Doesn't change anything tho. He is born in Finland and lived here all of his life, so he is Finnish.

Anti Covid passport* and that's pretty based if you follow your own values

Having close game against NAVI or losing to LDN UTD doesn't mean anything. Those teams are good. Also G2 is performing worse than what they did in playoffs of EMEA. Their games so far in masters have looked exactly like they did when they lost to teams like TL in EMEA. Meddo not hitting anything, Mixwell bad Jett, Avova just kind of disappears, uncoordinated etc. During their lower bracket playoff run all of the players activated and performed well. I have to admit that I already saw players like Meddo playing worse in EMEA finals and that's why I was kind of expecting this form from G2.

2* because you can't count Fnatic in and one of them is still in. While Team Liquid aka 4th seed performed as well as NA's 1st seed

These players don't make sense. Why would they have 2 duelist players while also possibly having flex duelist in zeek?

CarlosW won my heart

DRX 0-4 ZETA
PRX 3-2 G2

WP by Brazil happy that "minor" regions are doing well this Masters.

Respect to him. Did cool things with KRU and seems to be based.

The Guard = G2: new team(kind of) who just found regional success, but ended up choking and underperforming on big stage.
OpTic = Fnatic: But instead let's take Yay and crashies away from OpTic and replace them with random unproven tier 2 talent.

im coping but thats how it goes

Yeah lost 1 group game so what? LDN UTD are on similar level as teams like Sentinels or XSET in NA. Also Fnatic lost 2 players that completely threw their teamplay and chemistry all over the place and one of those was their starplayer. H1ber and Fea are good, but tier 2 with no prior experience with Fnatic core. EMEA lost that is true, but also unlucky circumstances.

Just reminding what happened to NA 1st seed. Minor regions keep winning.

Fnatic - 2 subs so you can't even count them in
Liquid - shit in EMEA, having to change every comp on every map, still good performance all things considered.
G2 - 2 players no LAN experience, new IGL, new structure aka new team just like The Guard. Not excuse tho just like it isn't for The Guard.
FPX - clearly best in EMEA beating every team easy and couldn't even show their skills here.
So both regions are shit and only have 1 that could do well, but sadly EMEA's isn't here.

NA talking KEKW

Your first seed team went 0-2 and got eliminated and only OpTic is doing well. EMEA didn't even send the team that was clearly the best. And before you talk about experience G2 is almost as new team as Guard with roster changes, coach changes, IGL changes etc.

Yeah. Like I would maybe understand if it was some insane player like Derke on Fnatic or something like that, but Meddo on Viper? Guy hasn't been hitting much this Masters and he is the one to do a play that is all about outaiming your enemy.

G2 peaked at EMEA playoffs unlucky

bad game from G2

Historically G2 are insane on rematches, but I don't know who they will face if they lose now.

Knowing Carlos he most likely will if he keeps performing like this

G2 should sign JUGi

Just how they looked before their playoff lower bracket run. Uncoordinated, bad aim etc. Good timing for them to peak to qualify, but bad for EMEA. This is what I was fearing.

One of the best Chambers, but bad Jett. Should just go OpTic way and keep him on Chamber always.

Meddo peaked in EMEA playoffs and Mixwell can only perform on Chamber unlucky gg

Nukkye is insane. Has just been underperforming. Maybe pressure + IGLing on LAN for first time.

Meddo was pretty bad until playoffs when he activated and added a lot of firepower, but seems like he is going back to old form. Also first LAN for him.

Cursed tournament since the beginning

They won against G2 that actually looked good not this LAN G2

only player from G2 that is performing like they did online is hoody and Mixwell on Chamber

Yeah both of them had some overheat moments. Same with Buzz who had at least couple 1v1 situations where he just peaked too wide and made it 1v2. Also not realizing that enemies can see through Astra B main one way. Kind of unfortunate small things that ended up costing them the series IMO.

You mean EMEA top 2?

DRX made so many mistakes and OpTic took advantage of them. They overheated when it came to 2nd half of Split.

DRX didn't deserve to win. Buzz keeps dying with bad positioning. Rb can't hit shot. Constantly dry peeking yay with no reason.

DRX throwing so much so yes

M3C vs Fnatic better

gg Rb is terrible

Buzz has lost so many rounds due to his positioning its crazy.

Who called DRX "the best team in the world"? lol

Nope

DRX players were so clueless during last rounds.

EMEA and NA still best regions based on competitive depth. Both regions have at least 4 teams who could be real contenders.

Is he though? He has always been pretty critical towards most teams. And feels like before every tournament he always preds NA to do better than EMEA.

GIGACHAD

NA 🤗 🤗 EMEA Sadge

Just following NA's example

Such a strange move if true. Like I feel like Magnum has been bit underwhelming at times, but still. He is good sentinel player and its going to be really hard to find replacement.

Both EMEA and NA suck. We should just move to Overwatch 2. Hop in!
oh nvm that game is dominated by Korea....

Mixwell is good Chamber tho. One of the best. And this is coming from Mixwell doubter.

True they have to be proud of their achievements even if they lose. Then the question is just that can they continue to perform. Most likely yes.

Yeah, but my point is that they aren't full CIS team when it comes to players even if they are considered "CIS".

Nah. Both Fnatic and M3C showed insane levels, but M3C got eliminated because they were exhausted and Fnatic lost their starplayer and Sova main who is also important piece. Liquid looked like shit, but improved for Masters 1 even though they got eliminated. Had to change comps on pretty much every map. G2 is still questionable for me, because they might just be on honeymoon period and especially Meddo peaked when it mattered in EMEA, but I don't know can he keep that level up. FPX is also big ? because they just rolled everyone with different lineups.

I think bad performance was kind of expected from EMEA. Considering that TL could have easily gotten grouped, but managed to pull it off and Fnatic was doomed since the beginning. G2 could do well or could do bad. Hard to say.