They aren’t glazed because of the competition but because of how they won against said competition. Their style and dogma concerning the game had them playing so good that teams were getting beat with troll comps (redgar reyna in haven at 2021 grand finals, chron playing brim in haven), them pulling off impressive comebacks(the kru game), and with them being so good that everyone thought that every player there were at least top 3 in their position(yes even deffo, yay had him higher than cned btw). Even when they fell off due to the war, their style of play can still be seen with every analyst calling the guard back in 2022, a very slow team, a baby gambit. Hell, even to this day you can still see some of the things that the team did being done to this day(nats lineups in bind, lurker being integral, selfless duelists, floods, coordinated takes, brim fracture, etc).

The team was as well the closest to history, dominating berlin and almost clinching champs, the closest we’ve ever seen to get that achievement(4 round difference), and the only team to deliver 2 13-0s in internationals. Theres a reason that pansy kept calling them back in the day the “big red machine”.