Vania is fine because she's mechanically the best EMEA GC player, she could roleswap to anything and still be able to shoot equally

G2G has the money to buy good players, they should peep mimier and berryx, they're young and easily teachable, put Vania back on smokes and then go from there, this is the mildest iteration of G2G I've seen, 2025 should have been the year they get into VCL yet here we are

I still think the role changes they made are awful, G2 will cap out at 4th this year in GCC if they keep on playing like this

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/75616800

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/00d84a3e have not watched a single VCL game this year, went off of vibes

The vibes guessed wrong on Joblife unfortunately

yeah, still feel the same - I get that Nelo is experienced but when you have that much experience you're nowhere near as moldable as newer GC players (rezq, mimier, berryx to name a few)

For what was supposed to be a superteam last year, they look rather mediocre, can only hope this is due to the fact that they're sorting out their new roles, Bind is looking good though

Because they still meet all the requirements for eligibility. By winning GC NA Series 3 they will qualify.

I have been incredibly sceptic of the -rezq +nelo line, like +smurfette makes so much more sense for what roles they play, and Nelo is just mediocre, in my eyes G2G lost the superteam status for this year

Stats =/= shotcalling

lowkey embarrassing how often GC teams (not only SRG) get FK advantage and still lose round somehow

Sick

yk what game is game

BB over BO? How come?

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/5ba21455 I get one wrong every week, surely 3rd time is the charm

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/5ba21455

Unironically I think it is just this. These series were absolutely a team effort more than ever before and they looked fairly connected as a team and playing off of each other rather than just playing for 1 person at all times.

Well they are part of tier 2 now so progress is being made

I think "owns" is the wrong word here, especially when Funhavers lost a map to FLY.R.
FLY.R took off 7 rounds from SR in a BO3.

They're trying to make it into tier 2 (VCL NA) so yeah, they indeed are. Why not use the invite you got

Definitely not Mimi, she hates playing duelist and didn't play it during Instalock Redbull

Just ignore the guy its just another boblow alt account or something

have fun

But both Falcons AND G2 have the strongest budgets in all of GC, so makes me wonder how are they not the strongest 2 teams in their own circuit by default and not making it to T2.

Am I wrong to have low hopes for EMEA GC? Especially with VCL changes to regions I think now is the least likely they make it in. I'm guessing G2G added Nelo but with the budget G2 has surely there's a way to dig out an even better GC player?

counter-proposition: how about neither of them get to have a career

Yeah, they did, something put on a masterclass in the GF and enerii was just out of it entirely

Think you should be fine as long as you don't repeat the toxicity. I suggest you wait like 2-3 weeks before spending money on it though just to check the waters.

Code 61is related to a ban through multiple offenses, in your case behavioral offenses. This does not mean you are HWID banned. IIRC though, you can get hardware banned if you continue bad behavior.

I am always willing to discuss things, so of course I read your reply!

To go one by one;

It's a personal pet peeve when someone goes "I think this is bad" without going into ANY amount of detail as to why is something bad. In case of GC rarely do I ever see people pointing out their actual mistakes (which in comparision to the highest level of play - are noticable and can be pointed out just fine without mockery). I just know people like him go on vlr.gg, look at the stats and brush everything off outside of stats.

I am also aware he doesn't exclusively talk about GC (as I do not either), as I tend to check out people who I am replying to, but the level of comments doesn't seem to be any more articulate when talking about T1.

You can be constructive regardless of the level of play when talking about them, there's a reason coaches exist and that is their primary job within a team to point out these things so they can work on it more. That's atleast what I think should be a role of the coach. You do realize that being constructive has nothing to do with if they're good or bad? You can give thought-out feedback to any level of play.

The Spotlight tournament DID show something, albeit not a lot. Some players can hang around in these lobbies, while others got heavily bodied. Not all players are good, and also as you said, it's an off-season tournament that doesn't always show much (Pacific tournament was singlehandedly something diff). I also question it just like you do, I watched as many games as I could :)

I see who he replied to, but then again, doesn't change much. Fighting fire with fire does not achieve anything. He did not use any sort of argumentative logic to dismantle it, just went "lol they get beaten by T3". Saying that without anything else holds no value in my eyes, as I can do the same thing and say "lol Dodonut T4 GC player beat T1 players they should be kicked off of the roster".

Regardless, I am not here to change your mind and I respect the fact that even if we disagree or differently see GC and its players, you are willing to discuss it into more detail than most sceptics of the league :)

If you read all of this, thanks for considering.

fun fact the formula for that is just 1/dioptry, applicable to both nearsight and farsight math

If they can play in VCT = T1, they won EMEA Ascension, flor is not the reason they are here, that is thanks to the previous iteration of Apeks roster.

Someone tried arguing with me that he only does it to people that are delusional/glazing yet here he is under every single thread possible, regardless if it's positive or not and not a single constructive thing was said ever, just laughable

Because some people would rather start shit rather than doing nothing when bored

I wonder who do they put in her place. I am also wondering have they entertained the idea of removing petra + mimi off of the roster. For something that should've been a superteam on paper, a top 3 at GCC does not hit the mark.

The difference is just the manufacturer and how they handle temperature regulation for the most part. The performance should not vary.

LOOOOOOL wait is he actually not being picked up by any team? what teams have slots open even?

No point in going back to GC after you leave it tbh, especially in flor's case

2-0 GE, I think Alexy and enerii are just a step above the other GC players in this tournament regadless if they carry or not, helps a lot when you can shoot back

thank you!

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melya or sarah only viable choices if youre gonna be taking people from GC tbh

You do forget that 2nd and 3rd highest rank peak GC players are Sarah and Noia right?

Going "lol GC bad" every thread that GC is involved with does absolutely nothing besides antagonizing yourself for no reason.

If you want to a have realistic GC take(s) without talking poorly about the players and the league:

• GC teams will eventually make it into tier 2, but not with their current form.
• Staying in GC is a lot more favorable than going for VCL and is why most GC players that could do well in it won't leave it to try their hand in mixed teams despite having potential.
• GC is and will always be the most volatile league in terms of skill because of the fact it's a small league.

His replies are just opposite of glazing but they do the same effect of polarizing people further because being moderate when talking about GC seems to be a struggle.

This guy hasn't said a singular positive GC-related thing since I am on this site, you should probably ignore his takes, he gets off on the attention I am guessing

Did not know that, I guess it would make sense. But now this makes me curious as to who they trialed alongside her because I am a little skeptical flor was truly the best player they could get, especially after watching the entire EMEA Ascenscion tournament and GCC, but there 100% has to be a reason she was picked over others so I don't mind the decision.

I wonder how did she have time to trial and also prac for GCC albeit I see her entering GCC with no proper prep and still winning on raw aim

It just an incredibly bold prediction with little to no ground behind it besides some intuition, don't take it too seriously

If you want an explanation behind my thought process, they mentioned potential roleswaps in SR (I could very well be misremembering or outright wrong) and the roleswaps I see is sarah to duelist or Noia to duelist, Alexis is absolutely not roleswapping (she can't frag to save a life but is amazing with utility and setup), meL is gonna stay 100% IGLing. They could cop a good sentinel player, but I am not sure which duelist would ever take flor's spot. I'm thinking about it really hard but NA GC scene suffers from not having a flashy strong duelist (now that flor's gone)

hot take: Noia gets moved to Duelist

incredible post