One of the first seeds will win santiago and the best performing teams at that event will be one of the first seeds

isn’t it part of the LNY bundle?

i like this

xlg in toronto had to play with a sub

nrg can’t be worse than edg

How do we know if they cheated?

that’s femboyhater

they rejected it

i agree it was great, definitely one of the best runs ever, but them not being able to attend reykjavik and struggling to produce results especially after fpx couldn’t make it to emea franchising so they had to play under navi definitely stained their legacy.

second team to go back to back or the second team to ever win two masters

i mean i would rather my team qualify and get those champions points than not qualify

copenhagen is sadly the most forgettable

nrg paris could be forgettable if the team doesn’t make deep runs at internationals or dominate their region like G2

honestly looking back at it, it’s not all that bad since both games were very entertaining to watch.

mibr on the other hand… yeah i felt really sad for them watching them crumble

where?

XLG more likely than EDG

https://www.vlr.gg/595657/drx-vs-paper-rex-vct-2026-pacific-kickoff-lr4

beat my team with f0rsaken being the worst player on his team

i’m not sure if it’s illegal, but supposedly kr teams didn’t get in trouble for it

no

who’s we

wait what??? i thought drx and fnatic made santiago…

how does he have such a high rating consistently

employed by jessievash

there’s 10 other teams playing primarily double duelist & pacific is already most used to that kind of playstyle

true they should be higher but how is G2 number 1

his awareness is quite good if you watched him play

absolutely no correlation

i enjoy his insights personally and i feel better watching him whenever my teams are on the brink of elimination because of different atmospheres

Aren’t you forgetting a team?

yoru double recon omen chamber

if the same exact roster (players, coaching staff, management, basic) were playing under another org such as sen or 100t, would people still underrate them or place them a bit higher in predictions? i feel like furia being historically bad definitely impacted that despite the fact that they went for a complete rebuild

seven would also make more sense since he has chemistry with vora temutino and nbs 🗿

realistically they should just let this roster gel more and carry on for stage 1, they showed some promise

we have mfs calling marteen the best player itw

drop asuna for seven

you just described jonahp

https://www.vlr.gg/596426/nrg-vs-100-thieves-vct-2026-americas-kickoff-lr5/?game=244864

incorrect

Literally half the teams here are newcomers

nats is still mad about the 1v1 on fracture

if anything i feel like t1 is the least hyped team (not by me though i think they will do well at the event)

From premier to masters winners

maybe they need to be the 3rd seed for once and scrape by to make internationals so they get underestimated

if they don’t win santiago then never pred them as the favorite ever again

i agree

it’s great that g2 finally changed styles but they shouldn’t be ranked 2nd solely because of that

their performances are not reliant on buzz having a good series, they’ve won a good amount of games with him performing average or below average. matter of fact he’s not even their best player

t1 didn’t struggle that much in this kickoff, they looked slowly better and better and swept the middle bracket. sure they’re not perfect by any means but improvement is showing

some of yall really hate t1 huh

i can def see a team gimmick this comp on corrode

on what map asides from abyss

Zellsis

joshRT

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