• namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev
    2·
    9 days ago

    Some thoughts:

    • WEU teams looking very shaky - especially liquid. I haven’t watched any Aurora matches, but they look like the strongest WEU team, aside from Falcons maybe.
    • Surprising that two Chinese teams are at the top of the group. I haven’t watched Tidebound, but XG looked very good against Falcons. I think at least one of them has a good chance of playing in the finals, maybe even winning it all.
    • I was hoping that some underdogs would perform well (Navi, Nigma), but it looksl ike there haven’t been any real surprises or upsets.
    • BBT sees to have rebounded after losing first round to Nigma, but their next two matchups were pretty easy. I watched one Spirit match against XG where they looked pretty bad, but they may be improving too.
    • As always, the team that wins is the one that plays best at the end, not the group stages, so let’s see how things go in a week. I think the remaining group stage matches are going to be pretty interesting.
    • I really enjoy the Swiss format. It forces teams to adapt to the meta much more rapidly than the usual group stage format.
    • Coelacanth@feddit.nuOP
      1·
      9 days ago

      Two Chinese teams on top feels like back in the olden times, and CN winning the whole thing would probably be a good thing for the health of the game to revitalise the region’s interest. They’ve both looked like the two best teams so far. Nigma have been their usual choke factory self, but Navi have played better than their results suggest. Spirit have indeed looked shaky.

      Swiss format have definitely been a big success, both days have have had several hype series including multiple 70+ minute bangers.

  • Coelacanth@feddit.nuOP
    1·
    10 days ago

    Spirit looking very shaky. Lots of predictions could be ruined unless they rally soon and hard.