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hybrid hollow
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I guess checkmate is there for the niche picks if ever needed like Mei

glass sleet
errant hornet
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fuck it bored

glass sleet
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Wtf only for mei?

static pond
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Viper was tho

errant hornet
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the bap illari looks highkey good here

hybrid hollow
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Oh yeah ur right

errant hornet
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ngl

glass sleet
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Sirmajed should play if it’s nap illary

hybrid hollow
glass sleet
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I just realized it’s 99-99

static pond
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The fact they have to keep using illari ult just to kill fnatic support says a lot lol

glass sleet
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Wtf

weary scarab
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yeah i think sirmajed and hanbin will be playing tomorrow against twisted

errant hornet
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erm

errant hornet
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guys

glass sleet
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Buy one get one free?

errant hornet
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I dont wanna say anything but

glass sleet
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GUYS!!!

weary scarab
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bro what is happening to the koreans

hybrid hollow
glass sleet
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These Korean teams don’t look so strong!

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They have cracks to them

static pond
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Topdragon was I think

weak frost
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🇪🇺 🇪🇺 🇪🇺 🇪🇺 🇪🇺

weary scarab
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i feel like people overestimate the korea and the west gap too much

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including me

errant hornet
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Not every korean team is Falcons and CR

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
# glass sleet Huh

Checkmate and izayaki played together in EU for stage one then they just didn't play for stage 2 at all and then they both got picked up by Fnatic for ewc

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So I assume they came together

static pond
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EU??

hybrid hollow
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was it not EU?

hazy marsh
static pond
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You sa

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They were playing for sa esports

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A team on there

glass sleet
static pond
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Topdragon shy were also there

hazy marsh
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obviously it's not as clear cut as that

weary scarab
hazy marsh
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when im saying top im meaning the very tippy top

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as in falcons and cr

errant hornet
hazy marsh
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and mid as in the rest of the kr teams contesting spots in high level ow esports

errant hornet
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Sadge

hybrid hollow
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Yeah they got 3-0d by exo

glass sleet
# hybrid hollow

Yeah that was their team till they dropped all but checkmate and izayaki

errant hornet
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just htat Falcons and CR are like a tier break above everyone else rn

weary scarab
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lol

static pond
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Viper blade mess up

hybrid hollow
weary scarab
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nice cree ult

glass sleet
hazy marsh
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cr and falcons are superteams that have a large portion of the very best KR players

errant hornet
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ZAMN

glass sleet
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Gasp

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GUYS

weary scarab
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i would say all top 4 korean teams should be super teams in theory

glass sleet
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eu has a chance

errant hornet
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I think a lot of these players are far from their prime tho

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Esp on Fanatic

glass sleet
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This is what fnatic gets for dropping bliss

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Smh

weary scarab
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what happened to irony

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wheres he at

glass sleet
errant hornet
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like Izayaki is on the downwards part of his career, Leejaegon is feeding (XD)

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just for example

weary scarab
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damn they dropped both of them backline

hybrid hollow
glass sleet
glass sleet
hybrid hollow
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Even on falcons side of things Smurf is nowhere near where he was back in owl

errant hornet
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Yeah but smurf is still very good

hazy marsh
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yeah

errant hornet
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To pretend he isnt is a bit silly

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IF you actually watch Falcons games espp

hybrid hollow
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I'm not saying he isn't

errant hornet
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I wouldn't even say he is THAT washed

weary scarab
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i dont think smurf will be playing a game tomorrow

errant hornet
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Just hte competition for top of tank is closer

glass sleet
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Smurf was the better mauga and winton

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Till he threw…

errant hornet
hazy marsh
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even if he is on the downwards direction, how many people would you reasonably say you'd pick over him, especially for main tank heroes?

hybrid hollow
errant hornet
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and bans

weary scarab
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winston?

glass sleet
errant hornet
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yes

weary scarab
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hanbin can play so much in this

errant hornet
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Winston can still be quite relevant

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espp into the western compps

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AND depending on some bans

weary scarab
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and diva seems to be the go to

static pond
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Ngl I thought they had the same maugas

glass sleet
errant hornet
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Dva is usually better rn yeah

hybrid hollow
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I just hate mauga

glass sleet
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He played better on dive brother

hybrid hollow
errant hornet
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Its hard to remember that in general Falcons dive is rly good, but compared to CR it could look more flippant at times

hybrid hollow
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Just remember they went mauga and threw

glass sleet
errant hornet
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mb its smurf, mb its dps call, a bad dive is a bad dive

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naturally the winston will look the worst in that scenario

glass sleet
errant hornet
glass sleet
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And if you asked the falcon players, they’d say smurf is the best player

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
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On a genuine note the players for falcons have all been good or great onna individual level I think raccoons just looks better and more confident a lot of the time

errant hornet
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Cause I think CR plays it a bit more controlled, I think falcons have an issue where they sometimes try to over force a bit less than Falcons

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its close tho

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very

glass sleet
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I’m hungry

errant hornet
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not saying CR hard gaps them XD

glass sleet
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Who’s eating while watching

hybrid hollow
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falcons also prefers meta over comfort

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
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Well tbf the meta was their comfort actually

errant hornet
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yeah

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I feel like this tourney esp with hero bans prob favors CR a bit(?)

hybrid hollow
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idk

glass sleet
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Why

hybrid hollow
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I think falcons is favored with hero bans

errant hornet
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Being able to take picks at the most ideal comp for a map I think is better for CR who have historically won off of flexibility

glass sleet
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Both teams are very flexible so who knows

errant hornet
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both are very flexible, but it feels like Falcons usually are better in a given hard meta comp, while CR tends to do better on the different shit

hybrid hollow
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well it depends on the bans tho

errant hornet
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also this production XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

hybrid hollow
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Also it seems like hitscan is way harder to force now compared to Dallas

errant hornet
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Raajaro took too much damage there

glass sleet
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I can’t wait for people to complain there’s too much Dva

errant hornet
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ended up pulling resources away from shockwave

hybrid hollow
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I like seeing dva in pro play it's refreshing

errant hornet
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tbf

hybrid hollow
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In ladder its hell tho

errant hornet
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I dont mind dva but I think dva mirrors aren't the BEST ow2 meta ever

static pond
glass sleet
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I don’t mind any comp as long as it’s not mirror

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Even mirror I don’t mind depends on the comp

hybrid hollow
glass sleet
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What I’m saying is idgaf if it’s a mirror sometimes

errant hornet
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well thats kinda what hero bans accomplishes

glass sleet
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I enjoyed the mauga meta in Dallas. The games were fun

errant hornet
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on paper you should get less mirror matchups every game

hybrid hollow
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I don't like mirrors when one team is clearly not comfortable in the mirror and they're only forcing it bc it's the meta not bc they genuinely wanna run that comp

static pond
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Ngl knife is scary

hybrid hollow
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I don't mind a dva mirror when both tanks like to play dva

errant hornet
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not a big fan of raajaro this map tho

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He is a bit meh rn

glass sleet
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Dva is boring to watch tho

errant hornet
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took SO much damage

glass sleet
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I hate her dm

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So much

hybrid hollow
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SSG won I think

glass sleet
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Yeah

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BRO when did the kiriko skin come out

hazy marsh
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huh

hybrid hollow
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What kiri skin

glass sleet
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The lifeguard

hybrid hollow
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is it out?

glass sleet
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Aren’t you watching the game bro?

errant hornet
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Thats a big fight win for VP tho

glass sleet
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💀

errant hornet
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resets a lot of the ult economy

hybrid hollow
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Tbh I'm not looking at the skins at all

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
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All ik is that izayaki has on the mythic one

glass sleet
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👁️ 👁️

errant hornet
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ljg gotta chill a bit XD

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he got the touch but he almost randomly died before going for it XD

glass sleet
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Bro wtf is happening

errant hornet
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SA production GG

hazy marsh
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SA production

glass sleet
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Servers too hot

errant hornet
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finally we dont have to say NA production

glass sleet
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I don’t think the other games had these problems

hazy marsh
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were we hearing one of the teams' comms in the bg there for a brief moment?

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or who was tha

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when we stopped hearing the casters

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hazy marsh
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there were people talking but it was like -40 decibels

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so understandable if you didnt

glass sleet
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These are the upsets people wanted to see at Dallas

static pond
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Fnafic what are they doing

glass sleet
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Panic

static pond
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Why not demech the dva they got half heath first

hazy marsh
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pnatic

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ok that doesnt work for panic

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damnit

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dude the way they're completely ignoring knife

weary scarab
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i swear they used to have knife on echo and viper on tracer

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now its reversed

hazy marsh
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Didnt think I'd read "the backline is such a weak link" about an LJG Izayaki backline

errant hornet
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VP is playing very very well rn

hazy marsh
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yeah

hybrid hollow
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Ljg edged the ajax

glass sleet
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Very interesting

weary scarab
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alr enough. swap checkmate in and donghak

errant hornet
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Izayaki has not been on top for a long time, and LJG has a bit of a feeder reputation for a reason XD

weary scarab
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let them have the diva advantage man

lavish prism
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EU too good

weary scarab
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just put dongshak on doom winston and they are fine

glass sleet
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Guys VP played well cmon

lavish prism
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just lose to eu, make koreas first loss be to eu c:

errant hornet
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mb I dont even rate bliss insanely high either, but VP is playing well

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the ult rotations and everything feel way more clean for VP rn

static pond
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Tbh I thought attack was the problem

errant hornet
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and shockwave is playing much better on echo

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which I didn't expect if anything

static pond
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I feel like he just wasted dm

lavish prism
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shokwave and sauna both kinda gapping ngl

glass sleet
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Sauna has always been really good on tracer

errant hornet
static pond
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And fnatic has a huge synergy issue

errant hornet
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If anything Raajaro played a bit more rough this map

glass sleet
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CX looking dapper

static pond
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Letting the dva walk away at low health or even half health they decide to dive the backline even tho they had point

errant hornet
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I think 1st point alone of this map was largely Raajaro just taking soo much poke Shockwave couldn't sustain when preasure was forced onto him

hybrid hollow
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Viper was pretty quiet

errant hornet
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Not that Raajaro is playing terrible, but hes not the reason they are winning rn

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and if FNC start winning I sort of expect them to exploit that

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fuck typing

hybrid hollow
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Are galaa and khenail the second best backline on EU?

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Bc lowkey

hybrid hollow
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I don't think the others are better

errant hornet
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I dont rate ENCE backline that high

static pond
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There was also one where the Lucio was low health with beat knife was the only one shooting at him

errant hornet
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well no TM rn is good

hybrid hollow
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Oh yeah 💀

errant hornet
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TM backline better fs

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at least as of rn

weary scarab
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galaa is a hard illari one trick

hybrid hollow
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I got used to TM not being in the conversation

weary scarab
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somehow he is diffing them on lucio

hybrid hollow
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He's literally a Lucio player

weary scarab
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no

errant hornet
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yeah Galaa is not an illari otp XD

static pond
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Wait why don’t they just put the Pepsi logo and shit above the esports World Cup logo

weary scarab
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that mf played illari through everything and then realised he had to grind lucio

errant hornet
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besides, Funnyastro is the clear best lucio in EU rn

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imho

hybrid hollow
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Galaa was just the guy who had to pick up illari during the sig meta and happened to be good at it

errant hornet
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I personally rate him VERY high

weary scarab
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fdgod is good and bliss in eu might be the guy too

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i still think peps, ence, ssg, tm has a better backline

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then vp

glass sleet
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Genji?

errant hornet
hybrid hollow
errant hornet
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FDGOD I think is good but

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I think its crazy to put him above Astro

weary scarab
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top 3 eu for sure

hybrid hollow
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I do think fd gets a lot of hate from his time on the shock but he's gotten significantly better

errant hornet
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top 3 is fair yeah

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I think rating Ence backline above VP rn I disagree

hazy marsh
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ye

errant hornet
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I dont rate Masaa that high

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personally

glass sleet
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Yeah masaa is overrated tbh

errant hornet
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and ghost is a good mechanical bap, but beyond that not much else

hazy marsh
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valid

hybrid hollow
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Masaa is just solid he does his job but he's not anything crazy

glass sleet
lavish prism
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i mean backline is the weakest link on ence

errant hornet
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Masaa is the definition of not being a problem at best

glass sleet
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Skai over ghost, rak over masaa, and wmaimone? Hell yeah

hybrid hollow
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It doesn't help they have to compete with the Astro and Landon

errant hornet
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If they lose often he is a source getting exploited, when they win hes usually just doing fine

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
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Hard to be better than that

errant hornet
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wise orbit
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what happened to ence's backline

weary scarab
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ence vs bleed rn

errant hornet
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ik masaa is not a big fan of the Saudi government so he didn't show up

hybrid hollow
errant hornet
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idk about ghost off the top my head

wise orbit
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ghost is not on the roster anymore?

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W masaa ig

errant hornet
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I mean good for him ig, but it doesn't ex make a huge impact XD

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I get it but there are prob better ways to protest stuff

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but idk

weary scarab
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masaa probably retires after the ewc

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mfs like 30

hybrid hollow
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if masaa retire ence is cooked

lavish prism
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bleed dps might actually be better here

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holy

hybrid hollow
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Whatever main supports are left in eu

errant hornet
hybrid hollow
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Maybe they get an import

errant hornet
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even if they have to import

wise orbit
errant hornet
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Yeah thats true

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idk

lavish prism
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main sup market is dry af

hybrid hollow
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maybe they import lyar who knows

weary scarab
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damn kai 4k

hybrid hollow
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Bc I don't see m80 existing after this

errant hornet
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idfk a ranked player fuck it

lavish prism
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m80 will continue existing as long as they easily get 2nd place i feel like

weary scarab
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ooooh

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bleed

errant hornet
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I think m80 is looking for an out rn

lavish prism
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honestly feel sorry for the org

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first the leaked dms

wise orbit
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liquipedia says ghost is still on the roster so why isnt he at ewc

lavish prism
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now they are stuck with coluge

errant hornet
lavish prism
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yeah m80 aint winning a map

errant hornet
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just shit NA culture brewed HARD in m80

lavish prism
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literal retiree mentality

errant hornet
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yup

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like at least Toronto WANT to be really good

lavish prism
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like they probably wont win a single map

errant hornet
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and win

wise orbit
lavish prism
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coluge is just here to collect saudi money

errant hornet
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Pretty sure M80 is just there

wise orbit
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hes still on the roster like masaa

lavish prism
weary scarab
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bro bleed is cooking ence

lavish prism
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not unexpected tbh

weary scarab
lavish prism
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after the zeta bleed match

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ence is second worst team in group and they still 3-0ed m80 lol

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NA's best

humble token
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Damn

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Ence sucks

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But ik bleed was better

weary scarab
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i thought bleed was the clear 4th place in this group

lavish prism
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lower than m80?

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huh

hybrid hollow
errant hornet
weary scarab
errant hornet
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I didnt rate them very high but I thought M80 were among the worst teams

weary scarab
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bleed is not a dtrong team on paper

hybrid hollow
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Yeah m80 is the worst team at the event imo

errant hornet
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yeah I think you were a bit insane to rate them extremely high based off of one map 5 game

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but they look rly strong rn

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better than I thought fs

lavish prism
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i didnt rate them extremely high

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but still higher than m80

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m80 is just there to get the participation money

weary scarab
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if they had hawk still i think they would have an honest chance

lavish prism
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+bleed is young and hungry to win, and took maps off koreans before

errant hornet
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yeah I thought Bleed would do better justt off of having more players that want to win

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M80 has tr33

weary scarab
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its just the thai hunger to win

lavish prism
errant hornet
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XD

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thats the problem

lavish prism
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  • after what we have seen i wouldnt consider tr33 better than bleeds dps
errant hornet
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ok but the Dong looks nasty rn

lavish prism
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tr33 was hardfeeding vs ence

weary scarab
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Finally checkmate and donghak is in against vp lol

hybrid hollow
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The dongman

errant hornet
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they might look a lot better on a winston mapp with hte Dong himself

weary scarab
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shlonghak

static pond
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Donghak is a mence he doe not give support time to breath

errant hornet
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shocked they didn't ban Ana tho

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for VP

hybrid hollow
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In this raajaro's first real appearance?

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I think he's the only player i really don't know anything about

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Doomhak

errant hornet
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Doomhak

lavish prism
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oh no

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its joever

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doomhak is unleashed

hybrid hollow
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Where is Bob going 😭

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Omg

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Nah that was nasty

weary scarab
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Ok shlonghak swapped to doom bro its ove

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fkn disgusting

errant hornet
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menace unleeshed

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this is like Fearless on Shanghai vibes XD

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team getting shit on, comes and and fucking 1v9s

hybrid hollow
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"this isn't Atlanta IM A CHANGED MAN" donghak whispers under his breath

errant hornet
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"I AM NOT DEFINED BY LIP"

lavish prism
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if fielder is not in lobby doomhak goes hard (if fielder is in hes permaslept)

errant hornet
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alr

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time for roadhog

hybrid hollow
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Not a bad hold after getting ran over first two points

errant hornet
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well next map VP wins Kappatology

lavish prism
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i pray for vp

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let koreans first loss be vs EU

wise orbit
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so much aura lost with this ence lineup :(

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are they only streaming on yt? the stream is relaly low quality for me

errant hornet
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no they are on twitch

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given the whole stream has been all over the place today

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and the casters for the FNC game are way higher quality XD

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Fnc sucks

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glass sleet
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EU finally paid off playing Dva all these years

errant hornet
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Kellan is just not it

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Btw

errant hornet
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no shit

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Iron bliss was brtter

wise orbit
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interesting comp from bleed

glass sleet
glass sleet
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glass sleet
# humble token He doesent fit in

He “doesn’t fit in” because they kept making him play dive into mauga. Because quartz didn’t wanna play Cassidy. It was his fault not kellan’s

glass sleet
wise orbit
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how in the hell did this team take a map from ence

wise orbit
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yea

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glass sleet
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Ence is nothing

wise orbit
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ohhh

glass sleet
wise orbit
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i just never heard of this team before but they were just being held on first choke until ot

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while ence pushed all the way

lavish prism
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why tf is shockwave still on widow

glass sleet
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Formally known as daf

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wise orbit
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never heard of them either

glass sleet
wise orbit
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but they are on par with korean teams?

hybrid hollow
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No

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Have the potential tho

glass sleet
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glass sleet
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It’s still first day so many things can still happen

hybrid hollow
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Can definitely give ftg and yeti a run

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They seem to be better than eu tho

lavish prism
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i mean they just took a map off zeta and nearly another before collapsing xd

glass sleet
wise orbit
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they looked really bad on shambali lol that's why i was confused why ence lost first map sincei wasnt watching

hybrid hollow
lavish prism
glass sleet
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True

hybrid hollow
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They looked uncomfortable on circuit as well

glass sleet
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All I’m saying is if VP is doing this well against fnatic, SSG is gonna do well

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Ftg is way better than fnatic

weary scarab
wise orbit
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i just wish ghost and masaa was there but i get why they didnt go

lavish prism
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then

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glass sleet
glass sleet
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Twice

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hybrid hollow
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I mean all the specialist teams are gonna get cooked with bans

glass sleet
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Masaa is a feeder and ghost is a bap one trick and not that good either

lavish prism
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masaa 100% is atm

wise orbit
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Massa is good bro

hybrid hollow
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Masaa is old

glass sleet
wise orbit
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and masaa and ghost can hold their own, remember they beat the shit out of toronto

glass sleet
humble token
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Toronto is weak

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
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player to player rak and masaa aren't that different but the synergy matters

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@weary scarab where are u

hybrid hollow
weary scarab
glass sleet
weary scarab
glass sleet
weary scarab
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ohh

glass sleet
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My bad thought it was obvious

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Tm dominates clash royal 2

glass sleet
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Btw after ow EWC, it’s gonna be apex legends

hybrid hollow
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VP DONGHAK 🔥🔥🔥🔥

glass sleet
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Lol

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glass sleet
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They bought his contact mid game

errant hornet
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new VP roster lookin wild

wise orbit
hybrid hollow
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SA production

glass sleet
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I remember these team name swaps in owcs lol

hybrid hollow
glass sleet
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These production issues better end today

wise orbit
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unless someone is cheating ig

weary scarab
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i forgot ssg vs virtus pro is today too

hybrid hollow
glass sleet
errant hornet
hybrid hollow
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you can't use that match to judge ENCE against other teams is what I'm saying

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OHHH GALAA ILARRI

wise orbit
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this would still mean they played better, no?

lavish prism
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2AND BEST ILLARI

lavish prism
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vega and lenny are pulling tor down hard

glass sleet
errant hornet
glass sleet
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And someone was playing orisa

errant hornet
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like ENCE last tourney beats current ence because of all the messy last minute changes

glass sleet
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Their roster is way better

errant hornet
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eh

glass sleet
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And ence isn’t stuck being a sigma one trick

hybrid hollow
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idk I feel like it's worse just bc ENCE was a team that needed that synergy to work

errant hornet
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its moreso just the fact that there is less cohesion

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and I feel like in general for EU its best to have a really, really strong niche

weary scarab
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wait mirror on support

lavish prism
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huh

weary scarab
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i forgot mirror plays support too lol

glass sleet
errant hornet
wise orbit
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i actually dont know how good rak is, is he better than masaa?

lavish prism
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i rate them equally

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i would say

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if not masaa a bit above

glass sleet
errant hornet
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prob equally but Rak is also on a way worse team

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tbf

hybrid hollow
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It's like let's take Landon and Rupal give or take not that big of a difference on an individual level but if you swapped those players SSG gets significantly worse

errant hornet
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and main support can be harder to rate in a vacuum than like HSDPS for example

lavish prism
glass sleet
hybrid hollow
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System is completely different

errant hornet
hybrid hollow
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Production is cooked

glass sleet
errant hornet
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LMFAO THIS STREAM

glass sleet
errant hornet
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wait aura zoning blade

errant hornet
wise orbit
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why is it so hard to stream overwatch

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every fucking tournament

hybrid hollow
errant hornet
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ok well

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this map

glass sleet
lavish prism
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am i the only one feeling the new sup line made fnatic worse?

errant hornet
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is a bit fucked for fnatic

errant hornet
lavish prism
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i feel like fnatics old sup line was better

wise orbit
lavish prism
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or at least the overall team was with the old sup line

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
lavish prism
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DONGHAK REIN?????

humble token
hybrid hollow
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It's one thing to have like actual tech issues but lazy production doesn't happen in Korea often

humble token
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Like

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See when tm has bliss

lavish prism
errant hornet
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the dongrein

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Donghardt

humble token
errant hornet
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Rare Korean rein spotted

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alr who put in SSG

lavish prism
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if vp lose on brawl i renounce their EU citizenship

errant hornet
humble token
lavish prism
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theyre against donghak rein

errant hornet
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Donghardt

wise orbit
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i suppose it's a good thing these big orgs are signing owcs teams but man these names changes are confusing lol

errant hornet
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they want the EWC prize money then just leave cause why would they keep caring about OWCS

lavish prism
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THE BOB

errant hornet
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bob 1v9

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alr SA production is rough

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GALAA

lavish prism
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the throw

errant hornet
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VP went from a completely free game

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to throwing

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XD

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this map is really, really critical to win too

wise orbit
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what even is ewc ive never heard of it before the owcs major

errant hornet
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after this the Dongwinston is back completely

wise orbit
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like who is organzing this

errant hornet
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Saudi Arabia

wise orbit
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the country?

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like its a state funded thing?

errant hornet
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basically

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funded by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund

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into the Esports World Cup Foundation which runs the tourney

hybrid hollow
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this match is so good

errant hornet
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bro

hybrid hollow
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Lowkey hope they draw

errant hornet
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VP throw into an even BIGGER FNC throw

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BRO NOT AGAIN

hybrid hollow
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well they can't

glass sleet
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They’re struggling

wise orbit
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this whole thing feels really random lol

errant hornet
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FNC just decided to not push cart

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I get it

hybrid hollow
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I kinda want Fnatic to hold here

wise orbit
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like some random middle eastern country decides to fund an esports tournament

hybrid hollow
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I want a map 5

errant hornet
errant hornet
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its Saudi Arabia, which is like arguably the MOST modernized economy in the region (aside from maybe Israel?).

glass sleet
errant hornet
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At least the most rich

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And yeah they are trying to get influence in a fuck ton of markets

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Esports is just one of them

glass sleet
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Ggs

errant hornet
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GG

glass sleet
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VP beat fnatic holy

errant hornet
wise orbit
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and israel but u already mentioned them

weary scarab
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uae got a higher hdi score

glass sleet
weary scarab
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more fitable for the westerners

errant hornet
glass sleet
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UAE outside of Dubai who knows it’s a thing

weary scarab
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abu dhabi fire too

errant hornet
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I mean the gulf states in general are modernizing

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well a group of them

wise orbit
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it seemed pretty modern in the last world cup but idk

wise orbit
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oh

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right

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haha

errant hornet
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quatar, kuwait, Iraq

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still have there uh

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issues to say the least

weary scarab
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the richest of them per capita is def qatar

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they are fkn pooping money over there

glass sleet
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Qatar, UAE, and KSA are all more modern than western countries

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Definitely way more modern than USA

errant hornet
weary scarab
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gdp ppp per country

errant hornet
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plus there are a lot of more moral reasons to maybe not fw Qatar

glass sleet
weary scarab
glass sleet
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Probably best World Cup ever organized

wise orbit
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it was good only sucked they had to reschedule

errant hornet
glass sleet
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Try to explain it without sounding like you don’t know

wise orbit
errant hornet
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as in they pull in migrant workers and essentially dont let them leave off of extremely predatory contracts under VERY bad living conditions

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not literally slavery but similar conditions

glass sleet
errant hornet
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Not literally sharecropping, but closer to it in terms of working conditions and what the individual workers can rly do about it

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Just a different system obv

glass sleet
errant hornet
glass sleet
errant hornet
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Generally journalists that gather data from the middleeast? I usually got info about this from Reuters, even international organizations (although sometimes their methods aren't always the most ideal, especially recently).

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Like im not gonna go too in depth because its an esports chat and I think its gone a bit off base

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but its not like the most unknown thing ever

glass sleet
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Nah we still talking about VP here don’t worry

errant hornet
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VP my beloved

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lowkey they almost threw shambali

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and I think if they did lose shambali they lose the series

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cause then they just get winston dived with no bans available

glass sleet
errant hornet
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and they had NO answer

errant hornet
glass sleet
glass sleet
errant hornet
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again not saying I hate these countries, but there are a lot of reasons to heavily criticize the way their governments work, human rights for minorities esp, etc.

glass sleet
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It’s what us Americans wish we had

errant hornet
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No I dont wish to live under an absolutist government that is heavily religious

glass sleet
errant hornet
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A free press free voting fan personally

wise orbit
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yea that would prob suck

glass sleet
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Idk having a shit ton of events every year doesn’t sound so bad

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And free health care…man oh man

errant hornet
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there are aspects of their economies that are great, but the hope is that reforms can follow those changes (such as women being able to drive in Saudi arabia)

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but like minority rights are clearly FAR behind western standards in those countries

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most western standards at least

glass sleet
errant hornet
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thats fine but I also still think sexist laws aren't good

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XD

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they can just, idk, not drive

glass sleet
errant hornet
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if they dont want to

glass sleet
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Take notes USA

glass sleet
errant hornet
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I mean infastructure projects have been funded, defense spending is largely popular

errant hornet
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based on sex

wise orbit
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i cant speak for usa but european countries have extensive welfare systems

errant hornet
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its like the definition of a sexist law

glass sleet
wise orbit
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surely you are not claiming women are innately worse drivers

weary talon
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Not too fond of oil oligarchs

glass sleet
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When was it btw

weary scarab
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2015

wise orbit
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why would it be about safety then

sage grove
errant hornet
errant hornet
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what im saying is that as Middle Eastern countries grow economically, it sort of follows what happened in South Korea where social and governmental reforms start to occur

glass sleet
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Something like that

sage grove
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Women not driving was based on sex

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Obviously

errant hornet
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yeah

wise orbit
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what were the safety concerns of women driving

glass sleet
stray quarry
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ok what the fuck is going on in here

sage grove
glass sleet
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It’s also just a different culture. They’re always together

errant hornet
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Like I said its almost weirdly similar to British history, where as Britain industrialized, slowly over time political forces worked out to where it became less and less of a powerful monarchy, and more of a democracy with social reforms

humble token
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Kevster back in his prime

sage grove
glass sleet
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Is zeta gonna play again?

sage grove
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😂

glass sleet
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M80?

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💀

errant hornet
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Kevster versus Coluge

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💀

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can coluge just retire already XD

sage grove
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It's actually super ultra save in saudi arabia though, you can leave house open without issues

humble token
humble token
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He is roling

glass sleet
errant hornet
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he obv meant safe XD

glass sleet
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Very nice

sage grove
stray quarry
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kevster was kinda washed last season

sage grove
weary scarab
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i lowkey think tm would beat ence kinda easy

glass sleet
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LEASGOOOOOO

weary scarab
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lan twisted is just something else

stray quarry
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i need OA to get at least one win so i can glaze them

weary scarab
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when they dont have 100 ping on tracer

glass sleet
stray quarry
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i don’t care about winning i just need one win. OA please

sage grove
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I mean china team from China is very strong and they beat them

weary scarab
glass sleet
hybrid hollow
weary scarab
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they are just able to play way better cuz no ping nerf

stray quarry
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their strength depends on current meta

glass sleet
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They won stage 1 on ping?

weary scarab
stray quarry
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no dive meta = jobless

hybrid hollow
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Again tm looks really good but calling lgd current state really good is just not true

sage grove
glass sleet
errant hornet
hybrid hollow
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Washed players, completely uncomfortable bc hero bans, and they're coached by rush

errant hornet
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I still need to see TM versus both top western and korean teams to have a better idea of where to pplace them

glass sleet
humble token
errant hornet
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not to say they are bad, but still

glass sleet
stray quarry
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who did they ban versus OA LOL

weary scarab
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id say tm over ence, but with ssg its hard

glass sleet
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What was the score

errant hornet
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alr how fast is this 3-0

hybrid hollow
glass sleet
stray quarry
hybrid hollow
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Then rush threw

weary scarab
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tm and ssg both have good cas, sym mei lucio players

humble token
hybrid hollow
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And didn't go to a dive map when Winston was on the board

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And then Winston got banned

stray quarry
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yeah that’s what you expect to happen LOL

glass sleet
weary scarab
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and its not looking strong

glass sleet
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Bleed would beat spark bro

weary scarab
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hell no

hybrid hollow
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They banned sig so tank bans were off the table it was the perfect setup

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
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this issue isn't tm

stray quarry
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guxue can play doom decently if it comes to that

hybrid hollow
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Why would u make ur own players uncomfortable

glass sleet
stray quarry
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just force dive coach rush god

hybrid hollow
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it would

glass sleet
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Tm would still win

hybrid hollow
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A dive team would play better on a dive map no matter who the other team is

glass sleet
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Zeta started

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
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Maybe maybe not

wise orbit
#

which teams are u guys rooting for

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
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and oa but they're cooked

glass sleet
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And then whatever team is strong lol

weary scarab
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gotta be a reason for why the doom, winston team isnt playing doom winston throughout most of the maps.

hybrid hollow
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It's not happening

stray quarry
wise orbit
stray quarry
weary scarab
weary scarab
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i like oa more then falcons and fnatic but its not looking good for them bruv

glass sleet
stray quarry
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GRAHHHHHHHHHH

glass sleet
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Why is falcons first place and tm second?

weary scarab
stray quarry
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they are tied

glass sleet
stray quarry
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look at number

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woaw

glass sleet
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IN THE FUCKING STREAM

stray quarry
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ok stream is cooked

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GG EMEA production

glass sleet
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Dude the area with all the giant screens looks so cool

wise orbit
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where can i see when matches are scheduled

glass sleet
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Zeta lost 59% to a team that doesn’t scrim…ggs

hybrid hollow
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I mean it was 100 straight the moment they capped

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
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true

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Why is coluge even getting kills

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Zeta washed

glass sleet
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Fr

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100%

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Dude these streams are so long!!!

hybrid hollow
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tr33 going to Val after ewc

glass sleet
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Lol

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All hitscans go to valo

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Freaking aimers

humble token
glass sleet
#

OMG

errant hornet
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alphayi on his throwing arch

weary scarab
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man the koreans are really not looking strong for this tourney

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only racoons that have been good

glass sleet
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Too close

weary scarab
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cuz they played some guys without a salary from south america

stray quarry
glass sleet
weary scarab
glass sleet
humble token
weary scarab
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third round was close aswell

humble token
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Oh

glass sleet
weary scarab
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it looked like the aussie dps line was stronger

humble token
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I disnt watch the game

hybrid hollow
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Wait that's zss

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I thought that was seeker this whole time

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two white guys with glasses and blonde hair

wise orbit
#

what do u guys think of the hero ban system

weary scarab
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makes it way more interesting

hybrid hollow
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Let my goat play Winston 💔💔💔💔

weary scarab
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why are these mfs still playing the pharah mauga comps

wise orbit
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i like the strategy it adds

hybrid hollow
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Production 🔥

weary scarab
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alr im playing marvel rivals until the ssg vs vp match begin

wise orbit
#

when is it

weary scarab
wise orbit
#

damn

hybrid hollow
#

Fnatic vs ntmr way better than this

frail whale
#

tomorrow is gonna be so much better matches then today bro

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tm vs falcons. crazy racoons vs toronto. falcons vs lgd, zeta vs ence, ssg vs fnatic

slate siren
#

Falcons and lgd should ego dive each other

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Fuck all that other shit

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Play some real overwatch

frail whale
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i think tm vs falcons would be closer then lgd vs falc

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if falcons really want to win over lgd

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they just swap in hanbin diva

hybrid hollow
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Zeta vs lgd would be way better without bans

weary talon
#

Ewc has started ? Lol

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0 marketing

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0 publicity

frail whale
#

u didnt know fr?

glass sleet
#

Omg zeta is cooked

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They lost a map??

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M80 bans sigma

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HOW DID A TEAM THAT DOESNT SCRIM TAKE A MAP OFF ZETA???

hybrid hollow
glass sleet
frail whale
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god why have both teams picked the same maps

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2 times in a row

glass sleet
#

SSG v VP the last game?

frail whale
#

i didnt even see this shit

native crest
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Wtf is goin on

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Is this a legacy tournament for NA?

static pond
#

Wtf why are fnatic playing ball

wary birch
#

fnatic backline is so fucking washed up

native crest
#

☠️☠️

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NA lowkey best in the west?????

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Ultimate cumback????

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I might have to get an American passport soon

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Pledge allegiance

weary scarab
#

finally

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ssg vs vp

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i hope vp wins this lowkey

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1:0 vp damn

errant hornet
#

ISTG the Mauga has yet to work

#

I keep seeing it and it keeps looking underwhelming compared to the ram

weary scarab
#

yeah

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and why are they playing seicoe backbone lol

hybrid hollow
#

idk

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Sparkr can play tracer as well

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First time I seen sparkr back in contenders was on tracer actually 💀

weary scarab
#

LMAO

#

WHAT IS HAPPENING

#

ntmr is beating fnatics

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and ssg is losing to vp

#

fnatics might be out before groups end if they lose this lol

hybrid hollow
#

Infekted showing that white boy Winston aura

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Zss giving donghak fielder flashbacks

#

VP might be one of my favorite teams after today

#

Made this day not boring

#

Omg Infekted is cooking

#

Wait no both streams are interesting rn I'm so split

frail whale
#

tm vs hangzhou and falc vs tgs might have been the only clear winners today

#

every game so close

hybrid hollow
#

OMFG

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NO WAY

weary scarab
#

OMG

hybrid hollow
#

NA ISNT DEAD

#

INFEKTED

weary scarab
#

LMFAO

hybrid hollow
#

MY KING

#

WHITE BOY WINSTON

weary scarab
#

Bro its not looking good foor fnatic

hybrid hollow
#

bro Infekted and seeker just reverse swept Fnatic

#

is today real

glass sleet
#

Guys i think first day wasn’t as boring as we all thought it’d be

frail whale
hybrid hollow
#

Am I dreaming

native crest
#

???????

#

???????

hybrid hollow
#

Did na just upset

bold python
# frail whale what

Falcons nearly lost 2 maps and CR lost 2 fights all series, how was the falcons game not close and the cr game was close?

native crest
#

???????

hybrid hollow
#

ARE WE BACK CHAT???

native crest
#

NA LEGACY TOURNAMENT

#

OMG

hybrid hollow
#

RAHHHHH

native crest
#

LOOOLLLLLLL

hybrid hollow
#

🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

frail whale
glass sleet
#

Now people don’t feel bad about zeta and yeti not going to Dallas.

native crest
#

THE RETURN OF DONALD TRUMP MADE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN

#

LMAOOOOOOO

frail whale
bold python
bold python
#

Losing to TM like that is automatic bottom tier team relegation

glass sleet
#

I’m not watching the last game. Is EWC posting games on YouTube?

hybrid hollow
#

IS THIS THE MOST AURA EVER TAKEN IN ONE PHOTO???????

bold python
#

TM is already a below average team at this tourney