I've got no sympathy for the NA fans out there. Some of you were getting some huge egos.

DRX HAS SAVED THEM! (not really, i screwed my pickems so hard. Unless loud wins again I can only win 10 more points )

DRX FIGHTING! NOW TO WIN LOCKIN!

Wabysasuke converts another lost soul to the world of based takes. W.

Yep the bait was 0/8, it was actually a terrible bait.

You're so fucking cringe, why are you talking about iq? It literally is the least accurate measure of intelligence, and the only people who bring it up are idiots who are insecure about how dumb they are.

The way he plays lotus and haven is really cool. I don't like optic and nrg but I can't dent his skill at igling.

yes i like this

if RRQ don't pick up enerii they are trolling.

wow typical NA education, falling for an obvious bait smh.

Except he actually owns people in ranked with his playstyle sometimes.

Bro is simping for Bren lmao

but some are definitely wondering why EMEA is so weak this year. i expect masters tokyo to look much better than this tournament anyways.

expected to lose i assume, the team looked weak from the beginning. xnfri is the only promising player on the team imo.

yeah i didnt really think about bzka coaching the team actually, but it didnt seem to make much of a difference.

do you think that mibr needs a roster change to bring in some better BR talent? other brazilians seem to think so.

they meant mibr i think.

yes they would. there seem to be too many tier 2 players that have snuck their way into EMEA franchising imo.

i think trexx and sheydos would have to carry like their lives depended on it to beat eg, but they would definitely not lose to the others in that bracket.

because everyone keeps asking it in every thread i look at...

fair, but i really think that KOI has potential (if wolfen gets better) and should be 4th. i will stick by that, even though they lost to NRG.

as someone who doesnt follow the BR scene, what went wrong with mibr? im just curious because they screwed my pickems...

oops forgot, but heretics definitely needs a roster shuffle (mixwell paycheck stealer needs to leave and start his streaming career).

i mean the 4th place slot is between KOI, giants and VIT so yeah...

its not copium, EMEA really only deserves 3 slots until the rest of the teams improve...

this is true, as happy as i would be with DRX winning lock in, EMEA and pacific probably don't really deserve the extra slot tbh...

nah, KOI needs to drop wolfen and starxo and import 2 good NA players, and KC needs to drop xms (you could make a case for newzera too) and heretics needs a full roster change. giants is ok as they are i would say, a couple of upgrades may improve the team but they definitely arent as bad as KC and TH imo.

this is a good fix i would say, it would allow the talent to move to other teams, which would make the region stronger, while also culling those who don't belong there. it would also allow MENA and CIS regions to grow. only worry is that turkish teams will remain lackluster unless BBL and FUT have a roster overhaul.

OK, ive explained it quite a few times now, but let's look at it like this. imagine NA got 8 or 9 out of the 10 franchising slots for the americas. apart from the guard, can you make 2 or 3 more competitive teams from the remaining players? and if you can, what if the best players on the good teams went to different teams instead? there would be some teams that aren't competitive. this is what happened in EMEA. talent was spread too thin and the best players all went to the best teams, which made the rest of the region weak. APAC wasn't developed enough, which makes americas the strongest region. giving americas more slots would turn the league into a farming league since out of the NA, BR and LATAM ascension players, only one more competitive and fairly strong team can be formed.

i agree, but the pacific franchising region doesn't seem strong enough yet. hopefully the players can grow and improve, otherwise it will either be DRX and PRX dominating the region and the rest getting stomped by EMEA or americas franchising teams.

talon over prx, BBL> fpx, heretics and mibr, KOI should be like 8th, KC needs to go down a little.

yeah, americas is strongest franchising region. its because NA only has 25 slots, BR has only 15 slots and latam has 10 slots for all their best players. in NA, some of them have missed out on franchising (The Guard and some other players), showing how competitive it is in NA. BR have 2 solid teams and latam have a superteam imo in leviatan (especially with onur as coach). Compare that to EMEA, where EU has 40 slots for their best players, when in reality EU only really has about 30 or 25 outstanding players that are world class, which is clearly shown in navi, TL and fnc, who have some of the best of EMEA in each role. Finally, APAC hasn't grown enough since most of the old regions (JP, KR, SEA) were not competitive or one team regions. So finding 50 of the best players means that, just like in EMEA, some players that might not be considered world class can make it onto teams (exhibit A: DFM). that is why americas is and will be the strongest overall region for some time.

ok thanks for being respectful about it :)

i think talent has been spread too far out. KOI, KC, TH and maybe the turkish teams contain players that don't seem to be the best of the best of EMEA.

hey can we stop predicting drx 2-0, im scared that they will be jinxed

the only competitive apac team left on this side of the bracket
FTFY unless zeta can clutch up against their opponents. pacific isn't looking too good, but who knows, maybe GE and RRQ can surprise me...

can you tell me what your excuse will be tomorrow if DRX beats C9? :)

4/10, i was on too much EU hopium and overrated mibr and didn't know that prx decided to matchfix and that kc would be so good with 3 players who have never played on LAN

c9 seemed to be really good in that "50/50" matchup against prx so im a little worried... but i believe in my favourite team! (i actually don't im thinking of not watching the match because im scared of chokeRX)

yep because we definitely don't have drx vs el di- i mean c9 tomorrow

DRX 2-1 and EG 2-1 are my preds.

im praying that your pickem is th script rn as a DRX fan ;-;

THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR DRX THEN (hopium) :)

Literally both navi and tl have an almost free path into the top 4 though.
edit: after reviewing the bracket, i have concluded that it is in fact not free, but navi should be able to beat leviatan... right?

maybe EMEA needs to make more superteams by putting the best players from different teams onto the same teams.

by using the verb "wasting", you are implying that they are being lazy and complacent. If you had used the verb "losing" instead, it would be more appropriate since it would not suggest that you are blaming TL for redgar not making it on time.

wasting time? for something out of their control??? L take.

3/8 i changed my talon pickems because patiphan wasnt playing, and i predicted PRX to win and i was on the chinese copium and i was on the KOI copium and i was too hopeful about heretics. i only got the drx bbl, geng loud and the giants dfm predictions right.

wait is it still possible to change omega pickems?

i wouldnt really care about vlr.gg users and their votes. i was just saying that the games with optic and drx have been really close. i really hope DRX get over their hurdle of losing to experienced NA teams.