Would u rather FNC have to beat PRX twice? Cause this is how things work in a double elim tournament

They play the loser of Wolves vs GENG

Idk but it would be super funny if it does happen

This is an awful idea. Like genuinely this is terrible

that was so bad just tuck

This only happend when FNC played smh bringing the EMEA tech pauses to us

Wolves diff geng tbh they have no response for lysoar standing up

Crashies is playing better than most of them, not the issue

If they lose to XLG im gonna be so toxic

Ill lyk after it happens, my guess is that boaster and crashies were too busy kissing to prepare for Toronto

G2 was too busy making their new song to try and come up with anything

XLG had a sub and just got diffed, G2 didnt prepare anything interesting, and RRQ clearly wanted to lose that match for whatever reason

Ur telling me they have someone who translates every single comm for rarga

The zellsis effect.

I guess as an RRQ fan this might be your first international, but this happens every single game

Yeah idk if they have a diff venue for top 6 or whatever but this is kinda mid

Who has the best read on the meta? So far it feels like certain teams have really struggled, but no one seems to be doing anything revolutionary in terms of comps/strategy.

Spring is a good shout forgot about him. Id put bang over valyn in terms of individual play, and if you count forsaken as a smoke player than that's fair

He's a great player, and has been really solid this year. I'd personally have Karon #1 and him #2 at Toronto but I'm gonna give him his flowers

At least at toronto it's karon, bang, valyn in whatever order you want

Trent is good regardless of tejo, the concern is that G2 as a team needs the tejo in order to excel at the level that they were

yeah this is pretty much it. There'sa balance, though, because the playoff teams get to see other team's reads on the meta without showing theirs, but it does make it really weird having a completely new meta for the tournament. The winner of this will be the team that is best at adapting

All first seeds losing would be funny

When ur right, ur right

:)

Yeah idk maybe he thought something tp'd

SEN's probably favored but only like 60-40 so could definitely happen

At least he's being creative. 95% of pickems have G2, FNC, or GENG in the finals

Give me wolves PRX in the final for most chaos

Which of the first seeds is most likely to have a massive falloff with the new meta changes?

Both MIBR and TH were awful in the new meta (which is weird since they were a couple of the teams that were supposed to be less affected by the change), and I wouldn't be shocked if some of the teams that were at the top in the old meta struggle with a new playstyle.

Its not rigged EMEA just has shit production. For the visas, that's Nats/Liquids fault for not getting it sorted earlier. And the picks are shown to be random so calling rigged is stupid

The XLG coach legit said he picked it just for the clout and viewership lol

Depends on what ur criteria is. By average placement, its AMER>APAC>>>EMEA>CN before toronto

I like how you have SEN losing on purpose and throwing their chance at winning toronto just so they can anti strat and knock out G2

Fr like its my favorite team ofc I'm putting them through.

WOLVES BABY ALL THE WAY

I legit have the exact same pickem with SEN replacing G2 cause I like SEN more and am biased

I have FNC losing to G2 r1 and beating them in lowers

Them and TH

Im just sad that wolves are on the other side of the bracket so there's no chance of SEN getting 4 china matches in a row

Group stages are like this a lot. Playoffs should still be hype hopefully

RRQ 3-2 FNC

Yeah idk its hard to say with PRX no one knows how good they really are

Could go either way, especially since theyre both CN teams and know each other, so no element of surprise. I'd say wolves look better on form though

Just hate watch every game its more fun that way

theyre not gonna drop trent for him lol

I genuinely have no clue what LOUD will do next split

yeah hard to tell, but other than G2 and SEN, most of America feels like it's on the same level, and imo nrg are one of the few teams that I can see elevating above the rest of the midfield

I'd say the new nrg has a better chance than eg/mibr/kru even though we all know kru will somehow make it

thats definitely a take of all time

Its hard to tell, PRX looked insane their first game and awful their second, but TH just was bad, so its hard to tell how good they actually are. Both of these teams haven't beaten anyone who has looked good, so there's just too many unknowns