Pacific bracket accidentally released so others should come soon hopefully

I'm surprised nobody else mentioned that and only talking about bleed T1 but ig nobody has faith in DRX. That match could go anywhere tho

No way people are getting hyped for the most hype on paper roster. How dare they!

I don't have them that high in my power rankings but I'm just feeling a bit of a run, and a close series against T1 and ZETA isn't TOO crazy but I see how it's a hot take

I have T1 higher in my power rankings but I feel an upset

I feel alone in thinking T1 won't be THAT good, like obviously not bad but I don't see them top 3

These are not "predictions" or "guesses" these will all 100% happen
OPENING MATCHES
BLD 2-1 T1
ZETA 2-0 GE
DRX 2-0 DFM
TS 2-0 TLN
RRQ 2-0 GENG

UPPER FINALS
BLD 2-1 ZETA
TS 2-0 DRX
RRQ 2-1 PRX

ELIM MATCHES
T1 2-0 GE
TLN 2-0 DFM

DECIDERS
T1 2-1 ZETA
DRX 2-0 TLN
PRX 2-0 GENG

PLAY INS
PRX 2-0 T1
PRX 2-0 DRX
T1 2-1 DRX

PLAYOFFS
PRX 2-1 BLEED
RRQ 2-1 TS
PRX 2-0 RRQ

Inspired by number 2 cned fan but I will do pacific and China as those are the main regions I watch/follow
Warning: Enormous yapfest

Pacific
1: Prx
No brainer with this one, Monyet is the best pick up to replace jinggg and has crazy flexibility. Avl loss to sentinels doesn’t matter it’s prx’s season to lose

2: RRQ
This is my hottest take but hear me out. RRQ had glimpses over hope last season but trolled with a 6 man roster and fl1pz was underperforming whilst igling. Now with a 5 man roster, a second caller, a duelist upgrade to the goat Jemkin, this team will shock the world.

3: DRX
I still think this team is good although weaker. Flashback and foxy both has crazy potential, but foxy especially needs time to work on his game to become great. But they are here cause buzz and mako are still there and still 2 of the best players in the world.

4:T1
I’ve got this team lower than most would, but I still am excited. Avl showed the power this team has double opping and with possible chamber resurgence on lotus and a new sniper this team is scary. Not higher because I think carpe igl needs a while to gain experience as he seemed a little inexperienced at Avl.

5: Bleed
Sscary remains one of the craziest players on the smoke role and if this team can get yay to work in their system they have potential to go very far. However this team is a huge question mark so I struggle to put them higher.

6: Team Secret
I’m not familiar with NDG but he seemed good at predator league. Overall this team is a huge dark horse and can definitely fight for a top spot and has potential to upset any team.

7: Zeta Division
Another team similar to secret with crazy dark horse potential but I struggle to put them higher. This team will beat teams above it but I don’t think they will consistently be better than any of them. Could 100% prove me wrong.

8: GenG
Overall just a sorta whatever roster imo. Texture full time duelist is cool ig and karon seems like an interesting player who could just go crazy. Meteor senti is a bit random but the duelist to senti arc has improved lots of players.

9: Global Esports
I liked this team at convergence and I think benkai is a huge player for this team but still firepower seems slightly unders. Seems like team chemistry is a huge plus tho and maybe that’s all they need if they can get momentum to roll with it.

10: Talon
What a disappointment of a roster. So much Thai talent and this is their team? I’m not expecting much from this roster and I think they have low firepower as well as looking weak in the off season.

11: DFM
They absorbed crazy raccoon which is cool but like? Weren’t cr like the 4th best t2 Japan team? Why not absorb fennel or something. This team is still just as bad.

China
1: EDG
No brainer this team should be #1 for at least most the year. All insane players but nobody can be a bit troll.

2: JDG
Stew is crazy viva is crazy, this team is in good hands but losing yoman does hurt ofc. Still potentially able to overtake edg.

3: FPX
Autumn has been a great pickup and life is a great player too. This team just needs Berlin not to overcook too hard.

4: BLG
Despite a form slump getting Jexen back and dropping rin only spells good for this team. New igl could fix some things as well

5: Trace Esports
This team could be top 2 but overall I like the other teams a bit more, although fengf is nuts and players like YOU are improving rapidly.

6: Wolves
Yuicaw senti spring duelist pl1xx flex. Enough said this team looks good but needs to prove themselves.

7: Tec
Abo is nuts. Also rb is a huge pick up and will destroy this league. Other players have a lot to prove.

8: Tyloo
This team is good but ninebody NEEDS his confidence back. This guy went from top 3 cn duelist to a nobody just like that but like he’s cracked. Excited to see him play.

9: DRG
Vookashu is nuts but this team underwhelms me a bit. Ascension run was a little bit of a fluke but still they earned their spot here and have good potential.

10: All Gamers
Just a bit underwhelming tbh. Not awful but won’t do much

11: Nova
Icl the new worst team potentially behind dfm. Extremely underwhelming roster.

Thanks for coming hope it wasn’t too long 😔

Then other teams will win events??????? 0/8

I like buzz more as duelist but it makes no sense to bring foxy as a direct rb replacement and flashback as a direct zest replacement so a role mix up might happen, in which case foxy is insane with the op and has crazy potential. Still a bit unclear tho with foxy duelist at ten global and buzz duelist at rbhg

good chance foxy9 swaps to support role and buzz stays on main duelist
I'm super duper excited for Jemkin

bait used to be believable

My favourite sport is cricket and I have never watched American football
Thanks for listening to my opinion on the subject matter

yeah I had a look and it is mostly just sova but most his inni games are recent so he should be better next season potentially, but right now hfmi > makes sense

Leaf was a top 3 player during regular season but forgot how to play in playoffs which is a big part of it

Zeta vs rrq map 3 pacific lcq

Stopped reading at haven’t lost a series with johnqt https://www.vlr.gg/280952/sentinels-vs-moist-x-shopify-sentinels-off-season-5k-bounty-showmatch-showmatch-showmatch

Jdg has to be top 3 china right? I’d put them at 2 with fpx at 3 and BLG at 4

2-8 in pacific all have a chance to go on a run I feel it’s the hardest region to power rank but yeah ts looked good in their 1 off season showing so I wouldn’t be shocked

qraxs and yes fut gets a lot stronger

I thought about it for another 5 seconds and you’re right she can heal 400. However I’m not convinced skye’s pistol round capabilities are enough to warrant her selection over other agents

Erm, she can heal a potential 396 actually so therefore your point is invalid and skye is useless

Stax, haodong, laz are all pretty good

Viper still can be a pseudo senti/controller with great anchoring abilities as well as lurking power, but she has such a great synergy with skye, who will obviously be seeing less play. Are we still going to see viper double controller as much with breach/sova or fade and no senti? Or will double initiator solo smokes become more prevalent? Obviously this is map dependent and mostly affects split, bind and lotus

Why don't they make it so you pick up the flashes from where they fall like gekko, so deep info flashes are hard and risky to retrieve and pop flashes on exec can be picked up and used to pop flash again on post plant? This is 95% a joke but lowkey kinda makes sense to have deep info flashes be more punishable and give less info but popping a flash around a corner does not feel as wasteful. Anyway, they should hire me for game balance I'd save the game

taking away the blinded voice line is a bigger nerf no?

Hm: rDeeW

if they run gekko they'd drop cypher and run viper/brim/gekko/skye/raze most likely

Fengf > hfmi imo and they both flex raze/inni

Looks a step up over last year but so does the whole league I think they could fight for 4th but probably around 7-8 but I also have no clue

Why’ve we posted this

He plays raze on raze maps which is 4/7 maps

I don’t believe those exist

Bad map to bad map just now it’s more attacked sided
-breeze
-icebox
-ascent
+pearl
+haven
+fracture

I enjoy watching lower bracket finals more than grand finals majority of the time and I don’t have an explanation for it but I just feel so hype in lower bracket finals

Dfm and ge shouldn’t share 10th there is a clear better team, I think Rrq are underrated and I’d have ts above geng

tbh i read this post like it was in regard to the playing spot in talon but ig it doesn't actually say that

id prefer to see surf because it would be cool to see more than 2 thai players on the only thai tier 1 team

Taiwanese players can declare themselves as a cn player or apac player, so they won’t count as an import in either but they can’t switch from one league to the other without counting as an import. It’s the same thing as players with dual residency like Russ

Crazy how kickoff has single elim playoffs to ensure Madrid will NOT have the best teams from each region in Madrid, just for the reasoning to be “the fans love seeing the best teams play”. Honestly looking forward to watching t2 this year with normal formats and consistent games this setup is a joke

As an Australian I feel most connected to the Chinese league as that’s where all the Aussie Vct players are going so I have no difficulty naming all 11

Tier 1 I love Jemkin and rrq
Tier 2 I’m fully with jijiehao bonk and all the players so cool 😎

or 2 for eg

They could really improve tourney formats and reduce burnout if the season was jan-oct or something instead of trying to cram it into Feb-aug

With this format we will not be seeing the 2 best teams from every region at Madrid. It makes 0 sense why they wouldn’t have playoffs with double elim as it only adds 2/3 more series and ensures the highest level of competition. An example is with the predicted groups based on the picture showing the format having the 2 favourites to represent China at Madrid (EDG and JDG) in groups C and B respectively. If both teams top seed their groups only 1 of them can make Madrid? Such a stupid decision that ultimately decreases the level of play at Madrid and makes seeding hold far more weight at kickoff than it should.

How are single elim playoffs fair? What if the 2 best teams are in groups b and c, and like this could just be fixed if top 4 was double elim which only adds 2 series? Doesn’t make sense to me

If they treat Jdg as the vici version they swap with Tyloo I think

China (idk)

Group A: BLG FPX JDG TRACE
Group B: TEC WOLVES TYLOO AG
Group C: EDG NOVA DRG

Based on champs and evolution series but I mean wolves and nova could switch cause they both did nothing last year and also jdg goes there if they treat it as rare atom otherwise they switch with tyloo or Tec

Chamber gets his second tp back 🗿

Could overpreform but I’m expecting 10th, however this team is a tier above nova