarily no. Alfajer duelist hiro sentinel is a real possibility imo

Traitor xD

I would sign being top 4 Americas every single year even if I get grouped

That make no sense for multiple reason, but mainly, they already have a coach Gorilla

Lmaooooo you fucking wish he replaced hiro in FNC, you wouldn’t it be ironic

I think NAVI is looking to spend a lot of money Izzy might fit that description, Ruxic not so much. I think they need the coach first tbh, fighting for bonkar

Oh yeah it is fine to question them, you know why? Because we do not get to see what happens, just like with coaches. We simply don’t know

Yup, the management also sees that and they still made that decision

yeah but bonkar isn't xD
C9 ain't matching whatever VIT and NAVI offer

No, I think they bench the coach because things were already not working which is very different. Or you think everything was going great and just woke up and decided to kick a random person

No it's not safe to assume that, team was just broken. And not wanting him to leave could mean many things, we simply don't know

I can totally believe it, about time, needed a change. And we can't really know how good doombros was, we're not inside the team, maybe he did everything, or maybe nothing at all. Rating coaches like this is impossible

c9 is broke af

or navi

where do you want izzy to go

Yes that is also the rumor, but no, no full Russian but NAVi is looking to spend a lot of money

Other than FNC and TH he would be an upgrade for any team

ah yes a Turkish tier 2 superteam we've never seen that before I'm sure it's gonna work

RFA
https://x.com/Zyppaan/status/1829520566493090283

And make koi Demon1 play in tier 2? Why?

No actually, Derke has a very good relationship with KOI, specially with one of their main guys SergioFerra, they've done watch parties together, sent him a signed FNC shirt, is on his chat decently often etc. Doesn't mean he's gonna sign but he plays along a lot

They are all tweaking for Derke not just the CEO it's the only way to get a 1% of him signing
But signing another duelist and keeping kamo are independent things. Kamo has been playing a lot of sentinel lately

Also Gorilla has full power to build the roster so it's not like it really matters

No no, it's the info is publicly coming from KOI, it's not insider info or anything

1 player has been told he is staying (I would assume it's either grubinho or sheydos)
At least 1 player has been told he's not staying (I would assume it's both starxo and shadow)
At least 1 player has been told to take part in the tryouts (I would assume it's Kamo and whoever is not the one 100% staying from sheydos and grubinho)

Info directly from KOI

Obvious af

Zeek’s not getting picked up, at least not by a Spanish org 100%

Also not going full polish because they already signed Gorilla

Realistically they will keep 1 or 2 of Kamo grubinho or Sheydos. I don’t know who. I just hope it’s 2 at most and that if it’s Kamo or Sheydos they reroll

Other than that they will obviously make an offer for Derke but I doubt he chooses them. From there they will build though tier 2 and they have to hit with who they sign. If for some reason Derke was to accept everything would be much easier

Well I think their specific playstyle might counter certain teams, but yes overall I don’t see them winning or going through. But I very much doubt they go 0-4

I’d argue Carpio is great actually, it’s just a ver very specific playstyle but that clearly works for them

Nope, they benched Kpzet and held tryouts. So it was more of a I want to bench this guy and then I'll see who I pick up kind of thing

I feel like it's the right move because something was clearly happening inside, but it's def not a good thing, no. Level wise it's pretty much a 1 for 1 individually tho

Alright, we'll see ig, interesting thanks

How trustable is that

Is it possible that's what it says because xeus has a contract so he doesn't really get to choose but if someone pays they might let him go?

Yup, big decision to make, staff needs to make the right choices

Yes, from next year on, if the ascended team makes playoffs they get to go to Ascension, if they make champs they get to directly stay as long as the other ascended team hasn't placed higher than you. The only thing I'm yet to figure out is if they both make playoffs but not champs if they both get to go to ascension or if one is directly relegated, but yeah.

Overall now ascended teams can't afford to play around and we're gonna see a lot of them make changes right after winning ascension, because now the "he has earned 1 year" excuse doesn't work anymore, everything's on the line from the beginning

Well not necessarily, if they manage to make champs they get to stay. That's why I think they've decided to not go full French, no time to play around anymore

I would expect them to keep natank and that might be it tbh and maybe one or 2 more. The rest could very much be anything from tier 2, I’m very interested on the project, have potential to be great