yeah this happened to me the other day, idrk what it means bc you can't do it. just pops up for no reason

I mean, I don't expect them to win the whole thing but I'd give them a damn good chance to make it at least out of groups, if not further. Sure this iteration of the roster has never made it to a LAN but they've also only played in 2 qualifying tournaments and looked extremely dominant in the final games of LCQ, if they keep playing like they have been they're gonna be a hot team to look out for at champs. It's anyone's game

haha no worries i was a bit confused

? fnc placed badly in m1 and okay in m2, drx placed meh in both. drx places higher on average

highest average placement this year?

jady doesn't play jett + chronicle not comfortable on jett = purp0 can play and is comfortable on jett

I've defended d3ffo and his roles within the team so many times on here but honestly I don't think it would've made a difference this time around, just felt lackluster on the last few maps and no matter if they'dve played with Jady, d3ffo, purp0, the outcome would've stayed the same imo. still sucks to see them lose especially after trying to "fix" things but it is what it is, hope franchising treats them all well 😀

the ping thing is fucked but what can u do, shit happens and rito doesn't fix it. personally, i don't think having d3ffo on the roster would've made a difference, jady is great on his own roles but there were deeper issues in this run definitely. im a massive fan of d3ffo but it's hard to compare them and, looking at stats and how he performed, jady is a more well rounded player. just unfortunate and sad they didn't qual :')

yeah i agree fnatic doesn't seem as adaptable as maybe some other teams that are supposed to be top tier, fpx is an amazing team that can adapt on the fly with minimal prep time. probably thanks to their insane players with very deep agent pools, they also seem to have a deep map pool aswell. fnc has great players and are great when they're winning but when they're losing they seem lost and lackluster, maybe they'llve learnt this time and look cleaner in champs

honestly i think a rematch will 9/10 times favour the team that lost 1st (if they are around the same level), it happens so much. a team that loses will learn more from their loss than a team that wins
*not that all finals n shit are rematches, just alot of the time they are. also just a lb run will learn more from their losses

its kinda scuffed but so was the whole tourny, liquid and g2 having to play two bo3s in one day was also stupid. just strange all round

first off 4 months isn't going to solve those problems they were experiencing and im positive it still has lasting effects (maybe im wrong though!), chronicle's tweet (https://twitter.com/chronicleEZ/status/1558879869597089792) whilst i paraphrased it in my original reply, explains that they no had "sponsors, no comfort zone to train & compete with 50-60 ping against 5-15". sheydos' tweet (https://twitter.com/Sheydosk1ng/status/1558877894406971392) whilst not explicitly stating they was a bad mental obviously, unless you're blind, shows that this tournament had a toll on their/his mentals. you have to have no empathy at all if you're trying to argue the fact this whole situation isn't tough for them, i'm not arguing against liquid deserving this win im simply stating that it's quite obvious this year for them hasn't been great for them mentally. (Also they never qualified for iceland, that was fpx.)

im quoting things the players have said themselves? you can easily find everything i have mentioned in their own tweets or interviews

tough for them, liquid played very well tho

im repeating things the players have said themselves lmfao, not really an assumption when its an obvious bad effect

chronicle not as comfortable on jett as chamber, rather have one of your best players on an agent they can perform on instead of sticking them on a different agent and no one else on the roster can play jett except purpo

nah, for some reason EMEA is the only region who doesn't give the upper bracket team both map bans. m3c banned haven and liquid banned fracture

bold of you to assume how the players are feeling, 2022 has been a tough year for all of the m3c boys. not having an org to back you, not being able to bootcamp appropriately, fully out of their comfort zone, etc - the mental effect this would of had on the players is incredibly apparent and faltered their performance. sure they're motivated but motivation isn't always gonna overcome these sorts of problems.

gonna be a crazy one, hoping for a good series

I didn't get to watch the first 2 maps but icebox is notoriously a rough map for m3c (and historically, against m3c, for liquid aswell..) both teams were jittery in OT but what else can you expect? insanely important game, whilst its not the qualifying game no team wants to have to play another bo3 a few hours after

hopefully

honestly, anyone right now can win the whole thing. im iffy on g2 but after their performance on haven & if they can replicate that its literally anyones game to win

fucking insane team, great fundamentals and we've seen them improve every time we see them play. think the addition to their coaching staff has greatly helped them. wish the best for them

they're not shit, have always had the ability to put up numbers against top EMEA teams but it's obvious so much preparation went into LCQ. they look really good, proud of em

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Although im not the biggest fan of Acend it's crazy to call their Champions win a fluke.. They won EU masters 1, although they missed Reykjavik 1 they had a rough qualifier run previously beating Fnatic but then falling to Vitality in extremely close games, attended Berlin and in any other world should've made semis but threw against 100t (iconic "avoid cned" strat). Coming into Champions they were massive contenders alongside Gambit and Liquid, there was no luck involved in these wins, the GF of Champs was incredibly close and stretched all 5 maps. No fluke to be seen, they had many unfortunate events following their win which has led them to now but 2021 and 2022 were such different years for so many teams. they deserve all their wins

Props to Acend, no doubt we'll be seeing some familiar names next year

damn..

true, still feel its a bit strange to squeeze 3 games in to 1 day

yeah but it also punishes the team who loses in uppers sorta, they do get more time to prepare (like ~3 hours, however long the lower bracket game takes) strange to try to fit 3 games in 1 day

its weird but not horrible imo, both teams at a disadvantage but the loser of the upper bracket final has a slight advantage (from coming from uppers) of having more time to prepare and watch the other teams game whilst waiting. it is a bit weird to have it all in 1 day though, ig thats just how it worked out

if m3c qualify then m3c (COPIUM) closely followed by fpx and possibly optic, only put them lower (especially fpx) since they're the most recent LAN winners and teams are most likely to study them and their playstyle. all 3 of these teams have the best chances to start legacys imo (if m3c stay tgt aswell)

ascent and breeze are m3c's best maps imo, acend decides to ban ascent over breeze since i assume they feel more confident on breeze? (last time they faced m3c on breeze it was extremely close) unsure of why they banned icebox to be honest, their win percentage on it is reasonably good compared to fracture and they look absolutely lost on it. weird picks

yeah? i said teams don't know if they've made it yet, teams know if they havent (including SR) but no org knows if they have made franchising, it's still up in the air and there will be crazy roster mania after champs

they did bad in lcq but that doesn't take away from the fact they have some good players

it was a long time coming but doesn't make it hurt less 🥹 im glad they're finally making changes and can hopefully qualify but that roster played together for ~544 days :(

this doesn't make any sense, no team knows yet if they have made franchising and many star players on teams that wont get franchised will be f/a or on a buyout. no roster is solidified until next year

SR has so many great individual players with alot of skill. sad to see them not be able to bring that to the table and win, no doubt a few of their players will get poached from a franchised team

you called it !

https://twitter.com/mooseloff/status/1554990092330176512?s=20&t=gbYpGEyIs8A5LZ1GVf-FYA

prime gmb :(

ill be completely surprised if jady isn't confirmed by now tbh. im happy that they've made a change and it looks promising but im sad to see a change aswell, its been a long time together as a 5

: (

EMEA roster lock was yesterday iirc, they tried getting Twisten but had problems acquiring him. got to remember guild attended Copenhagen WITH Russ so had limited time to find a replacement and even less after not being able to get the player they initially wanted. Yacine was on the OG guild roster so he has good synergy with Leo and Sayf, he's a good player aswell, it is confusing considering he plays solely duelist but I'm sure they've got something figured out

for sure : D i miss the og guild roster, i think yacine is a better player than russ but im unsure ab how their roles will work out. exciting knews tho, lcq will be hype!!!

he used to be on guild, part of the full swedish squad. as far back as i can remember he wasn't bad but iirc he played duelist so im unsure about how guild's roles will work out.

idk if its an upgrade or not but its nice to see the core coming back together

damn

well yeah no shit t1 teams scrim mostly other t1 teams and t2 teams scrim mostly other t2 teams but they def scrim eachother. sliggy mentioned on his stream yesterday whilst watching VRL that they have scrimmed falcons multiple times (and i assume others) and they were very good, there's also been plenty of leaks of international teams scrimming t2 emea teams when LANs are happening and they verse well against them. many optic players said alot of the t2 emea teams were pretty good and have some amazing players

most likely dimasick is their 5th and emil is their coach

yeah they'll probably end up getting picked up eventually but no doubt they'll get stuck in contract jail and have to be bought out. no chance acend wants to miss out on this opportunity