Am I the only one that wouldn't mind single elimination BO5's for a change?
So playoffs is just quarters semis and finals but all series are best of 5.

Should be tried out for one of the masters tournament imo

No Chronicle?

Pressure is on EDG so that might be a difference maker

Source: just trust me bro

That's my dream broski

Paper Rex
Loud
Fnatic

I've accepted it

Fnatic are not expected to win this event

Teams have figured them out so unless they outduel every team coming their way hard they ain't winning

Bro all I want is more pace
I see them winning most of the rounds they play fast but then they pivot back to slowing it down and lose

I WISH MAN I WISH

They need to play the maps they haven't been playing over and over again like Split and Bind and they could be gucci but their Haven and Lotus are getting exposed.
They've got a 'new' fracture with the Sova but that's the map their opponents are banning since that is their best map now

They've been playing the same comps, the same strats all year long and teams are starting to read them like a book

Fuck

He only goes nuclear when needed the most
Example: Loud 11-3 Fnatic

Fpx won Copenhagen tho
Let's see if Paper Rex can win Champions

Won too much I guess

Man I desperately want this to happen and for the Grand Finals just give me a 3-2 either way
Nah give me Fnatic W obviously but a banger nevertheless

If they had lost they would have had to face BLG in an elimination game
Pressure all time high

We can't play Breeze either

Our best Breeze teams were Gambit and Guild and they ain't around anymore

Well Team Liquid used to be insane on it as well but that was Sceam's TL

They will lose in either the grand or the lower finals

Just need to bring Icebox back instead of Lotus and Furia will be a legit contender

Completely right but I would rate their Fracture even higher (top 2 in the world behind EG)

Icebox being removed after Lock/in was a very targetted nerf

Imo they haven't played a top 4 team yet and their match against Drx basically decides who is the 4th team in top 4 (my guess EG wins comfortably)
The other top 4 teams are Paper Rex, Loud and Fnatic so very unlucky they ended up on the same side of the bracket

Bro Ascent and Haven are 50/50 between Loud and Fnatic same for Ascent and Fracture against EG (Fnatic copied their sova on Fracture and last time they played it COM stopped Fnatic's comeback by smartly hiding and using sova ult to stop the defuse)
Pearl is unknown territory

Navi v Loud for sure
First Giants v Edg series was a banger as well

I have this strange feeling that Loud has Fnatic's number just like Drx had Fpx's number last year.

Drx beat Fpx twice in playoffs when I had the feeling that Fpx would beat anyone in that playoffs bracket except for Drx. (Drx beat Fpx, lost to Loud went to lower bracket to knock out Fpx and lost to Optic in lower finals)
I have a feeling Fnatic would beat anyone in this playoffs bracket except for Loud and might end up with the same faith as Fpx in 2022. (Loud beat Fnatic loses to Paper Rex beats winner of Edg/Blg, knocks Fnatic out of the tournament and then goes home in lower finals against EG)

Shower thought I felt like sharing.

Will it be enough this time around?

Gambit beating Envy on their permaban
Good old days

I think Fnatic might use the strat 'Alfa go kill' to good effect on Pearl

They will win and eventually face Fnatic in grand finals
3-2 either way to end a year with another banger for the ages

Doesn't matter anyways winner loses v Loser of Prx/Loud.
EDG is a huge favorite but I see BLG pulling another upset

Fnatic W (v FUT)
BLG W (v EDG)

Loud W (v PRX)
EG W (v DRX)

Fnatic W (v DRX)
Paper Rex W (v BLG)

Fnatic W (v PRX)
Loud W (v EG)

Fnatic W (v EG)

GRAND FINALS LOUD V FNATIC INJECT THAT INTO MY VEINS

Really got Drx beating EG and EG beating Fnatic? Fair
Honestly I can't see Drx beating EG and I can't see EG beating Fnatic.
I can see Drx beating Fnatic tho so I would much rather see Drx win v EG

Fnatic W
BLG W
Loud W
EG W
Fnatic W
Paper Rex W

Upper finals Loud v EG
Lower semis Fnatic v Paper Rex

Rest of the tournament:
Lower finals Fnatic v EG
Grand Finals Loud v Fnatic

I know g
I even said Loud was the only 2nd placed team that could beat Fnatic

Fnatic had 85-15 chances against Loud according to bookmakers so that shit got me paranoid

Hopefully Fnatic beat Fut so we get a banger game

Are actually really likeable guys I guess Jawgemo as well

Group D and even A were insanely stacked

fuck up by going defense on their opponents map pick after their opponent picked attack on their map pick?

Letting Loud and EDG set the tempo seems to be a dumb idea

call EDG the KANG KANG TEAM

It's disrespectful to all these young cracked players on EDG

Sure losing 5v2's and 4v2's ain't chokes

Loud is just better than all the other teams that placed 2nd

(I might have cursed it for EG tho lol)

draw the only team that knows how to close a game?

Fut 9-3 choke
BLG 10-2 choke
EDG 8-1 choke

This is worse than BLG 4v2 pistol loss

It's not but okay especially not with the comp EG is playing

Not saying EG can't pull this back but it's definitely not attack sided

Split was a really good map for them no shame in losing 11-13 to Fnatic twice on it

They overcooked

4v2 in the pistol round with the spike already planted

They didn't recover from that shit

BLG WHAT DOING

I have them going out in 7th-8th

They're as cracked as Edg but have better strats and don't have to mostly rely on winning aim duels

For Asia to lift it's first trophy

4 teams in the running let's do it for Asia
(I'm Asian btw don't come for me but born and raised in Europe)

Yeah my bad immediately realized that
Canada would have a banger roster as well

Russia
Shao on smokes
Chronicle flex
Something duelist
Suygetsu/nAts sentinel
Cloud initiator
(Trexx/Sheydos)

USA

Demon1/Yay duelist/Chamber
Crashies initiator
Ethan initiator
Boostio sentinel/IGL
Victor/Zekken flex

Brazil
Loud - Saadhak and Tuyz + Sacy/Mwzera and Pancada on smokes
Saadhak ain't Brazilian btw

Korea
Drx

Turkey
Fut + Alfajer and cNed