just testing the map pool clearly lotus and summit need work

next week lev bta on 100chokes when we actually play sunset/split/ascent

Fraud2 had prime Tejo and the best Tejo player in the world in a 1 team tournament and lost btw 😭 ✌️ 🥀

??????????

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO

o7 th you will be remembered

Babygoat does what Babygoat wants.

yeah

i don't think he was even toxic i think the whole system was screwed up from the start

either that or he did a lot of self reflection and drastically improved his mental when he moved back to berlin

yeah but he plays for C9 which is like a -50% debuff

the best player in the world?

exactly the big criticism of this team was "they're really good at what they do but eventually someone has to be able to counter it" but as soon as they are able to shake it up they just become unreadable and insanely hard to beat

ketamine corp vs feet esports

Banning Sunset and Split even though those are the maps they beat MIBR on 2 weeks ago because they know the live reps on Abyss and Haven are more valuable for the long term success of the team

It's just so good man

exactly neon looked like one of the best yorus in americas kickoff and could easily pick it back up if needed

what happens when they just dont do that

wdm their 2 permabans got taken out and they look crazy good at abyss/sunset (summit is okay) AND they can fit yoru into their comps withoug fucking up the sato/spike/neon synergy

B2B SZN BABYY

yeah just better

to be fair during kickoff and the start of stage 1 he was arguably the weak link of LEV but he improved soooo much during playoffs and in London

if they win champs it will probably be the best season of any team ever because you can argue that if it weren't for Neon being underage during kickoff they probably would've made a deep run at Santiago

even you don’t believe this shit

VARREL LFGGGG

notable korean players whos contracts end this year (obviously some orgs will extend their players before they hit free agency but a good portion of these will be on the market):

Akame
Ash
Karon
BuZz
Meteor
Munchkin
stax
ALL OF NONGSHIM
Foxy9

Coaches:
termi
hsk

Expecting T1 to make franchising since they are Riot's golden org and have the most money, could easily see a roster of:

• BuZz (duelist)

• Meteor (sentinel)

• Xross (initiator, co-IGL)

• Munchkin (flex, co-IGL)

• Karon (controller)

• KDG (head coach)

• hsk (assistant coach)

imo its pretty telling that its been leaked that TH are extending benjy and riens and no other leaks have come out. he'll probably have to trial to defend his roster spot from like kachoww or smth

doesn’t wanna get labeled as toxic but can’t resist taking jabs and dogs at his former org publicly

pick a side mate either accept that you’re toxic or actually try and improve but don’t try to convince us you’re something you aren’t and don’t want to be

JonahP?

also i think miyuky would cum at the thought of going from Boo to JohnQT

would you rather retain Boo

genuinely makes perfect sense, he’s still an EMEA resident and can play literally every role right now while calling and fragging

TH 2027:
RieNs init
Benjyfishy senti
JohnQT controller
Wo0t flex/2nd duelist (maybe, not sure about where TH stand with him)
kozzy dive duelist (or any crackhead duelist player)

just get unfake IGL and then a cracked controller (Ruxic?)

maybe -wo0t +kozzy?

even if they lose to MIBR (which I honestly think it will be decently close at the very least) the lowers bracket they drop into will give them a qualification game vs one of SEN (already beat and is ass), 2G (super ass), KRU (giga ass), or FLX (super mega giga ass)

genuinely so winnable

THATS MY FUCKING GOAT RAHHHHHHH

i mean the report literally says he was recieving a lot of interest from other orgs

That is not what I meant when I said anchor no, we saw when he tries to hard defend sites as a hard senti and it hasn't looked good.

I'm referring to his anchoring skills in this post (https://www.vlr.gg/738032/envy-vs-sen-vod-review-w-demon1-focus/#1) which is pretty much what you're saying as well

That's what I'm saying man there's just not many memorable rivalries in Americas this season but somehow MIBR vs ENVY has become the premier matchup

TRUTH NUKE

going back through the game and I think stunner has genuinely figured out what potter did 3 years ago and how to best use Demon1's skillset

a lot of rounds you see Demon1 seperated from the pack but not in a way that I would call lurking because he's not going deep through enemy spawn and getting massive flanks

rather he is doing what I'm gonna call "controlling intermediary space" and just hanging out somewhere like in mid or tree for example (watching ascent attack side rn) where he just waits or maybe gets on a bit of a deeper angle in areas where like 2 people at most will ever contest him, but it's usually just him and one other guy (this is especially strong on chamber but also a good playstyle on astra, jett, and omen, and oh would you look at his agent pool)

then, when that one guy goes to check that space it becomes an isolated 1v1 scenario where demon1 can completely maximize his aim because there are no other factors to account for when it's just him and one enemy is an area outside of the bombsite

this is what worked on EG and what made him "the new king of hell" and ENVY are doing it again. it especially helps that his hard entry duelist (fromerly jawgemo, now keznit) is actually good again so he has less pressure to leave the intermediary space early

TL;DR: Demon1 is being allowed to kinda lurk but more just hold space like he did in 2023 and it lets him fry people with his unreal aim and it's a really good sign for ENVY going forward

yeah but each game has been honestly super memorable (except for maybe the kickoff one)

like genuinely it only happened twoish weeks ago but do you remember a single detail from the SEN vs G2 game this stage? i really don't but I remember a LOT of moments from this year's MIBR vs ENVY matchups

it took 3 years for other coaches to figure out what potter realized in about 2 months: demon1 is an anchor and not a dive

somehow MIBR vs ENVY has become maybe the premier rivalry in all of VCT Americas, from the kickoff game with the Verno 1v4 to the stage 1 mibr beatdown and then the stage 2 envy beatdown, and now a bettle for a playoffs spot. never in a million years would I have expected this to be arguably THE americas matchup but here we are

it’s not that important but that doesn’t make it not impressive tbh, 81% is really really high

absolutely insane play from Demon1 what an insane timing

because taco is just better

i dont but apac is so weak aside from prx (maybe vl?) right now that despite being very shaky on their way to 5-0 they're still probably 3rd or 4th in the region

TH is just a gamble of who’s gonna have the stinker and get shit on by VLR this week

Coaching I believe

when do the guard play

also - even if they don’t win but get like top 4 or maybe lose the final, is that enough to still consider kiNgg an all time talent? consistent for 5 years, at least one regional trophy, an international trophy, and multiple top 4 international appearances is a strong case

if he earns a second MVP than probably yeah but otherwise I’d like to see another year from his at this level before he starts getting those nods

do any of their players make waves into the top 10 or top 15 all time? i think because of how new they are to the scene a lot of them would still need more time and accolades to get there BUT i think kiNgg would need to start being considered as an all time IGL and player if they were to pull it lff

EP are a good team h1ber is playing a lot better than bipo was I think it was a good call

AMER: NRG (not suprising but LEV would've been the favorites after London), 100T/LOUD (100T highly expected after EWC, LOUD completely unexpected)
EMEA: KC, BBL (BBL maybe, KC never in a million years)
APAC: GENG, VL (combined 1 win in Stage 1, combined 1 loss in Stage 2. VERY unexpected for both)
CN: BLG, NOVA (BLG maybe they were good last year, NOVA?????)