I was doubter when it happened, but Ardiis has been really great with FPX.

Joona pretty common male name here

G2 100%

I think FPX should be very likely unless they decided to move to China that is unlikely after EMEA FPX success. They have been in EMEA since beginning and as Chinese org definitely have money so I would believe Riot wanting to keep them. Unless again China becomes big then maybe different story. Also depends how many slots each EMEA region gets.

top 3 IMO no in order: OpTic, Fnatic, FPX

I think those 3 are the most perfect out of what I've seen so far. Great rosters with bunch of individual talent, great strats, great fundamentals, a lot of depth, great coaches and IGLs (Chet/FNS, Mini/Boaster and Doombros/Ange1 slaps), some of the best preparation and good map pools.

And rest I'm not sure, but would guess Loud, DRX, PRX, NA 2nd, EMEA 3rd etc.... bit biased

Lets go Berlin International Gaming!

nah I don't think so. Braveaf is initiator player and they already have Redgar who is their IGL and Sheydos. Doesn't make sense to replace either one IMO.

100%, really impressed by BIG

Fnatic and FPX are pretty much locked unless they mess up in playoffs. 3rd spot if between M3C/Guild/Acend/Liquid and out of those Liquid are not making it unless they really improve, Acend maybe look bit better than Liquid but they need to improve a lot as well. Guild have been looking pretty good, but are inconsistent like always. Hard to say who will make it as 3rd. All about how much these teams can improve and can Guild keep their good form in playoffs.

Aslan

Icebox most likely

both bad, but stabbings > mass shootings
I don't even understand why some Americans bring this up

burger meal or pizza is pretty much perfect I'm simple person, but mashed potatoes and reindeer/red deer meat with lingonberry jam and veggies is goated as well. Finnish christmas food good as well.

ofc finnish girls best because im finnish but not strongly.

on top of sentinels and faze at least imo, fokus is hard since they are new in vct and have faced pretty hard opponents. Im not unbiased tho, but try to here.

fnatic (maybe), finland

just 1 bad match

L

0/8

surely Clueless

Masters with nerfed EMEA is so boring in my opinion. What is the point of Masters without full competitiveness? Just look when OpTic can't attend and NA 2nd seed gets fucked in way or another and then say how exciting it is.

No if EMEA gets fucked again. And even outside of that I don't think so. I believe that you won't have underdogs like Zeta making it far again.

Going to cry? "OH NOO EMEA CASTERS DON'T TALK ABOUT BRAZIL OR SEA IN EMEA BROADCAST!!!!" Also they aren't wrong. EMEA is top region and have actual competition unlike some of these minor regions.

Fnatic
FPX
G2
Guild
M3C
TL

Copenhagen: FNC, FPX, GLD (this is their time I believe, but most likely won't make it like always)

Its called fashion and in case of Rolex also statement or even investment

Nah he also performed really well in Stage 1 playoffs lower brackets as well. One of big reasons why G2 qualified IMO. He stepped up massively, but couldn't continue to Masters 1.

Vakk's showing so far hasn't been great. But maybe he isn't just fully comfortable on this team yet.

Yeah... I don't know. I guess he doesn't want to play Chamber and knowing Acend they won't force him to. Just look at Bonecold during Astra meta.

pls keep him on Chamber

Why tho? They have Nivera already. And yes Dreamas is sentinel main so signing him for rest of stage 2 was bit weird move unless they are doing role changes.

Dreamas will most likely stay in roster until they find their real 5th. But tbh this is still bit weird. He also plays sentinel role and they already have Nivera, so I don't know are they planning on role changes.

I don't know about this. George Geddes said that this will likely be temporarily signing and before they can find their real 5th. Still weird. Like why not just stick with L1NK unless they had some internal issues? I think Dreamas is downgrade no matter what. Obviously L1NK may not have motivation since he knows he will get benched while Dreamas is eager to show that he can perform, so maybe that is why it was done. Hope best for Dreamas tho!

Any regions where there's only 1 team dominating others

Kind of makes sense if they want to replace someone considering L1NK' form this year. He is amazing anchor player when he is in form, but this year he has been pretty weak for TL. While Soulcas has stepped up and has looked improved in stage 2. I just wonder where they will find better player to replace L1NK with.

ACE 1-2 G2
NAVI 1-2 TL
OGLU 0-2 FPX
BIG 0-2 M3C
FKS 0-2 FNC
BBL 1-2 GLD

I don't know just that he said he fly from Moscow.

I don't know exactly what is the case here, but for example m0NESY was able to travel to Belgium Majors by flying Russia -> Dubai -> Belgium. Obviously I don't know the full picture, but it is definitely possible somehow as long as Riot has been preparing for it. And I don't know how Danish restriction look like.
Also week back or two both Shao and Suygetsu were playing from same room seeing in interview, so maybe they have relocated? Could just be something else, but bootcamp with only 2 players seems weird.

and for "if valo child game cs is for 50 year old boomers":
Valorant being "child game" is closer to truth than CSGO being "game for 50 year old boomers"
since both games mainly attract people who are closer to being "childs" than "50 year old"

No, but Valorant community definitely feels more "young" in my opinion and it doesn't have anything to do with actual player ages just with mental/culture. Valorant community is exactly what you would expect from "NA centered" game aka zoomers. And not zoomers in terms of age, but in terms of culture. While CSGO being more EU centered it doesn't follow similar culture and the culture is overall more divided and doesn't follow the newest trends as much making it feel more mature. And this simply due to game's age and main playerbase being more divided due to cultural differences (in countries/areas mainly). Playerbase ages are similar no matter how much some people try to deny it, but the cultures differs quite a lot.

TLRD: in NA they say "SHEESH!" and in EU we say "SIUU!"

that is my analysis

Good all things considered. They still do some clear mistakes especially compared to some of the other VCT teams, but all in all that is to be expected from team that came from VRL. They have showed potential and have also shown that these guys can do decently against tier 1 teams and have also proven that VRL systems actually work to some degree. Bright future for sure!

true Liquid and Acend what are you doing with comp choices waiting for Chamber nerf I guess

OnePlus 8T

but they have LEC spot and top 3 roster there even tho they sold their best players to NA

pretty good, but keyboard sound not so good

100$ is way too much especially considering your relationship IMO + if she truly cares about you then the gift shouldn't matter, so maybe that is good test even if it can be awkward.

Anyone who expects or even asks(as money not item) to get a gift worth of 100$ doesn't deserve gifts to begin with in my opinion (esp when you guys have just started talking to each other). I don't know about the rest, because I don't know you or this person. But gift part is dumb from her and the fact that she specifically said "money" like if that was proper gift in this instance anyway at least sounds weird.

True feels really pointless right now outside of her being the new antagonist of this series who end up dying in last episode. Also she doesn't seem to fit in so far. I don't know why. Hopefully she will get Ahsoka treatment if they have time.

Pretty meh so far tbh. And this is coming from big Star Wars fan. I hate how lazy the inquisitors look in this live action series compared to how they looked in Rebels. Also you had some silly dumb moments like some of those Leia chase scenes that were just silly. Also the new inquisitor Third Sister seems bad and annoying so far, but I guess they have time to make it better. It still has potentially, but so far has been bit dissapointing.

edit: just watched episode 3 and have to say that brought some hope back. Really decent episode with some small meh stuff obviously (3rd sister still feels bad). Love how it has more dark/brutal tone to it and amazing to see that from Disney. Leaning a little bit away from super kid friendly stuff. Obviously it has a lot of nostalgia factor that boosts it.

OWB or Owbe (OverWatch Better)

Little bit yes. When I actively comm I usually have more confidence in my own play, because I feel more "professional" if that makes sense. And yeah positive teammates definitely help, but don't make me perform different. Sometimes with negatives you just know that you lost the game already and don't care or if they are negative towards me I usually stop caring about the game because I'm too soft and start playing more ballsy (can lead to success sometimes).