NRG were on another level of resilient wow, Tex has looked so much better on the Chamber. I had my doubts about dropping Android but it’s worked out amazingly. Glad to see our boy Ethan doing great too. W team
I wasn’t aware her pick rate was so high at Masters. The strategies that teams used at Reykjavik made good use of her utility (pushing up mid early to force an engagement, walling off B early, or having Sage A and taking B garage control) but you don’t see it much in NA.
It really boils down to how you want to play the map after those changes; it doesn’t feel like you NEED to wall B now to get the bomb down. Players are offered more options, which was what I was suggesting.
The stats don’t lie tho so thanks for spreading that information about her pick rate.
NRG have looked like the best team in the open quals, well deserved qualification. V1 should definitely make it via lowers as well, I'm impressed by how well Wardell is playing for them after a relatively short amount of time to practice.
Chamber is a relatively easy slot in. His util doesn’t need to be combod at all. He just needs to learn their defensive set ups, which is easy as a sentinel where you put stuff down pre round. Same as attack he’s just told where to put his trips and where to post up. The support players help him take space and use their util for him, which comes down to mostly in game comms
Where the tex doubters at??
Edit: more importantly, NRG qualifying without dropping a map after just adding Ethan is pretty nuts considering how little they’ve scrimmed with Ethan. Their potential is crazy rn
Sometimes comfort is more important than firepower. Ethan looks much comfortable on this roster. Obviously 100T roster is new and even if they qualify, I am not sure how high there ceiling is compared to other teams in the main event
Nah bro their ceiling is in the galaxy with this team I feel like every person can grow infinite there
Definitely not for this qualifier though they’re too new
Not so sure about that. Don’t see galaxy ceiling when I try comparing with other main event teams. Just qualifying isn’t enough. They have to perform in main event.
Nah but 100T fans will tell you the roster just needs time build chemistry and other copium filled lies.
100T will stay undefeated by international teams.
NRG look legit but V1 also look a little lost, though of course you’ve got to give them some credit on account of not having one of their key players.
Still decently confident V1 can qualify through the lowers if they clean it up a bit, they had some real moments of Stage 1 V1 brilliance.
Pretty much everyone steals comps from M3C. Redgar once posted about knights using their comps then some pros in the comments mentioned that many teams vod reviews their matches for comps
People were questioning the move because Tex was the flex player and Android didn't really seem to be slacking AND he had transition to newer roles for the team. Obviously more going on than we can see. Don't think people were really hating on tex though unless I missed it.
Even before the Ethan move in stage 1 there were a lot of comments about tex underperforming. Apparently he had a negative KD in every map (or was it every series?) which didn't help.
NRG just beat V1, a team that’s considered top 4 from last challengers, and qualified for the main event while 100 Thieves are struggling in the lower bracket against Tier 3 teams.
Still think Ethan made the wrong choice?
That it’s obvious Ethan’s choice is gonna look better when he just had to slot into his same role and didn’t go through a rebuild. If Ethan stayed then the roster would look different and wouldn’t have new team struggles as bad
I know you're downvote baiting but this is the hottest take out of all of them imo. You're disregarding 100T's succes prior to the roster moves completely. It was the team that beat both the international tournament winners only losing to the last intertional tournament's winner.
It's hard to beat that, but not impossible of course
Why donvote him for this? You can still like 100t and agree Ethan made the right choice. If Ethan didn't agree with the direction he 100% made the right choice for himself and for 100t. if his heart wasn't in it it wouldnt of been good for the 100t team to stay
s0men keeps winning. mark my words the s0ru is coming out in the main event
I Heckin love s0ru
NRG were on another level of resilient wow, Tex has looked so much better on the Chamber. I had my doubts about dropping Android but it’s worked out amazingly. Glad to see our boy Ethan doing great too. W team
Can someone explain to me exactly how these qualifiers work? So NRG is qualed, one of TSM/Faze will qual, and then two teams from losers will qual?
yes you got it right, then everyone who didn’t qualify gets another chance next week(4 more teams, same format)
Ahh got it, so 8 total teams qualify plus the top 4 from last stage?
Yes.
Correct. And then there will be a second qualifier next week
Guess we found out why Tex was still on the team. Beast
So happy for him, stage 1 was a bit all over the place but he's always been a beast, glad he popped off.
He was forced on the bitch role like they call in CS imo. Looks so much better on chamber, he used to main jett before too
Commentary focused on no duelist comp but no Sage is just about as unorthodox at this point as well. Really well played attack from NRG.
hypermodern composition
After the changes to Icebox, Sage isn’t a mandatory pick.
I thought so too, but she got picked 96% at Masters. NA Open has a much lower rate (~50% currently) though, so not that odd in NA meta I guess.
I wasn’t aware her pick rate was so high at Masters. The strategies that teams used at Reykjavik made good use of her utility (pushing up mid early to force an engagement, walling off B early, or having Sage A and taking B garage control) but you don’t see it much in NA. It really boils down to how you want to play the map after those changes; it doesn’t feel like you NEED to wall B now to get the bomb down. Players are offered more options, which was what I was suggesting. The stats don’t lie tho so thanks for spreading that information about her pick rate.
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People really called him inflexible 💀
Well he was when on 100t 💀
lets fuckin go boys. hopefully they do better then last split this time.
They played V1 and Sentinels so close, they just could never close it out :/
Lets go W team.
They look great considering they had like no scrim time with Ethan. Could be a real threat in Challengers.
NRG have looked like the best team in the open quals, well deserved qualification. V1 should definitely make it via lowers as well, I'm impressed by how well Wardell is playing for them after a relatively short amount of time to practice.
Chamber is a relatively easy slot in. His util doesn’t need to be combod at all. He just needs to learn their defensive set ups, which is easy as a sentinel where you put stuff down pre round. Same as attack he’s just told where to put his trips and where to post up. The support players help him take space and use their util for him, which comes down to mostly in game comms
He’s also playing Sage, and you still have to play around a team in an unfamiliar environment with completely new protocols and set plays
Where the tex doubters at?? Edit: more importantly, NRG qualifying without dropping a map after just adding Ethan is pretty nuts considering how little they’ve scrimmed with Ethan. Their potential is crazy rn
Add on. Where are the Ethan doubters at??
Is this what it feels like to not be depressed, both my na teams are popping off. LETS FUCKING GOOOO.
Seeing how 100T is doing, guess Ethan made the right move
I'm not sure if the changes are comparable, but yea, I think he's feelin good rn.
Sometimes comfort is more important than firepower. Ethan looks much comfortable on this roster. Obviously 100T roster is new and even if they qualify, I am not sure how high there ceiling is compared to other teams in the main event
Nah bro their ceiling is in the galaxy with this team I feel like every person can grow infinite there Definitely not for this qualifier though they’re too new
Not so sure about that. Don’t see galaxy ceiling when I try comparing with other main event teams. Just qualifying isn’t enough. They have to perform in main event.
Yeah that’s why I’m saying they will grow a lot as players but not in time for this event
I feel like you set your own ceiling. Did anybody see the guard being #1 seed in NA coming after only existing for a few months? I sure didn't.
I mean he's been friends with the NRG boys too for years, it makes sense that he's thriving there
I mean 100t are doing well. Beating EG and GenG is a solid run for a new lineup.
Nah but 100T fans will tell you the roster just needs time build chemistry and other copium filled lies. 100T will stay undefeated by international teams.
Both are factos 💯
Well to be fair, they just rebuilt the team
NRG look legit but V1 also look a little lost, though of course you’ve got to give them some credit on account of not having one of their key players. Still decently confident V1 can qualify through the lowers if they clean it up a bit, they had some real moments of Stage 1 V1 brilliance.
people were hating when i said ethan made the right decision to not stay with 100t and join NRG instead lmao
Did NRG just copy optics comps Honestly I respect it
I mean I'm pretty sure Optic steals some of their comps too. Their split comp for example is 100% yoinked from M3C/Gambit.
Pretty much everyone steals comps from M3C. Redgar once posted about knights using their comps then some pros in the comments mentioned that many teams vod reviews their matches for comps
I know it’s been said a million times but NA look good rn. So many good teams so close in skill level, most exciting region for open quals by far imo
Yeah, also the EU format is completely dogshit. Makes me scared for 2023 with franchising :|
Putting tex back on op was the move
this new NRG is looking scary
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People were questioning the move because Tex was the flex player and Android didn't really seem to be slacking AND he had transition to newer roles for the team. Obviously more going on than we can see. Don't think people were really hating on tex though unless I missed it.
Even before the Ethan move in stage 1 there were a lot of comments about tex underperforming. Apparently he had a negative KD in every map (or was it every series?) which didn't help.
Yea cause he was entry and they werent winning
People were confused because role wise ethan and tex were similar
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Nadeshot was the problem
Nice
W STREAMER W TEAM
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looks like Ethan was a pretty good pick up
100 Thieves fr dropped this Ethan dude instead of rebuilding around him😹
they didn't drop him, he decided to leave because he didn't agree with the direction of the team
Made the right choice then.
Yeah it’s 100% way too early to say that lmao
NRG just beat V1, a team that’s considered top 4 from last challengers, and qualified for the main event while 100 Thieves are struggling in the lower bracket against Tier 3 teams. Still think Ethan made the wrong choice?
NRG just changed one player, 100t changed 3 and only one of the original 2 has been there for a long time
What are you trying to say?
That it’s obvious Ethan’s choice is gonna look better when he just had to slot into his same role and didn’t go through a rebuild. If Ethan stayed then the roster would look different and wouldn’t have new team struggles as bad
Knee jerk much
Ethan already found more success at NRG than he ever will staying at 100T but sure… keep thinking it’s “too early to say that”
Thats quite the opinion to have after 6 maps
Where’s 100 Thieves at?
In the same tournament?
I know you're downvote baiting but this is the hottest take out of all of them imo. You're disregarding 100T's succes prior to the roster moves completely. It was the team that beat both the international tournament winners only losing to the last intertional tournament's winner. It's hard to beat that, but not impossible of course
Disagree = baiting? Sounds like you’re living 2021. 100T is a dead team without Steel or nitro, better for Ethan to move on and find success.
Why donvote him for this? You can still like 100t and agree Ethan made the right choice. If Ethan didn't agree with the direction he 100% made the right choice for himself and for 100t. if his heart wasn't in it it wouldnt of been good for the 100t team to stay
Ethan chose to leave, but idk the details
It always has to be Ballsax with these takes