I agree with you, they wont be able to get both Bind and Ascent and their other maps do not look amazing

Trace have 2 maps, which are Ascent and Bind. EDG will ban Ascent like they did during Stage 2 and are very decent on Bind. I can only imagine a 2-0 or 2-1 loss to EDG. Then they would have to play against SEN/DRX who will both be happy to ban Ascent. Not looking like great chances but they already upset 2 teams so anything is possible

At his bleed rate you are absolutely right. If he gets dropped I would imagine no one would give him anything more than the minimum

they perform best when there is doubt so I hope nothing changes 💀

I mean if we want to talk about disappointments then it’s gotta be T1 for not even qualifying

ok

Not even close to a fluke. They came the closest to a 2023 FNC type year. Unless there is a 2 tournament winner, GenG will likely be the best performers of this season overall

this has elite jynx potential with champs still happening

Out respect for Trace and EDG, I’ll be passing on that $20

I’d say yes. We already saw regions get extra spots last year and it didn’t mean better quality overall. Usually every region has 1-2 teams who are actually contending. Who knows what needs to be done to guarantee the best 16 teams. In my head it would be cool to make a mega LCQ between the 4 best non qualified teams from each region but it would make no sense logistically

Yep I defo agree here, they were also in a down turn of form since the tragic Shanghai result. It happens

honestly you could have just muted and/or reported and moved on man, it really isnt that deep. if they deem the behavior bad theyll penalize them

this is probably similar to my rankings as well but id have C9 over EG

why would you try to make another song when you already reached perfection, anything new would just be worse

we do not need another Marved song

the only team where there can be discussion of removal of slots is probably china but who knows where those slots should go. we saw extra slots given last year and that didnt really get us better teams and its not even an EMEA problem. Regions by the end of the year are pretty top heavy so in champs there is always 1 or 2 teams per region that are not close to contending. SEN/KRU in Americas, Vitality/FUT in EMEA, Talon in Pacific, and etc. Every region takes at least a mid team to Shanghai and Champs. I hope they test new ways to qualify for Champs so that we get the 16 for sure best teams

people keep blaming the comps but other teams see a lot of success there. its more their style of play

i still like them but im sure people are disappointed with how they are playing. Probably entered every tournament as a favorite since Jinggg came back and they are underperforming severely

I mean they never say they arent biased. They even joke about it at times. If they didnt pick your favorite team it isnt the end of the world its a podcast

not gonna think it was a mickey it was the best teams in terms of form at the time. throughout the year teams decline and others rise. it is what it is

he is right, the successful teams control the pace of the game and show that they can be slow and methodical and have set agressive fast strats, In games we lose we look very indecisive

there is still champs why is there so much roster discussion

i'll go in with no expectations and root for the boys

D3FFO is playing great but i wouldnt go as far as to so say carrying lol

i only know about americas and its hard to say, best roster is probably OxG but similar to G2 (guard) last year are in the middle of a lower bracket run

I could be absolutely wrong but I thought there was rules against loaning players between partnered teams. Already seemed pretty illogical all things considered

common romance language W

This is a very real thing, I was able to have entire conversations when I went to Italy while speaking spanish

I mean hopefully they figure out their personal issues and are 100% locked in. In terms of their plans, I hope they ditch the Deadlock on all the maps that aren't Ascent.

bro is one of those 🤮

it’s crazy how that team was so bad but still had the same amount of international trophies as PRX

couldnt agree more, also most of these groups have 2/3 great teams
realistically everyone has a "hard time" thats the great part of champs

wonder why every vlr user thinks they are some roster genius, if any of these people actually became gms their teams would go winless

teams out of the playoffs just giving up is cringe. glad to see them trying

I'm sure SEN will go for Neon on Haven at the very least, the maps where they normally play raze will continue that way

rip vanity he didnt stand a chance in this TenZ comparison

haha no but still an insanely good player

yeah the initiator role wasnt fantastic for him

honestly I do not care if bad teams play less than the ones performing well

look a the standings in pacific. 1 game left 2 wins from tying GenG in wins

top 4 is awful? I wouldnt say they looked as amazing but this is a stretch

yes

No, they asked Zekken in an interview before the KRU game. He said that his raze is feeling really good so unless that changes then we probably won’t see Neon at least on the SEN maps we have already seen

EMEA sent their best lmao

honestly not bad rankings, I am expecting 100T to be back to form next match. However I imagine NRG higher with how bad Furia was today

Too many good teams in Americas. Highly doubt it

You basically just described every fandom ever. Let people glaze whoever they want 😭

bro reading too much into that drama lmao

no with their Shanghai performance lmao, they still won against C9 despite having to play on Icebox which is recently a pretty bad map for them

honestly G2 at #1 right now makes sense with their performance. LEV sucked at Shanghai and beat a team with 2 subs. No way #1 material right now. Whole list is pretty reactionary. 100T despite the loss is not that low (yet)