my day is already ruined

the only saving grace is XIA winning

prayge

reminder Brazil hasn't beat any NA or EMEA team

fair play!

no shot u have Shahz and Redgar on the same list

LMFAO

downgrade!

weirdchamp

monkaW foreshadowing

true

I think any team would suffer from 2 subs regardless of their playstyle. Just not enough time to get them up to speed on all the protocols, and understand their playstyles.

#2 sadly

hopefully Xerxia cheer me up.

NIP is playing great. I always expected this game to be close, with or without Derke.

But this isn't the Fnatic I liked cheering for in Iceland '21. In Champs. Against M3C.

I'm disappointed.

possibly, but he said he was feeling fine like 5 days ago.

very thorough analysis!

does anyone know why Derke can't play with a hotel PC?

https://twitter.com/KING_BABYBAY/status/1513588958231339009

from one smeaggod to another

I'm one more missed trade away from peeling my eyelids off.

shambolic.

hopefully, derke brings them back, but I can't imagine it's fun to schedule practice with 2 possible rosters.

Ballsax28

as bad as Fnatic's chemistry may be with these players,
they at least try to trade most of the time,
and the postplants are ok.

I think it could be close, but they should close it out.

just doesn't feel like FNC without Derke.

bad translation? There's nothing in the message that is related to underestimating the stand-ins.

cope
/kōp/
(of a person) deal effectively with something difficult.

average G2 fan, why would APAC be coping.

y'all are not 8 anymore.

snek

trembolonaBASED

pepela

now this is REAL HOPIUM

I will be so incredibly sad if he doesn't get to play a single game this event because of that.

wait what the fuck???

is that fr

i thought he was going to play today?

Space Patrol Luluco, for a shorter option

Otherwise, Space Dandy

you're welcome

FNC 2-1 #ALWAYSFNATIC

honestly, it would be super cool to have a whole Asia league if LANs are possible next year.

#ALWAYSFNATIC

first W incoming today

True.

No fucking shot he tried pulling the "patiphan's leaving so they don't care" thing again, lmfao.

Pati was right, he really gave 'em ptsd.

NGL, it wasn't as bad as it's made out to be. watch it, it's only 3 minutes long - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9pgR7Yxmls

he said the mechanical skill ceiling is lower, but the util and teamplay are more important which is true.

the 'cringy' comps thing kinda did just feel like an NA vocab moment combined with, well, coming off a hard loss.

I have waited for many years ... at long last!

Issax28 finally made a good post

bro this mf really sayin their whole plan was "yay go kill"

and then he mad it didn't work

LMFAO

this rumor still has no source

on paper, I think NIP is the clear favorite.

in practice, who the fuck knows. either team could have a great day and win.

Their fundamentals are dogcheeks. It's not that their players are awful compared to other regions, it's that they cannot succeed in the structure they play in.

Honestly, getting a good coach and boot camping in EMEA/NA, or any region with an established practice structure, for an off-season to grind the fuck out of their fundamentals could really go a long way. I think it may be hard to spot issues playing in a region where you can win without having your problems exploited by other teams - almost similar to the way VS/DRX used to just walk up to sites and exec before losing to F4Q.

Importing players is a massive stopgap. It's a temporary solution that doesn't allow the scene to develop.

they live in NA.

That would be an interesting storyline!

Although, it's slightly difficult for that to happen after Xerxia 2-1 Liquid and qualify.

Same predictions here!

High potential
Open to team-play
Cracked aim

There are so many crazy jett players at this event -

aspas
saya
derke
yay
forsaken
surf

XIA 2-1

don't lose hope

The Guard still exists!

what is up with the hate boner for plat chat lol

their podcast is called "plat" (platinum) chat for a reason!

"upset" OMEGALUL

pepelaugh

based

100%

the only region that's markedly worse is Japan, sadly.

I mean, how could they not be AT THE VERY LEAST on par with NA.

I'd personally rank the regions - EMEA, APAC, NA = KR, BR = LATAM, >>> JP