We win one trophy and start saying shit like this brah

I'm not a big PRX fan either but I don't go around syaing shit like this L fan

It would be. God this sport is so fun to follow especially now that my team has gone all the way

I think it might have

Fair, I agree that it would be PRX unless LEV at least makes finals (or even if NS resurge back like crazy) but it's still up in the air. What we can say for now is that PRX have probably been the best team of 2026 so far even though they've never been the best team of any event they attended

Theorizing about Champions Shanghai and what different results could occur

Lets say that both LEV and NS make Champs and do decently well, placing like 5th/6th and 4th or something like that, while PRX goes on to make another final but lose to another team who hadn't even made an international this year (someone like FNC or MIBR maybe)

Who takes the title of "Best team of 2026" then? Is it this hypothetical Champs winner? Is it PRX for making all three finals even though they never won one of them? Is it LEV or NS for having a trophy and a good placement at the biggest event of the year? And also how depressed does FNS get

noticed this a while ago, ever since 2022 when they started doing double elim brackets one of the masters winners has gotten fourth and the other one had done some random bullshit every time
2022: OpTic 2nd, FPX 4th
2023: FNC 4th
2024: SEN 4th, GENG 9th-12th
2025: PRX 4th, T1 9th-12th
2026: NS ???, LEV ???

he is genuinely a good coach with some issues that are way overblown by this ocmmunity

however, even if EDG had won London I still think he would need more to be up there with Alecks and Mini (of course no coach could ever clear Termi's genius -flashback -foxy9 +flashback +foxy9 ideas)

I think once they get Neon in they could really do some damage, I think he's a Masters MVP caliber player and will genuinely fix so many of their issues

you are right that was the central idea but with more time i doubt they settle on that being their anti chamber comp

its more likely they just had the idea of "reyna eye counters scope weapons" and put some bullshit together from there, something I could maybe see LEV doing tomorrow if Onur doesn't decide to try and play it traditionally

theyre either gonna try to play what they were doing in stage 1 (and probably lose)

OR

do some bullshit like T1 did on Abyss in Bangkok and just lock the dumbest ranked comp imaginable and try to just bully PRX with dumb fast plays

this whole post is invalidated if LEV wins btw

if PRX wins should we start considering kiNgg as one of the "best to never do it" type of players?

currently that list is populated by names like MaKo, RieNs, valyn, leaf, etc., and kiNgg has been the backbone of so many talented LEV rosters that have all made some international runs under him. win or lose he's probably one of the best LATAM VCT players ever and even if PRX winds up lifting the trophy tomorrow I think he's earned the right to be put up there with those other big names

bro threw in a fun fact

REVENGE TASTES SO FUCKING GOOD

AND WITH AN 11-8 OF OUR OWN

WHAT A FUCKING RUN

VAMOS LEV SHOCK THE WORLD TOMORROW

Wolves were the 3rd seed from China and widely considered the worst team at the event, EDG were actually somewhat hyped up going into London so I really don't think they're comparable

are we watching the same edg right now? the only time they win rounds is when lev starts hard throwing they are worse than vit

fairs if we close this out i hope we can have a good game tomorrow

i just want to shit on EDG to get our get back from Seoul lol

see how I didn't talk about PRX anywhere in this post? god you people can't help but make it about your team every time

onur, kiNgg.

ONE MAP AWAY

VENGENCE WILL BE OURS

FUCK YOU EDG

vs LEV they banned Pearl and Haven
vs EDG they banned Pearl and Lotus

im assuming they'll just repeat their bans against whoever makes it

dude I fucking love sato but he's been slightly below these 5, I would put him like 6th or 7th (unintentional 67)

truth nuke I do think Derke has an argument for best player at this event and I am gonna stand about that but you're right about d4v41

unordered

Derke
primmie (FARMING STATS WITHOUT PLAYING TO WIN DOESNT COUNT)
Neon
invy
Jinggg
d4v41

LOWER FINAL

• EDG bans Ascent
• LEV bans Breeze
• Remaining maps are Pearl, Haven, Lotus, Fracture, Split
• EDG should win Pearl, Lotus I would give a 50/50 to, and LEV should win Haven Fracture and Split

LEV wins the LBF

GRAND FINALS

• PRX bans Pearl
• PRX bans Haven
• Remaining maps are Breeze, Ascent, Lotus, Fracture, Split
• PRX should win Breeze, every other map is a tossup leaning PRX on all maps

PRX wins the GF and are Masters London champions

There is a world where LEV manages to pull through on 3 of the 4 other maps but it is pretty unlikely TBH

where sato

Obviously today was a very very poor look for the bees and I'm not doubting that

But from where they were a month and a half ago? Holy shit it might as well not even be the same team and we can still commend them for that. This team had a pretty good run and looked promising throughout most of their time in London IMO and while it's not the result they hoped for, it's a massive improvement and something for VIT to be proud of going forward.

Tomorrow is vengence for Champs Seoul

KINGG WILL AVENGE 11-8 AND GET TO THE FINALS HE WAS MEANT TO BE IN 2 YEARS AGO

VAMOS LEV

TOP 3 BABY

KUDOS TO VIT

VAMOS LEV!!

ok but also I have eyes and in their games VIT looked way ahead of G2 and NRG in terms of gameplan and individual form

11 round win streak to close Lotus into a 8 round win streak on Split

jesus

nobody gaf about Hypoc's bars :(

dw baldie you're still my goat

"Two goats made to look sheepish" HOLY BARS

the LEV kids are just little monsters, also VIT have some pretty bad plans when it comes to setting up their sentinel and often times hang him out to dry and hope he gets 2

madrid
shanghai
bangkok
toronto
santiago
london

however the last and only time a pacific team made a champs finals was LA 2023

If they do kudos to them I am a pretty big VIT fan and would love to see them go all the way if they walk out of here alive but they just got skinned alive on a historically bad LEV map

Derke has been a monster all event, Sayonara looks like easily the EMEA ROTY, even guys like PROFEK are stepping up when he's needed. Losing here obviously isn't the best for them, but they looked like a top 4 team in the world this event and placed as such. They should be pretty proud of what they did this tournament and take what they learned back to EMEA to dominate.

VIT are a good team, after all.

But LEV are just better.

ONE MORE MAP

you can't apply logic to a prx game though they just win regardless

is objectively the best team for the narrative and story of london to go win the whole event

T1 you could've saved us and made London an actually interesting event :(

London would have been more fun with T1 in the mix instead of PRX

T1 matches would've actually felt interesting and like anybody would have been able to win

With PRX here this whole event is a competition of "Who can lose to PRX in the least embarrasing way" and it just kills my interest so much

never mind they are the worst team left in the tournament and one of VIT or LEV has to die because EDG is hogging a spot in the lower finals

leaving the spike droning in mid is such a terrible idea how are edg this shit at pistols

shiiiii big dog 👀

I have two reasons:

1. London would be so much more fun without PRX, as it is this event just feels like the "Lose to PRX sweepstakes"
2. The sheer amount of glaze they get from this community (especially spurred on by FNS's 12 year old chat) makes me want to rip my eyes and ears out

ggs

mb i though invy was the one chasing smoggy that round

either way jinggg should be allowed to punch everyone

bro should GENUINELY be allowed to punch Invy for chasing that kill before the spike had even been tapped

leaving him in a 1v1 there is disgusting from a guy who's supposedly in the MVP conversation this event

saw this coming as soon as it was leaked tbh, Cloud is a great IGL and this feels a lot like a succession plan for when Boaster decides to step back

well obviously theyre gonna be replicas i dont really care about wearing a "real" jersey when a replica looks the same and costs like 20% of a retail jersey (fuck you NFL i want to rep Bo Nix but not for like $200 jesus)

i more mean i couldn't tell you if they're legit because idk if they're just scamming people who want in on the edg jerseys or if you'd actually get a real replica

i saw some replicas on like ebay but i coudn't tell you if theyre legit