Team Liquid will always remain in my heart, I think we'll cook this season!🐴

Idk but shuaishuai was the EDGS coach.

Nice! Thanks for the information 👍

Personally I think they were on a similar level by the end of the year but I get where you're coming from.

Some Italians like to joke about the French having disagreements with each other.

They're definitely the worst region at the moment, and EDG, like you said, is pretty lacking for a top seed. Regardless, I wouldn't count them out of top 10 contention because their international placements hold a decent amount of water (many have pointed this out already). Their Madrid exit was very disappointing but I think you can hardly blame them. LOUD was playing very well and they suffered a comeback from GenG.

To sum it up, I think you are correct in 90% of what you're saying but to call any of the top Chinese teams cannon-fodder is not the best way to describe them.

Maybe I'm being slightly petty here but their Champs placement was the same as DRX, not worse.

No time to travel to Berlin. I only brought it up because VCT CN happens to be held in Shanghai.

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I don't personally agree with this decision but let's see.

The entire region is like a vault of talent that's just waiting to be opened.

A family friend bought my sibling and I football tickets to the Beijing Guoan vs Wuhan Three Towns match last year when I was in Beijing.

Crossing my fingers that the schedule is merciful!

I have no clue why they're picking up Yiyee. he hasn't made any strides remotely close to those of TE.

My mother studied Mandarin in Beijing and my father worked there for a couple years.

Flex1n and Eren to TYLOO could potentially improve their roster quality by a lot. I don't know much about ShuaiShuai and sunshine

I've visited the US once as well and it was pretty nice too.

No, my family has ties to China but they haven't considered going on trips (Covid and VISA and stuff) there until these two years.

That's what I'm thinking as well. I don't usually get the chance to visit a non-European country but I've also only been to one live sporting event in my life.

We visited China once before for summer break and really enjoyed it, so now we're going again.

Don't know yet but I hope there's going to be a game because I'm only there for 2 days.

Thank you for the suggestion!

You're very correct lol

Yeah, just have to wait to see the schedule and convince my parents to let me go.

Hello guys, I'm going to be in Shanghai for 2 days in July and I'm wondering if I should go watch a VCT CN LAN (given they're running during my time there)?

Levius yyds 😍

I don't think deadweight is the right term... he's literally just the Ange1 of China.

Objectively speaking it should be the south due to the rich culture.

Lasagna wall

Spaghetti seize

To be fair, I was being frank.

Yeah!

I can see them becoming a force to be reckoned with if they're given enough time.

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/3b701be1

We'll see!

Tsuki Ga Kirei will remain my favorite romance anime.

Could be cool. An Italian agent who's also a chef would be quite the novel and interesting idea.

Also, add an Italian agent soon 🤞

I wasn't an active esport fan during the 2021 Sentinels days, but I kept hearing all about it for over two years. It's honestly been great to see them really take it back. Didn't see much of them at all last year.

Then you could also say that Jawgemo is Cambodian, so...

The format structure was very poor but I think the Valorant was great. The Grand Finals were amazing and still one of the best to this day (in my opinion).

They heavily underperformed, barely putting up a fight against Trace Esports and after NOVA-FPX everyone knew that it was over for them.

To be frank, they sucked ass in Kickoff, but they have good players (such as alphabet man*) that could probably turn things around in stage 1.

Don't expect too much from them though imo.

*he played badly

This is a good list! 👍

I think they definitely didn't play as well as they should have. However, I think it could also be attributed to Karmine Corp just being on really good form.

Congratulations to Sentinels! 🔴
I wish you good form for the rest of the season. 🤗

Ticking Away is my favorite of the three followed by Die for You.

Grabbitz diff.

This could be true. I overcooked my pick'ems so hard but playoffs are going very well for me.

I agree with you about FPX not being a contender at all. In fact, I think EDG is the only team in China that could compete with the big boys up top. I also agree that they aren't a top contender, but they are always contenders nonetheless while a team like FPX or KRU (just an example) are not.

Time is of the essence, and I understand where you're coming from. While I certainly disagree slightly with your beliefs, I don't think you're wrong to think what you think. Thank you for backing up your claims with logic and reason.

We all know that China's too big to be merged with the rest of Asia, not even getting to the governmental policies that will probably obstruct such an idea to come into fruition.

Being a "top" team is subjective and relative to the person.

EDG finishes top 6 in international LANs and dominate the regional games. I think that makes them a top team. I don't think they need to meet any of the criteria you mentioned to be considered contenders for an international title.

To me, a top team includes teams that consistently place among top 8; but perhaps to you it only pertains to a team in the top 4 or something among those lines.

Aside from the fact that very few Chinese teams can compete with international teams from other leagues, I think China itself is pretty competitive. I highly recommend that you watch some VCT CN games; you'd be surprised at how entertaining it can get.

International LANs only provide so many series I denounce the line of thinking that judging a regions' competitveness based off of a few matches is a wise choice.