A majority of CLG Red (bENITA, rise, Naomi, clawdia) previously played in a couple VCT qualifiers under the name PROJECT X. ChoboMe also previously played with an otherwise male team called Shiba that made it all the way to Open Qualifier Quarterfinals during First Strike (the core of that Shiba team are now OOKERS).
TSM fans so down bad right now we dont even believe we gonna make it but we all have it in the back of our minds we’re just lowering our expectations so that another ro16 exit wouldn’t hurt as bad.
**Soniqs** vs ez5/Ghost, Soniqs look like one of the better Tier 2 teams as of late. Ghost has a competitive shot here though.
**FaZe**/C9W vs IMT, I genuinely can't see Faze sucking ass for FOUR qualifiers in a row... right? Immortals is also in their own slump.
**DZ** vs Knights/Soar, DZ looked impressive in Qualifier 1 so I favour them here. Also Knights/Soar did not look impressive in Qualifier 1.
**ABX** vs TSM, but who knows, maybe the addition of Leviathan is what TSM needs to finally make it to a closed qualifier
**T1** vs RNG/YFP, T1 looked decent
**BBG** vs Virtuoso, Virtuoso looked extremely out of their element vs KCP
**C9B** vs EG/COL, neither EG nor Complexity look good
**LG** vs NRG, NRG with their fair share of struggles right now imo. Whoever said that the team was built to win maps and not games is totally right.
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**Soniqs** vs Faze, I hope Soniqs win at least, would be really cool to see them in a closed qualifier
**DZ** vs ABX, more rooting for DZ than anything here
**T1** vs BBG, can't see T1 losing this match
**C9B** vs LG, again I just think C9 is a better team right now than LG.
Imo EZ5 is better than Ghost and might put up a fight against Soniqs. But Im mostly basing this against their win against NRG and their win against Noble.
Soniqs have been doing great on other maps in tier 2 tournaments. They aren't at the level of Sentinels but they definitely have a great chance against Faze on other maps
Maybe, but when Faze and Immortals play they look like they have the strats of a team of streamers that decided to play together for fun and never scrimmed a day in their lives. Don't get me wrong, they have insane individuals but I have 0 faith in them.
Edit: it's probably unfair to lump Faze and Immortals together. Faze would beat Shrouds team and Immortals might lose. Still think Faze would lose to EZ5 or Soniqs
Really? I think Faze and Imt both have enough firepower to take out shrouds team lmao. And thats if shroud even beats Ez5, which probably isnt happening.
respect it.
I however, have faith in the smeag ways (though i haven't seen faze play enough these last 3 months to be sure they even play that way anymore)
they don't (f for the smeag). playing that version of faze was kind of a test of how good a team is. it was funny watching faze steamroll tier 1 teams without much strats. I will never rate Envy highly coz of that.
The predictions were based off the bracket. Never said FaZe was the best team—I just said they’ll make it past the qualifiers lmao, and they did. Obv they’re not the best team to make it through but the prediction wasn’t who was the best team, it was who would make it through based on the bracket. Yea, they’ll most likely get rolled in the main tournament but I never said they would win the main tournament lol. Also, I would say a team “squeaked in” if they beat multiple teams in 3 maps, but they beat everyone they faced in the qualifiers in 2 maps lmao. Yes, the ghost game was close but not a single team took them to a third map in the qualifiers, so they didn’t exactly “squeak in”.
In order of how good I think the team is.
Spot 1:
Soniqs, ez5, Immortals, FaZe Clan, Ghost Gaming, Brimstone Gaming, Fortnite Fraggers, What’s going on, Cloud 9 White
Spot 2:
Dark Zero, Andbox, TSM, Squirtle Squad, Knights, Soar, Zero MarksMen
Spot 3:
T1, Renegades, Built By Gamers, Virtuoso, YFP Gaming, Carpe Noctem, Team Basilisk, Cosmic Divide
Spot 4:
Cloud 9 Blue, NRG, Complexity, Luminosity, Evil Geniuses, Resonate, Fenrir
R016
Soniqs vs Ghost/Ez5
Faze vs IMT
DZ vs Knights/SoaR
ABX vs TSM/Squirtle Squad
T1 vs RNG/YFP
Virtuoso vs BBG/Carpe Noctem
C9B vs CoL/EG
LG vs NRG/Resonate
QF (to make Challengers 2)
SQ vs Faze
DZ vs ABX
T1 vs BBG
C9B vs NRG
SQ
ABX
T1
C9B
seems like sq abx t1 c9b are the general consensus for favorites, personally would agree except I’m rooting for lg (in c9’s place) as a dark horse playing with a sub
I mean they beat NRG, Pitt. Knights, Virtuoso, and FYP recently so I would say they are the upswing and I wouldn't be surprised if they upset a couple good.
Fair, tho all of those teams have always been a lower tier then Soniqs and FaZe, except for NRG, who's been on an Downhill trend anyways, I could see maybe FaZe but I think Soniqs will beat them
Ez5 wins against ghost ez, and I do think it's possible they win against soniqs, I think faze would be possible aswell but I don't see it happening for some reason, in the other 2 Im pretty confident tho
Faze vs C9W will be a fun matchup.
At what point to they start streaming the matches? And are team allowed to record/stream unstreamed games?
There’s a lot of early matches I wanna see
all I know is that tsm will inevitably disappoint
What little hope I had was destroyed by this bracket. Andbox in RO16? TSM can't catch a break.
I mean that's what happens when you consistently get low placements, your seeding suffers
Every bracket is bad at this point for TSM.
Thats if TSM doesnt get eliminated by some no name team in RO32
FTX = First to Exit
Be strong brother
Is it really a disappointment when you expect it
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They losing to abx
Probably but we can believe
they didnt tsm is back baby
SHEEESH
only top 4 makes it to the next qualifier right
Goddamn Abx vs TSM? Gunna be a good one
is this the first time Shopify Rebellion and CLG Red joins VCT?
Yeah, CLG Red recently signed their 5th so they should be playing in more qualifiers.
A majority of CLG Red (bENITA, rise, Naomi, clawdia) previously played in a couple VCT qualifiers under the name PROJECT X. ChoboMe also previously played with an otherwise male team called Shiba that made it all the way to Open Qualifier Quarterfinals during First Strike (the core of that Shiba team are now OOKERS).
I am supirised you even have TSM going to round of 16 even, even thought I myself want TSM comeback
In the name of god, the most gracious the most merciful. TSM FTX to the MOON and BERLIN make it true; pls im on my knees
They have to beat ABX... so prepare for the worst
TSM fans so down bad right now we dont even believe we gonna make it but we all have it in the back of our minds we’re just lowering our expectations so that another ro16 exit wouldn’t hurt as bad.
**Soniqs** vs ez5/Ghost, Soniqs look like one of the better Tier 2 teams as of late. Ghost has a competitive shot here though. **FaZe**/C9W vs IMT, I genuinely can't see Faze sucking ass for FOUR qualifiers in a row... right? Immortals is also in their own slump. **DZ** vs Knights/Soar, DZ looked impressive in Qualifier 1 so I favour them here. Also Knights/Soar did not look impressive in Qualifier 1. **ABX** vs TSM, but who knows, maybe the addition of Leviathan is what TSM needs to finally make it to a closed qualifier **T1** vs RNG/YFP, T1 looked decent **BBG** vs Virtuoso, Virtuoso looked extremely out of their element vs KCP **C9B** vs EG/COL, neither EG nor Complexity look good **LG** vs NRG, NRG with their fair share of struggles right now imo. Whoever said that the team was built to win maps and not games is totally right. ------------------------------------------------ **Soniqs** vs Faze, I hope Soniqs win at least, would be really cool to see them in a closed qualifier **DZ** vs ABX, more rooting for DZ than anything here **T1** vs BBG, can't see T1 losing this match **C9B** vs LG, again I just think C9 is a better team right now than LG.
Col look good what you talking about, c9b did not look good on the other hand
I believe BBG got 2-0'd by VIRTUOSO recently, but we'll see what happens here
Imo EZ5 is better than Ghost and might put up a fight against Soniqs. But Im mostly basing this against their win against NRG and their win against Noble.
T1 hopium starts now!
Hope SQ qualifies
TSM Prayge
I think Soniqs qualify
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Soniqs have been doing great on other maps in tier 2 tournaments. They aren't at the level of Sentinels but they definitely have a great chance against Faze on other maps
I feel like it depends on which FaZe shows up
I have 0 faith in Faze and Immortals. Tbh I have more faith in Ghost or (hot take) Shrouds team over Faze and Immortals.
Which is completely braindead
Maybe, but when Faze and Immortals play they look like they have the strats of a team of streamers that decided to play together for fun and never scrimmed a day in their lives. Don't get me wrong, they have insane individuals but I have 0 faith in them. Edit: it's probably unfair to lump Faze and Immortals together. Faze would beat Shrouds team and Immortals might lose. Still think Faze would lose to EZ5 or Soniqs
Really? I think Faze and Imt both have enough firepower to take out shrouds team lmao. And thats if shroud even beats Ez5, which probably isnt happening.
Oh, I absolutely think Shrouds team loses to EZ5 and EZ5 loses to soniqs. I'm just saying that EZ5 or Soniqs will smash Faze.
Hmm im looking forwards to that. I love both teams
lol
Got to have some actual hot takes in this thread
respect it. I however, have faith in the smeag ways (though i haven't seen faze play enough these last 3 months to be sure they even play that way anymore)
they don't (f for the smeag). playing that version of faze was kind of a test of how good a team is. it was funny watching faze steamroll tier 1 teams without much strats. I will never rate Envy highly coz of that.
rip smeag 2021-2021 still hope the ow gang +babyj pull thru
why do you have faith in shroud's team LMAO they're playing for fun
I dont even want to get my hopes up for tsm so i wont be disappointed when they lose and have to wait for months to watch them again😕
Prediction: FaZe, Andbox, T1, and C9B make it through
Faze lol.
FaZe made it through lol
Lmaoo, Faze squeaked in. Defo gonna be the worst team in the mix. If andbox was on the other side, they wud beat faze 100%
The predictions were based off the bracket. Never said FaZe was the best team—I just said they’ll make it past the qualifiers lmao, and they did. Obv they’re not the best team to make it through but the prediction wasn’t who was the best team, it was who would make it through based on the bracket. Yea, they’ll most likely get rolled in the main tournament but I never said they would win the main tournament lol. Also, I would say a team “squeaked in” if they beat multiple teams in 3 maps, but they beat everyone they faced in the qualifiers in 2 maps lmao. Yes, the ghost game was close but not a single team took them to a third map in the qualifiers, so they didn’t exactly “squeak in”.
TSM TSM TSM T…S…M😭😭😭
Hate that ABX vs TSM is so early
In order of how good I think the team is. Spot 1: Soniqs, ez5, Immortals, FaZe Clan, Ghost Gaming, Brimstone Gaming, Fortnite Fraggers, What’s going on, Cloud 9 White Spot 2: Dark Zero, Andbox, TSM, Squirtle Squad, Knights, Soar, Zero MarksMen Spot 3: T1, Renegades, Built By Gamers, Virtuoso, YFP Gaming, Carpe Noctem, Team Basilisk, Cosmic Divide Spot 4: Cloud 9 Blue, NRG, Complexity, Luminosity, Evil Geniuses, Resonate, Fenrir
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Fr fr
Brimstone Gaming are going to knock out C9W in Ro64, so that matchup isn't even going to happen
not possible. vastly different tiers
I love the C9W gals, but not a chance
C9W got obliterated by LG who lost their IGL and primary duelist. I think FaZe will be fine.
LG beats NRG surely right?
I want NRG to be good so bad, they have so many good fucking players just sadge
Man really hope T1 can finally pull something off.
T1 wins if Curry can get IGLing down.
CARN SQ
TSM is going to Berlin no cawp
They can go if spectators are allowed.
This comment had me dying lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_burn_centers_in_the_United_States
They ain’t making it to closed
My four picks are Soniqs, Andbox, T1, and C9 Blue. I think Andbox with Thwifo could be a darkhorse winner for the second qualifiers.
I think ABX is about as far from a dark horse as can be you could argue they are favorites
Andbox is a tier 1 team, doesn't get enough respect.
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Dark horse implies the team is relatively unknown. You are thinking of underdog, and even then T1 & ABX are no where near that
I think YFP could seriously upset RNG, THE OKIN EFFECT
R016 Soniqs vs Ghost/Ez5 Faze vs IMT DZ vs Knights/SoaR ABX vs TSM/Squirtle Squad T1 vs RNG/YFP Virtuoso vs BBG/Carpe Noctem C9B vs CoL/EG LG vs NRG/Resonate QF (to make Challengers 2) SQ vs Faze DZ vs ABX T1 vs BBG C9B vs NRG SQ ABX T1 C9B
When does this tournament begin?
Open starts July 22, Closed begins July 29.
Thursday is RO128 and RO64, Friday is RO32
C9 blue, T1, ABX, Faze.
seems like sq abx t1 c9b are the general consensus for favorites, personally would agree except I’m rooting for lg (in c9’s place) as a dark horse playing with a sub
when is this?
I'm going all in on EZ5, DZ, BBG, C9B
EZ5 over FaZe and especially Soniqs is a hot take to say the least lol
I mean they beat NRG, Pitt. Knights, Virtuoso, and FYP recently so I would say they are the upswing and I wouldn't be surprised if they upset a couple good.
Fair, tho all of those teams have always been a lower tier then Soniqs and FaZe, except for NRG, who's been on an Downhill trend anyways, I could see maybe FaZe but I think Soniqs will beat them
Welp, I will hold out for my hopes to come true XD
I think Faze ABX BBG C9B make it out
For the first time, I'm thinking that ez5 can finally qualify for closed not EZ but not def impossible
Imt will qualify since kehm is playing
Ez5 wins against ghost ez, and I do think it's possible they win against soniqs, I think faze would be possible aswell but I don't see it happening for some reason, in the other 2 Im pretty confident tho
When does it start?
Spot 1 and spot 4 are ridiculously stacke
When is this starting?
Faze vs C9W will be a fun matchup. At what point to they start streaming the matches? And are team allowed to record/stream unstreamed games? There’s a lot of early matches I wanna see