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A good IGL would definitely help.

Unfortunately, trying to fix NA problems is like peeling back layer after layer of an onion made out of shit. First of all, the fact that IGLs (and good support players) are very rare is itself symptomatic of the fact that NA has an obsession with raw skill and getting as many sick aimers on teams as possible, as well as constantly cutting anyone who isn't getting lots of frags. Those types of players get really de-emphasized.

Unfortunately, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Let's look at the best ibp lineup that actually got to go to EU.

You have:

Dazed- the only really good NA IGL arguably.
Skadoodle- ditto for awping
Steel and AZK- ditto for support players, or at least 2 of the very few.
Swag- one of the best individual NA players.

Even that team was only able to make 1 EU finals ever. Wanna know why? It wasn't lack of skill. It's the ridiculously dumb practice conditions in NA. And I don't mean some whiny excuse about how bad the other teams are. I'm talking about scrim culture. EVERY team in NA does not take scrims nearly seriously enough, and from my experience, the teams that don't get their shit perfectly down in scrims are the ones who majorly tilt the second something goes wrong in the real LAN game.

I agree, they should've invited keyd stars :D

I think everyone faced the same dilemma as me and wondered if it was worth it to get total shitters as soldiers in order to make room for stark

jks is a fucking monster mang

that is fair (although I do think sunshine mid is fundamentally bad, the rest is ok)

still, +yukon 4 lyfe

one day people will realize how fucking awesome yukon is

maybe when valve finally releases mm and all of their 5cp maps are in it

but

-metalworks -sunshine +gpit/ashville +yukon

ez

played against him in a lobby a year ago, he was nuts. then I played him in hl, and he was nuts. then I saw him in open and he was nuts. this season, he played games in IM and was nuts.

next season, will be in invite and will be nuts??

people gotta start belieeeving me

will play for 2 weeks, absolutely wreck kids, and then vanish again

maybe it's just me, but even if Incarnati0n lives up to the hype, I think that Balls is reaaaally washed up at this point, and they either need a gold-efficient top laner who doesn't need as many resources or a more legitimate carry threat

I really hope the warriors rally, they deserve to win this season and steve kerr winning a ring in his first season would be nuts

miwo medic
thorn/sezco scout
marmaduke pocket
tooth roamer
topshot demo

c&c should win if they dont choke

two of the three best esports of all time (cs 1.6 and brood war) were dominated by one region for almost their entirety. 1.6 is probably the best counterexample to your argument because NA teams could compete from like 1999 to 2005, but in the most competitive era (2008-2010 or so), they couldn't, and that's when the game was at its peak.

I don't think it reflects badly on the scene as a whole that the 10th best team in the world or so still has glaring weaknesses. to use cs:go as an example, do we get upset that flipsid3 or dignitas have glaring weaknesses? if it weren't for the arbitrary fact of their nationality we wouldn't give a shit.