cs sucks (I've never played it)

val fans care a little bit. There is definitely a bit of insecurity from all the shit they get from CS fans claiming they have the objectively better game. People shouldn't give a fuck, but they do unfortunately.

Cuz they decided to only use white people (joke)

Well 1-3 are interchangeable but true since they're the best from their regions. The rest of your power-rankings is probably about as correct as anyone else's. A lot of these rosters are new and have never seen the international stage in their current iteration since it's only just Kickoff. We'll probably get some wild results.

Sparkling water tastes bad but it tickles my nerves so I still drink it lmao.

Favorite between G2, VIT, and EDG is all personal choice tbh. Hard to differentiate when they're all dominating their respective regions.

who is "they?" the fans? cause who cares.

I'd agree that there are a lot of shit teams in America's rn, but I'm not convinced the teams they DO send to internationals will flub as hard as people think. Most years we have a bunch of more consistent good teams, but not the top 2-3 internationally, but it may be the other way around this year.

Either way, that's just rn. Everything will prob change after kickoff as it does every year. Teams will make changes or settle in and get better across the board in every region. I hope they do, I'm kinda sick of these constant lop-sided stomps in america's domestic matches lmao.

W character development

I am genuinely curious how the second place Americas team will place. G2 just makes them all look like shit, so it's hard to tell whether they're actually shit or they're just going to be average nternationally

Real question, as a fan where do you have them?

Just let him live his life bro. He's living rent free in your head rn.

No. They're bad for a lot of other reasons.

Honestly every region is looking a little bit ass and top heavy this year. Hard to judge yet.

idk what he said or did but he's a cringe manchild so he's wrong ig.

we can hope, but also this is a lot of pressure to put on a person. the amount of people looking to her to prove a point larger than herself this year is crazy. a lot of players face pressure, but not this kind of ideological/political pressure... i wouldn't be surprised if it got to her in some way tbh.

Teams have been able to sign him for a while. It's just a matter of if they think it's a good idea for their brand, if they think Sinatraa in his current state is worth it after having been so long without playing on a team, and if Sinatraa is down in the first place. Most T1 Teams probably don't want him due to both skill and brand reasons, and he probably won't accept any T2 offers so we're probably still in the retirement arc for him.

i have bad news for you.

And at the time those players were still mostly undiscovered and didn't hold the champion status they do now, so you'd also have to credit her for picking them up and getting them to that level to some degree.

no bro. just no.

Me.

Ye I like rooting for Americas just cuz that's what I watch the most and It'd take some of the enjoyment outta region-only tournaments if they were ass. Idc about race/origin or whatever.

but he's been playing in NA for literally his whole career? Who cares.

I don't get it.

They're just popular. That's fine. That's the sign of a team doing their job.

Bro's just a hater.

Unfortunately, G2 is gonna clear every team here and we'll get the worst ending.

Don't care they're both good people and players :)

DRX, LEV, AND DRX. All 3 are overrated i said it.

Safe 5-6th spot fs.

Brenshow my favorite. Achillios/paperthin and panpoc close second/third. Everyone else is alright/good. I don't really hate any casters or duos, and I don't get why people do.

The biggest reason to want the strongest region is because most people only watch one region plus international events. And if the one region you watch is ass, the games feel less important.

And every G2 game in the past. Some people just hate certain teams lmao

I was on ur side till u said steel.

nah ur just trippin

I feel like Gen G, Fnatic, Sen, Lev, PRX, and some other teams all have higher fire power than G2 on paper but G2 are just so good at everything else.

bro just named three things i couldnt give a fuck about and named it the worst.

It was just standard olympics tbh. pretty good entertainment.

real shit tho, calling it americas is annoying. is there an abbreviation that gets both? otherwise I'm gonna keep saying NA.

You too man.

FNC. I still not a huge FNC believer, but I'm even lower on DRX. My hot take is both are overhyped, but FNC has a higher chance of proving me wrong.

Your right. I've thought about it and lowered it to 10-5% chance.

It would be pretty unlikely. The group is pretty insane tho so I'd give it like a 10-20% chance max.

Both games are close, idk why you need psych help for this.

at least PRX still consistently gets to LANs...

...because the tournament hasn't finished yet? EG was the best storyline last year, and it wasn't cemented as such until Champs finished and they won it all. The whole Jing thing wouldn't have been as interesting either if it didn't look like they had a real shot of winning. You gotta let things happen before you judge them, man. its still early days.

Production always ramps up in play-offs. Also, there are plenty of storylines and potential storylines.

A Fnatic comeback/return to the top is one, G2 the Ascension team winning Champs would be another, Gen G going for back to back wins, Chinese team making it somewhat far, Sen/PRX returning to form despite initial disappointment, etc...

You can't say there are no storylines when we haven't even gotten to the meat of the story yet. There will likely be at least one big shocker/surprise that will bring interest. I repeat, it's just group stage.

It's groups bro. And tbh, the level of play is way higher and the teams are more even. It's good. Just wait for the tournament to finish like goddamn man.

Fax they should give 3 of the 4 EMEA spots to China.

fluke means it wouldnt be repeated. Sen were legit just better than the other teams there. The level of play just wasn't very high, and since it was the first tournament it wasn't very meaningful. not a fluke tho.

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