this year they formed a roster last minute, had a roster change, language change, igl change (two times), and they still had a good performance overall. its hard to think this is their ceiling. they need some time and stability to properly reach their potential

yeah but i think it will be only in 2027 with 2026 being the last year in the current format

they want to keep most if not all the roster

MIBR - Keep the roster (which i do think they will) or just minimal changes
LOUD - Nuke the management
Furia - Nuke the Org

LATAM is a cultural group for every country on America that speaks a variation of Latin (AKA Spanish - Portuguese - French) so it does make sense. Not to be confused with South and North America which is a geographical separation

I agree i'm mentioning it because people (including OP) uses the argument of him having a "bad" rating in Champions 22 like he was Loud's worst player when it doesn't properly translate his impact on the tournament, especially the final. He was a lot more reckless back then and died a lot which fucked his rating; Sacy even recognizes his evolution on waiting for util and playing more safe

Exolos is NA (Mexican)
I believe it depends on the number of teams but potential candidates are Lev - Kru - 9z - Shinden - Isurus - Loud - Furia - MIBR - 2G - Pain - Red Canids - Vivo Keyd - Team Solid - LOS

On sunday before champs GF riot will do a panel talking about VCT future, expansion, and new formats. Maybe they will tease franchising 2nd cycle or address the rumours of a possible Americas separation?

i haven't played ranked in a while but no one used Yoru

no reason to have a new controller if he will be sidelined by omen and viper anyway

No i just searched "Derke Airport" on google

SURE HARBOR REWORK IS INDEED COMING RIGHT

https://x.com/Derke/status/1787403521303744874

Currently it might ngl my boy is WASHED washed

shut the FUCK up.

WILL aspas stay at mibr? WILL sentinels rebuild? WILL Gentle m8s come back to VCT? WILL Zeta finally not be dogshit? WILL khalil finally come back to americas? WE are all excited!

kinda funny ngl

Prob since he won't come back to Loud (Pancada), He won't go to Lev (Kingg), and he won't go to MIBR (If they drop Xenom i doubt he goes there). I think he only might go to Kru or EMEA but even then i don't think his stocks are very high rn

NRG does not have rookies. This is a misconception because people can't tell what was T1 before 2023. They were on top tier NA challengers teams (AKA playoffs) since 2021 and almost went to internationals more than once. They're also on their early to mid 20s while MIBR ones are not even 20 (except Xenom who is 22)

Ghoul and Saadhak are going to Kru. Loud is either likely bringing a NA player or Prozin (they are keeping Virtyy)

look i love 2023. 2025 have been the best oat

It's with posts like these that you can tell who actually watched 22 Champs and who didn't

generational ragebaiter no one does it like him

I think with Frod there he will stay there
With Aspas there Verno will stay
And it was reported MIBR wants to keep the whole squad depending on the Champions run
I expect minimal changes if any

thats not how it works. his buyout is set when they sign the contract. unless they resigned it doesn't change

he allegedly let the whole pacific thing away
i think he really wants another international win now
he either stays with mibr and they do minimal changes (considering he really likes frod and verno) or goes with a superteam built around him

im just joking he just doesnt mesh much with saadhak ideas allegedly and kingg is a joke on the nzr situation

aspas might not be leaving

he has beef with saadhak kingg and itopata but now verno and frod are his best friends so hopefully he'il stay

Stop trying to make N4rrate controller/sentinel happen guys

MIBR tuyz he does xenom dirty work and also does not frag but at least he does not shit himself during matches

seriously tho doesn't even want them to change

I'm actually still so frustrated mibr chose to play a 50/50 abyss (that they lost) instead of bind yesterday, with Corrode (aka NRG best map) being the decider... We could actually have it all

I know its bait but i actually agree with you regarding the importance of separating attack and defense on duelists FKFD. Although for the record regarding duelists he had the highest FK on TR on every game he played except rrq (tied with jemkin)

They got some major semis i think. They're on a uprising. Not too crazy

And time is ticking, hes not getting any younger

Mako is 1.084, aspas is 1.083

Then put that on the post lmao, it makes it seem like they are absolutely tied

0.52 KD last international event

Yeah thats why i said toronto and copenhagen were outliars. On every other he gives decent to very good performances. The only time he didn't have a positive rating was in champions 22 and if you watched it you know the rating doesn't fully translate his in-game impact. He literally top fragged TWO different international finals

I'm pretty sure I can say the same with a lot of other player, that kinda sounds a cherry picking, but if you can pull out clutch stat or something like that, I gladely take it and could change my mind on that

Like i said there is a lot and you would know if you watched the games. But i pulled one from each year since 22:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFEx5r1xxc4 (Aspas 3k singlehandlely bringing the map to a OT peeking a awping Yay and winning, Champs 22 GF, they would win the map and eventually the series)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyAP_MLmFf8 (Eco 4k vs EG champions 23 Lower Finals)
https://youtu.be/_2bz-Ocqwak?list=PLxQOhoQxUY0mxpEsHkz3lIz9tmHZLtEbY&t=6095 (Entry frag 2k vs EDG on champs 24 on a tough upper final map; Couldn't find the isolated video lol)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMBAK88pTf8 (Aspas 4k 11-12 point bringing to OT again today, Lower Top 4 game)

Yes you can do the same with a lot of players. Most that have that many highlights, on moments that big, with that big of a time period AKA Derke, Alfajer, etc. are in the goat discussion. That's the point

ele fica

hes a generational talent mechanically but needs to figure out what the hell he wants to do cause he cant keep this weird role thingy for another year

You would keep the roster? WHat happened to boo hate threads

Gentle mates because koi got fucking kicked idk

It doesn't matter what you think. They are tied. There's no objective tiebreaker defined. Therefore they are both top 3. In any case i think this is a stupid post anyway lol

What? I'm saying your post is bad. You are purposefully putting him in 4th place and saying he's out of the top 3 when he is literally tied with Mako on 3rd, therefore he is 3rd place too or at least could be considered top 3 by any criteria. This is unfaithful from your part

I think GOAT discussions are a bit early to happen because most of the times the GOAT term is given retroactively on how it shapes the game and their impact on it and there's very few players that are in the discussion that doesn't play anymore. But i do think aspas is DEFINITELY in the discussion because 1) he's the most consistent player oat with Chronicle (which is also a contender to me btw) 2) Apart from Toronto and maybe Copenhagen 22 he's constantly delivering very good international performances stats-wise 3) Even if you don't consider his stats or call him a statpadder, he's a very decisive player who steps up with miracle plays on key moments as we could see in Champions 22 finals and the Champions 23. 24 and 25 runs, including TODAY, and i can go get the rounds if you want, but you should know that if you're actually watching the tournaments

aspas is top 3 in this ranking fym

they need to just stick together. it was a tough year for a lot of reasons and they already went very far. keeping up the work they can get even farther

he doesn't talk with neither of them
and i think he would only go to APAC with a good team and i don't see it happening now

i mean i see it happening for sure

the second DRX won the match point ten emails popped up on his inbox

Não importa. O esquema do Frod é foder o controlador individualmente pra ele render coletivamente no macro. Pancada não renderia pq ele é um jogador completamente diferente. Teria que trocar o treinador

Like who

he will trust