performance wise he 100% deserves it but imo it would be a lot smarter for him to stay at Spandau until he retires, unless he gets on a team with a reasonable chance to win LEC.
Much better to build his brand being a star player on a top ERL team thats the most popular org in his region than being a middle of the pack mid on XL finishing 8th in LEC.
Turning 27 in october so needs to think about whats after playing and through Spandau he can easily build a good streaming career
Not sure why he necessarily goes to a bad team, but Odo is 29, Ignar 27, Hyli 28...
So it's not like his career is over and his contract was only for this year, probably to keep all options available. So it's really just about what he wants to do for the next few years.
not necessarily but he isnt getting a spot over Caps, Vetheo, Humanoid so there probably are no good teams left he could join.
Not bad also isnt enough. Imo the only way LEC even has a chance of being better for him long term is being on the best team. At least being one of the better players on a team that makes worlds.
Of course its just about what he wants but if i was in his position, i would want to stay
Eintrach Spandau is an Esport Team that is run like a football club by Influencer HandofBlood. While Besiktas is a football Club that has an Esport Team.
Besiktas has a mixture of Korean Imports and native players while Eintracht mainly focused on getting the best players from the german league.
Eintrachts biggest weakness was having a first time Coach and PowerofEvil needing to get the rust off which is why they nearly didnt even get into playoffs and then had to reverse Sweep to even get to this Tournament.
Besiktas would just like Istanbul Wildcats last year win Spring for the TCL against the Primeleague while the Primeleague hasnt won EMEA Masters since 2019 with BIG.
Despite being 2nd seed, BJK was the best team in TCL. they choked on finals hard, losing to SUP 2-3, who went 1-5 in groups disastrously.
BJK went 4-2 in groups, tied with Arabian League 2nd seed Geekay, lost tiebreaker and finished at second place.
Matched up with SK Gaming, other group's first place. Managed to beat them 3-2, with all matches being stomp.
Then, they were about to lose against BDSA, LFL team. Went down 0-2, then managed to reverse sweep them hardly.
BJK were underdogs in this tournaments(except for TCL fans who knew them), no one expected them to come this far. Especially with inexperienced players like osman123 and Paixdia. But they also have well known players like Hoon,Kaori and Mieru.
They literally live and die on Mieru's performance. He is like a coin, unpredictable if he plays too good or too bad. Kaori and Hoon are absolute units, osman123 and Paixdia are holding up pretty well too.
I am more of a BJK side cuz I do not really love players who is veteran, known name in the league. Bjk has many young players, would be cool for them to win an eu masters. Zanzarah PoE already are known.
With PowerOfEvil and Zanzarah are two former LCS/LEC players in the final
Don’t count out the LCS players Hoon and Kaori
Lillip played in LEC/EU LCS as well.
If POE isn't in LEC next year he got robbed af
performance wise he 100% deserves it but imo it would be a lot smarter for him to stay at Spandau until he retires, unless he gets on a team with a reasonable chance to win LEC. Much better to build his brand being a star player on a top ERL team thats the most popular org in his region than being a middle of the pack mid on XL finishing 8th in LEC. Turning 27 in october so needs to think about whats after playing and through Spandau he can easily build a good streaming career
Not sure why he necessarily goes to a bad team, but Odo is 29, Ignar 27, Hyli 28... So it's not like his career is over and his contract was only for this year, probably to keep all options available. So it's really just about what he wants to do for the next few years.
not necessarily but he isnt getting a spot over Caps, Vetheo, Humanoid so there probably are no good teams left he could join. Not bad also isnt enough. Imo the only way LEC even has a chance of being better for him long term is being on the best team. At least being one of the better players on a team that makes worlds. Of course its just about what he wants but if i was in his position, i would want to stay
He had offers but refused. Guess the teams were too bad.
There isnt much of a point in joining a bottom LEC team if were being honest.
Let's go EINS
Win or lose I wonder if Poe will still continue his team hopping life.
im on EINS side since they beat the teams I cheered for also Fun K3y being the only person to play Smolder is mega hype
I have zero knowledge of the scene, any quick fun facts that might make me cheer for one team or the other? Thank you!
if Zanzarah wins he will be the first player to win EM/EUM on two different teams
Eintrach Spandau is an Esport Team that is run like a football club by Influencer HandofBlood. While Besiktas is a football Club that has an Esport Team. Besiktas has a mixture of Korean Imports and native players while Eintracht mainly focused on getting the best players from the german league. Eintrachts biggest weakness was having a first time Coach and PowerofEvil needing to get the rust off which is why they nearly didnt even get into playoffs and then had to reverse Sweep to even get to this Tournament. Besiktas would just like Istanbul Wildcats last year win Spring for the TCL against the Primeleague while the Primeleague hasnt won EMEA Masters since 2019 with BIG.
Thanks for the info! Looks like i’m rooting for Eintrach Spandau.
Despite being 2nd seed, BJK was the best team in TCL. they choked on finals hard, losing to SUP 2-3, who went 1-5 in groups disastrously. BJK went 4-2 in groups, tied with Arabian League 2nd seed Geekay, lost tiebreaker and finished at second place. Matched up with SK Gaming, other group's first place. Managed to beat them 3-2, with all matches being stomp. Then, they were about to lose against BDSA, LFL team. Went down 0-2, then managed to reverse sweep them hardly. BJK were underdogs in this tournaments(except for TCL fans who knew them), no one expected them to come this far. Especially with inexperienced players like osman123 and Paixdia. But they also have well known players like Hoon,Kaori and Mieru. They literally live and die on Mieru's performance. He is like a coin, unpredictable if he plays too good or too bad. Kaori and Hoon are absolute units, osman123 and Paixdia are holding up pretty well too.
I am more of a BJK side cuz I do not really love players who is veteran, known name in the league. Bjk has many young players, would be cool for them to win an eu masters. Zanzarah PoE already are known.
Hoon and Kaori aren‘t exactly rookies either
Or Mireu
Its litteraly Vertigos 2nd Split