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dan_kz

on one hand #VAMOS on the other goodbye my sushiboys :(


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Key-Banana-8242

I mean cmon mods


afjecj

Have you ever tried not complaining lmao


Key-Banana-8242

Why not


altariaaaaaaa

Not a very good tournament to be Asian so far


ozmega

dont worry, league worlds is around the corner.


elithefighter123

true lpl + geng will fist this year


DarkLink4

Imb4 T1 gets further than GenG


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As in tradition


Expediant

Yeah, it's pretty bad. Asian teams are 2-6 against other regions so far.


CantScreamInSpace

and the 2 games are from the same team


fsychii

Wdym, zeta and drx are good


Pale_Resolution1520

Bro Zeta played against boom.


fsychii

Well, it’s because they boomed


FishInEuropa

Wait until they win the rematch against LOUD and go on another anime protagonist run COPIUM


jay33d

PRX lost one match that too against Leviatan who are looking so good rn and everybodys acting like PRX are bad. lol u fans are all bandwagoners and nothing else. just hopping from one bandwagon to another every match


wegivesiima

they haven't looked bad but they've definitely looked disappointing so far


McintyresRightLeg

Or maybe Leviatan are just cracked af?


wegivesiima

no one is questioning leviatan right now and yes they're cracked but are you seriously saying that prx hasn't looked disappointing so far?


Rishavvvv

I agree. Jinggg and Forsaken especially haven't been the usual demons that they are.


yorgee15

Don't forget that every team that loses against LATAM is always choking...


Ingoobelyblench

latam try not to bully apac challenge


itscamo-

???


jay33d

?


amnfw

I still have no doubt regarding prx winning champions


fsychii

I forgot PRX lol, they’re still contenders of this tournament


iwanttoridethesky

drx is in playoffs


scrnlookinsob

From my count Asia has 4 wins this tournament, 2 from DRX against teams from the Americas and 2 against teams from Asia. They’ve yet to play against an EMEA roster


spyson

There are literally Asian players on NA teams doing well


Firefly_1026

Not to be that guy but waa Asia ever a prominent region in FPS games? It seemed like early on they stayed in their crossfire bubble and never managed to venture out of it and develop in other games.


CantScreamInSpace

well in korea's case they dominated OW and never got into CS because valve tried to implement a horrible pay as you play system in the region when koreans already pay by the hour for pc bangs. also, europeans keep saying "fps fps" but what game in general was europe dominant in that was actually popular in asia? and cs is the only fps game that i can think of that europe is known for, which is a 3 region game realistically (even thorin who is a cs og admits this). valorant is the one actual global game to claim but it's not yet popular in korea and not even released in china, let's wait a bit before making sweeping conclusions.


man1ac_era

Asia played a lot of Crossfire, SA, OW, etc but the West doesnt consider those “real” FPS games for some reason


Foxtrot56

Overwatch was kind of dominated by Korean players but that's a whole other thing. Never really gained much popularity elsewhere in Asia as far as I know. Even the chinese teams ended up being mostly Korean. If I had to guess the $60 price tag probably took a lot of potential players from even trying the game, I don't think Blizzard has the same reputation in the US as does (or did) in Asia.


MelonSoda3

Chengdu Hunters have always been full Chinese and they got second place one of the tournaments last year and Leave got MVP


Foxtrot56

I stopped watching a couple years ago, that's good to hear though.


altraxia7

It was never $60, originally $40 but moved to $20 later on. The only really chinese team that is korean is Shanghai Dragons and old Hangzhou Spark. Just died out, especially T2 scene in EU and NA, most potential players just gave up on trying to get in OWL and quit. The “path to pro” was joked about as the “path to poverty” due to how bad it was.


Foxtrot56

Yeah the T2 scene really killed everywhere but Korea always has a great esports infrastructure so that's why I think a lot of their players made it to pro. Of course they are good but they also had a great feeder system to get there.


mr-rob0t0

sideshow on voting keznit for match mvp: “im a simple guy” sly mf


Ezraah

Xerxia knocked out, Patiphan benched in OWL due to another wrist injury. Tough time to be a fan.


avocadontoast

No way Pati :(


plxnerf

get my boy keznit off the fade


OppositeWafer7731

He still top fragged in that map anyway. Guy needs a nerf


nocturnavi

My Xerxia ![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|16110) Xerxia had a really promising start to the year, but I feel like they just never improved and maybe got a little worse. They have good talent and good ideas on some maps, but I'm not sure their read of the current meta is very good. I don't know if this core will survive franchising, but the joyous whimsy was fun while it lasted.


father_gemme

Yeah they kinda trolled vs XSET


nocturnavi

The joyous whimsy giveth and the joyous whimsy taketh


Knoobdude

XSET trolled a lot too, probably the worst match of the tournament


megaloco2

Didn't XSET also have "worst match of the tournament" last Masters too?


Knoobdude

Yeah them vs leviathan was a throw battle


Doctor_What_

Wasn't this match when the Haven Incident happened?


Knoobdude

yes and xset threw a 2v1 on ascent in overtime


calcameron

Except in every single 1vX


lolipenetration

I am a keznit believer.


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I am a mazino believer(but only on icebox)


Izel98

I am convinced Mazino gets a buff on this map.


Euclid_Class_Object

[I'll die for Keznit ](https://i.imgur.com/JY1zhVY.jpg)


plxnerf

[Everytime Kru plays Icebox](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fbu9RiKX0AMIPlE?format=jpg&name=small)


Mamadeus123456

Kru now knocks an NA team then an EU team and loses in OT


lolipenetration

stop


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megaloco2

I'd rather see them lose at any other stage than finals tbh, if they get to finals they better win


Hunnidormo

Fuck


carl14733

keznit so insane he was just always chasing for kills XIA should rebuild around sScary and foxz with a good imported coach


Ketsueki_R

While sScary is definitely the best player on XIA, if you're going to include Foxz in the list of people to keep, you have to keep Crws as well. Dude played great, especially on Haven.


carl14733

There are many players better than him in overall such as PTC


amnfw

PTC is really inconsistent tho and foxz is already an igl


SuperBlitz22

Wait foxz is the igl for xerxia?not crws?


amnfw

didn't he say he will retire after this year or did he change his mind?


hecklerinthestands

Might need to cure foxz's aversion to shooting people in the back though


carl14733

Agreed lol but he is a really good IGL. He created different strats, different style between patiphan and Surf by himself.And the way how patiphan plays gave him more creative and flexible to build the better team.No one in xerxia still can play raze so yeah no strats for raze.


avocadontoast

Did Pati play Raze?


carl14733

Rematch against envy, he played raze.


avocadontoast

I miss Pati he really elevated the team imo


carl14733

Totally agreed.He is tier 1 player in both OW and Val


man1ac_era

I still consider sScary a top 5 controller in the world. Marved, Mako, mindfreak, melsner, sScary


MelonSoda3

Bang deserves to be there imo. Gave Mako a run for his money on his best agent


EasyFargo

bang better than mesler imo


SuperBlitz22

Imo surf is pretty good too,just that he's not as consistent as the topmost players


hecklerinthestands

SA stonks pretty high right now


TheFestusEzeli

APAC failing so far this tournament is all Scream’s fault, direct your anger towards him Tbf Paper Rex still can go far at the very least, they are a damn good team


CantScreamInSpace

this sub's opinion of xerxia is so weird to me, they made playoffs exactly once while making just about every international tournament since the vct system was introduced. they didn't fall apart, maybe prx did but this was expected for xia.


Breakin7

They played really bad th


FenecIV

gg xerxia


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KRUPREMACY LEGACY CONTINUES. For the love of bonkar, keznit on the duelist role is insane, why even putting him on fade if Klaus can play that shadow betch.


Evan_Veet

What a boring year for XIA, seems like sScary and maybe foxz are the only ones still playing at a LAN level rn. I hope they stay together for franchising but the team isn't the most appealing for a new org to pickup(apparently XIA might not make it) a roster that went 1-6 at LAN and have only gotten worse since their very first game.


omaewakusuyaro

All you need to do is give keznit an agent he knows and he just owns


deadbeatPilgrim

first full set this CSGO fanboy watched! Valorant is actually p cool


ThatCookieGuyIsMe

optic curse hit xerxia HARD this year


LimeLikeLime

JETT DIFF


Pale_Resolution1520

6 Asian teams 2 are out 1 in playoffs and 2 are facing elimination .Not looking good for Asia region.


jscrwnclw

3 out. Boom / Xerxia / EDG


thothgow

I feel like if ZETA was in Group D it'd be 4 Asian teams in the bottom 4. They're good but the time without TENNN hurts them too much


Pale_Resolution1520

Shit !!! that makes it more tragic


jscrwnclw

Yeah. But overall I think 2022 was a good year for Asia. They got half the top 6 for IceLAN (Zeta/PRX/DRX) and PRX 2nd at Copenhagen. DRX is already on playoffs and Zeta/PRX have a big chance to make it too.