Tf are you talking about? Tons of T2 players are being brought up into T1. Fnatic dropped Derke for Kaajak, C9 dropped Vanity for v1c, NRG dropped crashies/victor for Verno/Mada etc.

Also, the reason GC players aren't getting trials for T1/T2 teams is because they're T4 players who can't make it past unpaid T3 pugstacks in open quals. So why tf would T1/T2 teams waste their time?

"many of the best GC players are denied trials by VCT and top-tier-2 teams anyway."

Why should T1/T2 teams waste their time trialing T4 GC players lmao. T1/T2 teams don't have infinite time to trial every random T4 player.

One has actually won some meaningful events in T1. One is a T4 player.

Tenz > Vania.

That's dumb. They clearly aren't good enough so you're just denying an actual T2 team from participating to bring in a GC team.

I think I get what you mean but Riot can't force GC players out of the league. There would be huge community uproar over it.

Maybe Riot can force GC players ton participate in T2 quals but there's only so much Riot can do.

He's fine but if he doesn't step it up by the end of the year, he'll get replaced. I'm not convinced it'll 100% be reduxx as his replacement if Zellsis does get replaced. He'll have to trial against other T2 players/whatever T1 players become available.

Your analogy makes no sense. T2 isn't some make a wish league that rewards spots to shit teams that can't qualify on their own merit. They should compete like all other players and have to go through open quals like all other players.

That literally makes no sense lol. These teams definitely tryhard in T2 open quals. They just suck and can't make it.

We know no GC team is T2 level considering none of them can get past unpaid T3 pugstacks in T2 open quals.

The best GC teams aren't good enough at all to get into T2. Banning them from GC would just make them unemployed considering their entire brand and value comes from competing in GC.

Flor's stuck in GC because Flor's a T4 mickey mouse duelist. Literally everything about Victor as a player clears Flor lmao. If 2024 NRG had Flor, they would have lost every match 0-2, 0-13, 0-13.

Also, no way you're talking about T2 duelists gapping Victor when there are hundreds to thousands of unpaid T2/T3 players that clear mickey mouse T4 salaried Flor lmao.

You definitely have brain damage. Flor isn't remotely close to Victor's skill level and that'll never change unless he retires. Also, you want me to compare Flor T4 stats to Victor's T1 stats? No shit Flor will have higher stats when you play against dogshit T4 players.
Also Flor would be lucky to make it past RO32 of T2 open quals lmao. Victor is good enough to be on a mid to lower mid T1 team but he'll just have to reprove himself in T2.

How much brain damage do you have to think that if you put aspas, zekken, texture or derke on SR that they wouldn't immediately qualify to T2 lmao. That would be the biggest upgrade the game has ever seen. Also Victor is 10000x better than Flor is. That doesn't change just because Flor can't beat some unpaid T3 pugstacks as a fully salaried T4 player.

fl0rescent

Those plays are only a win because they face mickey mouse T4 teams. We see how it falls apart playing unsigned T3 teams with more than 2 braincells.

I mean, ya no shit. There's probably thousands and thousands of players who clear that overpaid T4 player.

Then don't gatekept by unpaid T3 pugstacks in open quals as a fully salaried player?

Yes. And you can play in challengers if you're 16. Flor is just a T4 duelist.

a t4 player isn't getting t1 coaching

j0ngg is a one trick fraud but still 100000x better than fl0r

Getting a trial on a T2 team because you're friends with the GM is not the same as actually getting on a T2 team lol.

When EG decide they want a T4 mickey mouse duelist which will never happen.

slow cooker recipes are fool proof. You just put a bunch of ingredients in it (barely any chopping) and then just let it cook it for awhile. And you can put some rice in a rice cooker before it's done and then you'll have meals for awhile.

I somewhat agree. I think the hype for him is overblown based on how he's played so far. But I do think he'd be a solid T1 player in the future.

obviously

Flor can't even clear unpaid T3 pugstacks in T2 open quals lmao. Meanwhile Victor has actually won something meaningful.

j0ngg fan talking about being on neon 💀

People have always know how being flexible is good. And Demon1 is flexible, just not on duelist.

It's on Demon1 at this point. Maybe scrims are going super well with him on full time duelist so they're going for it. But idk. We'll see if it turns out well next season.

Because they went from casting the best of the best T1 teams to casting some T4 teams.

Inspire got into T2. Curry would be fine in T3/bottom T2 if he wanted to play comp seriously again.

GC is T4. How are you going to say they can hold their own in T1 and are mid T2 when they get smacked by T3 pugstacks in open quals lol

Damn wtf. Must've qualified through premier then.

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Or Mitch for Moose. Xeppaa gets a lot of shit but I don't think Moose is that great either.

No he didn't? His last played match was some T3 tourney unless I'm missing something.

They can't even handle T2 open quals lmao

In theory yes but Riot will never do that since there'd be huge community uproar.

m14 > olympia if I had to pick one but I'd rather save up for an smg.

this is known

Icy and Okeanos are technically available.

Going from Mada to Flor would be the biggest downgrade we've seen in this game's history lmao.

There are still plenty of T3 duelists who clear Flor lol

They would need to make it less financially viable to be a perma GC farmer and more financially viable to play in T2. But that would require Riot giving a shit about T2 so that won't happen.

They can't get to T2 off of open quals. They don't deserve an auto qual spot.

You act like most of these GC teams give a shit about getting into T2 in the first place. The vast majority of them never even try playing in T2 quals.

Also if they can't make it to T2 on their own merits, then an auto qual is unjustified.

sym qualified to T2 ascension and did decent. Flor gets gatekept by random T3 pugstack players while being on a full time salary. Sym is 1000x better than Flor.

Delusional.

A T2 team isn't going to pick up a T4 duelist.

Not many get to farm a 500k prizepool for beating a bunch of T4 immortal players lol.