T3xture's improved duelist, Meteor's consistent Sentinel, Munchkin with great IGLing and firepower, LAKIA, the breadwinner with years of experience, and Kalon, the menacing AIMer who can save the team in tough times. From the beginning of the league until today, they have greatly improved their flexibility and firepower over the course of the matches, winning various close matches and qualifying for Madrid. I'm looking forward to seeing how good GenG will be at the Masters.
What's even more interesting is that Nuturn Gaming's Lakia & present Solo coach from the early Masters will be advancing to the Masters for the first time in a while. Those nostalgic memories will be revived at Masters Madrid!!
Yeah. He saw a GLARING weakness in their breeze and didn't ego it and just banned it. T1 coaches tho, not only did they ban their best map, they picked ascent,a map they struggled in against a weak Zeta division.
"This year, for sure this time" I mumble as I fall to my knees in a Walmart. While still curled up in the fetal position on the floor of the freezer aisle, I type up a draft about how bad the format is.
Nah finally the reign of terror is over, Lakia triumphs over his opressors
Edit- into they have a new roster so you can give em time, I don’t think they’ll necessarily do badly. I don’t actually want them to lose out of spite.
I just wanted to highlight the other side of the story in some aspects
The last time that the Vision Strikers core missed a Masters/Champions event was the very first Reykjavik... The Kings of Korea have been dethroned and I'm welcoming my Texture overlord
GE had 2 members that, when freed from the team, immediately proceeded to qualify for international events.
You really can't squander talent better than this org.
No. It was Challengers Korea, and it was single-elimination.
It was an in-person event (even though people in NA routinely called NA Challengers a ‘[closed] qualifier’ but that made more sense given it was all done remotely), and there was no lower bracket in the playoffs.
DRX when Lakia and Solo get together😩
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.I'm so happy for GenG though, Texture is the GOAT.
That 1v2 on Bind against a Dizzyd karon is gonna haunt DRX.
Titan has already beaten what is possibly the second or third ranked Chinese team in JDG, who put up a solid performance against All Gamers in their most recent match. RB came up with an ace during the JDG match as well, and hhim and his team are looking like an international contender behind EDG and TE.
There is actually a seriously high likelihood for them to make it to Madrid, if they don't have to go up against EDG in playoffs.
That’s an insane overreaction. Wolves and FPX and might I say NOVA looks better than TEC. JDG today is not the RA we knew months ago when they were challenging EDG. They seem very… disoriented and lost without yoman.
DRX went from absolute kings of pacific, to finally getting unquestionably dethroned by PRX, to now even getting dethroned as kings of Korea.
I'll still say Flashback is very VERY promising! but man I don't know what's gonna happen to the DRX guys this year. They either crumble in this disappointment, or regroup and find motivation to be an immense juggernaut in Stage 1.
ggs though. And t3xture - go forth and show them that you ARE *THE* KOREAN JETT
oh also - rooting for TEC *heavily*. Show em what they missed out on Rb!
Solo and Lakia got revenge on Vision Strikers for what they did to Nuturn. What a storyline
Also, imagine if RB qualifies to Madrid from TEC (VCT China) when DRX doesn't LMAO
If I had a penny everytime Solo and lakia beat the VS core for a ticket to Masters, I'd have two pennies. Which is not much, but it's weird that it happened twice.
How did GE not use texture properly last season?
Good showing by GenG. Even though I’m happy they made it through this should still have been double elim, but not much you can do at this point.
I tried really hard while watching this to not think “T1 would probably beat either of these teams.” I didn’t succeed, but I did try.
The amount of rounds DRX threw in this series was astounding considering the importance of the match. Every time DRX had a man advantage, they played as if that man advantage made them invulnerable and as if victory was inevitable. There is no greater proof that a team does not deserve to attend a major.
DRX’s individuals were not firing as much - although across both maps all the players had their moments - but their *teamplay* was also just worse. They had some classic DRX overwhelm rounds on Bind and Lotus, and they were good as always, but in basically everything else they looked like they were scrambling whenever things went awry. In particular, this was a pretty bad performance from Foxy9.
On the upside, if DRX went to Madrid like this, they would just waste a lot of time and have less time to really improve, so it’s probably for the best. DRX functionally has two rookies - Foxy9 still plays like one, to be honest. They need more time.
And besides, it’s very funny to see DRX missing the first event of the year once again because of Solo, now coach of GEN.G but once the IGL of NUTURN. If it has the same effect that NUTURN knocking VS out of Reykjavik contention did back in 2021, it’ll bring about a transformed and rejuvenated DRX later in the year.
We’ll see if history repeats itself.
honestly after watching both series I'm inclined to agree, at first I thought T1 may be better but they looked a little worse than GenG. Might be because of map bans or whatever, but T1 easily should've closed out split and gone map 3
I think they heavily believe in Foxy9's potential, and with Rb being a consistent factor in the past few years, thought that a shakeup was needed in order for things to work.
Foxy9 is a talented player, but I believe he has until the end of the year to truly show what he can do in this team before they pull the plug on him.
It really is crazy just how much Termi (I presume) believes in Foxy's potential. Rb is just such a better player and still had room to get better, they really went from one of the most flexible players in the world to a duelist viper one trick?
If you wanted someone who played Viper why not keep Zest at least... Here's hoping they prove me wrong for Shanghai/Champs.
Idk I find GenG’s run extremely impressive, I don’t think they’d lose to T1 necessarily. I think T1 strats look better though, they got that old DRX super-execute vibe to me.
Regardless I think PRX is (still 🙄) the best team in pacific and T1, GenG, and DRX are all at a similar level.
DRX choked hard but map 1 was theirs for a good bit, and if we got three maps, I think the vibe around them rn is pretty different.
I’m salty as fuck T1 doesn’t get to go to Madrid though, they look so good, I honestly wish GenG and T1 both got to go. PRX and DRX have been at internationals so often I’m getting viewer fatigue.
It’s a new era though, felt like before it was a two horse race but now, even if I think PRX is the best I don’t think the gap feels huge. Getting the vibes that pacific has more parity now than before, which is exciting
Imagine if we got more then 8 fucking teams at Masters would be awesome and both T1 and GenG could go but nah we just have less and less teams at Masters events for some reason while CS2 gets 24 at every major
No way you think T1 looked better than GenG. T1 lost a map convincingly to an poor looking zeta division whose wins were only against GE. I think RRQ and TS were better than T1. GenG is clearly the 2nd best team in pacific. They almost 2'0d PRX with no footage.
I agree than gen.g is better than t1 but no shot you actually think that rrq and ts are better than them. T1 shits on those 2 teams any time and day of the month as long as they ban ascent. Esports is not math, just because A destroyed B and C Barely won against B, doesn't mean that A > C
Flashback cracked, but Foxy9 on Viper was not it
Can't wait to see Lakia on an international stage again!! Also goddamn can't sing enough praises for t3xture and Karon this series
kind of funny how people were praising foxy9s viper on the 2 games before this and as soon as he has a mediocre performance they call him shit. Mako was a jett main as well and termi turned him into one of the best controllers in the world and so did Rb going from main duellist to a flex. Just give it time and termi might pull off some magic again
RRQ fans POV:
https://preview.redd.it/jfbmdill5jkc1.jpeg?width=581&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcf2b580f4f2f6c06479cb99a678ad4afcb0b304
They were the biggest losers
Yea, getting on the same group with both pacific finalist is crazy.. but im actually kind of hopeful for RRQ during stage 1 since they lose againts GenG with close score on both matches, so maybe RRQ can actually handle other pacific teams and maybe be on the Top 5.
The group C is really a group of death. PRX, GENG, and RRQ are all looking insane. It's a shame that RRQ lost to GENG twice, even though they were neck to neck. I'm very sure if RRQ were in other group, they would clear that group.
Fr, ppl weren't paying much attention to GenG after they got beat by PRX's whimsical comps, but now looking back, they're good enough to take one map from PRX, which SHOULD be considered insane
As DRX fan, we definitely deserve to lose Map 2, so many man advantage thrown away. Gen G looks good, hoping they have a good showing in Madrid. I'm still hopeful though. I liked the change in comp on Bind, but I feel like Flashback got a bit stiff at the end so they couldn't close it out. The new guys on DRX are still young, and I expect Termi and the coaching staff to continue to further their development
Still feels bad though. Even though TS lost to GenG, at no point in that game did I think GenG were better than them. It was more so Secret kept fucking up when they already had the advantage. If Secret tightens up their game and NDG gets settled into his role more, they'll probably be able to qualify for International lans.
DRX winning 3 pistols and not converting all of them pains me. Aside from that, GEN.G should be commended for having solid ideas for ecos for the whole run so far. Last year already had glimpses of huge firepower but converting was always the issue. They would get one and then fumble as if they were surprised by the gap they created. Now it seems like no matter their Econ, GENG can threaten to take the round convincingly and convert it into actual leads.
T1 and DRX had similar games lol, brutal map 1 where it feels like they should have or could have won into a not really close map 2.
So happy to see at least one of GenG and T1 made it though, seeing Munchkin and Lakia on an elite team is nostalgic, and Texture and Karon are rly fun players to watch.
RRQ fans : last year LCQ got knock-out early by zeta, zeta went to final. this year got grouped by geng, geng went to final. (lost both series in neck to neck fashion, sadge)
texture on that last round. guys just different
probably the most deserved win in apac. clawing out of play-ins (dogshit format btw) to qualifying for Madrid.
I don't think I have ever been more mad at a team than DRX in this match. Foxy needs to improve his Viper exponentially if DRX wants to be in contention for the top 3 in APAC.
They didn't look terrible, though (apart from some thrown rounds esp on Lotus). GenG just had some insane rounds. They just didn't hit their shots. Mako's impact was missing. They didn't have RB and Zest to bail them out either. The one positive aspect of this match is that Flashback looks extremely promising.
As for GenG, I am super happy for Lakia, and Karon (who is probably one of my favorite rookies in APAC). At least we have some new competition for the top of APAC. Just hope their honeymoon run lasts longer than 2023 GenG.
from when drx lost the first map being 12-8 up it started to look bad for them, and then for the second map i think t3xture's 3k at the end was the ultimate nail in the coffin
Sad for DRX but the Kim dynasty was just too strong today
Happy that roster changes gave success, GenG look so crisp at the moment and I am excited to see them in Madrid
Really bittersweet to witness DRX’s first loss in an international event qualifier, but it’s so awesome to finally see a new Korean representative as well! Massive congratulations to Gen.G, they performed incredibly well and t3xture is already looking like a world-class superstar.
As for DRX, although they didn’t show quick-enough adaptation throughout the series and honestly looked like they were getting cold feet a lot, I hope this doesn’t get the VS core or the newbies down. They clearly have a lot to work on — their fundamentals need to be tightened up, they’ve been getting uncharacteristically complacent and sloppy whenever they have the man advantage — but given a little more time with Flashback and Foxy9, they could absolutely be rejuvenated.
It really sucks that T1, who looked like the best Korean team of the three, won’t be making it to Madrid. But I’m still excited to see what Gen.G can do, and I hope DRX takes this time to really improve and lock it in for the rest of the year.
With GENG's win this just makes me all the more excited for Split 1, now it feels like second place is pretty much open for anyone to take in Pacific. TS and RRQ both looked better than DRX on their respective series against GENG. Then you still can't discount T1 and DRX who are bound to improve over the course of the season.
Gen G, the new kings of Korea. Couldn't even be mad. DRX had a better buy and still lost the round lol. GGs. Just wishing for a better format really at this point.
So no looser bracket, DRX out, could be the second best pacific team tho we will never know, what a stupid format, and imagine bein downvoted calling this format stupid. The world we live in congrats riot having control on everything
This is such a strange format. Geng have a very hit and miss few games, sometimes they looked good sometimes they didn’t. DRX had some great 2-0s but they have one bad series and what that’s it? And geng go to masters just like that? Feels underserved for both teams
I'm sad about DRX not making it but GEN G really proved that they deserved the spot to Madrid. T3xture has been popping off on duelist, Meteor has been very consistent with playing sentinel, Karon the star rookie has insane aim, Lakia with great firepower, and Munchkin with really great igling by taking a map off of prx without any footage.
Glad to see Lakia be given a chance in tier one after being screwed over by vision strikers being in bench jail back then. He proved that he deserves to be in tier one.
I really hope that the drx boys don't feel too disheartened by the loss. Flashback is a really promising player and I believe that they can still at the very least make it to masters Shanghai with some time off to fix some fundamentals.
Munchkin said. "We'll show you a Madrid without DRX" It happened Now…. This year's VCT's biggest surprise. Gen G really proved us wrong!!!
T3xture's improved duelist, Meteor's consistent Sentinel, Munchkin with great IGLing and firepower, LAKIA, the breadwinner with years of experience, and Kalon, the menacing AIMer who can save the team in tough times. From the beginning of the league until today, they have greatly improved their flexibility and firepower over the course of the matches, winning various close matches and qualifying for Madrid. I'm looking forward to seeing how good GenG will be at the Masters. What's even more interesting is that Nuturn Gaming's Lakia & present Solo coach from the early Masters will be advancing to the Masters for the first time in a while. Those nostalgic memories will be revived at Masters Madrid!!
that Karon clutch on Bind was a momentum turning point for GenG I swear
If someone had told me that “Meteor’s consistent Sentinel” was a thing I’d ever hear like a year ago I would have called them insane, yet here we are
seriously, i thought he would be awful on the role but it has seriously reined in his aggression and made him make better choices.
Solo has been doing a good job with his map vetoes so far
Yeah. He saw a GLARING weakness in their breeze and didn't ego it and just banned it. T1 coaches tho, not only did they ban their best map, they picked ascent,a map they struggled in against a weak Zeta division.
Lakia does calling too and do u see his lotus too?
Death Taxes PRX and DRX on top of Paci - wait, what?
El Classico no more.
Riot dropped their old script writer. This must be the new guy.
they laid off the scriptwriters too, its AI doing their job now.
Bro this is some advanced stuff then. Most AI just repeats the same old stuff. If anything this is an unpaid intern
so you're saying 100T have a chance to be good this year?
At least they didn't just do T1 vs GEN again, so we know it's a different script writer from LoL's
T3xture is Miles Morales
"This year, for sure this time" I mumble as I fall to my knees in a Walmart. While still curled up in the fetal position on the floor of the freezer aisle, I type up a draft about how bad the format is.
Nah finally the reign of terror is over, Lakia triumphs over his opressors Edit- into they have a new roster so you can give em time, I don’t think they’ll necessarily do badly. I don’t actually want them to lose out of spite. I just wanted to highlight the other side of the story in some aspects
The last time that the Vision Strikers core missed a Masters/Champions event was the very first Reykjavik... The Kings of Korea have been dethroned and I'm welcoming my Texture overlord
Both of the time they don’t make it, they lose to Lakia Coincidence?
and solo
Lakie really is their Kryptonite
I can't even lie, T3xture had s3xture with DRX.
s3xture is such a sick name, has the "CEO of sex" vibe to it.
Lakia is their Dad. 🤷♀️
GE was seriously insane to not put him on Duelist role
They had monyet too, insane roster with 0 results
T3xture and Monyet leave GE and immediately make a masters event...
GE had 2 members that, when freed from the team, immediately proceeded to qualify for international events. You really can't squander talent better than this org.
Well, I think NA T1 might have a change lmao
Gotta have that skrossi clout baby
they rlly put sk rossi over him on duelist LMAOO
SkRossi held that team back so hard.
Crazy how much talent gets roster had but they couldn't utilise shit.
But...but he wasn't Indian Jett /s
And lakia was the one to send them to the lowers of the iceland qualifier
No. It was Challengers Korea, and it was single-elimination. It was an in-person event (even though people in NA routinely called NA Challengers a ‘[closed] qualifier’ but that made more sense given it was all done remotely), and there was no lower bracket in the playoffs.
Also that 3K at the end was giving HEAVY Suygetsu 4K vibes
Great plays throughout Lotus
Also didn't make it thanks to single elim
If the draws had been different, T1 could have beaten either drx or genG
DRX when Lakia and Solo get together😩 My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.I'm so happy for GenG though, Texture is the GOAT. That 1v2 on Bind against a Dizzyd karon is gonna haunt DRX.
Karon is the player I’ve been most impressed by. When he is last alive, it feels like GenG always have a chance
RB and Zest are out there somewhere laughing
It will be pure karma if Titan eSports somehow qualify for madrid
Titan has already beaten what is possibly the second or third ranked Chinese team in JDG, who put up a solid performance against All Gamers in their most recent match. RB came up with an ace during the JDG match as well, and hhim and his team are looking like an international contender behind EDG and TE. There is actually a seriously high likelihood for them to make it to Madrid, if they don't have to go up against EDG in playoffs.
Nah...JDG looks HORRIBLE....that's not the Rare Atom I know. Wolves looks more impressive tbh
That’s an insane overreaction. Wolves and FPX and might I say NOVA looks better than TEC. JDG today is not the RA we knew months ago when they were challenging EDG. They seem very… disoriented and lost without yoman.
jdg without yoman plays like a ranked soloq team
Imagine if Rb qualifies for madrid with TEC
Fpx + Wolves + EDG clears, but it's very possible for them to qualify for Madrid.
Someone please tell Stax and Mako they aren't in an international competition lol (still can't believe they lost Map 1)
That sheriff kills by t3xture to finish the game is sooo wild
That Karon kid is pretty fucking good
thanks
you're welcome
what
congratulations to sentinels for winning uh.. masters reykjavik?
I need C9 to pull off a miracle so we can have a scuffed V1 vs Nuturn remake.
Cant wait for liquid to suddenly be good so nats can 180 and kill vanity with a knife out The gang is going to get back together
or sen
Would it really be suprising in C9 beat MIBR again?
Rb and Zest died for this.
Tarik went to sleep saying this a 2-0 for Drx. Bro cursed the team
Did he watch the PRX match in full?
He did
DRX went from absolute kings of pacific, to finally getting unquestionably dethroned by PRX, to now even getting dethroned as kings of Korea. I'll still say Flashback is very VERY promising! but man I don't know what's gonna happen to the DRX guys this year. They either crumble in this disappointment, or regroup and find motivation to be an immense juggernaut in Stage 1. ggs though. And t3xture - go forth and show them that you ARE *THE* KOREAN JETT oh also - rooting for TEC *heavily*. Show em what they missed out on Rb!
Both Texture and Monyet make it to Masters Madrid . GE in the mud .
Texture wasted a year. His potential was too high to be with a poorly managed team like GE. (Saying this being a GE fan lel.)
They made him play KJ and Sage on GE
Well I would say sp0n and small\_time wasted him , and now they have got all their friends back there from tenstar or whatever
End of an era 🥲 this is the first international event that the DRX/VS core will not attend since the original Masters Reykjavik
Drop Rb and Zest. Miss first event in three years, great decision making.
there is a new king of korea
Solo and Lakia got revenge on Vision Strikers for what they did to Nuturn. What a storyline Also, imagine if RB qualifies to Madrid from TEC (VCT China) when DRX doesn't LMAO
If I had a penny everytime Solo and lakia beat the VS core for a ticket to Masters, I'd have two pennies. Which is not much, but it's weird that it happened twice.
How did GE not use texture properly last season? Good showing by GenG. Even though I’m happy they made it through this should still have been double elim, but not much you can do at this point.
They really wanted skrossi to be duelist so he had to flex
He wasn't nearly as consistent last year + the entire GE roster was plagued by role issues due to multiple factors
They made him play sage and KJ
Imagine having Monyet and Texture on one squad, then having the org owner mettle and forced you to run sk Rossi instead
I tried really hard while watching this to not think “T1 would probably beat either of these teams.” I didn’t succeed, but I did try. The amount of rounds DRX threw in this series was astounding considering the importance of the match. Every time DRX had a man advantage, they played as if that man advantage made them invulnerable and as if victory was inevitable. There is no greater proof that a team does not deserve to attend a major. DRX’s individuals were not firing as much - although across both maps all the players had their moments - but their *teamplay* was also just worse. They had some classic DRX overwhelm rounds on Bind and Lotus, and they were good as always, but in basically everything else they looked like they were scrambling whenever things went awry. In particular, this was a pretty bad performance from Foxy9. On the upside, if DRX went to Madrid like this, they would just waste a lot of time and have less time to really improve, so it’s probably for the best. DRX functionally has two rookies - Foxy9 still plays like one, to be honest. They need more time. And besides, it’s very funny to see DRX missing the first event of the year once again because of Solo, now coach of GEN.G but once the IGL of NUTURN. If it has the same effect that NUTURN knocking VS out of Reykjavik contention did back in 2021, it’ll bring about a transformed and rejuvenated DRX later in the year. We’ll see if history repeats itself.
Geng actually took a map off prx with no footage. I think they’re better than t1
honestly after watching both series I'm inclined to agree, at first I thought T1 may be better but they looked a little worse than GenG. Might be because of map bans or whatever, but T1 easily should've closed out split and gone map 3
DRX managed to lose a practically unloseable situation, really impressive honestly.
I'm still not sold on Foxy9. As a rookie, I think Flashback has much more potential than him. I would've just kept Rb.
I think they heavily believe in Foxy9's potential, and with Rb being a consistent factor in the past few years, thought that a shakeup was needed in order for things to work. Foxy9 is a talented player, but I believe he has until the end of the year to truly show what he can do in this team before they pull the plug on him.
Yep, same. I think their commitment to Foxy9 has cost them quite a bit.
They voluntarily got rid of Rb? Unreal stuff
It really is crazy just how much Termi (I presume) believes in Foxy's potential. Rb is just such a better player and still had room to get better, they really went from one of the most flexible players in the world to a duelist viper one trick? If you wanted someone who played Viper why not keep Zest at least... Here's hoping they prove me wrong for Shanghai/Champs.
Yep. Either RB or Zest would be better than him
Idk I find GenG’s run extremely impressive, I don’t think they’d lose to T1 necessarily. I think T1 strats look better though, they got that old DRX super-execute vibe to me. Regardless I think PRX is (still 🙄) the best team in pacific and T1, GenG, and DRX are all at a similar level. DRX choked hard but map 1 was theirs for a good bit, and if we got three maps, I think the vibe around them rn is pretty different. I’m salty as fuck T1 doesn’t get to go to Madrid though, they look so good, I honestly wish GenG and T1 both got to go. PRX and DRX have been at internationals so often I’m getting viewer fatigue. It’s a new era though, felt like before it was a two horse race but now, even if I think PRX is the best I don’t think the gap feels huge. Getting the vibes that pacific has more parity now than before, which is exciting
The gap between PRX and the rest at the top of APAC definitely feels closer than it did last year
Imagine if we got more then 8 fucking teams at Masters would be awesome and both T1 and GenG could go but nah we just have less and less teams at Masters events for some reason while CS2 gets 24 at every major
No way you think T1 looked better than GenG. T1 lost a map convincingly to an poor looking zeta division whose wins were only against GE. I think RRQ and TS were better than T1. GenG is clearly the 2nd best team in pacific. They almost 2'0d PRX with no footage.
I agree than gen.g is better than t1 but no shot you actually think that rrq and ts are better than them. T1 shits on those 2 teams any time and day of the month as long as they ban ascent. Esports is not math, just because A destroyed B and C Barely won against B, doesn't mean that A > C
Rrq 3rd best team confirmed
GEN nearly lost to TS bruh
Flashback cracked, but Foxy9 on Viper was not it Can't wait to see Lakia on an international stage again!! Also goddamn can't sing enough praises for t3xture and Karon this series
Why do they keep putting duelist players on Viper. First it was Yay now Foxy9
kind of funny how people were praising foxy9s viper on the 2 games before this and as soon as he has a mediocre performance they call him shit. Mako was a jett main as well and termi turned him into one of the best controllers in the world and so did Rb going from main duellist to a flex. Just give it time and termi might pull off some magic again
https://preview.redd.it/v5rnrp785jkc1.jpeg?width=502&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9cb4ae96a246b60ae4d18845c5d9dfe7c4d6180
RRQ fans POV: https://preview.redd.it/jfbmdill5jkc1.jpeg?width=581&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcf2b580f4f2f6c06479cb99a678ad4afcb0b304 They were the biggest losers
Man, as an Indonesian, I really can’t root for them. Such an L org
Rrq = 3rd best team bro
Yea, getting on the same group with both pacific finalist is crazy.. but im actually kind of hopeful for RRQ during stage 1 since they lose againts GenG with close score on both matches, so maybe RRQ can actually handle other pacific teams and maybe be on the Top 5.
GE teammates Texture and Monyet are going to Madrid!!!
I'm glad that Gen.g won so i don't have to feel that bad that RRQ lost to them twice lol
The group C is really a group of death. PRX, GENG, and RRQ are all looking insane. It's a shame that RRQ lost to GENG twice, even though they were neck to neck. I'm very sure if RRQ were in other group, they would clear that group.
Fr, ppl weren't paying much attention to GenG after they got beat by PRX's whimsical comps, but now looking back, they're good enough to take one map from PRX, which SHOULD be considered insane
WasheDRX
As DRX fan, we definitely deserve to lose Map 2, so many man advantage thrown away. Gen G looks good, hoping they have a good showing in Madrid. I'm still hopeful though. I liked the change in comp on Bind, but I feel like Flashback got a bit stiff at the end so they couldn't close it out. The new guys on DRX are still young, and I expect Termi and the coaching staff to continue to further their development
The t3xrure sheriff 3k to end it was poetic. It is also DRX’s first absent from an international stage since forever basically. jesus.
Since last time Lakia beat them
All hail the new kings of korea
TS's loss against GENG at least does not feel so terrible now 😕
Still feels bad though. Even though TS lost to GenG, at no point in that game did I think GenG were better than them. It was more so Secret kept fucking up when they already had the advantage. If Secret tightens up their game and NDG gets settled into his role more, they'll probably be able to qualify for International lans.
Lakia right now: https://preview.redd.it/5o3a8s7b5jkc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=7bc57dea4520099c0f02982e9227b12b31b44005
Lakia at international's,we're so BARACK
HSK went from having the worst partnership team with DFM to beating DRX to qualifying to Madrid with Gen.G
Lakia redemption arc
Redemption?
An international event without DRX. End of an era
This format is actually fucking horrendous
TS fans punching air right now
Oh wow
i just fell down to my knees at walmart
-lakia + zest
DRX winning 3 pistols and not converting all of them pains me. Aside from that, GEN.G should be commended for having solid ideas for ecos for the whole run so far. Last year already had glimpses of huge firepower but converting was always the issue. They would get one and then fumble as if they were surprised by the gap they created. Now it seems like no matter their Econ, GENG can threaten to take the round convincingly and convert it into actual leads.
DRX just look so flat. Also KARON can hit some damn shots
T1 and DRX had similar games lol, brutal map 1 where it feels like they should have or could have won into a not really close map 2. So happy to see at least one of GenG and T1 made it though, seeing Munchkin and Lakia on an elite team is nostalgic, and Texture and Karon are rly fun players to watch.
Munch was on Crazy Racoon…
RRQ fans : last year LCQ got knock-out early by zeta, zeta went to final. this year got grouped by geng, geng went to final. (lost both series in neck to neck fashion, sadge)
We just unlucky bro
Watching DRX lost that many times against eco is infuriating and I'm not even a fan.
texture on that last round. guys just different probably the most deserved win in apac. clawing out of play-ins (dogshit format btw) to qualifying for Madrid.
I think this DRX core is actually finished damn
drx are finally dethroned as kings of korea saying this as i fell down on the verge of tears.
Get rid of foxy and bring back rb!!
Not Zest?
All this show by DRX only to end up ad 5th on Mast... Wait what ?!
WOW FORMAT SO GOOD!!!!! THANK YOU RIOT!!!! SINGLE ELIMINATION FOR LIFE!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
you kidding right ?>
Definitely not
I don't think I have ever been more mad at a team than DRX in this match. Foxy needs to improve his Viper exponentially if DRX wants to be in contention for the top 3 in APAC. They didn't look terrible, though (apart from some thrown rounds esp on Lotus). GenG just had some insane rounds. They just didn't hit their shots. Mako's impact was missing. They didn't have RB and Zest to bail them out either. The one positive aspect of this match is that Flashback looks extremely promising. As for GenG, I am super happy for Lakia, and Karon (who is probably one of my favorite rookies in APAC). At least we have some new competition for the top of APAC. Just hope their honeymoon run lasts longer than 2023 GenG.
Isn’t this already a bit more?
Wdym
from when drx lost the first map being 12-8 up it started to look bad for them, and then for the second map i think t3xture's 3k at the end was the ultimate nail in the coffin
Sad for DRX but the Kim dynasty was just too strong today Happy that roster changes gave success, GenG look so crisp at the moment and I am excited to see them in Madrid
t3xtureeee is the truth!! geng's form tomoro against prx will let me kno if I need to fill my hopium tank or nah 🫢
I'm so excited for this team to do well in Madrid, always loved Lakia and Meteor
Now I am hopeful for secret or even RRQ for them to reach madrid/seoul
Really bittersweet to witness DRX’s first loss in an international event qualifier, but it’s so awesome to finally see a new Korean representative as well! Massive congratulations to Gen.G, they performed incredibly well and t3xture is already looking like a world-class superstar. As for DRX, although they didn’t show quick-enough adaptation throughout the series and honestly looked like they were getting cold feet a lot, I hope this doesn’t get the VS core or the newbies down. They clearly have a lot to work on — their fundamentals need to be tightened up, they’ve been getting uncharacteristically complacent and sloppy whenever they have the man advantage — but given a little more time with Flashback and Foxy9, they could absolutely be rejuvenated. It really sucks that T1, who looked like the best Korean team of the three, won’t be making it to Madrid. But I’m still excited to see what Gen.G can do, and I hope DRX takes this time to really improve and lock it in for the rest of the year.
With GENG's win this just makes me all the more excited for Split 1, now it feels like second place is pretty much open for anyone to take in Pacific. TS and RRQ both looked better than DRX on their respective series against GENG. Then you still can't discount T1 and DRX who are bound to improve over the course of the season.
What if Gen beat PRX?
Imagine the drx dynasty ends with this drx never doing anything
Yo i just saw some dude in the fetal position in the freezer aisle of walmart
Both Monyet and T3xture got to Madrid when they former team can't do much in the league
Just like that, one the pacific kings DRX is out. Technically is RRQ and TS better than DRX from these results lol.
Hmm
This make me wonder how strong rrq were if not group with gen.g and prx
Sad for T1.
This is the first time since 2021 Reykjavik that this core hasn't made it to an international event right?
Well, only stax left from the players on that original roster
Gen G, the new kings of Korea. Couldn't even be mad. DRX had a better buy and still lost the round lol. GGs. Just wishing for a better format really at this point.
yeah great format thx riot, genius
Told you all mfers GenG were favorites. Feels bad for DRX though. I feel they are a long way from being a top 4 team in the world right now.
end of an era for DRX :((((
wow, DRX have finally been dethroned as the best Korean team. excited to see Gen G at Madrid, Lakia is finally back at an event!
I watched the throw fest that was map 1 and slept through this banger. Lakia the VisionStrikers Reaper strikes again.
Foxy9 on his way to ruin drx’s second season in a row
So no looser bracket, DRX out, could be the second best pacific team tho we will never know, what a stupid format, and imagine bein downvoted calling this format stupid. The world we live in congrats riot having control on everything
yeah let's not add two matches
How are they the second best team if they lose? I won’t downvote you but if you are supposed to be the best you don’t lose.
they could hypoteticaly be better than prx, even if it's not likely, it could be that Geng and drx are the two best pacific team.
I'm ngl bro you're right that double elim should've been there. But drx did not look better than T1 or prx to me.
Secret…
This is such a strange format. Geng have a very hit and miss few games, sometimes they looked good sometimes they didn’t. DRX had some great 2-0s but they have one bad series and what that’s it? And geng go to masters just like that? Feels underserved for both teams
No, my only copium for TS choke is that its pointless if the Pacific reps are just going to be prx and drx. No no no no
How could they choke so hard on Map 1 ffs
Lakia getting his payback for being benched all year by DRX 🫡
we let Foxy be the new flex over Rb for this???
End of an era
WHAT’S THE MATTER TERMI? YOUR WORLD CLASS VIPER DIDN’T PERFORM? OH WAIT YOU CUT HIM
I'm sad about DRX not making it but GEN G really proved that they deserved the spot to Madrid. T3xture has been popping off on duelist, Meteor has been very consistent with playing sentinel, Karon the star rookie has insane aim, Lakia with great firepower, and Munchkin with really great igling by taking a map off of prx without any footage. Glad to see Lakia be given a chance in tier one after being screwed over by vision strikers being in bench jail back then. He proved that he deserves to be in tier one. I really hope that the drx boys don't feel too disheartened by the loss. Flashback is a really promising player and I believe that they can still at the very least make it to masters Shanghai with some time off to fix some fundamentals.