china >> all cuz they have team synergy from the get go and actual strats (olympics and any international competitions in sport are mostly about individual brilliance)
also why is derke playing for Russia and jawg for US when both have the citizenship of Finland and Cambodia respectively

4 separate divisions coming out with accusations in a week is generational fumble

tbf I feel like we will see more orgs like apeks, just focusing on one game and then slowly spreading when finances are better

wdym you don't know what a powerhouse is?

liquid are probably one of the few orgs in the world breaking even/going positive

oh yeah, that's a different grade of financial struggles, apeks is very mild in comparison. I feel like apeks could have theoratically come up with a roster to compete for Shanghai, but it would be hard (eu has 13 slots, 6 of them are almost guaranteed for tournament winners in navi, faze, mouz, g2, spirit, vitality, then you have stronger teams like ef, vp, c9, saw, up and comers like passion UA and b8 so it's just tough to compete for stickers.

so that's the year where korea and china just shit on the best of eu and na and turn valorant in asia exclusive club, yes?

and you are basing that purely off of finances, yeah? I don't know if that's still the case, but apeks had to put their cs division on hold and were actively seeking to sell their players to ''secure the future of the company'' https://www.hltv.org/news/39086/apeks-put-cs-division-on-hold

that's even worse 💀

makes him the goat tho, others can't do it, that's like changing the way you play the game completely

like switching your entire role sounds really crazy no?

if only they signed to some org like team spirit instead of gamb0t

Envy had a downgrade before that, EnvyUs

he did before late 2018-early 2019 I believe

BOOM

I would go as far out as saying that faker and s1mple are probably the closest esports players have come to actual athletes in terms of recognition and mentality

Dota 2 is healing now, can't say anything for other games but I love throwing around baseless accusations and statements

and he is owned by literally any tier 1 pro

Me when people who didn't work a single day in their lives are spoiled : :O

CS last esports hope (anything else is overrun by asia)

This is literally the most tolerant and rational an org can post, she just proves she lives in her barbie world where she has 0 logic behind her moves

I have my copium that mongolz will reach top 8 in Shanghai

FlyQuest from oceania, I liked the way Lynn Vision played, pain, imperial, 9z have been decent this year, col are good, liquid are good (without yekindar)

I hope all their cs players find great homes, they are all good (except for nexa)

Tbf asia and sa and even NA cs are starting to get better, they are capable of beating tier 1.5 eu teams, that's a positive

Understandable, thanks for explaining!

So basically from val's region equality to cs one region, sadge

EU is as ass in LOL as asia is in CS, no? Has been like this all the time or was it better before?

What has ethan done

Most of them were also t1.5 rejects, hampus from nip, cypher from tsm, faven from big, they came here with some things to prove and they actually were improving with every event, sad to know org fucked them

Bread in the bakery...

And that's why we need financial fair play and maybe even limited salaries in esports boys and girls))

Or straight up get ptsd (looking at you, Hiori, Rin, Kaiser)

The org is just dog shit, pretending to be rich but then dodging payments is wild, not even paying for the bootcamp is straight up wild

Kassad is serbian, English isn't his mother tongue. But in short bleed delayed salary payments (up to 4 months ), as well as buyouts for their players, players straight up refused to join bleed, ceo and gm straight up dipped and went AWOL

I mean I like it as well, it makes vct look like actual sports league with premier division 2nd division and relegation

I doubt he knew about it

Has to be Bleed, hands down https://x.com/kassad/status/1844668835120427089

That's a sign from the higher beings that it's enough internet for today, bye guys, throwing my router away

Because it also matters what type of person you are. If you are a talented guy who is the master of your role, absolutely goated yet you behave like a piece of human garbage, there will be very few people willing to gamble on you. Stakes are higher at tier 1, pressure of not being in your own room, being away from home.

Ranked god =/ game god

Crazy how people who would spend a majority of "roster building in cs" by just inviting their buddies pulled the same shit in vct, wowzers

Welcome to dysfunctional superteam 101

Cuz the management found out about that whole fuckery in the last possible moment

well, yeah? Most of the time people glaze each other in interviews and when their project fails they just go ''yeah I can't stand that dipshit''

I feel like openly calling out the players during a tough period where the team plays like ass is just setting off a nuke

sources on where he ends up in 2025?

but now he fell off a cliff performance wise

oh, thanks for explaining

why is he called the ice cream man? I need to know the lore