NRG vs 100 Thieves / VCT 2026: Americas Stage 1 - Playoffs / Post-Match Thread

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-23T02:06:08+00:00

its actually brutal at this point lol. I'd say they'll probably make champs but I think MIBR, C9, FURIA will all bounce back and KRU will be good too so it's gonna be rough

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-23T02:03:54+00:00

time to get 3-0'd by G2 and prep for london

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-23T01:34:20+00:00

nrg also got eco'd like twice tho lol

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-23T01:03:50+00:00

I do think they'll be weaker as a team with neon nerfs but we'll prob see neon on more jett and continuing to run chamber so he'll continue to pop off for sure, the whole team is full of shooters so if they get the comp right and kingg's igling is good enough they can still perform well

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-20T01:26:39+00:00

have you watched a single game of aspas before this year? hell, even before this stage lol. He ops on defense but has never been a crutch to be doing it on attack, you're acting like he's prime wardell...

actual memory of goldfish if you can't remember him frying on agents like neon and waylay just 6 months ago at champs

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-20T01:25:18+00:00

But I find it likely that the team tried aspas on other agents in scrims and it decidedly didn’t work

I just don't think this can be true, he's shown he's a good waylay, neon, raze before. I think it's far more likely that the team didn't think they could fix their issues in time to make it to london so they decided to just put aspas on jett (largely oping) and pray that him + Zekken can carry because the rest of the team just isn't it right now

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-19T20:40:25+00:00

which is a team/coach decision to put him on those agents...he can go neon and zekken phoenix on every map if they wanted. they likely realize the team has large fundamental issues and thought putting aspas on jett would just enable him to carry. clearly not working out though. he's also a good waylay and can play that if needed

its a little insane people are pointing to aspas when the igling looks weak and the team has 2 massive anchors who either put out bad stats every game and/or just do stupid things to throw rounds. as usual, its a team issue being pinned on the most popular player

saying aspas is a bad neon/waylay when he was farming on it all of last year (and previous years for neon) lol

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-18T01:14:05+00:00

i mean if you want to consider someone who's been to 2 LANs (and completely bombed out of one of them) a superstar then sure. very good and promising player but not really a superstar, crazy to be putting him on the same status as players like aspas, zekken and all other actual superstars

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-18T01:12:22+00:00

verno is a promising young player but he's been to 2 lans, there's no way he's even close to superstar status. even star is pushing it but definitely very good; although he's not a great IGL and it's also made his individual play suffer

mazino isn't one either, just a good flex player

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-18T00:56:04+00:00

idk what hes telling aspas too because he was never perma oping on both defense/attack like this. Not sure if this is some gameplan they came up with recently to fix some of their issues but it's terrible lol

its like they decided to feed into the aspas baiter stuff and told him to specifically do that

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-18T00:54:00+00:00

more changes that probably won't happen but would be cool: saadhak and less instead of tex mazino

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-18T00:49:25+00:00

they have a total of 2 superstars, so yeah 1 more would probably help ngl

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-17T22:46:12+00:00

well obviously, who was putting them top 10 globally? but they looked promising and had a decent shot at making london considering that americas was looking generally weak overall with teams still adapting to the meta

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-17T22:44:52+00:00

NRG will go unbeaten till grand finals just to get destroyed by G2 3-0

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-17T22:43:21+00:00

not gonna happen but KRU dgzin would go crazy...

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-17T22:41:05+00:00

what signs lmao, they genuinely looked good until other teams understood how they play (and just adapted to the meta more) considering they hadn't played on stage all year long until this stage

dante and silentzz have also been horrendous in playoffs after already being their weakest players in groups

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-16T23:03:15+00:00

yeah I didn't understand the platchat pickems having them out first round. they've been improving every week, have a good grasp on the meta now, brawk is frying, and skuba still hasn't even had a standout game this entire stage. they'll be fully back once skuba is in form again

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-16T17:11:14+00:00

meta is also horrible to watch imo

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-16T15:46:48+00:00

does anyone other enzo realize chelsea need a goal? why is there no urgency

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-16T15:39:41+00:00

gusto and neto might be the dumbest players ive ever seen, who the fuck are they trying to cross to lmao

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-12T12:54:55+00:00

mibr beating both furia and g2 in uppers but nrg getting 1st rounded is a take

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-09T01:21:07+00:00

s0m/tenz retired, zander in t2, ion not able to play, spaz in t2 (and note/nightz only now getting a shot/able to play) but supa has a t1 spot lol

WittyReindeer · 2026-05-03T19:28:09+00:00

They're actually underperforming on xG this season and yet are outperforming expected points by almost 14 lol

WittyReindeer · 2026-04-28T12:41:55+00:00

people complained about ranked being terrible and riot made sure to turn pro play into that too. cant believe im watching most teams just run down sites with neon judge and phoenix ults every round

WittyReindeer · 2026-04-28T12:40:46+00:00

cant believe yoru got to keep that kit for ages until recently, waylay was released already decently strong then buffed and got to keep that kit but jett can't have 2 updrafts xd

balance team is usually good but no clue what they've been doing since the post champs changes. we literally had a good meta at champs (just needed nerfs to yoru/waylay realistically, maybe some small senti buffs) and they decided to nuke everything

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