I want to hate them in cs but I fucking love flamez, ropz and apex, just can't force myself to hate them

-By far the most dominant nationality in the game closest to valorant (CS)
-Has a lot of young guys who have nothing better to do due to poor infrastructure
-esports are actually seen as an actual profession and not some sort of dream (Spirit were honoured by fucking Putin after their win at TI 2021)
-Mentality and subcultures are close for egoistical and hard working beasts to appear (e.g. monesy, donk, sh1ro, kyousuke, jame, fl1t, fame, fl4mus)

wait so these 5 actually kinda make sense role wise??? y'all are so cooked when they get together

I am sure that getting all 5 of them will cost less than what they paid just for sh1ro (rumour has it was 1.5 million). Val buyouts are way smaller than those in CS, and spirit know when to splash their cash. Oh, and Spirit are literally the biggest org in CIS who have won the biggest prize pool in esports history

likely won't happen immediately, but all it takes for CIS is just 1 dynasty team and then the game is crowded.
CS boom in CIS teams started after navi 2020-2021, after that VP/Outsiders, SPirit, Betboom, Aurora, Nemiga, Passion UA, monte all became tier 1/2 teams
Dota boom happened after Vp 2017-2019, after that their 2nd younger roster came up, Spirit, Aurora, BetBoom, 1win, C9 are all tier1/2 teams
Spirit domination in Val, BOOM

chronicle flex
trexx flex
SUYGETSU - Controller
SHAO - Initiator
nats - IGL/Senti
I am shit at building val rosters, but I do not care, these 5 will shit on any team in EMEA after Team Spirit signs them in 2026 after navi forfeit their slot in VCT after buying monesy
#SPIRITED

best run org in EMEA across all games I think

their decisions wasted them. They knew that device had an illness which gets progressively worse with intense travel, and they forced them to endure stints like New York - Malmo - Copenhagen - Beijing - London - Copenhagen - bahrain

astralis takes the cake easily
have the most dominant team ever -> dismantle it cuz you hate the players -> make them shorten their pay check due to covid -> sign like 4 substitutes -> waste all careers at the same time -> device gets mad and leaves -> team goes to shit -> dupreeh and magisk and zonic leave for pennies (become major winners btw) -> sign baitF and k0nfig (ufc fighter) and mid awpers -> fail RMRS

south east asian popular team which specializes on mobile games (which are at ewc) who have a huge social media gather around them in their home region, obvious candidate

I am not a g2 fan at all but some of their one-off jerseys are fucking fire, like their shanghai 2024 jersey or the worlds jersey they had in baseball style

sen is just way bigger on their socials than nrg, so that's the main reason

it's just 500k, wonder how much demon1 cost

no one denies how stacked the EWC is, some people just don't like their politics

lol, lmao even. It's just for the EWC, a.k.a Saudi hosted ESports festival

has nothing to do with riot, saudis just realized how washed PNS (Penissed) is 😭😭😭

https://imgur.com/a/ZolTM3y NRG were at the 2024 partner system
https://imgur.com/a/FRC80QC not anymore :D
yes I know that it doesn't mean that sen literally took their spot, but one is out, one is in soooooo

nrg was actually ousted from the list to make room for new teams :D We live in a world where you can say that sen have taken nrg's spot

they don't choose orgs purely based on their region, they choose them based on their popularity, fanbase, game performance, number of disciplines, etc. Example given, an org like sentinels doesn't have many games, but they are massive in terms of online viewership, an org like twisted minds, while not being the best in any games has a lot of these squads, so it kinda balances out

the value is also in the fact that these points will go towards the overall club standings. If someone like team liquid was in a close standings fight with falcons (who are the favourites), having such a massive game which hands out a lot of points would be key to win 7 million

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)#War_crimes_by_the_Saudi_Arabian%E2%80%93led_intervention

point still stands, they operate on the same basis of improving their image thru sporting events. qatar hosted world cup 2022, saudi will host 2030, qatar hosts an f1 grand prix, so does saudi

yeah but then everybody talked about messi's historic win, ronaldo's biggest loss, marocco in top 4, japan shocking germany, no one bats an eye on those who died

so that when you google saudi arabia you get : Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Sauri Arabian football league, Saudi Arabia Esports world cup pop up and not ''saudi arabia violation''

I hope cs runs a swiss system cuz last year's system was ass cheeks
nvm they gave cs a shit format again

all S-tier games featured under 1 common name - ewc. Teams compete in different disciplines and their overall rank is based on how they perform across the games they are in. So for example liquid can get top 4 at cs, top 8 at val, top 4 at lol and like top 3 in siege. And they will surpass teams like navi, who might only get a top 2 in cs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQNdAe22PTE&ab_channel=PHYCS2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8DXmkaTcOQ&ab_channel=PHYCS2
enjoy the reason why sentinels is way better than astralis

sentinels in cs2, I will fucking be there

both sponsor sporting events while being not so sqeaky clean

bud I had a saudi + navi flair cuz of s1mple, now i have chinese and tyloo cuz I like their cs team :D I answered cuz I was one of the people ''judging'' orgs, as I made fun of orgs like sen, liquid, heroic and navi, who are all poltically active, take that bag

I would rather not put flor into such a risky and vile situation where her life or her well being can be endangered

who is my alt then?

nrg is that friend who founded the group but got exiled cuz he is cringe (cuz they were in the partnership at 2024 :D)

the only free cheese is in the mousepad

it is an example, the loan is figurative, obviosuly you don't pay it back to ewc, but you still have to pay more than what you are given

well their lol event was invite based, so who knows

yeah but I mean all sponsors are immoral, alcohol brands promote stuff which if taken overkill will cause havoc to your life, f1 promotes brands like petronas or shell which are the reason wildlife is fucked, unlucky

being a transgender in saudi is a big no no
''Sex-change surgery is illegal in Saudi Arabia except to intersex people, and it's against the law for men to wear women's clothing or to act feminine, and vice versa. Transgenderism and cross- dressing are associated with homosexuality and are penalized the same as homosexuality.''
that said penalty: ''Same-sex sexual activity is prohibited under Sharia law, under which all sex outside of marriage, include same-sex sexual activity, is criminalised. The maximum penalty under the law is the death penalty. Both men and women are criminalised under this law. In addition to potentially being captured by laws that criminalise same-sex activity, trans people may also face prosecution for failing to adhere to strict dress codes imposed by Sharia law.''

I mean we talk about Saudis killing lgbt, but I am pretty sure there have been far more drunk drivings or destroyed marriages via heineken

well cuz cs ran thru the esl ranking, now it's VRS ranking, val is invite based

likely 4 out of every region

I wonder when will we attack Champions League for having heineken as a 27 year long partner 🤔

they were ousted from the list. They were in at 2024, they were eliminated at 2025 :D

Cuz being a ewc partner obliges you to advertize this event as much as you can? want to see if it's real? See how many esports world cup tweets pop up during the ewc season beginning, talking about how great riyadh is :)

I would rather suggest the we have enough funds to buy 16 super teams we love all games equally! approach

It's probably
8 opener bo3s and 4 winner bo3s on day 1
4 loser bo3s on day 2
4 decider bo3s on day 3

true, but it's like 8 out of 40

finished 50% off of falcons last year, not looking too good buddy

I mean you might win some back, navi won like 600k back

https://escharts.com/news/esports-world-cup-club-program how the fuck are you supposed to win the overall standings when falcons has almost 2x the number of games any other team has :DDDDDD