It's all about how well NRG have anti-stratted.

he already chose to play in America. Therefore, he's considerd to be from NA reigon and therefore an import

Yeah, something has a Russian passport, so he's considerd EMEA by riot.

Yeah, their chemistry definitely felt off due to being inexperienced with each other. This is however definitely a superteam on paper. But paper means almost nothing.

Third times the charm?

but if we lose again in the finals the storyline would be terrifying

No, it was to pay France back for the Statue of Liberty.

Kinda butting in here but:

I don't think it's delusional to say NRG will win Madrid, it's that it's unlikely. The team is definitely stacked on paper, but there's not much more outside of that. Reigonal Finals only give championship points and preferential seeding, meaning it's probably not worth it to full try, and therefore can't be used as an objective metric.

Can't. Only 1 import allowed and that's being used by Something.

Edit: tho yeah, he would be a perfect replacement for Jinggg....

Okay, what has KC/TH done? To quote myself earlier:

Tell me, what has any of these teams proved? Don't give me any EMEA BS, FNC got very arrogant and noticably played much worse, thinking it was a free win. NAVI is and always was shit.

NA I can understand.

Why are you acting like SEN isn't good? They've been much better this year. Who would you consider a top team then? LOUD? While yes they 2-0ed, it was extremly close and that match actually meant something.

I dunno about u, but i'd rather lose in semifinals then lose in another finals

Okay, then who are favorites for Madrid then?

Yes, losing in an offseason tourney that meant nothing definitelyyy means we have no skill. Damn, did you invent the lightbulb as well? Such a massive brain, definitely has a lot of room for that braincell of yours.

Jinggg is going to college after I think, pretty sure it was the last of Jinggg after Champions....

LOUD got read like a book. If they properly anti-stratted, then they have a chance, but LOUD hasn't played these two maps before, while EG has and looked solid on them.

I know I'm kind of coping, but I think Monyet has done his job. He is not and never will be Jinggg 2.0, but he does what we need. Take space for the team, capitalize when we run set plays and make a heroic play once in a while. Not much more we can ask. I still don't agree with putting him on Raze every map tho

now you're just changing the narritave? You said 0 domestic trophies, and that's a domestic trophy. Maybe don't move the goalposts, yeah?

EDG 7th and EG 6th is crazy

G2 💀

0 domestic trophies

https://www.vlr.gg/event/1191/champions-tour-2023-pacific-league

yall mad you can't and never will be able to replicate #WGAMING(TM)

but yeah stop mentioning it please i've already spent weeks crying in the corner after champions

7-0

0/8 bait

please you dont have to rub it in like that 😭

"slaughtered"

Tell me, what has any of these teams proved? Don't give me any EMEA BS, FNC got very arrogant and noticably played much worse, thinking it was a free win. NAVI is and always was shit.

PRX has 80% of the team that made it to 2nd place at Champions. While Monyet is not and probably never will be Jinggg 2.0, he has done his job. Get space, capitalize off of pushes, and make a heroic play every once in a while. Not much more we can ask.

This is because of PRX's playstyle. While I really like watching Platoon, these stats fail to take into account the context behind it. Jinggg is their main duelist(Something is First Contact duelist). If a push works, then Jinggg is almost always at the front leading the charge, and he gets a kill because of his double satchels. If he dies first, then the push probably failed, leading to a loss. Now, PRX is putting Monyet on that role, so nothing really changed in terms of their playstyle. Monyet is just worse at aiming and I feel like he's leaning too hard into the #WGAMING(TM)

Sen's legacy was 2021 and that's it.

What did they do in 2022-2023?

LMAO what the fuck does this have to do with anything?

Also PRX can ez #WGAMING(TM) the rest of the world, where the fuck was Gen.G at Champions? Reigonal Finals only had some Championship Points + better seeding, better to save strats + triple duelist is fun

I dunno, I could at least understand the Sova pick, but I heavily disagree with Deadlock. Sage does almost everything Deadlock does but better than Deadlock.

need to boost morale somehow with how badly they are getting crushed

So this is the angle FNC fans are going for now that they didnt qualify? Interesting...

username + country checks out

nah bro Sen is better cus they have so much time

No, because riot is an indie org and can't get the format to be good

Heck, winner of kickoff for each reigon gets three tournament points(fun fact: that's the same as madrid!)

EU and China. Not many people follow the chinese scene outside of EDG and maybe BLG, and a lot of these teams were formed recently(did not see wolves 4-0ing BLG). Fut failing and TH somehow making it in is crazy.

[tournament name] is a mickey mouse tournament because [insert excuse] but my favorite team [insert team] won so it's not a mickey mouse tournament

This is always true :)

of winning the series? or just a map?

Last time he played in T1 was 2022

it was fair to underrated him, as we had no idea what his skill would be.

you can't just change it just like that

yeah, idk why he's considerd an import

he played in apac challengers

didn't you hear? he lost his cock: https://www.vlr.gg/299211/they-removed-my-c0ck

Winner get preferential seeding for Madrid.

you are not happiness_

no

I want PRX to pull out five duelists so bad lmao, even tho this decides seeding for madrid

don't care as long as it's a good match

Tho IMO SEN 2-1(gotta stick with my pickems)

what are these takes

It's like you just looked at who won and drew conclusions off of that

what the fuck

The main benifit of sage is having the wall, allowing for easier plants/defuses

not much more benifit outside of healing

KRU over SEN/LEV is a scorching hot take

I'd swap G2 and MIBR, but overall solid list

(I think MIBR is actually a very solid team, just not good enough to win anything)