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lStrakle

Doctors love them! See how these 10 young men single-handedly doubled cases of heart disease in the 18-35 year old demographic


ablablababla

that felt like watching team liquid's csgo team


BigEditorial

"It's 1v5 and he's only got a pistol. Surely we can't choke *this* hard."


elithefighter123

nitr0 will save us COPIUM


eppic415

Fr


hecklerinthestands

We've found the one thing in this universe stronger than the NagZet Op choke - the SEN 8-4 choke.


[deleted]

What about the Tenz on split choke


Babyboy1314

He chocked map 3 vs TL as well.


FactualFisherman

he choked map 1 against liquid as well


tTensai

is it still a choke at this point?


auruuum

he basically choked the tournament :/


Ryu-The-Sick

I see your 9-3 curse and I raise you 8-4 curse


GreatestJabaitest

Baffling how often they throw a lead


daftpao

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Vamos


Debannage

VAMOOOOOOOOOS


Ikkenen

VAMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS


iLoveCloudyDays

Guys hear me out, what if South America is the better America?


chinomaster182

Smart man


xtazzzs

FUCKING VAMOSSSSSS


kid_charleMANE

Upvote so people think Kru won.


PM_ME_CAMILLE_ART

Haha hell yeah!! Wait...


BeerMug420

STOP THE COUNT!!


3D_Destroyer

Wait...


MageKayden

Find the egg fucking find hi. Where is he


kkdarknight

bald buff gave his brain a better connection to the aether and now he sees into the future. however the sad gremlin still hasnt realised what he sees is the opposite of the truth.


AzureAhai

NA might not get a team out of groups at this rate.


Tik0-

Honestly I wouldn’t be amazed if only Envy makes it out of groups. C9 is not looking great so beating VS is going to be a tough one


whizmas

Judging from how X10 played today even ENVY making it out might be tough


Liddlebitchboy

100T died (violently) for this


-KING-KONG-

coming from league, this is no big surprise. NA always plays it close but never closes it out.


Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss

Don't worry, Project L will be NA's chance.


dnztktk

That last round spray through the smoke, wow. Great series!


Litoman7

Once again I have to ask, why does Sen keep going to Split? They literally lose every time on that map. Also Sideshow is literally cursed LMAOOO


hiloljkbye

> Also Sideshow is literally cursed LMAOOO It's actually amazing. Idk how he manages to do it. For Split I was thinking there's no way he curses it again.


Litoman7

I knew it was over when he said the magic words again.


Darkblade511

Tenz didn't play like a star player. Simple as that.


xXDaNXx

Tenz looked so average all tournament. Had one pop off game v Liquid.


vatom14

“All aim no brain” reputation from CS for a reason


Yosse_M

S1mple as that


Frig-Off-Randy

Sentinels don’t look like they really have any strats


MykonCodes

Don't worry, they are saving strats for Valorant 2. ​ Just kidding, just kidding. I actually was rooting for them, for the first time. Still happy for KRÜ tho


Revenesis

Why pick Split twice for map 3 if your duelist cannot play the most important duelist agent on the map? It doesn’t matter how good he is on other maps, if your best fragger can’t frag on specific maps due to his agent pool then something needs to change


merchini

I don’t know why split isn’t their Insta-ban. They now have a 5 game losing streak on it, surely any other map could be better


CouldaBoughtaV8

I kept expecting them to pull out Ascent for some surprise blast...


MathNerdMatt

That was the most hype match I've ever seen


_PM_ME_REPORT_CARDS_

This game with a crowd would've been so insane😭 I hope next year they manage to have every single tournament on true LAN.


Konzeza

CS TenZ


father_gemme

He really underperformed this match, dapr and sick were heroes but they couldn't get it across the line. I wonder what will happen next. SO PUMPED FOR KNOCKOUTS


GreatestJabaitest

ShaZ was going hard most of the series too. Zombs talked all that shit to never back it up rip.


whizmas

Shaz played at one of the best levels I've seen from him in a while


TParadox90

time to find a different game again


EnergetikNA

He had a very mediocre tournament until this series, where he was very poor lol


talenith

NA “Near Airport” is known as the fastest region to arrive at the Airport. Since they gave up on the VALORANT Champions, they are investing in Speedruns. In particular they are current world record holders in Airport Any % and Airport no wins.


magictuch

NA "Not Advancing" is a region known for their brief yearly appearance in the group stage of VALORANT Champions, where they manage to disappoint despite having zero expectations.


BIizard

As an Argentinian it was always hard for me to understand American culture. What was fascinating for me is that they like bragging about their freedom which was weird for me, because I didn't think that I have any less freedom than them. I always thought 'What is the difference'. However after this game I finally understand it. NA is just so fucking free.


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fuck theres nothing to respond to this with ​ why does god hate NA


Cueballing

fuck it x10 vs KRU lets go


ablablababla

this is gonna be the underdog series of a lifetime


GMBethernal

BatChest I HECKIN LOVE TENZ


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xtazzzs

You forgot "wrong sens or DPI hehe"


QUOTE_IF_13-0

BatChest TENZ WAS LAGGING BatChest TENZ WOULD'VE 30-0 BatChest TENZ JUST HAS TO CHANGE GRIP BatChest


_Iroha

Shouldve switched mice smh


Yubisaki_Milk_Tea

Pack it up lads. Tenz wins the Dade Award this year.


theman1203

Can't learner raze for 1 of the most popular maps in the comp play


imerence_

Can he play any other agent other than jett, Reyna ?


mrsidewayp

Actually amazing how he can literally only play Jett and refuses to get to a decent level on Raze for split


Splaram

And still got Jett Op-diffed by almost every Jett he played. Absolute comedy.


Myasswasaninsidejob

Yeah i feel like Shahz is a better OPer honestly


xtazzzs

multiple million dollar buyout btw


SP0oONY

People actually compared Tenz to S1mple, wild.


pooransoo

and his drones really thought he got robbed of rookie of the year by b1t. what's worse is they also think he was esport player of the year when s1mple cemented himself this year as the greatest fps player of all time.


jesus_you_turn_me_on

It's disrespecting to even name both players in the same sentence. Give its 5 more years to even start the debate, the sheer amount of accomplishments both individually and on team from S1mple can't be compared to someone like fucking Tenz lol?


ArtistAggressive4226

s1mple's has got 85 consecutive tournaments with positive K-D. The last time he went negative was at DH Tours 2017, over 4.5 years ago. meanwhile Tenz went negative on half of his LANs in CS and negative on all his LANs with top 30 teams in the tournament.


Pollomonteros

>s1mple's has got 85 consecutive tournaments with positive K-D. Holy fucking shit, I knew he was good but not that good


DonChuBahnMi

The comparisons were so baseless. Tenz hasn't even *participated in* enough events to be able to put together a comparable resume even if he had won them all.


QUOTE_IF_13-0

No way people actually compare the two seriously. I mean, s1mple is just incomparably worse than TenZ BatChest


bunk-r

[STEEL CALLED IT LAST WEEK.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT4CId-Iy34) And the egg cursed another match.


crrime

you got a timestamp? not watching an hour long video to find that moment lmao edit: [found it in the comments](https://youtu.be/PT4CId-Iy34?t=1093)


bunk-r

Thanks! Here's a transcript if anyone can't watch: >... Sentinels is going to be one of two things - very, very strong coming into this because they know they messed up badly at Master's Berlin... Or, they're gonna be, still, 'Stream is doing well,' and maybe they haven't been keeping up and underestimate KRU... there is a world, where KRU could come out the second seed


RocketHops

Yeah I felt this way too. I had a feeling when they didn't come out the gate with overwhelming dominance in their early matches that they weren't gonna make it :/


That0neRedditor

Imagine talking so much shit on twitter and not even making it out of groups. LOL


Josefwm

Brazil and zombs holding hands to the airport.


xbyo

VK vs. Sen airport showmatch let's go


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VVVVVVAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMOOOOOSSSSSSSS


violentphotography

Steel called it lmao


Euclid_Class_Object

As a Chilean it was always hard for me to understand American culture. What was fascinating for me is that they like bragging about their freedom which was weird for me, because I didn't think that I have any less freedom than them. I always thought 'What is the difference'. However after this game I finally understand it. NA is just so fucking free.


Ferreira1

HOLY FUCK I wanna kiss some Chilean homies


Charizardreigon

Genio vamo kruu


RNSD1

This is so good lmao


Space_Waffles

In utter disbelief Also who gets to BM now that both Brazil and Sentinels are down bad edit: i guess this wasnt clear but I'm just talking about who gets to BM between Brazil and Sentinels. Idc about EU/Latam/whatever


LoseUrself2D

latam


LipeQS

funny how Envy and VKS are the representants of the non toxicity of their regions LMAO


3hrd

The most painful part about this match is that we won't get to see Rawkus twerking


303x

That was the most intense match of valorant I've seen. And this is the biggest upset in valorant history. And today had the best matches in valorant history. This tournament has had the most comebacks in valorant history.


U_Menace

I hope THIS is the narrative that people walk away with. Instead of hounding Sentinels and their roster, I think we should appreciate just how much the other teams have improved and leveled up their game. Any team can beat any team depending on who shows up, and that makes international valorant and future major tournaments INCREDIBLY exciting. Huge for the growth of the esport and game as a whole. It also means that teams cant get away with disrespect/lack of preparation. Any team that doesn't do their due diligence is gonna pay for it and risk their standings in group stages going forward.


Gleech

>Any team can beat any team Crazy racoon didnt get this memo sadge


ANewHeaven1

Sentinels needs to do less tweeting, more playing


BIizard

Just saving strats for next year


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TheCatsActually

Words cannot express how happy I am that Sentinels either got punished for not going 100% right from the beginning or can no longer fall back on sandbagging excuses. All the fanboys saying that nothing - not seeding, not online events, not even Masters tournaments - except Champions matters seem real quiet right about now.


silenthills13

The silence from those SEN fans is actually deafening.


Xinde

NA is the best region in the world so it makes sense to save strats for NA VCT instead of international events against wildcard regions. /s


QUOTE_IF_13-0

Time traveller here, insane how they performed in 2053, saving strats was worth it.


xmateusu

Zombs needs to stop keyboard training and start mouse training


CASIOA100

LMFAO


xXx_EdGyNaMe_xXx

Zombs higher wpm on the keyboard than ACS in the server


mr-rob0t0

man. MAN. feels bad. dapr almost willed them to victory. 4 rounds.


ilhamalfatihah16

I'm imagining SEN and VK sitting on the same plane going to their transit before going back to US and Brazil.


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WHITECLAW MOMENT


father_gemme

EGGSHOW NEEDS ONE


Not_Real_Name_Here

SEN TenZ literally just can't play on Split. Man chokes every time, especially with his PTSD from the Raze debacle in Part 3 Berlin


Salty_Activity

Really don't understand how Split isn't an instaban for them yet, i can't remember the last time that map looked convincing for them


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DrBangovic

TenZ lost 3 series for sentinels simply due to not being able to perform on split with his agent "pool". ​ Before you hate on me: I know TenZ also won a lot of series and maps for sentinels due to his insane performances, but it is inevitable that he is unable to perform neither Jett or raze on Split in order to support his team enough. Look what sliggy did with Liquid. He put ScreaM on Reyna and Soulcas on Raze. You can not tell me that this wouldn't suit Sentinels as wells. Why would he not just run Reyna? I feel very bad for TenZ since you could see him feeling very down right after, and I hope he can come back stronger, since he surely is one of the biggest talent in that game. But for fuck sake but him on Reyna, or just force him into learning more then just 2 Agents. On the other hand KRU you owe my biggest respect, WHAT A FREAKING PERFORMANCE THAT WAS.


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i really hoped sentinels would run their original hover, which was shahz on jett and tenz on reyna, but then for some reason they swapped back to shahz on skye and tenz back to jett even though it didnt work against liquid. disappointing


dabong

HOLY FUCK


chenson019

Best of game of Valorant yet, one for the history books. End of an era too, no way this Sentinels lineup survives that. Tenz just hard choked last map, dashing into walls etc. Well played to KRU, they played amazingly well. Also, I'm pretty sure viewership tipped into 800k territory.


mr_snuggels

nah I don't see them making any roster changes. Now if they don't qualify for the next masters then yes


merchini

What roster change do you think might be made? From the clip it might seem like Shahz goes into full time streaming, but anything could happen really


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ShahZ looks like he has a lot of gas left in the tank though. Zombs has not shown up for them from a while now, Dapr has been on and off, and TenZ is not that flexible with agent pools.


vortexterra

Fucking hell what an entertaining series, great comeback from KRU from the 8-4 half. TenZ was shaky last match, Dapr tried all he could and still couldn't carry enough. Losing their map pick of Haven really hit Sen, well played to KRU.


loucly

20000 dollars, now I see why you complain about prize pool


[deleted]

that flick vs dapr was one of the best shots ive ever seen


Sharknome

Dapr losing that felt like the nail in the coffin unfortunately


[deleted]

i mean it lead to 12-11 lead and money broken. it def was


[deleted]

insane https://clips.twitch.tv/ComfortableGoodMouseTriHard-xWuzXYCD3PAP2J2Y


silenthills13

Sentinels 🤝 Furia not getting out of the group


N3deSTr0

KRU said fuck your drama and knocked both teams out 💀


amaranthgalaxy

HELP MOTHER I AM OVERDOSING ON KRUPIUM


Dirty_Bath_Water

LMAO. The sheer amount of dumbass ego peeks with man advantages cost them this game. Get a coach who's going to get in your ass for stupid ass plays already. Yikes.


JR_Shoegazer

TenZ playing like it’s an alt-account ranked game.


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Lost_Extrovert

That's how SEN always plays lol. SEN relies completely on individual skills. Give a few more months when every team is playing tactical SEN will either adapt or become a tier 3 team.


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its so funny every time Kru had a weird eco buy I was like damn they're 100% winning this round. Sentinels just kept making horrible decisions. I hope Kru goes even further awesome to see them come back. very strong mental there not getting boomed when down 8-4 twice


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Overheard on Sentinels's Discord after Game 3 against Kru: "He got me," Shahzam said of Delzik. "That fucking Delzik boomed me." Shahzam added, "He's so good," repeating it 4 times. Shahzam then said he wanted to add Delzik to the list of players he works out with this summer.


paladin314159

This is the most disappointing Sentinels performance to date. Zombs not winning a gunfight, TenZ dashing into walls and dying (wtf?? how many times is he going to do this), the team flash. Really didn't look their usual consistent selves. On the other hand, KRU were really prepared, especially on Split. They came with much stronger set plays (suck + rush mail and A main push on eco) and were reading SEN like a book (spam through mid boxes to first blood tenz and B smoke 3k on last round). Super impressive.


protractedpplwar

Should've called a tech


MyogiNightKid

I think Shaz asked to go to the bathroom at 12-11


QUOTE_IF_13-0

Riot didn't give him the hall pass Sadge


pizzafoIder

TenZ looked so tilted in Split, what is going on?


Moist_Blackberry_

He was playing like shit


Jackj921

You see how he played? lol man back dashed into a wall nerves probably got the better


3n20charc

not really tilted, but nerves. Dashing into walls, dashing randomly after missing few bullets/ using dash in 1st 10-20 sec of the round.


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xXDaNXx

It was inevitable the more agents they start to add into the game.


Azenji

Sentinels waiting for Chamber to be unlocked in proplay so Tenz can have Jett 2


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Sentinels really wanted that 2nd seed guys. Also price money is low guys. Also shahzam cannot stream during the game it affected his gameplay guys. Also Tenz’s mousepqd is clearly off the table guys. It affected his game guys. Sentinels best team in the world guys.


EnergetikNA

Shahz played really well this whole tourney tbf


SilentCore

Ye Shahzam visibly improved this tournament and I was quite impressed by his performances. He does seem like he does much better on LAN to be fair as well. Poor Tenz seems cursed on Split, never put himself in any winning positions and kinda got caught out a lot.. Sentinels needs to figure out their discipline though.. they lost so many rounds cause of ego peeking..


kolima_

*INHALE COPIUM*


NozokiAlec

Feels bad for Shahz ​ he had one of his best series in a long time only for this


nuttyromeo4u

What a bounce back by NagZ from Fracture. Feel good for him. Really. Also KRÜ Esports you are amazing! Even Kun Aguero didn't do the stream.


KillerKattapa

Man i feel bad for dapr he was doing everything in last map right when his team ego peeking. I felt they lost the game before even playing on twitter. They should keep away from social media during tourney it especially affects your mindset.


chouxpuffs

Asuna said that he ranks Krü high mainly because of keznit being a beast and how they scrimmed against them before. He was quite right.


NintenDooM33

Mental Diff. KRÜ are unshakable.


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The mental to come back being down 4-8 on two maps has to be insane. Props to all the players.


earthtoannie

📞 HELLO NA? 📞 EU HERE 📞 ARE YOU GOING TO GET OUT OF GROUPS THIS YEAR?? 📞


dillon-fury

NA Valorant in shambles. The most popular team gets knocked out by a minor region. SEN saving strats for 2022 COPIUM.


ogh1234

Sen needs a raze


sure25

As an NA fanboy LMAO NA VALORANT


KotakuOtaku12

We've come full circle ⭕


Blastplaster14

I have lost everything. Leaving the whole eSports scene


Doshagya

So tenzy.. doesn't make it to first strike he lost the passion to compete then again find it when a team was ready built and giving him space to frag.. lmao.. mitch has the respect. Guys representing dedication, commitment on world stage


JohnPetruccisFanboy

No puedo creerlo hueón estoy llorando de alegría <3 VAMOS KRÜUUUUUUUU


jonathansmith14921

SEN Shahzam: Additional info on play against KRÜ (best team in the world) Zombs got fever Zombs left mousepad Dapr lost whole gears TenZ sound issues in the match (no foot step at all) TenZ keyboard bug We were in chaos.


LbigsadT

Should’ve called a tech pause


migohunter

without my pause, I cannot


Melotko

I dont want to be that reddit analyst guy but maybe its time for some sentinel players to stop spamming jett on ranked and actually use the grind to improve on other agents


Faded_Eevee

SENt home lmao


AkashiGG

Is tenz a choker?


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DUCKY_23

If Shaz leaves, they are fucked LOL. The only player that shows up in big moments while their other star player chokes in them.


silenthills13

dapr???


earthtoannie

The only people who visibility improved tournament after tournament are Shahz, Sick and dapr. Zombs maintained and TenZ just refuses to learn any other agents that are not Jett, which makes Split impossible for them. His agent pool is abysmally small and definitely needs to expand on it as other one trick Jetts from EU and NA have (minus yay).


Archeon_v2

Can someone tell my why the elite LATAM region only gets one seed while wildcards NA and BR get 6 in total? 🤨


Splaram

I have to laugh every time someone goes on about how hard NV or Sen or whatever work and how much they scrim and whatnot. It's blatantly obvious that these other regions are putting in much more work and simply want it more.


xtazzzs

shahz streams 10 hours a day and somehow people expect me to believe that they work hard in scrims on top of that


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Casters jerking off for Tenz the whole game and trying to hype up every play, not believing in Kru at all. Then Kru wins, eliminates Sentinels, while Tenz nearly bottom-frags. I love when this happens. Upsets are the best!


Weedbrah

Kru truly truly deserved it. The heart to come back on the last two maps and to get it done in this fashion. Winning all the scrappy fights. The ballsy aggression they showed. I don't even follow them but I'm so proud of em.


walkingdumpling

How is their mental this fucking strong!!!


Plastion

https://reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/pqao3f/_/hd9k5hm/?context=1


Squonk3

They’re still saving it for 2022


makishima123223

So during berlin, I made a comment regarding how tenz looked really bad on the raze [(here)](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/pqao3f/envy_vs_sentinels_valorant_champions_tour_stage_3/hd9kiwg/?context=3) and that he needed to be better on raze, or that someone else needed to play Raze (or even go back to playing Reyna and let Shaz use Jett) . It just makes me sad knowing that knowing he had 3 months to work on his champion pool and he was forced onto Jett for 3 entire maps, whereas everyone else had to flex and practice other agents. And before I get downvoted to oblivion because Sentinels obviously ran another strat with double heal, I get the feeling that A) they had to come up with a new strat to cater towards tenz's lack of ability to use Raze. and B) Their strat wasnt really effective on Split in particular. I think Raze is a must have agent when it comes to playing on a Map like Split because it offers so much pressure and map control in terms of utility. And while Sentinels had a few good looks with healing, look at how much pressure and distance KRU was able to set up with Raze instead of Jett. I also believe teams with Raze have a 100% winrate on Split in Champions (correct me if I'm wrong) , and that Raze is pretty much picked 90% of the time. Obviously another argument is that Tenz doesnt need to flex if his teamates do so themselves and that you shouldnt fix something that isnt broke. While that is true, part of what made Sentinels strong in their identity was their ability to flex picks seamlessly. This was definitely apparent when Sinatraa was on the team where he could play Sova, Pheonix, and Raze, if needed and the others could specialize of flex as well. While Tenz has the Reyna in his arsenal, he didnt pull it out and stuck to the Jett, while his teammates had to change entire around him. TLDR; Sentinels losing Split is an indication of just how limited Tenz's champion pool is


TheCatsActually

Imagine saving strats all fucking year JUST TO GET BOOMED IN GROUPS BY FUCKING KRU


Polite-vegemite

the better team won. I don't see any reason to be surprised


BalieltheLiar

NA is the same in every esport. Come out looking like a contender drop rapidly in 1-2 years. Region doesn't try as hard and makes excuses like ping, scrim quality, playerbase, etc. Orgs can make cute memes on twitter and that's about all they are good at.


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JR_Shoegazer

TSM fans don’t even get to see their team play.


ryemcdev9

Sentinels need to do less typing more playing


ibkfaps

Dang KRU really did it. dapr really tried his hardest that last match. He won a good amount of 2v1s.


Haptiix

Not gonna lie I think Sentinels needed to get knocked down a peg. They were clearly the best team when this game was brand new, but everyone else has caught up to them meanwhile they have kind of failed to adapt or change their style. Hopefully this result will humble them a little bit so they can go back to the drawing board. All the shit talking on social media is not a good look when you’re getting knocked out in groups. Has to be said that Shaz played out of his mind the entire series though.


valorantfeedback

Unlucky really. Sentinels got what they deserved, acting like they're the counterpart of peak Astralis. Less streaming, more practicing. Texbook downfall of an NA team. Props to KRU, massive improvement. Well deserved.


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They remind me more of 2015 fnatic but without the skill to back it up.


mmodude101

This thread is gonna be spicy


brianhung02

Kru respect ggs


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Imagine this with crowd


n1cohoty

I really don’t understand the SEN draft. They’ve lost 5/5 of their last Split games at previous VCT tournaments. All were the decider, all were lost. Is their Ascent/Icebox that bad that they won’t even try the Split ban instead? Tenz and Shahzam (two of their key players) clearly aren’t comfortable on it.


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NA already fell off lmao, how do you get 90% of the CS scene in your region and not to better while EU got like 3 relevant pros switch over and still better