LOUD would've thought of something great but they'd probably have to run Neon anyway because of their roles (plus they ain't making it)
Karmine Corp would have some good ideas but I feel like they'd overcook
NRG are trying to run Clove on every single map and I don't think Abyss will be an exception
FPX are definitely running something wild but it's gonna be the kind of thing that'll only work for FPX
Team Heretics has the best stratbook in the world right now so they're definitely contenders
Gen.G is a big one but they seem to me like they're not as focused on creating new ideas as they are on refining and perfecting ideas they already have
FNATIC will definitely try to do something creative but I don't know if Abyss is the kind of map they'll be really good at
Paper Rex will probably run double duelist let's be honest

Overall I'm gonna throw a curveball and say Leviatán just because of how their roles are set up (plus Mazino can play Harbor really well and I think he'll be important on this map)

England making top 8 happens every year except in 2016, man. It's boring at this point

100% fair
Also you should watch Venezuela vs. Canada later today

I'm still upset about that, Slovakia in QF would've been amazing

Oh I thought you meant the CONCACAF Gold Cup, not Copa América

Toopy and Binoo is the undisputed best duo of all time

Already happened in 2016

Would you rather watch Slovakia vs. Slovenia or Antigua and Barbuda vs. St. Kitts and Nevis

Well yeah, that's to be expected. The World Cup is in its own tier of hype

Round of 16. They have enough countries for it

Portugal isn't at their peak but they're still top 8 in Europe
France have been on top of the world for the past 8 years or so, it's fine if they're falling off a bit
Türkiye looks goated
And let's be honest, if Slovakia made it instead of England you'd be more inclined to call it a snoozefest

If any of these are snoozefests then you've got some ridiculous standards, man

Ok but he's on RRQ now, with a contract extending into 2026

Depends on whether or not you personally like it, honestly. If you like it, then go for it! If you don't like it, then don't let pro players hitting shots be enough of a reason for you to spend your money

That's just you, man

So you do acknowledge the existence of Pacific

Yes, no idea, and no one's signing a new coach a month before Champs

Wolves already beat EDG (almost twice), they shouldn't be here. Sub in ZETA

Sacy and aspas didn't leave LOUD because they randomly suspected they were doomed to fall off, fyi

Lotus is good if they take out Clove for Omen (Astra works too)

I don't know everyone so I'm probably not a good judge of this, but saadhak is REALLY really nice.

You can't 26-0 in a scrim btw

Facts

That would be sick but they already announced that the first premium Outlaw skin will be in a 2.0/3.0 of a "popular" collection sometime later this year (source: most recent Dev Diaries video)

Hi

Be smart about it. Wait for RGX

Hi sentinelmain377

Genuine question: do you believe Pacific exists?

The cope is crazy

Why are you even putting this here

Didn't Oxygen Esports almost win the SEN Invitational? With 3rd place being Moist x Shopify?
...yeah, man, great point...

KC fell victim to nAts calling 5 man silent walk-up contact explodes on defense (what do you even do against that)

If you're gonna be a writer you have to act like one, which includes being mindful of potential offense your words may cause

Then this post is meaningless

That's not the kind of post a VLR writer would make

Trophies from Envy and OpTic should carry over, no?

Ok let's be honest his Sova is way better than his Fade

Okay but seriously, imagine one of the mods being called uwukitten. We can't live in a world like that

This is why you have no stars

Godzilla had a stroke trying to read this and died

He went 21/6 on Sage bro

People with Tuvalu flags are kind of annoying I'm ngl

Format would be 1000x better if they didn't have an 11 team tournament to decide who goes to int'l's

LMAO

True

As a rule of thumb, the better a player is, the more likely he is to have a ton of haters. t3xture isn't an exception to that, unfortunately

Yeah most people are blaming LOUD performing poorly on him playing duelist and not tuyz (neither of them want to play duelist btw, saadhak is just taking one for the team)

I'd rather have Cloud IGL than nAts in this roster, honestly. Both work though

So many people are hating on saadhak now (albeit unjustly)

I'm sorry to say but I've definitely seen Alfajer haters. Haven't seen anyone hate on cauanzin, jawgemo, Meiy, xffero, vo0kashu, Lysoar, Lmemore, bang, kamo, qRaxs, eeiu, or JitBoyS