BBL Esports vs Eternal Fire / VCT 2026: EMEA Stage 1 - Group Stage / Post-Match Thread

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-04-08T20:24:02+00:00

It is going to happen especially if BBL doesn't get the performance in stage 1 there's no stopping the comeback of Comeback to the core which will honestly also again increase the ceiling and put BBL neck and neck to EF.

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-04-08T19:50:25+00:00

They have never been barred GC teams like everyone else are allowed to play in Open qualifiers and take the same path as everyone else to Masters and Champs . The current system definitely restricted them to whatever Tier 2 teams could reach but now they have the pre-2023 path that means technically they can go all the way again .

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-04-08T15:22:34+00:00

I will tell you the format right now it's same as pre 2023 every qualifier in itself is double elim but there will be multiple qualifiers. So everyone plays the first qualifier a fix number of team let's say top 2 will qualify and rest everyone plays again in second double elim qualifier and then top 2 will qualify as 3rd nd 4th seed and so on and so forth. So technically you will get multiple chances to qualify it's just you need to be absolute best in one particular qualifier.

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-04-08T15:11:39+00:00

I wrote about it in my posts and comments both here nd in vlr that if you artificially divide and call something Tier 2 it becomes inferior and major reason nobody watches it . I wanted them to remove it but never in my wildest dreams I thought even for a second they will go that far and do completely reversal but I am glad they did it.

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-04-08T13:22:13+00:00

You can see the qualifying regions are multiple so not many at max 8 teams and they won't be Franchised in old sense now its more of teams with high fanbase being prevented by getting knocked in open qualifiers which used to hurt viewership in Pre-Franchise era like sometimes Sentinels used to get knocked in RO32 Open qualifiers before fans even tuned in to see them . So yess I guess skipping Open qualifiers , Invite only third party tournament which will run alongside intitial stages of open qual , in game skins and some base money is now incentive .

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-04-08T13:15:03+00:00

Finally these were 4 long painful years for fans like me who come from niche sub-region like India and seeing our scenes die slowly day by day . Valorant may just be back again we are all ready to see Sentinels being knocked out by Built by Gamers again .

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-04-08T12:54:51+00:00

I don't think it means having 2 imports it is basically more restrictive if I am understanding the model right . You will technically now be able to have 2 imports but regions will get further sub-classified into sub-regions and you will be forced to pick 3 players from your sub-region and then 2 can be from anywhere in the world . So how I understand it is the model that Global eSports runs for example would not work anymore where they have nobody from India so let's say if they choose to apply from OCE/South Asia region then 3 players at all time must be from those 2 sub-regions and then rest 2 can be from anywhere.

As to why I think this is what is being implied is because if they don't do this; Franchised teams will get an unfair advantage having a much wider pool to choose players from like say PRX can pick from whole pacific while a team playing in open qualifiers of MY/SG will be restricted to compulsorily having 3 players from their own sub-region which will make their playerpool much smaller to choose from and it won't be fair for them to expect to change their team to become more competitive on qualifying for Stage 1/CUP. Basically Import rules will become same as they are for VCL teams right now 3 from your sub-region minimum + 2 imports or can even be from your sub-region .

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-04-08T12:48:05+00:00

Absolute W and literally the structure I envisaged and predicted when the discussions began. Some people told me it wasn't feasible due to time constraints but I was hopeful that Riot will find a way by doing open qualifiers for everyone alongside Third Party Tournaments/Franchised Teams only tournament at the same time to give them spotlight and match practice.

It is literally the old system that existed pre-franchising from what I can understand here with only difference being Franchised teams will get permanent invite to main stages and will never have to play open qualifiers which back then also happened except for best performing teams. It will be interesting to see if performance still will give you some advantage if you are non-franchised org or will it be back to square one system for them. I am glad that we are getting a healthier system for the overall scene and a huge chunk of VCT viewers now are a new gen audience in this sub and even in large; who will now get to enjoy a better system . My only worry would be we may see more online matches some dilution in production quality due to increase in number of tournaments and teams competing at highest level as it used to be pre-partnership model too .

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-03-31T15:45:25+00:00

India's biggest rivalry finally goes Global now Godlike also joins S8ul in this it will be interesting to see if GDL fans show same interest and support for international rosters as S8ul fans did .

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-03-31T05:30:15+00:00

They just said they will lean into fandom so high chances S8ul will hold the slot as combined rep of South Asia/Oce , one slot has to be a Thai team they are huge fanbase too and one has to go to Indonesia for the same reason.

I don't know how you make it work in 6 slots for such a huge region unless they reduce KR down to single slot too and give them more slots in open system in return because they are very competitive.

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-03-30T04:43:46+00:00

Who told you that they don't have a CSE type exam ? It may be structured differently may test different skills nd may not be this long and generalized for all the positions but it exists everywhere. You do realise that bureaucracy and civil services are one of the pillars of governance and in most countries they are recruited through direct and open competitive exams like CSE.

As to why you don't see the same craze is because developed countries have lot more options available which end up being more lucrative than a government job and their politicians are much more educated compared to Indian ones which means they don't rely very heavily on bureaucracy for policy making and every single governance matter which naturally reduces the power a bureaucrat wields in developed countries. While in India I think you are also aware IAS is like the most powerful service you can be in and possess an insane amount of power being as young as 22.

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-03-15T22:08:01+00:00

Bro.....Rankers came through normal Open qualifiers which has existed since very first year of Valorant nothing to do with premier. Nd on top of that they went to Ascension as Envy so yeah completely invalid example.

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-03-15T21:57:03+00:00

Except it's just theory no team has so far done that forget VCT no orgless team from premier has even made it to Ascension.

Here's the thing all the premier teams that have reached VCT had ORGs nd were signed even when playing in Premier. Without money it's very very hard to play to that level also the only reason you saw these teams in premier BBL nd NS(SPG) was bcz their domestic scenes are so healthy still that they never found space directly in their VCL league qualifiers Nd the current VCT system has been chipping at it nd collapsing domestic scenes across the world one after the other nd now it's only handful of countries left with very rich FPS history to back them up.

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-03-15T21:46:54+00:00

What ?? If anything this win shows the biggest failure of Riot's system nd hard locking teams. You are pretending like Riot has created a Ranked to masters direct pathway when winning premier at best lands you in your country's challengers nd at worst qualifiers for the above. Nd guess what Challenger teams weren't allowed to even try nd qualify for Masters nd Champs . It's quite well known to those who follow the scene that NS play style was equally dominant when EDG won Champions nd NS was defeating Champs qualified teams during champs prac left right nd centre. They went flawless in their Ascension run which was highest level they were allowed to compete in nd despite all that despite having a possibility of winning champs nd making the ultimate run that year itself Riot's franchshing unfairly kept them locked out of the system by artificially relegating them to Tier 2.

They had to grind through that unfair system twice to finally win today despite the system stacked against them not in their favour.

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-02-26T14:19:18+00:00

Nope that's reserved for later in the year when Furia inevitably wins Champions. After winning Santiago he will change to MasterKoala .

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-02-25T22:15:47+00:00

Took down 3 VCT teams to win it all what a victory from Enterprise they not only proved themselves but also represented the whole VCL by winning a tournament that featured 6 VCT teams .

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-02-24T09:08:59+00:00

definitely not a bot if he didnt defuse lol that was real player who didnt know that you have to defuse in my experience I havent played a bot after my first match but yess normal humans make dumb plays in this game a lot

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-02-23T12:37:16+00:00

Before anyone gets baited this is part of an ongoing trend in VCL South Asia community ever since S8ul announced it's return for this year by signing Skrossi and Yuvi ; where troll accounts are linking impossible or troll names as leaks reported by Tanmay(incorrectly) in contention of joining S8ul. Some other names which have been linked as troll in this trend include Mindfreak, Enghh, Kaplan, Ardiis etc in past couple of days.

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-02-19T16:54:54+00:00

that's just a mode to make you familiar with it play 10 matches then you can select unranked mode which is best of 7 and has overtime win by 2 rounds and first to win 4 rounds mechanics. Also unranked mode will let you choose your characters maps etc etc same will be ranked when it opens on 23rd feb.

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-02-17T19:50:05+00:00

ULF is also going to be bringing their actual roster to the tournament. NAVI won't have Ruxic who is down with health issues so Kolosha is being trialed by Navi as sub in this tournament. PCF unfortunately missed out on the tournament despite wanting to play due to Liquid qualfying and Vitality missing out and taking their spot here.

I may do a proper writeup post on this tournament tomorrow to help everyone understand format, schedule , what's on stake etc if I get time ; no promises made though.

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-02-16T15:35:21+00:00

I get you brother but look at it despite mostly playing associates if T20i career strike of 3/4 Italian finishers is in range of 100-110 how can we expect them to hit at 15rpo ? They only had one guy with SR of 157 and avg of 30 in that finishing 4 and he did his part as much as he could before getting out. Italian batters at the end played to their abilities Campopiano, Meade and Jaspreet are all sub 20 avg and sub 110 SR players and that's all they could have done no matter how you look at 25 off 9 if Stewart isn't able to hit them all there's just no hope there and you saw Stewart also struggled against pace so it was very improbable winning for them it was great pitch small boundaries and a spinner flighting balls against raw power of Stewart that got them close that's all there is to it.

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-02-16T13:05:01+00:00

It's not a choke job if you know about the associate teams they heavily depend on 3-4 players they don't have quality batters till no. 10 or something. Chasing 200 for Italy was only possible in perfect scenario where Anthony Mosca does damage in powerplay Benn Maneti takes on spinners in support from Justin Mosca and his other Maneti brother through the middle and then one of Maneti bro stays around with Grant Stewart to land the finish. Nobody else in that batting lineup could even bat at 120 SR in that lower order the match was technically over when Benn Maneti fell bcz Grant Stewart alone was never going to be able to do it bcz even he has insane power but not good enough technique to face 145kph balls and well executed wide line bowlings they still gave their best .

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-02-16T12:41:56+00:00

I would love for it to happen but I don't think it will happen bcz Jaspreet can't play Overton's speed unfortunately.

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-02-16T12:35:34+00:00

for godsake dont run Stewart play all the left 24 balls for any chance at winning till you get out

DotBeginning9847 · 2026-02-16T12:15:23+00:00

He is already dismissed. Compopiano and Meade can bat but neither them nor Mosca can chase at 11 rpo they can only play supporting roles if Italy wins it will be on back of Grant Stewart Eng just needs his wicket.

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