Aren't they all playing to qualify for CN ascension

So if he's just signed with a Chinese org along side an American player and a British player/coach. Is it most likely to be fpx given fpx, bbl and edg are the only ones auto qualified to the event meaning only these 3 would be able to change their roster from the ones listed on Weibo. So probably fpx of the 3 right

The NA bag really does hit different most of the time.

Granted so does the Chinese bag so it's slightly less likely

Technically yes but also no since since sonder didn't play within the Chinese scene before playing in NA

Probably just speaks decent english. Granted lots of games have shown mixing Chinese and Korean talent is very manageable.

Man's pulling a career move no one expected. Signing an exclusive deal with only fans

Damn, bye the looks of the Weibo bracket Eileen and Xtain are the only 2 that caried over. Must have done a full rebuild

Didn't they just qual to the round of 16 for CN evolution with him on the roster?

Edit: just checked the roster on the bracket your right, it's wrong on the vlr and liquipedia pages

Anyone know how old this roster is/how long ago Diya and Eileen transitioned from Overwatch to Val?

Also I remember someone saying it was the edg academy, anyone know more about Chinese teams to confirm or not?

Billi Billi gaming
Because that way I'm 1st to post it

Child labour laws exist aswell as laws to do with legal contacts and minors. An age cap of 18 makes perfect sense from a logistical standpoint aswell in terms of getting visas and stuff from what I know it's a fair bit more work (just paperwork wise) than an adult

I also couldn't see a tier 1 team in a scenario where they're designed reserve is their assistant coach. But also effectively prevents players other than GC being signed post roster lock and as the emergency substitution rules state all options have to be attempted before applying for an exemption to sign a player outside the transfer window, which would include signing a GC alumni. So you won't see things like harmii because they would have to attempt to sign a GC replacement 1st before they can get an exemption

Idk if your at point where your options are play your assistant coach or take a punt on a GC player might as well take a punt on a GC player

Being signed out of the transfer window is kind of huge tbh

Imo c9 being a budget org is kind of their standard right now

Well that fucking sucks, couldn't imagine the pain of his family and friends to have him gone from the country for so long this year only to have this happen such a short time after he's returned. Gut wrenching
Rip, hope the family's supported in this time

To be fair, makes sense in if translate from "mid" to not a clout hoodie org who will drop giga bag for players

I think version1 would probably take the opportunity and have plenty of cash behind them

Honestly kinda out there that NIP have had 3 rosters across 3 separate regions in a game that's only had 3 full seasons of play

Deffo difs jemkin for this roster tbh

Yeah forgot about that, Xset's off the table but version1 is a no brainer, they would probably still have a GC team since it's pretty damn marketable to have to have the top NA GC team

Surely riot could let 1 of these orgs buyout the guard roaster and take the VCT spot right.

Especially version 1, a big money org that's heavily invested in the scene who have experience within franchise systems (the operate and own a CDL team).

No brainer right

Bro imagine the memes, 2024 ascension champions being announced in a video,
NA the Union, highlights music slowly ramping up
EMEA Apex, highlights, music starting to build
And form APAC,
Basedrop*
The Singapore Armed Forces

And next year's ascension winner is the Singapore armed forces 🗿

They the real MVP for the EG run

I mean here's one you could realistically build without any of the current VCT players

• Braveaf, will continue his legacy as Russia's best sova 1 trick
• Deffo, continues the fleta deadlift hard carries he did while getting the bag in China
• Jenkin one of him or deffo ends up getting forced to flex and I think deffo probably holds out
• kr1stal, continues igling but moves to smokes so he can tp into the backline like ANGE1 and redgar, because traditions
• vo0kashu, best I could get with out going off the goop on India T2 games

I can't see it. The roles don't really work for it. I'd say he goes to Navi to fill take over for cNed who's rumoured to be leaving

Jenkins would exceed the import limit

Ngl it's kind cursed that demon1 and jawgemo rotate who plays smokes based whether they need a Jett or a Raze on that map. Yet both look rock solid on controller, kind of impressive.

ANGE1 ain't Russian mate

No, overwatch died for reasons mainly related to content. Goats was peak overwatch esports in terms of story lines, hype and significance. The games were also bangers.

Overwatch died because it wasn't profitable to put money into the game, it was unfortunately right before the games as a service battle pass model that keeps money coming into big free to play games right now and the parent company has been later outed as an absolute shit show that stunted development

I think she needs the help. Not 100% pick rate yet smh, d tier agent

Buffing everything would be more fun to play

Raze stonks gone to the moon after this one

High key, name a map you don't pick raze 100% on now. Breeze and ice box. But with a re-design to breeze and raze chamber being a solid comp on both maps I honestly think raze become a must pick

Me when Jett is hard diffed by raze on most maps but the nerf her into the ground and remove the fun stuff. Like why the need to take away an updraft

I'll just be sad about it tbh, legit only care that the took away an up draft. The fun mobility is gone, why directly hinder the interesting part of Jetts kit

Yeah they made the game less fun

Bro it's 3am already, bed time for me I reckon
I can wake up to one of NA or SEA coping

Damn that's pretty early. From what I remember Australians don't get their atars back until like mid December

The import limit is one player from outside the region for VCT, in tier 2 however it expands to 2 outside of the VCL (very important in somewhere like EU or APAC where the region is split into many VCLs). So a franchise team can only have 1 import player, e.g. something, ardiis, ayrin and ban whereas a VCL team can have 2 e.g. scars.

Though interestingly China seems to allow 2 import player e.g. gank, Weibo, rng and 4am

1 map advantages are anti climatic and less intuitive for new viewers. One less map played in your grand final also isn't great for sponsors. The map veto, prep time advantage and lower amount of vods for the other team are enough especially given how huge of an advantage the upper bracket team has in the veto

Bracket resets don't really work well for games where things take so long. Instead the team with the higher seed is given a huge map veto advantage over the lower seed. It's not quite a second series but it is still a huge advantage for the lower seeded team have to overcome.

Idk the new Maryville roster looks kind of stacked for collegiate.

Each country runs a qualifier between all the collegiate teams (university teams) and that one goes to the finals

That would probably make a difference in the choice, I know nothing about American colleges other than that shits expensive and a scholarship for clicking on heads seems like a good deal.

Honestly reckon a good career path for him would be to get onto an NA collegiate team (which are starting to come into Val), he would be an easy pick up for someone like Redbirds or Northwood if they enter Val. Full ride scholarship ez peak career move

Tldr, c9 left because na cs is a money pit. Then when Russia did Russia things and gambit had to release there rosters cloud 9 acquired the gambit roster and has built from there

Sounds like cope tbh
You can't really say winning an international lan event where the top 4 teams were Navi, drx, loud and Fnatic doesn't hold up to a regular. There was like no big upsets that heavily changed the results single Elim had basically no effect

Imagine a soccer team being top 4 at a football would cup