cuz navi as an org focus on their cs roster, val is just yet another discipline for them, real big orgs can afford to have a lot of games

zip up the bags when handing them over to the airport stuff lil bro

n4rrate when he sees zellshit say ''all good'' after they choke another post-plant https://youtu.be/tBituBl0gy0

humid air, very hot in Bangkok, new roster, because of sen's previous success everyone anti-stratted them

travel issue, played their first game with a team who only has a 2 hour difference to Bangkok

the fact that a player has 5 years worth of international lan appearances screams how good he is.

kinda crazy how y'all are massive in all games in terms of player count but there is not a single game apart from COD (which is just NA exclusive) where NA can call themselves top 1

they could have won that if they didn't make horrendous mistakes. He is not saying liquid got lucky, he is saying that sentinels threw the game away and gave liquid a chance. It wasn't liquid just being too strong, it was sentinels shooting themselves in the foot

the great migration of NA
CS1.6 -> CS:source -> CS:GO -> overwatch -> valorant -> marvel rivals

russia is way more countrymen loving as a region than NA.

I mean if g2 lose to liquid (or just get top 4 only) then it's logical to assume they are the worst, no?

bro threw riot contracts and obligations into the smelliest trash bin he could find, bro is finally free

I remember a story from Chengdu, when perfecto (major winner with navi) arrived to the hotel with his girlfriend, was met by 50 something fans asking for autographs, security clears them, they enter the hotel thinking no one will be there, 400+ fans standing there :D

it happens when you are afraid as well. Like ''oh shit, can't play smart, I will just simplify'' => peeks = dies = repeat for other 4 players

need someone to fucking stab me in the eyes and give me a fucking lobotomy

nah that's what happens when you lack confidence as well, you go for a desparation play

bro this is not fucking wwe, Sentinels are not John Cena who will suddenly get the WWE championship spot, Sentinels are not winning money in the bank lil bro

I have just stated the official broadcast, afaik there are a lot of smaller streams

it doesn't hard diff bro, they are equal. CS is vastly dominated by eu, but because eu gives less of a shit about valorant valorant equals out with NA + Asia

would be nice if you provided a screenshot with a marking

googled already, apparently only valve or perfectworld can give an exact number, I just wonder what VCt champs 2024 had for an index

honestly saying either game is dying is ridicously stupid, they still shit on any other game outside of LOL in terms of viewership, a league of their own

52 MILLION?????

I meant cancel each other out as if equal each other, the chinese viewership is always varying, afaik the viewership is hard to track there no?

chinese fans are absolutely obsessed with the likes of donk, monesy, niko, s1mple, kennys, they admire them as if they were chinese

yeah and CS has a stronger viewership base in EU, so assuming that they can somewhat cancel each other out, no?

I do not know how adding another hard makes your arguement better but I am now convinced, sayf is ass cheeks

sen vs liquid had 60k viewership, not sure what cs had on astralis vs faze game, I would guess around 50k

it wasn't even born in china, shanghai major is supposedly the start of something new in china

this CS event pretty much has 0 russian online, no donk, no monesy, the only russian is degster who isn't as hype as the others.

yeah that's kinda what can happen to an IGL in a close game with strong teams, a bad individual performance, how is that not crossing your mind?

it kinda is, even the teams admit it. They play it for some extra cash and some valve ranking points, it's a 3rd place decider ffs

that's kinda how it works with IGLs bud, no matter how strong individually they are.

didn't sayf IGL his team to a 2-0?

if riot ran full region round robin with 11 BO1s, Liquid would go 11-0, I am convinced

what's the point for americas to watch the playoffs without any representation?

ofc emea and americas match up again, seems like someone is scripting for views :D

they lack an X-factor. the fact that tenz would call out that he is going doesn't mean a lot, but the fact that the team knows how good he is just gives them this buff of. "we have one of the best of all time, he will create this spark and we will get this game over the line". the job of the X-factor is not to carry, it's to give the team this moment where they can change the tide of the game

basically you have situations where a player would assume the cam is on him in a 1v1, he would glide his cross hair over a position and the crowd would erupt, so he almost has a guarantee of a guy being there

I mean both are experienced af, proven players

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ez era, #SPIRITED

i am just astonished that these are supposedly top 8 teams In the world and they do shit like that. call me a cs shill, but I do not believe that a mongolz vs faze would feature so many ass moments

I just don't understand what was happening with SEN comms at the time. you have him in just one chokehold, there is tike, just have one person call out "boys, triple swing" and that's fucking it.

is there a chance vct is scripted? like a wwe match? how the fuck do you throw so many advantages? fucking 1v4 for kamyk was insane, he didn't do anything special, SEN literally gave him 4 1v1s

this entire game is just a How to Throw 101 guide

they really can. someone simulated what cs players have heard during Cologne games, if the crowd was to suddenly go AAAAAA then you definitely know that something is happening . https://youtu.be/Z5XUjYa6tNQ?si=cQ9XByrpLhZw_FCR watch here, the players can definitely hear when the crowd suddenly gets loud, and they have the gamesense, it immediately alerts them that they need to be afraid of lurks

Did they win?

I mean the sample isn't that big tbf
2021 Acend - would argue they fluked
2022 LOUD - lost two players who were essential to them
2023 EG - broke up
2024 EDG - kept all of their pieces, still have things to prove

afaik their managements can get hella stupid (e.g. how chinese dota went from 4 TI wins in 8 years to having only 1-2 tier 1 teams)

it would probably require EDG to be on their off day, like aim not going, miscommunication. Sounds like a dream fictional scenario, but you will not believe how often this scenario cucked over dominating teams in different sports