Not even close to best but its not bad and video is good.
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Not even close to best but its not bad and video is good.
Never use mics fuck mic users anyway always mute them
French are fighting over him. But Vitality seems like such no brainer over M8s if both offer him a spot
Dunno but RobbieBK/UNFAKE/Iluri would all be decent options IMO. UNFAKE was put into shit position in Vitality with low time, Iluri has been in tier 2 for long and has pretty good track record there and fit role wise, and RobbieBK also still deserve chances.
But there was also some I guess leaker guy posting flags for teams and it had Turkey, Turkey, International(Russia), Lithuania and US flags and pretty likely meant NAVI if they get MiniBoo, so the IGL could also be from Americas like vora from TSM. But its possible this post was just guessing as teams are still trialing players.
Profek is good as well and this was his first year in VCT, but overall Keiko > Profek for now and has shown ability to flex to duelist if needed. I think both are likely top 3 smokes in EMEA tho with Ruxic so can't go wrong with either one.
Because they played double duelist on maps like Split. Kamo played Yoru and Keiko has very good Raze so its a no brainer. Rather have Keiko on Raze than Serial/Kamyk. TL didn't have players who could flex to duelist outside of Kamo and Keiko.
Was he supposed to stay on duelist for rest of his career? He played smokes for whole year while being on top EMEA team and looking like top 3 player in the region. His smoke utility was completely fine.
But he is full time smoker tho? He just played duelist on maps where they needed double duelist or if they needed Kamo to flex.
Point is that his stats are from playing in Champs and making it to top 6. He is way more proven than some random tier 2 duelist. He can frag and plays his entry role well.
yeah playing in Champs. Most players never get there. MiniBoo is decent and NAVI doesnt need carry duelist
because most players especially young think that they are cool and "aura farm" when they show no personality whatsoever. People can shit talk players like Boaster but at least he shows some personality and will be going to places even after his pro career ends. Young players want to be mysterious and tuff while being copy pastes of each other.
Low Roar. They have bunch of their music in Death Stranding if you have ever played that. Not exactly like Radiohead, but give me similar vibe where the songs are more like experience. Very underrated.
Pretty much completely different roster each year and only nAts has remained the same. In 2023 they had Jamppi, Sayf, Soulcas and Redgar - in 2024 they had Jamppi, Keiko, Enzo and Mistic. And even with this current roster they went into Bangkok as 2nd seed and got eliminated by G2 and to Toronto as 3rd seed and got eliminated by PRX in overtime (and had to start the event with a sub). Champs was the first event this current roster really underperformed.
Ye FNC and TH played worse in EMEA playoffs but winning EMEA wasn't easy task anyway. TL winning clearly showed that they were good and they looked good but massively underperformed in Champs. TL with their EMEA form would have very likely made it to playoffs even with NRG and DRX in their group.
Because they had shit form for unknown reason. NRG could have went in and if their prep was shit and in off form they could have gotten 0-2d in groups. Shit happens.
People only say this because they underperformed in Champs and played worse than in EMEA. They literally won EMEA.
LFT likely. But can't lie that all these videos make it seem like he retired or something while its very likely that he will be in Berlin next year anyway.
Ofc he will find a team if he keeps playing. He is very experienced player and has performed fine in internationals. Many underrate him. Hopefully team like NAVI gets him.
ANGE1 is good, but honestly I don't know how to feel about (I assume) getting rid of Happy for ANGE1 head coach? Feels like bonkar type of situation that will bite them back.
Well considering that M8 got back in I highly doubt Comeback is leaving and guys like Something/Zekken/Texture would never leave their current teams especially not to join NAVI in EMEA. No doubt all of them are getting resigned and their orgs are throwing money at them. Also like I said I think people underrated MiniBoo. He is constantly playing in international events against the best and has been performing decent.
Expected. But tbf I much rather see them than some shitter org. Not only did they have all the watchparties, skin sales etc but they also clearly tried building rosters that could do well. Even their last roster might have gone without wins, but they were so close many times and could have easily made it to playoffs if they had won few rounds more in total. Especially compared to team like Apeks with their roster building and eye test. Also if they still have same contracts they will have players like Comeback and Minny to build around. Deserved tbf.
NAVI. Honestly I think MiniBoo is kinda underrated and I think he could do really well on NAVI. They already have/had Ruxic and Hiro putting up insane performances so they don't really need hard carry duelist but instead someone who can play for team while still putting decent numbers and I think MiniBoo would be pretty perfect fit.
Well realistically there isnt much you can do about it since you shouldn't really touch it or put any foundation makeup on it. Just learn from it and either get better at shaving, buy new blade and use foam or buy something like philips oneblade that pretty much never cuts you. If its healed to some degree then some foundation makeup can cover it up a little bit.
EMEA has made multiple finals and overall has performed well. Also EMEA has so many slots so teams have to compete for the best players and thats why it takes bit before teams start filling up with good players and get consistency. Every season many teams have to sign bunch of rookies for this reason including imports and fight for their existing players. Now we are finally getting to point where EMEA as a whole has good pool of proven players like we saw end of Stage 2 and it will just get better. EMEA was always going to take the biggest hit after franchising. Most teams/slots and biggest talent pool to pick from due to huge amount of tier 1 and 2 players. Many teams are going to fail.
Yes both can also make huge comebacks because they are very good teams when they are on, but looking at Fnatic first 2 maps today it was very bad from them. Against PRX last event they melted on Lotus. Here today they won both pistols on Sunset and still only won 5 rounds. TH same story of losing finals.
He had a lot of impact but honestly I would have given it to Ethan. His (I suppose) calling and overall midrounding has been very good this event like some of the fluidity of them was insane. And he had very impactful individual finals.
Tbf most of the time EMEA teams go to finals from lower bracket and get kinda fucked by map pick/ban advantage. And both TH and FNC have tendency to choke when it matters.
Say what you want but EMEA is in very good position right now. Who knows what happens in off season but EMEA already looked strong at end of stage 2 with teams like FNC, TH, TL, GX, NAVI, BBL and Champs performance wasn't bad either outside of TL looking like ass. Next year EMEA has chance of continuing being strong and possibly even the strongest region. Also got rid of shitters like Apeks and KOI. Like people will say Americas > EMEA but I fully believe that EMEA is still stronger region as a whole.
Cope take. Crowds not being biased is the equivalent to team saying "we are happy to be here". You can see this in every sport. Go to regions that are the least competitive and have no history of winning and they are the most unbiased out there. Nothing to do with sportsmanship.
Regions that dont know what winning is are the least biased. EU and Brazil are competitive regions in sports and esports so they are more biased.
French crowd cheering for the European team?!!?!? HOW CAN THIS BE??
They have no adaptation and this preparation... been the theme of this game so far. Fnatic looks like Vitality earlier this year where they are just slow at reacting to anything. They let enemies play their own tempo and don't do shit to stop it. No adaptation, no mid rounding, miss communication etc. Its like modern parent stuck watching their phone while their kid is going crazy and causing public disturbance. They look so unprepared and look like they don't even care. Its embarrassing af to watch.
maybe zone with Raze ult then? And anything is safer than walking on site with no cover and smokes
They are just giving NRG all the freedom to do whatever they want
Yeah Fnatic have such shit read on them. FNC are just waiting around and expecting NRG to play super slow and get surprised when NRG is closer than they think. And absolutely no adaptation from Boaster or anyone it feels. Feels like huge IGL and coach diff right now.
Idk FNC seem to have completely wrong read of NRG and their tempo. They play like they played against themselves aka very slow team. They just dont seem to understand NRG's tempo at all and get caught constantly. Its so strange and they dont seem to adapt.
They are so lost and have no idea how to play the map. Chronicle is ready for mid push based on the info he gets and then Boaster just runs tunnel with knife in hand and gets killed like what? So lost rn its like the players are on different page whole time.
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