Couple interesting scenarios here.

1. Gen.G wins - they keep their 2nd seed and their QF bye.
2. Gen.G lose - they fall to 4th, lose their bye and face FU in their first playoff game.

Either way, Gen.G hold their fate in their own hands.

clearly sandbagging.

Power rankings are subjective. And he did give his opinion on why they're there, but I'll also note that you failed to explain your reasoning as to why the "Gladiators are good but not that good".

TOXIC TOKS DUUUUDE.

Last match wasn't a fluke imo. They were unprepared and got bodied by Corey. I think there might be an argument for asking if he'd be able to do the same to them given the gift of hindsight, but those were very real struggles that need to be addressed.

That being said I do have faith that VAN can fix their issues relatively quickly.

VAN 3 - 1 LON

Next game to decides who has to face King Kaiser and his Blast crew!

With this FU just need to win 2 maps against EM to guarantee top 6. They'd need to win 3-0 or better to overtake EM due to map differential (tie) but having won the head-to-head.

Not quite GOATS one-tricks but def struggling with Orisa/Reaper-Hanzo/Mei.

the oracle's prediction came true.

Happy too stronk

halfway there

dun forget Nlaaer

I think I do go with Haksal, he's probably been one of the most impactful, effective players, throughout out all stages of play.

They did it. The madlads actually did it!

King Kaiser.

Chengdu #1

They know what's up.

No, I'm saying it's NEVER, useless to improve your team. Even if they made those moves too late to "save" this season. More time with those new players isn't useless.

Probably management logistics, and it's never useless to improve your team?

FU and 5 maps games, couldn't close the deal this time though. GGs all around.

Stage 3 Week 5:
#20-#11
#10-#1

They already have 4 DPS so probably not.

Your sarcasm amounted to nothing more than a cheap hot take.

If you look at this season plenty of good players aren't getting play time because they don't fit the meta. Team are just now STARTING to play DPS comps. Unless Taimou had been practicing Brig on his own and was a better Brig than Zach, putting him in might not have made a difference. He says he did great at the world cup, and that's fine, I don't think he was amazing, on top of the OWWC not being a great barometer of how well he'd do in the league.

I'm not saying he's not a great player. I'm saying his impact is not likely to have been as large as you, and Reddit, are saying it would have been. Was it a mistake to not put him in? I never said it wasn't. But I have been saying that it's not that clear or obvious, to use your own words.

Shrug?

Why are Jayne and Aero coaches again?

Not sure why you're backtracking this.

And, again, could they have put him in? Yes, of course they could have. Should they have? Maybe, maybe not. Is it obvious that they should of put him in and that they're bad coaches for not doing so? You say it is, I say it isn't.

Why are Jayne and Aero coaches again?

But I guess your eyes and mind can pierce through the uncertainty of probabilities and determine that not playing Taimou was, for a fact, an obvious mistake.

If you read what I wrote you can clearly see that I never said it was, or wasn't. But that putting Taimou in isn't the soul saving move you're making it out to be.

Because you obviously know that he clearly is the solution to the woes that Dallas are having.

This isn't rocket science, so again, could they have put him in? Yes, of course they could have. Should they have? Maybe, maybe not. Is it obvious that they should of put him in and that they're bad coaches for not doing so? You say it is, I say it isn't.

I'd wager many less people complain about it if they win those two Chengdu matches, because if you're saying he would have won them the other 5 matches you're either a genius or illogical and somewhat delusional.

That's what my sassy peanut brain is saying. I even tried making it simple for you, hope it helps!

You could argue that the only games they were predicted to win (in stage 3) were WSH and CDHx2 (which they obviously failed at) the rest you'd expect a loss.

Taimou may or may not have helped them win those two Chengdu games, and whether they chose to rotate him in at any point previously probably doesn't change the outcome unless he'd a God Tier Brig. Could they have played him more? Of course. Would he have been the savior you're making him out to be? Unlikely.

Now, did they drop the ball? You know what, looking at their overall record, I'd say probably not, unless your galaxy brain predicted that they'd be mid table after 3 stages, let alone having been top 8 after 2.

Settle down kiddo, the bandwagon is full and you won't fit in it.

Him getting fined has nothing to do with them losing unless you're going for extra Reddit logic here.

...And those same coaches were part of Dallas' early success so there's that even though I really would have liked him to play on all maps regardless. Dallas as a whole has had a hard time keeping good streaks going but they did perform relatively well for the first two stages.

Please calm your plat, back seat coaching tits.

With Stellar.

Once he left they didn't look anywhere as good until the very end of stage 2 on top of having a relatively easy strength of schedule in the first.

It's a big change for the team so them looking bad now is to be expected. The idea here is that you're hoping that you improve over time sand that you eventually come out as a better team.

Not sure what you mean Scrub. You trying to pull a Pixel?

Why not?

That's unlikely, their last 4 aren't necessarily easy and incorporating new players hasn't been smooth for this team.

I say this as a big fan of my local team, but this stage could be the 4th (or 5th if WSH does it first) 0-7 to happen this season.

I'm hoping it's not, but I'm prepared for it and I know that they're working on making the team better in the long run. We'll get there eventually.

wait wut?

They're opinion pieces by nature and I don't think there's any value in self censoring just because. You can highlight both plays and misplays, there's no need to omit one or the other if you don't want to.

On this day, Kariv ascended as a God.

I WAS HERE LOOOOOL.

Stage 3 Week 3:
#20-#11
#10-#1

oooff

Only one thing can be learned from this: LAV > GLA.

It's been proven by science.

What about the new 3-3, 3 Main Tanks and 3 Off Tanks, yall can't be unhappy with that one aimiright?

Damn, and I was so confident about that last one!

Right now I might swap TO and BOS until the former can show that they're starting to figure their new situation out, otherwise it's just small nitpicks.

Hmm, I see my 6 support prediction wasn't popular, how about 6 DPS instead?

If he has dual citizenship then they aren't getting away with it. That might make more sense if you're looking at ;let's say, Gladiators Legion's squad.

Wrong. 6 supports is where it's at.

Also, don't leave feedback, we don't want or need it.

I don't use my 4 star power often, but this is something I can wholly endorse. Pixel for President, 2020.

Or it could also be that a player was frustrated that he lost a match. That's a thing.

I WAS HERE.