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jaunty scaffold
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CR just pack it up tbh

glass sleet
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Pizza would be so good rn

cosmic socket
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honestly just try something new

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they arent gonna win the mauga mirror

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
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Only option is queen but who knows if they scrimmed it

glass sleet
weary talon
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Lmao look at the crowd’s faces nobody’s smiling

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Haha

humble token
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Try sig

jaunty scaffold
humble token
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Try leaving the game

jaunty scaffold
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real

hybrid hollow
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good first point tho

humble token
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Can max play queen

cosmic socket
jaunty scaffold
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wait CR is capping?

hybrid hollow
cosmic socket
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yeah that was a really good 1st actually

humble token
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CAN MAX PLAY QUEEN

jaunty scaffold
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max really said "I understand it now"

cosmic socket
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idk

hybrid hollow
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at least they traded the ults evenly this time

cosmic socket
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they gotta go early with cage

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YES

jaunty scaffold
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PROPER GAP

split flume
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how does proper keep getting better blossoms than lip when both teams pop ray

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LOL

cosmic socket
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k cool they just throw away their cage advantage

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lol

jaunty scaffold
hybrid hollow
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And proper feeds his brains out

cosmic socket
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wait why is proper dying early

glass sleet
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Btw reaper ult dmg does more

jaunty scaffold
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PROPER???

split flume
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PROPER HAS ZERO RESPECT FOR THESE GUYS NOW OMEGALUL

glass sleet
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It was buffed a few patches ago

jaunty scaffold
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someone check proper's paypal

cosmic socket
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please cage please cage

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YES

jaunty scaffold
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I heard a ding from his phone

split flume
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okay falcons are losing this map to themselves

cosmic socket
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okay thats really bad for falcons

jaunty scaffold
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both teams popped 4 ults

hybrid hollow
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Wtf

jaunty scaffold
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that was a huge blunder

split flume
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uh oh

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now im worried

hybrid hollow
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Huge

cosmic socket
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BIG

hybrid hollow
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Stalker always gets his one bro

jaunty scaffold
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wait

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CR is smoking now

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falcons ult advantage tho

hybrid hollow
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Omg

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Omg

split flume
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CHORONG?

hybrid hollow
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Bro stalker is too good

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not even chorong fault stalker is just different

cosmic socket
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bro what is cr doing

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they popped 2 and lost

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rip chorong lol

hybrid hollow
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Omg

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No way

jaunty scaffold
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big cage

hybrid hollow
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Bro what is stalker

cosmic socket
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YOOO

jaunty scaffold
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lip dies before he can blossom

split flume
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bro

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shu got picked 1st

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like

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every fight

cosmic socket
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did shu really die with ray

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that is so unfortunate

jaunty scaffold
hybrid hollow
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Are falcons mauga merchants or are racoons dive merchants

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The ppl must know

cosmic socket
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how is shu fucking up the easier character in this meta

jaunty scaffold
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chorong was getting FUCKED UP on that last point tho

split flume
jaunty scaffold
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between the stalk3r stomp into their spawn and the solo cage while he had rally

cosmic socket
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big solo cage

glass sleet
split flume
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it's push next

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the 4-1 was written in the stars

jaunty scaffold
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you can tell this isn't CR's meta

glass sleet
whole compass
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Ar last its not a sweep

humble token
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Cr about to do worse than tm

cosmic socket
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surely they run pick new queen and run ball right

jaunty scaffold
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we rly forgetting how falcons 3-0'd CR earlier today

cosmic socket
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please junbin

hybrid hollow
split flume
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falcons are now 6-0 in the mauga mirror

whole compass
humble token
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TIME FOR PROPER TO NOT BE CARPE

hybrid hollow
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Tbf they look better now but still they lose the mirror every time

whole compass
jaunty scaffold
whole compass
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Cr just need to play something that isn't mauga no matter what it is

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Nit many options but still better than mauga

cosmic socket
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^

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if youre gonna lose the mauga mirror just trying something new

cosmic socket
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play dva

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play queen

static pond
jaunty scaffold
cosmic socket
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just play anyone besides mauga

static pond
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No falcons?

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They played queen zarya also against falcons some sig also

cosmic socket
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they ran zar??

jaunty scaffold
static pond
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Ya a lot earlier

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It was before juno

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Tbh I think cr can play the queen against mauga

hybrid hollow
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Falcons may be mauga merchants

slate thunder
glass sleet
humble token
glass sleet
humble token
hybrid hollow
jaunty scaffold
static pond
humble token
glass sleet
humble token
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Cr should copy nrg comp

jaunty scaffold
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what was the NRG comp

glass sleet
cosmic socket
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proper and stalker are just better than lip and heesang in mauga meta

hybrid hollow
static pond
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Heesang is also really aggressive

jaunty scaffold
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lip is out of his depth

cosmic socket
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wait wait wait

hybrid hollow
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Genji Ashe venture was the other dps they ran

cosmic socket
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wait

humble token
cosmic socket
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cr didnt pick new queen street??????

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what are they doing

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
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I doubt anyone touched tht map

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Runasapi is just the go to push map

jaunty scaffold
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why runasapi exactly?

hybrid hollow
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Nonidea

jaunty scaffold
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is that just the best mauga map

cosmic socket
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i was really expecting new queen cuz of junbin

humble token
glass sleet
hybrid hollow
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I guess it's the less shit push map

static pond
hybrid hollow
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That too

jaunty scaffold
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they're on esperanca

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lmfao

humble token
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Can they force dive here

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Have not seen espranca game

hybrid hollow
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like honestly I get why they're not on ball

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most of these maps mauga plays better on

static pond
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Ya

cosmic socket
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why pick esperanca tho

hybrid hollow
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And they probably didn't scrim the queen shit bc they probably had good scrim results with the mauga

glass sleet
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Lip clapping loudly and speaking clearly

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Very warlord like

hybrid hollow
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Isn't circuit in the pool

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Did they play escort yet

glass sleet
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Heesang knows it was cuz of him

split flume
cosmic socket
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they just played gibraltar

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
glass sleet
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Gib

hybrid hollow
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Forgot it's escort

glass sleet
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Yeeeeep

split flume
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4-1

wise orbit
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Cr will turn this around

glass sleet
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Lol Junbin sounding the way he does

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LOL lip saying he sold it was exactly what I was thinking

cosmic socket
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daddy is back in

static pond
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Lip Calling out na laziness

jaunty scaffold
static pond
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Eu too

jaunty scaffold
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there's no way

glass sleet
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So when we gonna know how much the prize pool is

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Smurf??

static pond
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Idk

glass sleet
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Da goat smurf

hybrid hollow
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"don't finish aw Jesus Christ it's fucking everywhere" - commander x

cosmic socket
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junbin please save us... junbin if you can hear me please carry this map...

hybrid hollow
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Andd we're still on mauga

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4-1 gg

cosmic socket
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why broo

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theyre obviously gonna be shit on this why are they still trying to mirror the mauga

jaunty scaffold
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smurf dead?

cosmic socket
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on fucking ad break right as first fight starts

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kill me

jaunty scaffold
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1st fight was a draw dw

hybrid hollow
split flume
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it's so joever

hybrid hollow
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Their maugas die first and win

split flume
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how did falcons do that

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how did proper build die die die so fast

cosmic socket
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do yall think cr knows the definition of insanity?

hybrid hollow
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Check the game settings they say

jaunty scaffold
hybrid hollow
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But it's like they also don't have options

jaunty scaffold
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he has been all day

hybrid hollow
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Like they're kinda cucked by the meta

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This meta only came in a week before stockholm

cosmic socket
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real unfortunate meta for lip

hybrid hollow
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So the best option is just to mirror since nobody really knows how to shut it down

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Even the queen shit is just a gamble

cosmic socket
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good point

split flume
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proper is just

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so good at reaper

cosmic socket
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what were they running before the mauga stuff

hybrid hollow
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Orisa

jaunty scaffold
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but yeah

cosmic socket
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right right

split flume
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proper's brain is so big

cosmic socket
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NO

split flume
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RAYJAX

cosmic socket
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thats so bad for falcons

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did they get fast respawns?

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ooh heesang kinda nasty

jaunty scaffold
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yeah falcons barely got forward spawns

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that was big

hybrid hollow
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omg

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Proper smoking the crusty crack

split flume
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PROPER IS THROWING

jaunty scaffold
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goatsang?

hybrid hollow
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Keep throwing proper pleaseeeee

jaunty scaffold
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this is looking baad for falcons ngl

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they have zero ults and CR has 3

cosmic socket
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no way

split flume
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uh oh

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im worrying

cosmic socket
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are they finally gonna win a mauga mirror

jaunty scaffold
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chill

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the proper paypal is gonna wear off soon

cosmic socket
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oh thats bad for cr

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just wasted blossom and orbit

jaunty scaffold
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CR is gonna get forward spawn tho

hybrid hollow
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Like you know he rallys there

cosmic socket
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^^

hybrid hollow
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Maybe if the ray was earlier I can see the vision

cosmic socket
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like why even blossom if you know he has rally

humble token
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Hold on

jaunty scaffold
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BIG FUCKING BLOSSOM

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PROPER 🐐

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I don't think they get the lead tho

split flume
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PROPER JUST MURDERED SHU AND CH0RONG

humble token
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Cr has a chancr

cosmic socket
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nah

jaunty scaffold
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proper got gapped lol

hybrid hollow
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Cr is so inefficient with the ults

cosmic socket
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falcons has a huge rally advantage

split flume
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HOLY FUCK FALCONS

jaunty scaffold
spiral light
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it’s over.

split flume
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FALCONS ULT USE IS FUCKING NUTS

hybrid hollow
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It's joever

jaunty scaffold
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GYATT DAMN

static turret
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I fell asleep

hybrid hollow
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like falcons gets value with ults every time

static turret
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Who’s winning

spiral light
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wait proper just called me he said he’s getting a 5k

jaunty scaffold
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we're getting a 4-1

static turret
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Yikes

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I lied cr aren’t winning

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I saw heesang got a 4k on tracer

spiral light
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this cage is gonna be fat

jaunty scaffold
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okay CR held it at least

static turret
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Idk what map tho

hybrid hollow
jaunty scaffold
static turret
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Damn

hybrid hollow
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Only map they won

jaunty scaffold
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CR only wins on dive

static turret
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Heesang heard the allegations and had to lock in

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Also max was in?

spiral light
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cage and rally

cosmic socket
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PLEASE LOCK IN FALCONS

spiral light
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this rally is gonna be huge

cosmic socket
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its joever

hybrid hollow
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Omg

jaunty scaffold
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falcons is just far better with ults

hybrid hollow
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Omg

spiral light
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ggs

hybrid hollow
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Get this guy back on ball

split flume
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CAGEJAXS

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CAGFACXJ

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JAVEFG

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SDFKJUHSDFDSGF

jaunty scaffold
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CR only has cage

split flume
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SDFKGHBSDFG

static turret
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Yikes

jaunty scaffold
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CAGEJAX

cosmic socket
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ggs

jaunty scaffold
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THEY WIN IT

spiral light
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cr to win every event except the biggest one

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Lol

static turret
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They didn’t win Asia

hybrid hollow
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falcons went crazy

split flume
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PROPER

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PROPER

static turret
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3-0 into a 4-1

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Yikes

spiral light
split flume
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PROPER HAS A RING

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PROPER GOT HIS FUCKING RING

hybrid hollow
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Carpe curse is no more

spiral light
hybrid hollow
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He finally won

static turret
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How is it fake

spiral light
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it just doesn’t feel real

static turret
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These are two of the best teams oat

desert fractal
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GGS

jaunty scaffold
static turret
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Cr is literally the best team oat

split flume
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HE GOT HIS FUCKING RING

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MY GOAT

hybrid hollow
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gg winning the biggest event of the year doesn't count i fear

humble token
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Gg PROPR

quasi umbra
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and it's over

whole compass
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GG

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Yeahhhj falcons

quasi umbra
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almost a full sweep

humble token
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PROPER IS NOT CARPE

quasi umbra
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ggs

whole compass
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PROPER WON A CHIP

cosmic socket
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had to dumb it down to mauga double flex to take down my glorious king junbin

split flume
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THE ONLY MAP PROPER LOST THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT WAS TO TWISTED MINDS

cosmic socket
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unfortunate

whole compass
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SIR MAJED IS THER ELMAOOIO

split flume
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THE ONLY MAP PROPER LOST THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT WAS TO TWISTED MINDS

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THE ONLY MAP PROPER LOST THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT WAS TO TWISTED MINDS

static turret
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lol

split flume
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THE ONLY MAP PROPER LOST THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT WAS TO TWISTED MINDS

hybrid hollow
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Well I got what i wanted

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The downfall of eu

mellow wigeon
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tf was balling out whenever i popped in, no surprises here

static turret
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Is that majed in the back

humble token
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EU>NA

whole compass
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Majed airport

cosmic socket
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emea was so mid

hybrid hollow
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happy and majed acting like they did something

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Like get off stage bro

jaunty scaffold
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who's MVP tho

static turret
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Chill on them

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They there

jaunty scaffold
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it HAS to be proper

hybrid hollow
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Nah

cosmic socket
hybrid hollow
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Stalker did nore

spiral light
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dude the trophy looks kinda weird i prefer the owl one

split flume
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FIRST RING CRUSTY HAS WON SINCE 2020

humble token
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Stalker

cosmic socket
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either proper or stalker

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prolly proper

static turret
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Is that crusty

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My goat

hybrid hollow
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I watched proper feed his brains out s few times stalker was killing 4 and trading like every fight

split flume
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bro

cerulean monolith
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PROPER UNDERSTOOD ENGLISH OMG

hybrid hollow
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What is crusty yappin about

split flume
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that was a diff on like

whole compass
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proper mvp for sure

split flume
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every role

whole compass
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Stalker great but proper amazing

jaunty scaffold
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the proper blossoms went crazy tho

split flume
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the leaper and shuno are NOT it

cobalt steppe
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boring game, meta is sooo stupidly snooze worthy

cosmic socket
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^

cobalt steppe
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they need hero bans

hybrid hollow
static turret
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You might be right

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But

hybrid hollow
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you press it at the right time and shit dies

worn falcon
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The crust

static turret
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Falcons farmed

glass sleet
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Ggs falcons for winning finals

split flume
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it's so fucking beautiful 😭 😭 😭

hybrid hollow
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Mauga merchants but well deserved either way

static turret
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Stalker mvp

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Deserved

whole compass
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Crusty crying

static turret
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I see it

spiral light
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ye proper didn’t deserve it

split flume
spiral light
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stalker was putting in that work

hardy sluice
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There’s no reruns of this right

cobalt steppe
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we can never have a close final. It's just boring gameplay. The only map that was fun to watch was Watchpoint

hybrid hollow
split flume
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STALKER

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GOAT

hardy sluice
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Like the lives

split flume
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GOAT

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GOAT

cosmic socket
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stalker deserves the mvp

glass sleet
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Stalk3r winning mvp is the right choice

hybrid hollow
hardy sluice
glass sleet
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Finally got the credit he deserves

hardy sluice
cobalt steppe
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there will be an encore broadcast

burnt jolt
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falcons 💪💪💪💪

cobalt steppe
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with drops enabled

mellow wigeon
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how yall think the tommathan video's gonna be

dapper scroll
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falcons did so good

hybrid hollow
hardy sluice
hybrid hollow
split flume
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god im so fuckin happy rn

cerulean monolith
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W stalker

hybrid hollow
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tommathan has so much content

humble token
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W

glass sleet
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Fuck man!! CX with the two min ad

dapper scroll
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stalker winning mvp is well deserved!!!!!

mellow wigeon
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MVPPP

whole compass
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Ah stalker won mvp

hardy sluice
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I’ll check around then. I tuned in when I woke up but 4 am is a wack ass time for someone to watch if they’re EST

static turret
weary talon
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Deserved mvp

hybrid hollow
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I got my nrg redemption and the fraudulent fall of EU couldn't ask for more

weary talon
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He’s crazy

static turret
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25 minutes each

glass sleet
static turret
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Quartz deserves his own 20 minute video

cerulean monolith
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matches started @6 est

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Okay lets all talk about TM rq

cosmic socket
cerulean monolith
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they did insane for no reason

hardy sluice
hybrid hollow
humble token
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I am have to rewatch tm vs falcons

hybrid hollow
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Chill Guy vs 9

cerulean monolith
whole compass
glass sleet
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Both TM and CR both got their one from falcons.

static turret
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lol

cosmic socket
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i feel bad for quartz

hardy sluice
split flume
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OH YEAH

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SMURF HAS 3 RINGS NOW

hardy sluice
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Why is bro getting offended

cosmic socket
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goat hitscan surrounded by bums

whole compass
humble token
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TM makes eu proud

static turret
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Ok but what’s the prize pool

cerulean monolith
static turret
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Can we see

worn falcon
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3 rings crusty

glass sleet
paper totem
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My boys falcons taking the dub

hybrid hollow
static turret
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I see it

glass sleet
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Smurf always winning last map. What a goat

paper totem
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STALKER FINALLY GETTING HIS SPOTLIGHT

static turret
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They not gonna say the prize pool

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?

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Gg

whole compass
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Wait that it

hardy sluice
glass sleet
cosmic socket
hardy sluice
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Bc 5:45 am on a Sunday most people are sleep

whole compass
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Where is sir majed intereview

burnt jolt
hardy sluice
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Chat I can’t find my tea bags

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Nvm I found them

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My ma moved them

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lol

worn falcon
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Ring for the benchest player: majed

whole compass
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Can we talk about chiyo's jawline bro is majestic

static pond
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And happy

heavy scroll
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congrats Atlanta rein on the win

glass sleet
weary talon
worn falcon
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Gotham has batman, but Rhyad has Majed

glass sleet
static pond
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When does the new season start?

whole compass
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Wait chino got mustache what

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Chiyo

glass sleet
weary talon
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Deserved win for falcons

static turret
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Got my mercy skins

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Legit

whole compass
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This tournament eu did better than na in terms of beating the Koreans

weary talon
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1 map

cosmic socket
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did they???

whole compass
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Yup

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Eu got the same wins against falcons as cr

glass sleet
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Only team outside of CR to take a map was TM

split flume
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na got 0 maps against korea and eu got 1

whole compass
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Goat region

weary talon
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Tm took one mao from falcons

glass sleet
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such an achievement

static pond
glass sleet
static pond
weary talon
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Now that the season’s over can we leave Mauga behind

paper totem
split flume
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emea

cosmic socket
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bro how did tm take a map off falcons

split flume
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falcons got caught off guard by pharah ashe

paper totem
static pond
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The map

split flume
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and then they adapted

paper totem
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TM is also good

split flume
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and played sojourn and jq and stuff

cosmic socket
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did lbbd actually do something

split flume
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and rolled them

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downloaded them in real time Okay

paper totem
static turret
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Lbb did some stuff

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But

weary talon
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Why didnt cr do the same

split flume
static turret
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Quartz did 95% of the work

paper totem
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TM almost beat Toronto

cosmic socket
weary talon
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Considering they’re miles better than tm

static pond
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Ngl tho I kinda wanted hero bans for this grand finals

weary talon
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No they’re stupid

cosmic socket
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^

paper totem
cosmic socket
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hero bans are sick in pro play

weary talon
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Hero bans make even more hegemony

cosmic socket
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its so boring when the meta turns into a complete mirror

static pond
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Cuz hero bans showcase flexibility

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Imo

static turret
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Ban cr dive

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That’s it

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Easy win

weary talon
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You go against a team that plays off meta -> ban their key hero and force them to play meta

paper totem
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If there r hero bans then TM is not even a team

weary talon
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Hero bans are dunb

serene dock
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spacestation trolled uwu

hybrid hollow
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Hero bans are hit or miss

cosmic socket
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i like hero bans

hybrid hollow
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Everyone likes hero bans when the meta is shit but when it isn't they can be kinda ass

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Or teams that have fun off meta comps that work get shut down

cosmic socket
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they add more complexity to team composition

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it doesnt just turn into play meta support duo with meta brawl tank or winston

hybrid hollow
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It's like at the end of the day mirrors are as competitive as it gets

hybrid hollow
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It's literally you play better or dont

wise orbit
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hero bans are a net positive tho

paper totem
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The current meta is a Juno issue

cosmic socket
hybrid hollow
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Eh

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I think it depends on the meta

weary talon
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Hero bans make it impossible for teams that don’t play meta to play their comp

hybrid hollow
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Joats was fun as hell to watch

static turret
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^

hybrid hollow
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dive mirrors are fun

static turret
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Hero bans would kill some teams

cosmic socket
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yeah but the majority of ow2 metas have been brawl slop

torpid bane
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i rather watch sojourn meta than this x2 cage, juno brig

hybrid hollow
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that's just an ow2 issue

paper totem
jaunty scaffold
hybrid hollow
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that too

cosmic socket
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its either been mauga orisa or ram slop

hybrid hollow
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Map pool plays a huge part

weary talon
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Lets say its a Mauga meta but theres a team that specializes ball, well then with hero bans you’re always gonna ban their ball and force them onto mauga

cosmic socket
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only one that stands out is queen comp

hybrid hollow
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Majority of the maps mauga was just too favored on

wise orbit
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I’m ok with some otp team getting stomped as long as the top teams play more variety

hybrid hollow
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nrg and tm lose in the first round of hero bans exist

hybrid hollow
weary talon
jaunty scaffold
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it forces teams to not OTP

wise orbit
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With hero bans there would be more variety

weary talon
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If you ban the best option, top teams default to the next best option

static turret
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The “top team” lose their key comp with this btw

jaunty scaffold
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I'm of the opinion that hero bans should not exist in ranked tho

hybrid hollow
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Even then it only forces variety for the weaker teams

jaunty scaffold
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only pro play

weary talon
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If you ban mauga i assure you falcons and cr would onetrick queen instead

hybrid hollow
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the good teams just both play the best option after the ban

wise orbit
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I found ewc much more interesting to watch than this

hybrid hollow
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Still a mirror

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it just cucks the specialist teams that are usually more fun to watch anyways

wise orbit
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Idk I’ll have to rewatch some of the ewc

jaunty scaffold
rugged quest
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also brig and juno bans could shake things up ALOT

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they have been meta defining for 4 months now

hybrid hollow
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It's not the idea of a mirror itself it's just the comp

weary talon
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Yes but that’s not the point

static turret
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If the game was balanced bans wouldn’t be an issue

weary talon
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Top teams will mirror most of the time , regardless of hero bans

static turret
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^

jaunty scaffold
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who got MVP btw? had to go do smth just after the final match

static turret
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Stalker

rugged quest
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but it isnt

jaunty scaffold
wise orbit
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Honestly I feel like mirrors aren’t that common in most pro metas

jaunty scaffold
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it was a tossup between him and proper

wise orbit
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at least not full mirrors

mental vine
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IM HAPPY PROPER GOT HIS FIRST EVER WORLD CHAMPION TITLE! He truly deserves it 🙂

jaunty scaffold
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stalk3r's echo was insane

static turret
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Wait

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Im@dumb

weary talon
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Best possible balance is a balance that imposes a certain archetype per map whilst allowing other comps to function but at a higher effort at said map

static turret
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Basically the same@tning

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Idc for bans tho

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I don’t like bans

hybrid hollow
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Genuinely if map design and balance got better this wouldn't even be a conversation

jaunty scaffold
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do we know the prize pools btw?

paper totem
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Stalker carried this series tho

wise orbit
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It makes most games more interesting but it can fuck up a map for a one trick

weary talon
paper totem
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Stalker so good

rugged quest
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in bum ass metas likes these bans make the game more exciting no question

wise orbit
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I agree

rugged quest
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in dallas we got lucky because west had a shit meta read

weary talon
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That’s true

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But bans dont propose variability

glass sleet
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How EWC did it was very entertaining

hybrid hollow
weary talon
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If the game was good

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We wouldn’t need this discussion

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Lol

hybrid hollow
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Bans exist bc the game doesn't allow for flexibility anymore at the highest kevel

glass sleet
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And that doesn’t mean it’s unbalanced

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Not at all

wise orbit
glass sleet
paper totem
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Juno needs a nerf

hybrid hollow
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It's not a counter issue it's the game always having a comp that is significantly stronger and balance not allowing counterplay to those comps

weary talon
hybrid hollow
glass sleet
weary talon
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And see what happens in the alternate timeline

hybrid hollow
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Bans has been a controversial topic since we got hero pools in owl tht one time

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This conversation is nothing new at all

split flume
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so is smurf the goat tank now

weary talon
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Nah

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Super

split flume
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wait

hybrid hollow
split flume
weary talon
cobalt steppe
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just watching mirror meta comps are soo boring

glass sleet
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When did we go from “ban system in EWC was great” to “we don’t need it if the game was balanced” and just to add to that “if the game was balanced” is wild. What does that even mean? How do you balance 42 heroes to all have equally amount of value?

cobalt steppe
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the most fun during that grand final was Watchpoint map where it was dive

glass sleet
rugged quest
rugged quest
weary talon
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The goat of tank is fearless

grave python
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Congrulations to Team Falcons

hybrid hollow
jaunty scaffold
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ima be honest

cobalt steppe
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Basically hero bans need to happen every map and you can't ban the same hero in consecutive maps.

cosmic socket
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1000x better than watching mauga meta

balmy hound
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Damn man

jaunty scaffold
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not because of mauga meta but

balmy hound
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Falcons deserved it

split flume
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i loved these finals

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because proper got his ring

jaunty scaffold
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you could tell falcons was FAR ahead of CR on the mauga comp

cobalt steppe
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plus means teams would need to strategise when to use the mauga comp etc

split flume
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goat

hybrid hollow
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If bans are good or not is completely dependent on game balance

jaunty scaffold
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and CR only won on dive

cosmic socket
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yeah

balmy hound
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Proper finally got a team where he didn’t have to carry

split flume
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idk why CR just didn't try something else on any map that wasn't gib

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like

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why not give queen a go

hybrid hollow
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bans are good when u have the most boring oppressive comp ever they're not good when multiple options are good on a map

split flume
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why not try pharah/ashe

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you aren't winning the mirror

rugged quest
jaunty scaffold
split flume
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try and adapt

jaunty scaffold
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experimenting like that in grand finals is risky tho

weary talon
hybrid hollow
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like the hard meta during ewc shit was ass let's not forget

split flume
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falcons went 7-0 in the mirror 😭

hybrid hollow
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But bans and the map pool made it fun

cobalt steppe
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its a lose-lose, run non-mirror, get destroyed, run mirror, have a 50/50 chance to still fail

weary talon
hybrid hollow
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but if the meta wasn't bs we wouldn't need vans

wise orbit
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ewc was the most interesting tournament of the year for me at least

jaunty scaffold
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what was the meta in EWC

cobalt steppe
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hero pool per round, once you play it, its locked out for the rest of the map xD

glass sleet
wise orbit
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I thought people generally liked hero bans what happened lol

hybrid hollow
# glass sleet What was the issues it had?

Teams like tm, once again, and even ence at points couldn't play their comfort on the maps they wanted too and that makes the game less competitive which is worse for the viewer experience

static pond
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Skill issue

split flume
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stalker best echo world nooticing

hybrid hollow
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nobody wants to watch ts

wise orbit
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I'd like to see the teams play more heroes

weary talon
glass sleet
split flume
hybrid hollow
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Ur also benefiting the teams with more money

split flume
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you might be cooking

cobalt steppe
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just makes watching a snoozefest.

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and just proves how stupidly broken the game can be in terms of balance

hybrid hollow
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If a team can't afford to sign more players for a more flexible roster with bans they just lose

glass sleet
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And the way EWC made it was you get to pick your roster AFTER the ban so no one tricks getting fuked

hybrid hollow
rugged quest
hybrid hollow
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They can actually sign bigger rosters and players

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
static turret
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Merit isn’t flexible

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Ng

hybrid hollow
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Again nuance exist

static turret
#

L

hybrid hollow
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A team like td can sign another player so it applies less to them

static turret
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Merit can play reaper tho

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But anyone can from what we’ve seen

split flume
static turret
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Besides backbone

humble token
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Hot take eu did better than na here

cobalt steppe
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or players can learn to play more than 1 fucking character

static turret
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Backbone can’t play reaper

hybrid hollow
static turret
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The actual flex dps can’t play the easiest flex?

hybrid hollow
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If it was everyone would be a hyper foex

jaunty scaffold
cobalt steppe
paper totem
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What is falcons issue with their dive comp. I feel like Smurf plays well but maybe over extends a bit much

hybrid hollow
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But yet there's like 4 actual hyper flex players all time

cobalt steppe
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and its why we keep getting 3-0 matches, 4-0 or 4-1 grand finals

static turret
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What are you on

weary talon
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Last owl grandfinals was horseshit

glass sleet
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Ban system in EWC was to target play styles not players.

jaunty scaffold
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shu isn't as good on juno though

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bro only knows ana

hazy marsh
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yeah if it was a meta where the backline could make plays cr would have done so much better

hybrid hollow
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Smurf primals the backline and finds nothing junbin 1v4 primals kills one and lives

weary talon
#

Sigma bastion might be worse than this tbh

static turret
#

Didn’t Dallas go to 7

hazy marsh
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and if it wasnt a dogshit meta overall

static turret
#

And Asia lan

cobalt steppe
static turret
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And na lan

hazy marsh
rugged quest
paper totem
hazy marsh
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this was so unenjoyable I left before last map

static turret
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All of the top matches have been close besides this one

rugged quest
paper totem
static turret
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This lan was just filled with sweeps bc eu couldn’t stop getting farmed

cobalt steppe
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ultimately at the end of the day, Blizzard created this mess by having the character in the game in the first place xD

static turret
#

Same with na

hazy marsh
weary talon
static turret
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Cr and falcons sweeping everyone is a given tho

rugged quest
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tm td

cobalt steppe
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honestly this meta was basically GOATS 2.0

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boring and frustrating to watch

weary talon
#

23 GF was just bap window bastion nades oneshots someone

glass sleet
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TM would’ve won if they had better dps

jaunty scaffold
glass sleet
hybrid hollow
humble token
hybrid hollow
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goats had its highs

static turret
glass sleet
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Gross

static turret
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Eu got farmed

hybrid hollow
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This comp is all lows unless proper and Lenny have blade

jaunty scaffold
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I still remember that runasapi game

rugged quest
mental vine
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cant wait for TF World Champion skin NEXT YEAR :)))))

static turret
#

How many teams@got swept

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5?

jaunty scaffold
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TD having 128m on runasapi, TM had 0m, only 2:30 mins left

glass sleet
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Also they didn’t play reaper

humble token
#

Best game in the tournment

wise orbit
jaunty scaffold
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and quartz SOMEHOW clutched it up

mental vine
#

Team Falcons World Champions skin is going to be LIT

static turret
#

Ssg got swept ence got swept nrg got swept ntmr got swept

wise orbit
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koreans lost one map to tm

static turret
#

Td got swept

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Like

split flume
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cr got swept

static turret
#

Almost every team at one point got swept

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Besides tm

cobalt steppe
static turret
#

And falcons

split flume
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falcons lost 2 maps

weary talon
hybrid hollow
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like the best map of that series was a dive mirror and it wasn't even competitive by the end cr stomped them but it was fun bc the comp is fun

glass sleet
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TM should be 4th. Let’s change the spot without telling anyone

humble token
cobalt steppe
#

Blizzard can't even make default legendary skins for heroes anymore

static turret
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2 teams managed to not get swept

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Courtesy of quartz carry

jaunty scaffold
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they full held

weary talon
#

Quarts was crazy this tournament

glass sleet
hybrid hollow
glass sleet
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They rather sell you the skin

hybrid hollow
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The second half was definitely kinda boring tho

weary talon
#

Quartz has hitscan performance of the tournament

humble token
#

Imagine quartz on like zeta

glass sleet
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The gib game was kinda boring

jaunty scaffold
rugged quest
weary talon
jaunty scaffold
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that runasapi game

weary talon
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His ashe

glass sleet
#

Dallas was more fun

jaunty scaffold
#

was fucking generational

mental vine
wise orbit
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I think the gib game just looks amazing compared to the other maps because of the meta lol

humble token
#

Best game in the tournment

static turret
#

You have every hs on reaper

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The flex dps players were going nutty

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The brig players the entire lan we’re just ass

jaunty scaffold
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quartz had a bum ass flex DPS tho

mental vine
#

IM WAITING FOR TEAM FALCONS 1ST OWCS WORLD CHAMPION SKIN..... Me: waiting for 365 days

jaunty scaffold
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one of the reasons he lost

weary talon
#

Best tournament map is definitely tm vs td on runasapu

glass sleet
static turret
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Some of them

cobalt steppe
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although it was lame they played on the patch prior to the mid season

static turret
#

Why Vega lowkey had the best brig play

weary talon
#

?

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What

static turret
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4 man stun into a mauga stomp

weary talon
#

Vega?

rugged quest
jaunty scaffold
static turret
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Yes

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Nah

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4 man stun into stomp 2k

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I think vs ence

jaunty scaffold
#

I mean vega did good but like

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he ain't korean

static turret
#

He had the best play

jaunty scaffold
#

ENCE were bums bro

static turret
#

He isn’t the best

wise orbit
static turret
#

I mean still

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It was a good play

rugged quest
glass sleet
weary talon
#

Fielder cancelling cage with bash is more crazy

static turret
#

Kellex did his thing !!!

glass sleet
#

Bliss underrated brig

static turret
#

Going home early

glass sleet
#

But I’m biased

weary talon
#

Ence was coachless right

worn falcon
#

The way they added Majed on top

split flume
#

ye

worn falcon
static turret
#

Nah but all lan it felt like the brig players were getting abused

split flume
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except fielder

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fielder was doing the abusing

rugged quest
worn falcon
weary talon
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And ssg had like 5 coaches 3 assistants 6 stewardesses and a private jet

static turret
#

lol

rugged quest
glass sleet
static turret
#

Ssg were the biggest disappointment

weary talon
#

Yeah

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Rein onetricks i fear

split flume
#

the reaper diff was crazy icl

rugged quest
split flume
#

reaper canyon

static turret
#

Seicoe the only good Ssg player

glass sleet
#

Someone get ksaa back on tm

static turret
#

Backbone was horrible

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Hadi was horrible

glass sleet
rugged quest
weary talon
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I never bought the sudden hadi redemption arc from being a rein otp

glass sleet
#

Guys

weary talon
#

He will remain the rein guy

glass sleet
#

Seicoe goes to tm over lbbd7 and youbi

split flume
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felt like cr were focusing the mauga but falcons were focusing the backline

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hanbin/smurf soaked up a fuck ton of attention, died, while proper and stalker waltzed into the backline

static turret
#

If seicoe went to tm unironically that’s a 2nd place team

static turret
#

Proper and stalker took turns shitting on that team

glass sleet
#

Nvm seicoe only plays echo tracer

static turret
glass sleet
#

I changed my mind

static turret
#

That’s all you need

glass sleet
#

I rather have naga

static turret
#

Echo tracer usually fit into any meta

rugged quest
glass sleet
#

It’s an eu team. You need someone who plays Mei

rugged quest
#

nagas only GREAT hero is pharah and you already have a pharah otp

static turret
#

You don’t want a mei otp

glass sleet
static turret
#

Like backbone

wise orbit
#

nah put quartz on ence lowkey

static turret
#

Yikes

glass sleet
static turret
#

Why would he do that

jaunty scaffold
glass sleet
#

Keep Quartz on tm and fix tm around him

static turret
#

They want a Saudi team

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And the saudi players don’t wanna join

rugged quest
#

his player comp is like youbi lol

glass sleet
wise orbit
#

but imagine kev quartz though

rugged quest
glass sleet
#

Ok

rugged quest
#

on lan he looks mediocre like youbi

glass sleet
#

How bout Quartz, seicoe, youbi on the same team?

rugged quest
#

seicoe can punch up more

weary talon
#

All in all fun season , the falcons and racoons rivalry was definitely awesome

rugged quest
glass sleet
#

🤝🏻

wise orbit
#

sad we had to end the season with this meta

glass sleet
#

Sold

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For the highest better

jaunty scaffold
rugged quest
jaunty scaffold
#

unless you mean like before finals

hybrid hollow
wise orbit
#

Bestola, quartz, kevster and korean backline, imagine

split flume
#

the total CR-Falcons record is 9-6 i think

glass sleet
rugged quest
hybrid hollow
glass sleet
jaunty scaffold
#

finals were a roll tho

glass sleet
wise orbit
glass sleet
#

Seriously

rugged quest
#

and hes like their coach or something

wise orbit
#

what tank is tvnt even good at

glass sleet
#

He can be the backbone of tm

glass sleet
jaunty scaffold
hybrid hollow
wise orbit
glass sleet
#

TVNT looked solid since the start

glass sleet
rugged quest
cosmic socket
#

tms biggest downside was lbbd being a bum

glass sleet
#

Ksaa only tank id accept over TVNT

rugged quest
#

in stage 4 he looked bad

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tho

hybrid hollow
#

I'm actually so in on the tvnt stock

wise orbit
#

ksaa i get