EMEA is 2-3 I thought

TR chanted for DRX against FPX

Aren’t those the same general rules they had for Istanbul and Copenhagen though?

TH 2-1
MIBR 2-0
LOUD 2-0

TH 2-0 EG
MIBR 2-1 TLN
LOUD 2-0 GENG

*Predicts from someone who had KOI beating NRG

1. NRG vs KOI - fun match to watch with a comeback, cool rivalry of Ex-Guild/Gambit players vs Ex-OpTic players
2. DRX vs BBL - 1st and 3rd maps were DRX domination but the 2nd one was really entertaining
3. KC vs FPX - both teams didn't play very well but at least it went to three maps
4. PRX vs C9 - hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby
5. DFM vs GIA - hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby pt.2

they were just playing for fun

C9 look scary, hopefully DRX can avenge PRX

DRX are Pacific chief

man i was expecting this game to be a banger, please pull it together PRX

dude choked on kbbq

LMFAO

GGs BBL

and I see that DRX just dropped a map, can someone give me a summary of what happened? are BBL just insane or are DRX bad?

Zeta

Mixwell, DubsteP, Patiphan (only if he ends up washed like Seoldam), Secret

if Kiles and ShahZaM can win a tournament in 2021 you know those stats don't mean shit now

The main issue for DFM is that the players on CR will never willingly leave since the org is so popular - it's like choosing to leave KOI/KC - so that removes half the players you listed.
Now that Meiy is off the table, the team still needs a duelist player, but who would they even pick up? JP has a shortage of duelist players which is why even teams in the VCL choose to import KR/RU players, messing up the comms.

Dropping Seoldam, Suggest, and Anthem and picking up SyouTa is a good start but I genuinely don't know where they would go from there. Maybe test CLZ as the primary duelist?

You can say this all you want now but TS are going to look just as bad DFM

KOI weren’t amazing but showed promise…DFM needs to drop their whole roster

😞

I fell for the “OpTic always have slow starts” bullshit

FUCK MAN WHY DID I LET THE EU FROGS CONVINCE ME

bro if Gen.G somehow end up beating Loud i'll go Indian

Alpha: DRX, GENG, NRG
Omega: GE, T1, LEV

it's very wrong to do that still

Wait so if one of these LR1 teams ends up making GF they will have played a total of 4 bo5's?
WHO THOUGHT THIS FORMAT WAS A GOOD IDEA?

ye my guess is that it'll be BLD/Mith at the top with KR+JP teams next and then the rest of the SEA teams

honestly surprising to hear since I thought most of the ascension favorites are going to come from SEA, since most of the KR talent franchised already

bro's in his own timeline

why are people downvoting you when you're right? these lists always just ended up as popularity contests
it's just like when that one company did the "Top 20 Pacific Players of 2022" with like 85% of the judges from SEA and then acted surprised when f0rsakeN and Jinggg placed #1 and #2

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/f303660d

#SDCWIN

best phantom clip will always be b0i's ace for me

Loud 2-0 - if they underestimate Meteor though, things could get a bit dicey

bro really had double the kills of his next best teammate and still couldn't win 😭

if we're being real though, this team still 100% gets bodied in the Pacific ascension league

not gonna lie, I've enjoyed watching the Japanese VCL more than the KR one so far and I think it's more entertaining cause everyone is so competitive aside from Reject, but the level of gameplay is still pretty low. Something and Vici are solid players, don't get me wrong, but you know something is wrong when someone is farming the entire region minus NTH (TenTen diff) on Reyna

everything is fine except Boaster, he’s definitely not a top 3 IGL imo

i think tex may end up fitting the team better cause he's flexible like u said but it's too early to tell. destroying OR and DSG is much less impressive then beating prime OpTic, so we'll have to wait and see how well TGrd do the remainder of this year before deciding imo

oh shit i completely forgot boom has Famouz, they're roster is lowkey stacked

So Bleed win ascension?

How would you rank the regions right now?

I haven't been keeping up with them aside from a few KR/JP matches, so it'd be cool if someone could catch me up

In my mind, the two things they had over other teams was that:
1) They have a focus on "developing new talent", which makes me assume that their 10-man roster plan was part of the deal and why they got chosen
2) The org's values align heavily with what Riot is currently aiming for, with them being a lot more progressive then some other orgs - originally signing the team as a mixed M/F roster and being a lot more supportive LGBTQIA community then other teams

I would have rather seen TGrd, OpTic, or one of the controversial orgs like TSM/G2/FaZe make it over them too, cause I don't care much for the CEO drama, but it is what it is

TGrd are definitely the best ascension team out of any region in my opinion, no matter how many EMEA fans try to say Parla is better

bruh all that hype around it being "a player in champions" and "it could be Marved" for them to pick up two players who haven't been T1 level for years. not saying they're necessarily bad pickups but its kind of lame how VLT and GE always try to farm the hype

FL SyouTa!

just finished watching the FL vs NTH vod and DFM gotta start trialing this guy as soon as they get back from Sao Paulo so they don't have keep poor xnfri on smokes duty

zeldris is fun to watch

Reddit is bad because 95% of the users are from NA and most of their knowledge about other regions is just rephrasing Platchat's takes. Also if the match or news isn't from NA it gets no interaction at all lol

me

stax

no respect gang o7