I want to see this team play already ffs

Its night in NA. On average Twitch views are way lower during this time.

yeah VRL France looks really nice and definitely worth following

Acend are good in scrims if I'm not wrong, but they just went through roster changes.

No it isn't. Cry if you feel like it. Its normal for humans.

There's no fucking way my stream just crashed before penalty shot

someone link full video when they upload it or remind

I hope I can just watch it somewhere, paid ofc

Ehh... he didn't really perform and I think its better for him to grind tier 2 for some time before returning to VCT team. He is really young as well.

Already old news, but good for someone who hasn't seen it yet!

I don't think they need roster changes. Just more consistent with their roles and more time to practice these meta comps they ran in Masters.

Good additions tbh. Fea is still bit question for me. But I think LAN nerves and not much time to prep weakened his performance in Masters 1. Also who knows if he slowly took more and more role in calling and maybe someday if Boaster retires or something Fea can take over the IGL role if he is still there.

Based on players alone EMEA in my opinion. Like that EMEA superteam would be pretty much perfect on paper. They don't really have any weaknesses.

Half EU half CIS. Playing in CIS because its easier to qualify most likely.

Who is Berserker tho? Alfajer's alt? Because they said that they have started scrimming already and this Berserker guy was on top of the scoreboard. But at the same time there isn't any info about anyone named that. No VLR page or anything.

Ofc. Anyone who thinks Gambit isn't really good or is washed doesn't know what they are talking about.

That logic doesn't really work tho. Liquid lost to LOUD who ended up placing #2 and to Zeta who ended up placing #3. And you could even argue Liquid weren't even 4th best considering that M3C looked way better than them. They also changed every comp and even IGL (if I'm not wrong) going into this tournament, so they did better than expected. And G2 did classic G2s. Underperformed just like The Guard.

And yeah FPX did win EMEA confidently, full Fnatic would have been performing way better as well. What I mean is that EMEA has easily the most amount of competitive teams. And more competitive region the faster it will improve. While some smaller regions may not improve fast enough after M1 like we saw with KRU kinda. That's why I have no doubt that EMEA will perform way better next Masters especially when there was big meta change as well before M1. Team like G2 were clearly lacking ability to counter it.

Depends on how you rate regions. Based on 1 team or whole scene? And do you believe some of these regions can keep improving fast enough etc.
For me:

1. EMEA just based on amount of good teams and competitiveness alone.
2. NA
   rest can go however depending on how you rate them. LATAM maybe weakest if they keep performing like this.

No

Fnatic and signing unknown players. Unless Berserker is alt account, but unlikely.

French VRL is going to be so interesting. kennyS also Vitality's new roster could be banging and is definitely the tier 2 team I'm looking to perform the most.

I don't think we can say this yet. kennyS is kind of washed in CSGO, but he still has insane mechanics and especially AWP mechanics. He played on best teams against best players. And he has also been playing Valorant quite a lot looking at his streams so he for sure has decent ability usage and game understanding. Because in the end of the day fundamentals work similarly in both games.

No excuses if that happens unless something shitty happens in EMEA qualifiers. But all excuses for this tournament were rightful.

Hopefully EMEA gets 4 spots. So many good teams and really bright future with multiple top teams. Unless EMEA gets fucked again for next Masters.

Fnatic are better than G2. And were way better than Liquid in EMEA. You are clearly someone who doesn't know what he is talking about. Just looking at seeding game results not knowing Fnatic's history lmao

And why I compare Fnatic to Optic is because they are really comparable. Both have good rosters with bad fragging IGL. Losing Derke and Braveaf is like losing Yay and crashies. OpTic wouldn't have done anything without those 2 considering how much it also effects their chemistry, strategic depth, set plays etc. They are similar teams.

It is the best. There is no other region that is more competitive and high level on average than EMEA. That is like saying NA was the best CSGO region when TL was on a heater.

Just imagining if NA was in EMEA's boots. That is exactly what happened to EMEA, but in alternate universe where is happened to NA and somehow they managed to get 3 spots KEKW

Delusion at its finest. OpTic wouldn't have done jack shit without Yay and Crashies. That is just facts. Also C9 biggest achievement reaching playoffs KEKW

Doesn't change anything. "they all have impact" doesn't mean anything if you replace 2 of your important core players with some random tier 2 players with 2 week time to prep. Also XSET placed 4th in NA, not C9. And arguably TL weren't even 4th best if you think M3C is better like they are.

G2 is comparable to The Guard. Both rose to success too quickly and ended up underperforming. Team Liquid is comparable to if NA sent XSET to Masters.

Let's see NA with OpTic without Yay and Crashies, The Guard who underperformed like they did and XSET. Then its comparable to what happened to EMEA this tournament.

1 tournament win = era?

I didn't like it because full EMEA wasn't there. Takes away from enjoyment when the best region and my favorite wasn't as competitive due to unlucky circumstances. Good for other regions tho.

EMEA still best region go cry about it

True

Can't expect much from someone from NA.

Even that is enough if teams actually got more than week to play without their Russian players. And Russian teams will still be scrimming and improving the region as a whole.

This tournament didn't tell anything about EMEA or its future. EMEA weren't even the favorites going into this tournament and if that doesn't tell something after Champions then I don't know.

Oh Envy/OpTic fans already forgetting how Redgar Reyna shit on them?

Unlucky tournament for EMEA. Will come back much stronger. So many good teams and upcoming so the region will improve faster than any other region like always. Especially when meta just changed and some EMEA teams are clearly behind meta.

you are the one coping

EMEA not best region COPIUM

Can't really blame them. Had to play multiple games in short period of time and last being against Fnatic that was mentally and strat wise straining while being unsure about can they even attend. Also G2 were peaking at that time and it was first G2 game where they actually looked good, so maybe they weren't expecting as good performance.

FPX, whole Fnatic and M3C would have been dominating in Masters 1. They suit perfectly to this meta.

EU likes to win in front of crowd anyway

Need to remember that Gambit CSGO team is likely way more expensive than their Valorant team.

EU living rent free in NA's head just proof. Really happy about EMEA even if they didn't get far this Masters. We will have at least 10 international contender teams at end of this year.

They are really similar. G2 with 2 new players, new structure, new IGL, new coach. Also improved a lot and rose to big success in short period of time just like The Guard. That second part being the most important. Also most of both team's players underperformed in LAN setting.

The Guard got shit on too and are pretty similar case to G2. G2 placed 2nd in EMEA and even then they arguably weren't even 3rd best in EMEA. My opinion about this didn't change when they placed 2nd in EMEA and haven't changed because of how they performed here. Both M3C and Fnatic showed higher levels, but got kind of unlucky. Not taking away from G2 tho, they improved a lot in short period of time. And I think that is why they didn't perform. Just too short time of success and maybe they were little arrogant. Also FPX, Fnatic and M3C would have been perfect for current meta. All teams can drive in chaos and that has been the theme in Masters so far.

Kind of true tho. They didn't play to their strengths and weren't doing anything crazy. Compared to their game against M3C for example. Also their players weren't hitting shit and whiffed a lot. And historically Fnatic suck online and especially in games that don't matter. Copium, but I think there's some truth to it.