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Only Koalanoob and Fluyh were from tier 2 NA and even their success isn't guaranteed.

Less - no-brainer as top tier sentinel player.
Saadhak - no-brainer as one of the most proven IGLs.
Florescent - likely influenced by clout at least partly, doubt they would have even thought of her without it.
Koalanoob - Happy clearly wanted him as his ex-coach, but also not worst signing because many tier 2 EMEA duelists got picked already.
Oderus - their coach so makes sense to sub him in, not really a player.
Crashies - seems like pretty last minute signing because Leo can't play, likely was unsigned and is experienced and English native compared to some random Turk.
Flyuh - IGL prospect so makes sense and seems like he has good rep as teammate since both Sayf and KOI's coach have said liking him.

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Nah I think this is their plan. Alfajer Iso and that's why Kajaak Yoru on most maps. Pretty shitty role for him to be put in as rookie and makes it hard for him to perform I think.

Yep Kajaaks impact has been pretty low and decent amount of his kills come from rounds where he gets like 3k. But I also think that he is not really being set up like duelists usually because he is playing Yoru and Fnatic plays pretty individual focused game. He is being more used for info gathering and holding hard areas. And yeah Crashies isn't Leo.

Fnatic look pretty ass honestly think they will struggle next year. Feels like outside of individuals (mainly Alfajer and Chronicle) there really isn't much going on. On attack just walking around map slowly, getting picked up one by one, not doing anything. Without inside info feels like calling issue with Boaster not being able to call fluently and maybe lack of comms of Leo and Derke also has effect on it.

Classic Fnatic, when Alfajer and Chronicle are hitting they look like best in the world, but moment when they don't Fnatic look extremely mid. I feel this Fnatic is so reliant on individuals because of mid strats and calling (especially on attack). Kaajak hasn't shown crazy performances so far (tbf Yory not best for that) and Leo isn't there. Bit worried for this Fnatic based on games we've seen so far.

I mean Sayonara is like the most looked after young talent in EMEA. Just like how wo0t was before joining TH.

NAVI will be good let me tell you

Turkish flex that has been rumored for some time now. Honestly haven't seen much of him, but from what I've seen he hasn't been anything special and actually pretty mid tier 2 talent. But I guess Apeks saw something in him, so who knows. Florescant and Batujnax duo doesn't excite me in terms of expectations.

Why would Apeks get moose out of any player?

6 out of 60 players is pretty much nothing. Compared that to NA teams having to only fill 30 slots + 5 from LEV considering they are English speaking. And even out of those both Less and Saadhak were playing in the non-English speaking SA teams previously, and both are no-brainers considering them being top tier in their roles. I don't count SA teams because they are sticking to Spanish/Portuguese speaking players. EMEA has shit ton of spots to fill considering that 11/12 of the teams are international and English speaking.

Again who? Most tier 1 and tier 2 players have been signed already. Them just going for free agent who has bunch of experience from playing in tier 1 is understandable move. Obviously Crashies hasn't been even close to his peak for some time and is downgrade from Leo, but he should be ok enough to fill in. Also I think any ex-OpTic/NRG player would fit in well to EMEA teams because of similar style and comms (from videos).

Makes sense though. Most players are signed already and Crashies has experience and is even english speaker (compared to like some random Turkish talent for example) so easy to fit him in.

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yep but im pretty impressed by KC so far. Way better teamwork and fast decision making, and individuals hitting. They will be good next season.

Again the original leak post said that she was among the best players they trialed, not the best. Whatever that means is unknown considering it could be anything from group of 3 duelists, to 3 overall players that could fill either of the spots, or 5 players where 2 got picked by/chose other teams etc...

I mean Kaajak was one of the best duelists(arguably best) in tier 2, picked by top EMEA team to replace Derke, while Florescant has mostly just played GC.

it said she was among the best, not the best.

I didn't say Stockholm is hard. Just that its full of Russians, I've legit had games where I've been only non-Russian out of 10 players. Also players there play braindead for most part and because of that the experience is really different to rest of EU. Out of all the EU servers I've tried its easily been the worst experience and not worth playing in.

Stockholm is dogshit experience with full Russian teams every game. They don't talk English and play braindead.
London people lower skill on average and every game has at least 1 annoying Brit or guys arguing.
Paris well toxic French and losing first round = someone throws whole game and wants to surrender insta
Frankfurt I guess best overall with good balance but still shit like every server

At least to me he didn't have a standout round or anything and still top fragged while having decent util. Really good game and means he was constantly finding kills each round.

KC changed players, but they still looked bad. Honestly I think they will lack firepower. Small sample size but Marteen low impact and inconsistent, Suygetsu looked like he did on NAVI for past year so low fragging, Avez too much utlity so he cant frag, Saadhak not that good individual and Elite is only one doing something.

FNC midrounding looked shit like they just sneak around the map doing nothing getting picked one by one, not playing for man advantages, on defense 24/7 retake simulator. Weird comps like I get that they might expect Neon nerf, but why not play Neon when Kaajak can play her and she is so op? Also playing Alfajer on Raze and Kaajak on Gekko on Bind doesn't make any sense, and could show that they are not confident in their "expected" roles. Also like I said I think their calling/plan looked bad and I think that's because its just Boaster compared to having Derke and Leo add to comms.

and FUT just look so weird. Like they look like they should be winning rounds and I think Xeus is an upgrade, but they still end up losing to must stupidest thing and score wise getting rolled. Its like roster where individuals can pop off any round but still end up losing. FUT has always been that type of team and its weird and frustrating to watch.

how tf are you up 4-0 and lose 5-13 what a shit showing from FUT this event. KC looked like shit and Fnatic/FUT looked so mid. Only TH looked somewhat decent. I guess TH and hopefully VIT are the only hopes. Rest look so gapped its unbeliavable.

I wonder did xuss get any trials from tier 1 teams
hes been doing good

I like Sliggy but only downside is that his chat is ok but honestly its too soft imo. Like no negativity allowed is bit ass in my opinion. Like watching s1mple play and typing s0mple would get you timeouted and some bans seem pretty unreasonable. Ofc every stream has their own rules and I personally respect them, but its one of the biggest downsides of his streams imo.

What is even the point of Split 3?

Why? His name was there in VRL matches yesterday as well but Xeus played

That's really nice if Lime actually makes it as I rate him higher than batujnax at least. Was pretty disapointed when it seemed like he was pretty much locked in before the Florescent report. But if he still end up joining and even plays flex or maybe duelist who knows he is good pickup for Apeks and nice to see him getting a shot because he really deserves it. Still not rating Apeks any higher really, but their potential is higher.

not false but I don't know is it his fault or rest of team because he is pretty often alone. But I've noticed that BBL are pretty slow so maybe the rest dont just commit enough. Like how many times they were afk on site vs G2 too scared to plant but still not doing anything. But so far Lewn has looked kind of weak outside of some nice mechanics. But its true that it might be team problem.

Bit disapointing for sure. Ofc early still, but Lewn low impact so far

Yetujey has been insane in the offseason. Really a player worth keeping your eyes on for next season. And if Xeus can keep performing on high level consistently then this FUT could go places. IMO Xeus potential is higher than cNed's and he is more well rounded "modern" duelist.

Depends how you see tiers. Tiers can be pretty big and G2G are likely somewhere in tier 3 level(mid-bottom) in my books. But yeah games like this just shows how big of a difference there is between GC and even tier 2. And then you see delusional people claiming GC to be close to tier 2 or even tier 1 level. No they aren't. And Im not only talking about Siko here, just put them vs any T2 or top T3 team and result would be the same.

T3 considering that they didn't even qualify for Challenger league

slow start, but not bad finish

Not sure are they qualifying for international, but I think they will be pretty good and maybe undertalked

I do agree that there are better options with more potetial, and I do agree that this will likely generate transphobia etc. BUT what did people expect? That the first GC player in VCT was going to join top team? Fnatic Florescent? Teams like Apeks or other bottom feeders are literally the only possible teams that could look for absolutely best GC player(s). That was always going to happen. And somehow blaming it on the rest of roster is crazy. Like if the 3 were on their knees right now thanking the god that out of all the duelists they got the one and only future superstar Florescent.

Who knows how well she ends up doing, but the expectations right now should be that she is likely going to struggle no matter her team. And its funny that I've already seen countless of these "she might struggle because her team is shit" comments already coping and using it as the excuse if she ends up shitting the bed.

and I do agree that this Apeks roster is going to be bad in VCT no matter which duelist they got

I do agree, even though I think Molsi never had the chances of showing his true potential (his OGLU form). But saying that Florescent is somehow more deserving of VCT spot while never even have played in proper tier 2 is just insane. Like the way people are talking here is like if Florescent was exact or even better replacement for Kaajak who was arguably the best duelist in tier 2 EMEA. People didn't even trash rest of Apeks this much when Kaajak was fragging for them.

Yeah I'm not biggest fan of the players either(outside of molsi in the past), but saying that they are bad players while saying how Florescant might get the spotlight as the solo carry is insane when they are so much more proven players who have played in the big leagues. Like you could say the exact same thing about Batujnax(if he is the 5th) and how he is going to carry this team of weaker individual and be the next star, but no one would say that because it has no backing whatsoever.

Like I don't know how Florescent will end up doing, but its just insane to see people talk shit about Apeks' existent roster when they should be happy and surprised that Florescent even made it to any VCT team to begin with. On paper she should be the worst duelist in EMEA VCT.

Imagine thinking Florescent is better than Molsi, Avova or Hype when all of them are ex tier 1 players who also performed in tier 2 of EMEA. Florescent should have the lowest expectations of the upcoming Apeks roster alongside batujnax.

Why people keep talking shit about Apeks players while praising Florescent? Any of the existent Molsi, Avova and Hype are more proven and have been able to perform in tier 1 in the past. If anything they should be the ones who got the "bad move" and who might get fcked by this move.

Less - no brainer, one of the best sentinels to a rich org
Saadhak - no brainer, one of the most proven IGLs
Flyuh - don't know, but apparently Gorilla(KOI HC) liked him and even guys like Sayf liked him back when even NA was possibility for him IIRC
Koalanoob - Happy just wanted to take him with him, no other explanation considering how fast everything seemed to happen
Florescent - Apeks seemed to have struggled finding 4th and 5th and I guess they just said fuck it and benefit from clout

honestly Koalanoob might be good signing, but 3 of those were pretty much just X person wanting Y person to their team

batujnax likely because he was also rumored with Florescent

I don't know was he the best, but yeah my point that Lime isn't really a potential future star caliber like Kaajak or Xeus, so them prioritizing publicity over slightly better player isn't unbelievable. Like I don't think it really changes their expectations of perfomance next season. And yeah Lime has been playing well for quite a long time now and I was hoping for him to make it even if I don't rate him super high among EMEAs top duelists.

Yeah, "among" the best players. And they only trialed for 2 spots. Like who knows maybe she outperformed him, but that sentence alone doesn't mean that. Like Lime isn't some future star type of duelist, so them picking Florescent over him even if he performed better wouldn't be unbeliavable. And even then Lime has been grinding in tier 2 while looking good, while Florescent has only been dominating GC.

I don't know what Apeks are doing.... Maybe Florescent did well in trials or something, but signing her over cNed or Lime or some other tier 2 duelists feels bit scummy. Like I said I don't know the insides, but this feels a lot like "we are going to be kicked out of VCT anyway, so let's make a clout move that will farm impressions and make us relevant". If that's the case then it feels bad for guys like Lime who have been grinding in tier 2 for long while performing well.

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no difference

TH
VIT
FNC
FUT
NAVI
KC
TL
GX
BBL
KOI
M8
APK

just quick feeling right now, honestly not sure of outside top 3. KC is hot take, but even though I think they are going to be good, some teams are likely going to perform below expectation. I think both NAVI and TL(not sure) are bit underrated. I want to believe in M8 and BBL, but some teams have to be down there.