W decision, hope Zeek gets help and recovers. he is insane and doesnt deserve this.

top side is stacked. zeta, cr, northception

yeah, they should drop him and pick up this cracked sentinel player called babyj.

bonkar diff. simply better

thats pretty cool, applied.

based

you really think 9z can beat the likes of vk, furia, nip, HL etc. Leviathan could maybe do it with some luck and a good run, but 9z aren't nearly as good. na id say guard and maybe xset have a chance at that second slot as well. emea you are actually trolling. its going to be three of gambit/Acend/guild/fpx/TL with upset potential from navi and fnatic. g2 arent even in the picture. rest i agree with but sea has a ton of serious upset potential, you litterally never know with that region. it could be anyone but those two are by far the favourites

on paper i would go xerxia and prx but OnicG, Bonkers, any ph team honestly have upset potential

theres pleanty of cracked pros especially in japan that could make a super team capable of beating DRX. imagine soeldam/meteor/allow, HSK/suggest/Munchkin, Lakia, Astell, Hate

ec1ls moves to america just to get dropped after 5 maps. feels bad

in terms of soley jett, id say yay but as an overall player leaf is better

cis diff
best region

i wouldnt say fpx or navi were particular favourites

nah they need a chance to prove themself plus they are massive regions. sa has a ton of viewership and oce is historically very good (compared to the rest of sea) at video games so deffinitely deserve it

should have been 1 Hong Kong + taiwan, 2 Vietnam, 3 SA, 3 OCE

ye but tyhey deserve at least 2. fucking hong kong and taiwan have 2. considering oce competetive esports history they should have got more

1 lmao

roles : duelist, secondary duelist/flex ,initiator, controller, sentinel

EMEA: cned, zeek/scream, chronicle,starxo/l1nk/jamppi ,nats
NA: Yay, leaf, crashies, vanity, dapr?
APAC: forsaken/buzz, witz/PTC, stax/lakia, Benkai/zumba/eScary,Sushiboys
SA: heat,keznit,sacy,pancada/v1xen,Klaus/saadhak/Quick

nah emea, na, sea, latam, kr, br, jp ,sa,
never seen oce play but probably about the same level as sa

do you know if they may get signed to an org. same with brimstone gaming?

wait shit they are an oeg mb

could be playing under different names? or maybe they are moving to japan

damm maru gaming lets go. does anyone know if this is an org or if they are gonna get signed because they are pretty good

Fantasy Team
MVP: zeek
Duelist: Sayf
Initiator: chronicle
Sentinel: Nivera
Controller: starxo

Team Placements
1st Place: GMB
2nd Place: TL
3rd Place: Guild
4th Place: ACE
5th-6th Place: NAVI / SMB
7th-8th Place: FPX / FNC
9th-10th Place: BIG / BBL
11th-12th Place: LDN UTD / G2

ah yes because sage is a controller thats right. i love sage smokes, they are the best in the game

nah i presume TH will sign a new roster

nah you cant get rid of the uwu flar

yes

2nd M2 then

rito are fucking incapable so heres my idea:

Masters (16 teams):
3 EMEA, 3 NA, 2 Brazil, 2 SEA, 2 LATAM, 1 KR, 1 JP, 1 OCE, 1 SA

Champions (24 teams):
M1 + M2 winners, 3 EMEA, 3 NA, 2 BR, 2 SEA, 2 LATAM, 2 KR, 1 JP, 1 OCE, 1 SA, 1 EMEA LCQ, 1 NA LCQ, 1 SA LCQ, 1 APAC N LCQ, 1 APAC S LCQ

Honestly could be 24 masters and 32 champs but this is pretty good, gives every region exposure so they can learn and improve with prac against top teams.

furthermore, it fucks over minor regions. last year when they got prac and experience with emea/na they improved massively as seen with champs, the skill gap was minature compared to like masters 2/3. rito should have given sa, oce and china??? a direct slot so although unfair at first they can improve over time so the game doesnt end up like cs with 2 regions. not sure what they were thinking! how does this benefit any team?

just making orgs way less likely to invest in the game as the chance they get exposure ( by making an international event with lots of viewership) is tiny. wouldnt be suprised if lots of orgs drop out

wtf is this. 12 teams and 16 teams. i dont even care about distribution i thought we would at fucking lest get 16 teams masters and 24 champs or even 24 masters, 32 champs. but no. what is this shit

actually fucking true

1)22
2)7 (2 more released but 7 stay in competitive map pool)
3) Split
4)Jett
5)Yoru
6)Astra
7)yes
8)yes
9)yes
10)FNS
11)hoody
12)Gambit, TL, C9, KRU,ACE, DRX VS, LOUD, Guild, SEN, Paper Rex
13)sheydos,xeppa,forsaken
14)KRU
15)Gambit
16)Gambit
TB - 90 rounds

i thought they had decided to drop out of lookign for a roster for now. but i think an org should pick them up especially 5mokes

why dont they just switch the 2nd TR spot with the second CIS spot so the regions are split up more?

forgot about TSM, they may make it dunno how good the new roster is

thats a pretty good roster

what 8 teams would you predict making it out of opens to groups (prior to bracket release)

for me:
GenG
NRG
Rise
T1
XSET
TSM
BBG
LG/KCP/Akrew/The Guard??

well shit

oh my bad

IGZIST (JAPANESE TEAM DONT READ TITLE)
https://twitter.com/IGZIST_GG/status/1485175723082104834

-Lakia
-oitaN
-Pepper
-Poem
-RIPablo
-AsK
-Ambox (coach)

havent heard of any of these players and am suprised lakia didnt join ESC. is this team any good?

ye i could see Wave or Queso or even Kova getting through

bracket just got released. just the notable teams i spotted for each place

Qual 1 - BDS/19 esports/Megastitut/rix.gg/movistar riders/finest

Qual 2 - KOI/Excel/NMDM/bref/Heretics/CGN/Case

Qual 3 - G2/YONK/OG

Qual 4 - LDN UTD/KOVA/digital athletics/Queso/Wave/UCAM/giants

qual 3 is not very stacked compared to the others but i suppose they have g2 + i could have missed some teams.
my prediction would have to be BDS, KOI, G2, LDN UTD

who?

oh no no no

give a burn effect on both molly and wall. create a passive that when he gets 2 kills, his bullets deal burn damage for a certain duration. and maybe make some changes to his abilities like shorter pullout time and longer durations/size. also you could make it that during his ult, his bullets deal burn damage but it may be kinda op so you may have to tweak ult duration

Teams should be required to have 3 players from that region in a vlr. e.g 3 players from either spain,italy or portugal. maybe this could include coach i dunno but it doesnt seem fair without it

maybe sign seoldam or hyeoni for duelist?? that would make a great team