100T on top overall
talon, bbl for pacific and emea.

lev maybe but lcq wasnt that bad.

big W tbh

m80 with the guard roster is fine imo. as much as i like m80 and their roster and think they deserved to win just as much as the guard, the fact is they lost fair and square and letting them in when the guard roster is in shambles just invalidates that whole tournament. letting m80 in just to complete the 11 teams in region while the guard roster is probably distributed to other teams isnt fair to them, cos the scenario should have been guard roster getting in and m80 roster picked apart

riot literally said theyre gonna cancel the season instead and go on with worlds without lcs, what impact would a different timing do?

ive seen this in na lcs and didnt exactly work well lmao

in the first 10 partnered teams i get that the org has all the power instead of players, but in ascension where it all depends on the skill of the team, doesnt make sense for the spot not to be owned by the players. org can fck them last minute and all hard work gone to waste.

i get what hes saying but its not like it was the players choice that their org fcked them up, so why are the players getting punished? surely there should be something to protect players who worked all year for this.

i see, ty for your service

sayf probably the best tl player this year. but if chemistry is not there then understandable to make changes

fnc rumors seem troll

barbarr stays and kolda leaves? thought they were a pair

yes

investors, crypto, betting 👍
brand sponsors and merch too a little

good decision from the org finally, hopefully no more full french bs and player run teams

na been winning the off season fuckery

still many months before 2024 and rito cant wait for the players to find another org icant

wow thats kinda fcked actually, what would have been the deadline, can they still get signed after they win? teams might rush to signing with a shit org just for the sake of and then still get rejected by riot icant

bruh if turtle troops or les petit bouffons or bonkers won wtf

i wonder what is riot’s course of action if an FA team wins the slot, there were FA teams at least both in na and emea in the leagues leading to ascension, if thats allowed i think its unfair that the players cant continue as an FA team. they earned that slot.

players should own the slot at this point, not the org

bruh wtf, is that why some players are allegedly trialing with other teams

hope dgzin still plays in partnered teams, he was a standout player on that team

emea seemed like it had the most roster change among regions, apart from fut, bbl, fnc and navi (cmiiw), the remaining teams fully rebuilt their rosters and just havent clicked. in t2, it’s even worse because of the residency rule and discontinued cis league, big rebuilding of rosters as well.

not the best year overall because franchising is new, per region its kinda the same expected teams who made it far like no chance for the underdogs. but production wise its the best, still made good narratives out of it.

winning 2 consecutive internatl lans is no easy feat. after winning, all teams will be looking at what they do and try to counter them, they have the target on their heads.

blast hosted spike nations in emea, but thats more of charity tournament. idk if there might be conflicts with working with esl/gamers8 considering the ownership, or maybe its just riot having too much control considering lol also dont have much.

turkish scene is pretty good but lacks experienced igl/coaches + language barrier. i do think they will only get better, players are mechanically gifted.

lmao

apart from edg, these are just the top 3 teams on the previous 2 international lans this year.

lmao the build up

its just the same business model as these impression farming pros use lol, respect the hustle

bro this is vlr everything gets exaggerated

emea includes asia (middle east) so yeah emea covers both asia and europe, but its really weird to consider those who have been playing and competing in asia server imports. not their fault they get better ping there.

isnt turkey both asia and europe?

rito script trying their best for americas and pacific by putting emea teams and china teams on same bracket

ye i wonder about that, isnt there some residency rule like youre no longer an import when youve competed in the region for a number of seasons? like how do they classify it, in t1 for example, saya and xeta (+ban) had competed in na mostly but because theyre ethnically korean/korean residents its fine? but a russian who almost exclusively competed in asia is not and is considered an import?

astralis/heroic
nigma galaxy for mena

idk about other regions

didnt know rhyme was in g2

bro their first match was closer than the rematch 💀

wait theres a chance we get 2 for each region thats pog

wow oce events!
nice to see spike nations having offline event, tho hopefully would be a good distribution of pros/semipros this time.

bonkar supremacy

have to remember a few months ago barely anyone paid attention to eg, like literally their yt dont even reach 1k views and their tweets barely get likes. now theyre thriving with impressions pog

wait was it doombros asking? bro is instigating lol

bro he was sentinel main before fnc

would be funny if they get grouped but tbh i dont think thatll happen

nah imports are cringe except something and coaches

matter of preference, if u wanna root for bm go for it, same as those who want to root for the humble guys.

its better than nothing, some people prefer wholesome humble interactions, some prefer villain storytelling, both are better than players just doing nothing. as long as its within context of the game its fine, tho i do find it cringe, its always good when people talk about it.

mainly sponsors, like crypto, betting (esp eu orgs), and some vc money.

if they have side businesses like merch, web content or apps, etc but i dont think they earn a lot from those.

lets go fut!