single elimination bo5 would be absolute cinema

if you look at map veto it’s doable since pearl and sunset (fnatics worst maps) will be banned

emea has been fnatic and friends for the past two years

i heard the meta changes were supposed to favor team heretics with sunset coming in and tejo being dead

heretics haven’t done anything remarkable this year so yes i can call them frauds, while edg at least did something at bangkok

i don’t see people calling heretics lucky or frauds despite going out of toronto winless

EDG could win another trophy against heretics and people will still call them frauds

what has heretics done this year? EDG atleast made top 3 at the last event

EDG made top 3 at bangkok

it’s okay to admit that you don’t like EDG 🥀

OMG G2 ARE RUNNING DOUBLE DUELIST WITH TRENT BACK ON RAZE

what has heretics done this year? please tell me

he’s talking about winning it, double map ban is too much for fnatic

5 games???

you didn’t mention anything about that you just mentioned comebacks lmfao

but yes, fnc vs th was a grand final reverse sweep which got them 1st seed at shanghai

a potential reverse sweep could’ve also occurred in the tokyo finals if they didn’t close bind out

not for T1 at bangkok, their mentality is what carried them to the victory imo

yep I just added it in, thank you for reminding me

champs definitely, it’s more prestigious

hopefully we get to see T1 lift champs trophy next

it all started with the sen disasterclass vs EG

FNC vs LOUD at LOCK/IN (infamous 3-11 comeback on the final map)
FNC vs TH at 2024 EMEA Stage 1 (reverse swept TH in the grand finals despite unfortunate conditions with Leo)
FNC vs BBL at 2024 EMEA Stage 2 (0-8 comeback on the final map)
FNC vs KOI at 2024 EMEA Stage 1 (3-11 comeback on the first map)
FNC vs EG at Masters Tokyo (7-12 comeback on the third map)
FNC vs VIT at 2025 EMEA Stage 1 (3-9 comeback initiated by the Boaster 1v3 clutch)
FNC vs NAVI at 2025 EMEA Kickoff (5-11 comeback on the final map initiated by a 1v2 clutch from Crashies)

G2 can’t play sunset, haven is prx perm ban that would be a 3-1 (maybe 3-2 since they do have other good maps) for PRX

izu

T1 3-2

meteor drops 120 🗿

wolves has a better chance beating prx than g2 and fnc

who are those two people?

buzz >>>>

i’m just saying: pacific won shanghai then three of their teams including the winner got grouped 😣

would that mean that three CN teams get grouped in champs 🗿

in that case they should rebrand into the silver era

yeah it’s doable in that sense but prx are just so much better than fnatic on those two maps

i’m actually sad that teams aren’t running chamber vyse more often, it’s a really underrated comp

since february i think

FNC can only beat them in lower finals

2 map ban is actually huge for them in this tournament because the other two teams in lowers are bad at sunset
(fnatic being bad on pearl is a bonus)

they should be chilling if they win vs wolves

fnatic has to play pearl AND sunset regardless if prx or wolves are in finals

yeah just wrap it up you just can’t win with two bad maps

i like the geng variant more

all of that hype just to be forgotten, truly devastating 🥀

They play in VCT CN so yes.

would you say that the NRG 12-5 choke to qualify for regional playoffs was worse or the GENG 11-4 choke to make top 4 internationally with the possibility of going further 🗿

same i wouldn’t mind any of the winners

PRX and G2 have a chance to redeem their heartbreaking grand final losses, pretty fitting for this tournament since their whole “theme” is reflection/redemption.

Wolves has a crazy underdog story and coming from the CN region, seeing them lift a masters trophy would be really awesome and it’ll make people respect china for once.

FNATIC is EMEA’s last hope, winning would cement theirselves as the saviors of EMEA (once again) and debatably the greatest team of all time with three international trophies (let’s be real WE all want fnatic to win three trophies instead of sen)

G2 or FNATIC also have the possibility be the second EVER team to win a tournament through a FULL lower bracket run, the first time being FPX (coincidentally the team PRX lost to in masters copenhagen 😭)

they’ll devour the train

riens owns him

wolves because they’re winning the whole thing

facts, they’re better than g2 and fnatic and are giving china their 2nd trophy (sorry PRX) people aren’t ready to admit it

if they’re choking big leads like that then they don’t deserve to win the tournament let alone top 4. i love geng but its clear that their mentality is worse than the remaining teams left in the tournament

duelist is his best role 🥀

i see people say that prx, g2 or fnatic will take it but no mention of wolves when they’ve very clearly shown that they are international contenders and one of the best teams itw (plus they are in the upper bracket)

fnatic was +20 in first bloods through out the entire series if anything them losing would be EMBARASSING

sylvans 1v5 >>>

both teams are losing to wolves anyways no point of this match

FNC 2-1 or G2 2-1

facts, just give wolves the trophy at this point since they have a better map pool than literally everyone else in the tournament and siufat has the crowd on his side so the nerves don’t mean shit

damn bro why am i catching strays

perhaps losing lakia and meteor really was a big deal