true. I don't agree with the John Olsen pick though. Sushi -> Jett. PTC -> 2nd duelist.

nah. I have no reasoning for it, but I just know Liquid would've lost too.

Fuck this dogshit bracket for having the two best teams in the world (KRU and Fnatic) match up in quarters. Should've been Liquid or Acend losing this map, sadge.

VAMOS KRU

Baldoma scares not only his enemies but also his teammates.

Fear the Baldoman! Fear the Baldoman! Fear the Baldoman!

It's dead. However, the salaries are very impressive. 100k US/year average.

EDIT: The OWL isn't regional, there's only one league with all the teams made up of players from around the world.

A seeding game sucks because it feels that the teams aren't trying, because there's nothing on the line and trying would hurt their chances in future events.

An actual match's outcome matters because it decides which team is better. Which players were better. Whose hard work, time, and strategy triumphed. The reward of the match does matter somewhat, but the glory is what should matter the most to fans, at least. To the players, yes, the prizing matters.

However, the best players are trying to win, no matter what. To prove that they are the best, not to win money.

https://twitter.com/itsPatiphan/status/1469034846219554823

"That wrapped this year and also my last official match ggs 1-2 @GambitEsports
:Woman_getting_face_massage_emoji: good luck further and :hand_waving_emoji: "

Nobody is sad because they all get paid half a Million Doller anyway.

Why would it be a good thing for the players to be sad in the first place? I don't understand this reasoning. The fans are definitely sad. I couldn't give less of a fuck that they are getting the bag when they get knocked out of the tournament; I want to see them play more!

Sure, the players may not be AS sad, but I'm pretty confident not getting to compete any longer hurts, especially after putting in hours of work.

https://www.thespike.gg/news/patiphan-i-m-still-not-in-my-best-form-due-to-injury-but-will-try-to-do-my-best-in-every-game/1135

Lastly, will the outcome of Champions affect your decision on your future whether it be playing VALORANT or Overwatch?
No, it will not ;)

https://twitter.com/haloofthoughts/status/1456225059119501315?s=20

Gotta do what he gotta do. Any% speedrun OWL MVP get the bag and come back within a year before it inevitably implodes

COPIUM OVERDOSING

I'm a pati-fan. If Pati has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Pati has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Pati has only one fan then that is me. If Pati has no fans, then I am dead.

Their confidence was absolutely incredible! I'm sure this performance will inspire SEA players and teams for years.

Amazing showing. Completely unexpected run through the group stage. Ending with a 1-2 against Gambit. I'm incredibly sad to see them go, and to see Patiphan go for a long while. (OW2 please die fast so he can come back!)

NT X10. Thanks, Patiphan!

yeah I'm not a fan of the Breeze pick ngl. At the very least, I'm 100% sure they're confident no matter what the map is.

Sushi Boy: "A male who doesn't use condoms"
-https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sushi%20Boy

Sushi Boys (X10) fucked Gambit RAW. Not medium rare. Not even rare. Straight up, bloody and FUCKING RAW.

No. most submissive and breedable team. I want, no, I need Patiphan's DNA in me

I bumped deez nuts onto your moms forehead last night

Space Dandy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI9aye8uTCk

I see

did anyone read the actual post

Damn, did they change the starting rank? I didn't realize it was possible to play in Bronze lobbies on a smurf account!

My king's ign is "Derke" not "derk UHH".

Derke is pronoune-
"my king / my king's"

Example: "Derke is a player for Fnatic esport. My king has the best stats at the group stage"

Please respect my king's pronouns.

~~Interstellar ~~

EDIT: Independence Day. not the greatest thing ever, but it never gets old.

FNATIC DERIC BEST BLAYER IN DA WORLD

CS peak has 2, 748, 434 peak excluding the unreliable Chinese stats, and 18 274 922 including them. The only PC game with a higher peak view count is LoL.

https://escharts.com/tournaments/csgo/pgl-major-stockholm-2021

It was a gigabanger final, definitely deserved the views.

I'll never understand what is so attractive about a literal fuckin spray, but if it works I'm not gonna complain LMFAO

Sentinels going for the "superior / omniscient" approach to their social media, where the tone always seems to be removed just doesn't work IMO. If that doesn't make sense, I'm referring to the style of social media posts that Finalmouse uses.

The G2 or C9 social media game is the way to go. It feels human, and therefore is great for getting people's support, whereas Sentinel's PR comes mainly from the players themselves.

That being said, I adore the ~30-60 second bits they do from time to time, like the water bottle sponsorship thing they did a while ago, or the newest video with Daph.

Your points have a lot of merit, those are definitely major consequences that could occur.

Maybe, the winner could get a separate, individual skin line where 50% of the profits go only to them. I'm not really sure about the time needed to make a skin, but with the ~ two-month "off-season" after champs, it may be possible to get it out in time before the next Masters event.

A distribution could work too, so long as it isn't connected to the prize pool - that's what messed things up for other tournaments in Dota 2, and more recently Fortnite. I'm not sure how exactly this would work, but with some clever wording and marketing, it should be possible to pull it off.

I'm just against the prize-pool approach, it has too many downsides.

I disagree. SeanGares is a pretty cool title. I could be SeanGares queueK, and you could be SeanGares ciro. It's slightly lengthy, but it rolls off the tongue beautifully.

If Boaster goes for a knife kill and messes up, he will be KRUcified.

I have 0 faith in Wardell and Subroza. They really look like they're only on the team to farm content and views. Levi looks decent.

I'd unironically be more excited for the Academy team than the main one, currently.

I see you've KRUnched the numbers.

What a KRUde comment.

It's a given that people will be under the influence of KRUpium, it's very exhilarating.

I really had to sKRUb my brain to create it.

A sKRUffy match would be the most entertaining.

A KRUel prediction, indeed.

Don't worry, you're not under any sKRUtiny.

I think the reason they chose not to increase the prize pool, is because it invalidates other tournaments. While this also does that, to a lesser extent, it doesn't make Champions the most important tournament for fans, like the TI is for Dota fans.

It does make it the most important event for teams, however.

In addition, the equally shared earnings are much better for teams who come from regions where it's difficult to improve. It disproportionately incentives investment in the regions with the best existing infrastructure, as they should theoretically have the highest chance of making it far, whereas the method RIOT is implementing currently is much better for those in regions without this infrastructure.

I see. Neither team wil KRUise, then. That is also acceptable.

KRU vs Fnatic:

Will they KRUmple? Or will they KRUsh? Only time will tell...

on the same level as the Shazam post

100% sure "freefire org" or "mobile game org" will be spammed lol. They really are massive on social media.

I've never seen a match where he played, but "better operator than Heat" is very high praise. I'm excited to see if his play holds up to this.

yeah FS in general didn't play nearly as well at LAN as they did in the LCQ.

I dunno which tournaments you've been watching, but Heat has fragged out in both of the international LANs he participated in. In fact, I can't really think of a massive individual underperformance by any Brazilian player this group stage. It was a team diff that I think caused the loss.

facts

in Masters 1, Pati was playing many non-duelist agents, like Viper and Sage, but still putting up insane numbers. I think he improved, but the real difference that I saw was his team better setting him up to frag the fuck out of the enemies. Same goes for Sushiboys.

Surprise - Derke. I thought he'd do well, but his group stage performance was ridiculous.

Disappointment - PTC. Did not show up at LAN. His KO performance online was insanely good. I really thought he would carry Full Sense to very close matches.