Huge congratulations to the players, but perhaps even more so to Team Liquid as a whole! They've been so patient with their support to the RL scene, this is well deserved.
What a weekend, absolutely disastrous predictions in Swiss followed by 7/7 playoff predictions. The liquid belief paid off, glad to see them remind everyone how good they are.
I hoped on just after you, i kinda watched the scene but had no real intrest because i didnt know who to like. Then TL joined and i was like oh, i am eu fanboy now.
Actively being a Moist fan has surely taken years off of my life. Merci Vatira and KC, they spared me a couple today. I don't think I would've survived a tiebreaker lmao
As a SSG fan (now Optic fan) last season, I can tell you that last season's tiebreaker was hell for me. All the Twitter banter and trolling of Retals after the series had me salty for days lol
This liquid team is insane, I don't think there is a single team in the world with 3 mechanical players like this, maybe faze with ayyjayy from last season. But I am afraid it's only a matter of time Atow goes to a full french roster.
Overall happy enough with the teams EU are sending to the Major. An in-form BDS would have really bolstered the roster and I would have loved a Vitality appearance, but it is what it is. There are at least 3 EU teams capable of winning the Major imo, and a 4th if Moist can get it together.
I think shutting down opponents constantly before they can do what they want in the air, or ground, is underrated as a tactic. Just like TL in the second half of that series constantly challenging and never letting KC get comfortable. That playstyle forces doubt, makes you feel pressured and play faster than you’re comfortable playing. Depending on the player, you could over think everything, or not think at all, both are detrimental to success in most aspects of any competition. This is how TL used to play iirc, but would get countered a lot, and heavily criticized for over extending. I kind of want to dive into replays now to see what changed, because KC looked smothered, yet TL were always back on defense for quick counters.
The problem with the play style is it just can’t work consistently, unless it becomes meta (somehow). No matter how good the players are, they will make mistakes and leave themselves vulnerable to those counter attacks and lose momentum. You are also relying on your mechanics popping off, and that’s why liquid hasn’t made it out of Swiss without all 3 popping off. That’s why teams that play like this dont win majors and worlds.
Dunno who already said this, but this isn't Liquid peaking, it's literally them playing to the level of their talent finally. No other team comes close to the level of peak Liquid mechanics and it's good to finally see them win an event
No. They peaked in a bracket so free that they could see the grand finals from Swiss. I think they played their game and good job to them, but it only worked as well because the only hard team they played was KC lol. And you literally said they had peak liquid mechs so you think they peaked too lol. I’d still like to see them against other top teams and not 9-16 teams in the playoffs lol.
I talked shit about Liquid's bracket (and it was pretty mickey let's be real) but what a performance against KC, leaving beyond a shadow of a doubt that they deserve to go to Rotterdam.
I still think there's a conversation worth having about using single-elim top 8 for major qualification. Glad that we didn't see that situation play out today, though
Nah I don’t think so, Mickey bracket to the grand finals against a team who was obviously worn out isn’t major qualifying imo. They played extremely well but let’s not forget their other placements 💀.
His improvement arc has been crazy, i’ve been putting stock into him for a couple of months now, absolutely my prediction to be the best player itw by the end of the season
They were, end of story. Mickey bracket + all 3 players popping off is a peak performance and your blind if you don’t think their bracket was…. free. It’s literally the definition of a peak performance lol.
Did team liquid even tweet about their rocket league roster winning a regional? I saw that the main account only retweeted the players and coaches tweets. Really thought they would want to give more exposure to their roster and rocket league as a whole. Just my thoughts.
Long time coming for AcroniK, he already showed he could be one of the best in the world during RLCS X, now he finally has two insane teammates to prove it with
Saying any team is any spot in eu other than Kc #1 is not valid lol. We though oxg were the top team at the start and look at them now. Bds are world champs, look at them now. Moist should be top 3, look at them now. Eu is just in shambles, don’t disrespect Kc and put liquid anywhere near them. No other team in eu is anywhere near Kcs consistently good play style.
G2 playstyle that was developed throughout season 7 after Chicago joined, was refined by worlds and got them to a top 2 there and it’s been continuously refined for the 3 years since then leading to plenty of successes
Holy shit how about vatira completely breaking down into another crying fit seconds after they lost. You can see it swelling up and then the explosion of baby cry after he covers his face. I wonder if muted his mic or if his mates had to hear that lol
I'm not trying to be intentionally inflammatory but I really have to ask, was France really dominating EU at all? It's only KC that's top French speaking team, and out of the 5 teams going to the major, 6/15 of the players are from England (+2 if you're counting Appjack and Noly). Even top 5 aside, the 6th team in points is Spanish, 7th is German, 8th being BDS, so we basically only have 2 French teams in top 8 which poses the question: are French achievements highlighted more? is it because BDS are world champions and the French community is huge in EU rocket league? if so that's fair tbh, I’m just curious whether that’s actually it
BDS and Vitality placements are low and can be expected to be higher next split. And in the history of RLCS, French players hold the most World Champion titles than any other country in the World (7). So no, it's not exaggerated, but it's close enough that an overall "bad" split can happen. It happened before and it will happen again.
g1 fortunate they didn't get on the side of the bracket with the team who beat them in swiss and the eventual regional winner, but unfortunately not quite enough for them in the end
Liquid still not top 8 imo. Well, idk actually because eu in shambles. I think that they peaked today and played their game perfectly in a bracket that was made for them to win. Literally a bracket where they only had to play karmine as their hard matchup in a bracket where most of the top teams didn’t make it out of Swiss. Their play style is too inconsistent to call them great yet, but then again Kc is the ONLY consistently good eu team rn LOL.
After 862 days, it finally happened. Team Liquid won something in Rocket League.
Speed died for this
That long
Four of the five EU teams going to LAN have not made it out of Swiss in one of the regionals lol
That's the EU I've come to expect.
Tbf only 1 team in whole EU made all 3 play-off brackets and they made finals all 3 times - it's just ridiculously close atm, so many solid teams.
KC not making it our of major swiss stage confirmed.
Good old EU consistency.
Consistency is key
TL stepped up so hard during these playoffs, sheesh.
I've enjoyed watching KC go off, but it's good to see some pushback imo. Today's grand final was awesome.
Now THAT is the TL that I was waiting for the entire split!!
that's the Team Liquid I wanted to see out of the initial signing RIP Dreamhack Mous always in my heart
I think only because that bracket was free as hell lol
France only sending 2 players at a lan that’s gotta be a record low!
First time since Season 2 that there isn't more than 1 team with a French player on it. UK supremacy incoming...
Well done TL, absolutely deserved win. Glad to see a good team find their form.
EU DEPTH!
Huge congratulations to the players, but perhaps even more so to Team Liquid as a whole! They've been so patient with their support to the RL scene, this is well deserved.
Many orgs would have left with the struggles they had. They really do deserve a lot of support.
Instead of leaving they dropped a season and put all their faith into two 14 yo. So happy for them
Having 6 different winners in 6 different regionals between EU and NA is pretty insane
And simultaneously have 2 teams that were in all 6 finals
Chronic vs Akronik at Major let’s goooo
Acronik and Bchronic
V1 and TL fans breathed a sigh of relief 🙏
Wow I’ve never had all 3 of my teams win their respective regionals before
u eating good rn
same 🥲
Great to see Liquid show the ceiling we knew they had.
Well the 1 LAN they've played at they lost to Falcons (who came 2nd), beat PWR and then G2 before losing to Moist who won the event. So good looks
What a weekend, absolutely disastrous predictions in Swiss followed by 7/7 playoff predictions. The liquid belief paid off, glad to see them remind everyone how good they are.
Eh, I think without the disastrous Swiss lol, they would’ve finished how they have been this split, but this bracket was kinda made for them haha
Props to Liquid. Absolutely earned that spot
It's also crazy that Quadrant ended up 4th in EU after top 2 and top 4 finishes.
Not that crazy considering the last result was an abysmal 12-14th
Some very spicy Swiss round 1 matches, G2 vs Oxygen, Faze vs Moist and Ssg vs Falcons, Club vs Kcp will be a good matchup too
Literally every match is pure entertainment.
I've followed every iteration of TL, even before they were picked up by the org, since the beginning and I've never been prouder to be a fan.
the suffering has paid off 😭
TL have finally made it 🥲
I hoped on just after you, i kinda watched the scene but had no real intrest because i didnt know who to like. Then TL joined and i was like oh, i am eu fanboy now.
All it took was the most Mickey bracket in the history of rocket league 🥲. Eu still in shambles, love it
Actively being a Moist fan has surely taken years off of my life. Merci Vatira and KC, they spared me a couple today. I don't think I would've survived a tiebreaker lmao
As a SSG fan (now Optic fan) last season, I can tell you that last season's tiebreaker was hell for me. All the Twitter banter and trolling of Retals after the series had me salty for days lol
This liquid team is insane, I don't think there is a single team in the world with 3 mechanical players like this, maybe faze with ayyjayy from last season. But I am afraid it's only a matter of time Atow goes to a full french roster.
I won 878k and am now at 3.6 million 😎
french speaking*
TL entered the day not knowing whether they were going to Rotterdam and ended the day as the overall 5 seed
Theyre the second seed.
EU 2 is 4th, NA 3 is 5th. Unless the worlds rankings are different than the major ones.
Overall happy enough with the teams EU are sending to the Major. An in-form BDS would have really bolstered the roster and I would have loved a Vitality appearance, but it is what it is. There are at least 3 EU teams capable of winning the Major imo, and a 4th if Moist can get it together.
funny, i have those 3 teams as TL/moist/KC
Team Liquid at their best force their opponents to play at their super fast speed, they did that today
I think shutting down opponents constantly before they can do what they want in the air, or ground, is underrated as a tactic. Just like TL in the second half of that series constantly challenging and never letting KC get comfortable. That playstyle forces doubt, makes you feel pressured and play faster than you’re comfortable playing. Depending on the player, you could over think everything, or not think at all, both are detrimental to success in most aspects of any competition. This is how TL used to play iirc, but would get countered a lot, and heavily criticized for over extending. I kind of want to dive into replays now to see what changed, because KC looked smothered, yet TL were always back on defense for quick counters.
The problem with the play style is it just can’t work consistently, unless it becomes meta (somehow). No matter how good the players are, they will make mistakes and leave themselves vulnerable to those counter attacks and lose momentum. You are also relying on your mechanics popping off, and that’s why liquid hasn’t made it out of Swiss without all 3 popping off. That’s why teams that play like this dont win majors and worlds.
I believe Oski was the key. He supported Acron more by not extending so much and challenging on the midfield more.
Well, I have been saying that Team liquid is such an overrated team but clearly that's wrong now, I guess inconsistent is the worc
Dunno who already said this, but this isn't Liquid peaking, it's literally them playing to the level of their talent finally. No other team comes close to the level of peak Liquid mechanics and it's good to finally see them win an event
I said the exact same thing! Great minds think alike
No. They peaked in a bracket so free that they could see the grand finals from Swiss. I think they played their game and good job to them, but it only worked as well because the only hard team they played was KC lol. And you literally said they had peak liquid mechs so you think they peaked too lol. I’d still like to see them against other top teams and not 9-16 teams in the playoffs lol.
Who makes major now?
KC TL QUAD OXG MOIST
Try to win all 3 regionals challenge = impossible.
only 2 french players at lan is crazy
I talked shit about Liquid's bracket (and it was pretty mickey let's be real) but what a performance against KC, leaving beyond a shadow of a doubt that they deserve to go to Rotterdam.
I still think there's a conversation worth having about using single-elim top 8 for major qualification. Glad that we didn't see that situation play out today, though
They beat a team who made the final last regional, another gatekeeper top 5 team and the best team in the world? How is that mickey?
Nah I don’t think so, Mickey bracket to the grand finals against a team who was obviously worn out isn’t major qualifying imo. They played extremely well but let’s not forget their other placements 💀.
I been telling you guys Atow is top 5 in the world and here he is dunking on Vatira.
His improvement arc has been crazy, i’ve been putting stock into him for a couple of months now, absolutely my prediction to be the best player itw by the end of the season
People saying Liquid was peaking, absolutely not. They just played how they should with the talent they have.
They were, end of story. Mickey bracket + all 3 players popping off is a peak performance and your blind if you don’t think their bracket was…. free. It’s literally the definition of a peak performance lol.
LETS GOOO! So deserved! love their playstyle of full on attack, high risk, high reward
I still want to know why the previous Liquid stream commentators were cut
This Team Liquid roster getting #3 and #2 EU seed into the major in their first two full splits really impressive.
Did team liquid even tweet about their rocket league roster winning a regional? I saw that the main account only retweeted the players and coaches tweets. Really thought they would want to give more exposure to their roster and rocket league as a whole. Just my thoughts.
you're kidding, TL beat KC the 1 final I skip, I have got to watch the VOD, was it close?
Very close, liquid just peaked though after having the most free bracket ever
Long time coming for AcroniK, he already showed he could be one of the best in the world during RLCS X, now he finally has two insane teammates to prove it with
Liquid playing like a top 2 EU team, phenomenal prefermance and EG genuinely not looking too bad.
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Saying any team is any spot in eu other than Kc #1 is not valid lol. We though oxg were the top team at the start and look at them now. Bds are world champs, look at them now. Moist should be top 3, look at them now. Eu is just in shambles, don’t disrespect Kc and put liquid anywhere near them. No other team in eu is anywhere near Kcs consistently good play style.
So what’s the moist major situation looking like now?
In at EU 5 vs Faze round 1.
Made it as 5th seed. Faze first round of Swiss
Acronik noted that they tried a new playstyle and it didn't work. Are there any examples where a team tried a new playstyle and it worked out?
G2 playstyle that was developed throughout season 7 after Chicago joined, was refined by worlds and got them to a top 2 there and it’s been continuously refined for the 3 years since then leading to plenty of successes
I'm happy :)
Holy shit how about vatira completely breaking down into another crying fit seconds after they lost. You can see it swelling up and then the explosion of baby cry after he covers his face. I wonder if muted his mic or if his mates had to hear that lol
I'm not trying to be intentionally inflammatory but I really have to ask, was France really dominating EU at all? It's only KC that's top French speaking team, and out of the 5 teams going to the major, 6/15 of the players are from England (+2 if you're counting Appjack and Noly). Even top 5 aside, the 6th team in points is Spanish, 7th is German, 8th being BDS, so we basically only have 2 French teams in top 8 which poses the question: are French achievements highlighted more? is it because BDS are world champions and the French community is huge in EU rocket league? if so that's fair tbh, I’m just curious whether that’s actually it
Not really, there are just a lot of French players. BDS and Vitality probably should've been better this split tho tbf.
Dont forget Oski, he's English also
BDS and Vitality placements are low and can be expected to be higher next split. And in the history of RLCS, French players hold the most World Champion titles than any other country in the World (7). So no, it's not exaggerated, but it's close enough that an overall "bad" split can happen. It happened before and it will happen again.
g1 hot take - it kinda looked like dorito and atomik were carrying while marc by 8 looked lost about 80% of the time
fun day
g1 fortunate they didn't get on the side of the bracket with the team who beat them in swiss and the eventual regional winner, but unfortunately not quite enough for them in the end
G1 got unlucky and you know it, stop the revisionist history just cause Liquid peaked in the finals.
Just gonna ignore the fact that G1 also beat Liquid in swiss or...?
Liquid still not top 8 imo. Well, idk actually because eu in shambles. I think that they peaked today and played their game perfectly in a bracket that was made for them to win. Literally a bracket where they only had to play karmine as their hard matchup in a bracket where most of the top teams didn’t make it out of Swiss. Their play style is too inconsistent to call them great yet, but then again Kc is the ONLY consistently good eu team rn LOL.
I predict V1 and Moist match up in round 5 Swiss.
No shot Moist make it that far
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