Riot cucked them basically. There ain't no way they're going to recover at this rate. How you going to find an org to keep all 5. They will probably disband if they don't find any support.

Their problem lies with their business and staffing decisions. Their inability to keep 5 together is what is causing them this grief. Imagine if they actually allowed their starting roster to play more than 1 season together. Surely their synergy, strats, and cohesion will come through no?

also I think they get a portion of whatever stream revenue their players make, well for some contracts

milk and juice are both bad. one's fatty af and the other is filled with sugar. can't convince anyone that those two are any better lol.

honestly, my biggest gripe is that they never give their team a chance to grow together and promote team synergy. 1 season is not enough. Look at EG, they worked hard with the same crew for a long time. SEN is like a revolving door. Nothing will ever stick and they won't amount to anything if they're looking for immediate success every single time. Such a disappointment seeing the cycle repeat itself.

FNS already confirmed he's not going to be on a starting roster. he's just going to stream full time unless a good enough offer comes up where he can choose the 4 for his own team.

Where's Marved going?

Well deserved. EG did what SEN, 100T, NRG and C9 couldn't do.

SG = Soon Gone. Great 3-1 finish to close out, EG.

it's wild 5 EMEA slots meant statistically they had higher odds to reach grand finals. Final three teams: 1 Pacific and 2 Americas. Gonna be hype to see who takes it.

what if sinatraa didn't get hit with the allegations? SEN might've won more

ong KK got hard stopped today

facts lol

I did, just wanted to reiterate incase people didn't notice lol

They need to work with the same 5 instead of trying to reinvent the wheel with new additions... Can't sustain that and expect to be world class. Happy to see that they may stay with the same squad so they can keep building synergy together.

yep, compare college basketball vs NBA. there's always going to be more people viewing the highest level of competition

y'all really defending NRG that hard? At the end of the day they just got outplayed. Nothing more, nothing less.

Playoffs now have:

2 EMEA
2 Americas
2 Pacific
2 China

Good test to see who really is the best since there's a balanced representation for each.

we did it boys. 2v2v2v2. battle to see which region is the best.

absolutely. love a good underdog story. I definitely think NRG and EDG will take it as well.

So far we got:

2 EMEA
2 Pacific
2 Americas

Remaining teams:
EDward Gaming vs Giants Gaming
Bilibili Gaming vs NRG Esports

Unlikely to happen but it would be funny to see 2 CN rise up to make it a 2v2v2v2

It's been a running joke ever since South America and North America became The Americas region since historically it was always NA vs rest of the world...so Instead of calling it SA. They just say South NA.

wouldn't be surprised if he's tryin' to spend more time with his sick fiancé. makes sense to step down to focus on her and content creation. it definitely gives him more flexibility not being tied down to countless hours of scrims, vod reviews, etc.

indeed

you're spot on. hiring more staff isn't gonna fix the lack of team synergy and fundamentals they lacked together on those maps where they got crushed on. they need to just play more together and get more depth with their strats.

if they want to be a winning org. clout alone isn't gonna do it. if Tenz does get dropped or moved to 6th man / content creator, good for them. He hasn't been hot for a while anyway.

XSET clears

demon1 not starting? why's it showing Apoth?

They haven't released anything yet. all LCQs haven't even been completed yet.

Crap logic. just because FNC performed doesn't mean the rest of EMEA are at their caliber lol

yeah, tenz overrated af lol. sorry but SEN just can't win for the life of them.

Might be a you, your family and/or HK thing. Def don't feel like that over here w/ my family. Also probably an age thing, you sound pretty young just from how you're describing your situation. How old are you?

Ima laugh if SEN treats LEV lightly and actually chokes and loses, I hope I'm wrong though.

yep, Marved enjoyed being 6th and being on the sidelines just streaming at his leisure, so if that sentiment still holds, we can expect at least him being replaced + the 2 Brazilians if they go back home.

Too bad Riot is brainless.

1-1, match of the century rn

Might be the last we see these teams intact for whoever loses. Going to be changes for sure after it ends...

hard facts

Gonna be one of the most viewed matches of all time I bet,

Just doing this to stir up and drive engagement to stay relevant, nothing else. He knows people will be salty about the placements and promote conversation Lol

yep, it's equivalent to having a perfect record in regular season but then fail in the playoffs lol. people only care about who finishes 1st when it matters the most.

L take tbh. Yay has not shown that he's as good as he used to be when going gets tough. Chamber nerfs killed him, Meta changes killed him. and lack of Team synergy killed him. It just shows that Yay being a million years better than ardiis means nothing if he doesn't have the support to go along with it. They're not going to change what's working and pay more for Yay just to replace a team that has already shown success together, that would be braindead on their Org's end.

Predictions are too premature, but derrek will never replace c0m. I can see brazilians in SEN going back to BR if they continue losing. I doubt Yay would replace ardiis, Yay has shown that he is overrated after Chamber nerfs and him not being able to play top tier when team isn't there with him.

they've been tanking in viewership and layoffs in HQ. Prob just trying their best to stay lean to keep cash flowing.

Called it, knew The Guard were going to take it.

He has said multiple times that he enjoys the flexibility of having his own schedule, own control over how much money he makes and just not being tied to countless hours of practice and scrimming. Basically he values WLB over being Pro again.

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shahzam
dapr
sinatraa
zombs
sick

I don't think he's washed. he just needs a better team IMHO. Look at what happened with Yay in DSG lol, team and synergy matters a lot.