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Spreadsheet enjoyer. VRS understander. Counter enthusiast. Hopefully, but probably not.

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Joined June 2009
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I'm over on the coloured sky gimmick, same @, for those of you prepping exit routes.
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One day of play left. Still two spots in play in Europe. Still four teams alive in the race. Two scenarios where it'll be so close that we won't know who gets the final Major spot until Valve hits the button to release the VRS update.
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One spot left for Europe all being decided in Argentina. Could get very tight depending on results elsewhere.
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Americas is a far simpler scenario. Just one spot left after Imperial won their semi-final.
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With NaVi locking in their spot today, we're down to 10 teams fighting for 4 Major spots in Europe. B8 scraping through their group games narrowly has everybody below them punching walls.
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Day end EU Major Race update. Nemiga and 1win aren't fully there, but are so close it's essentially 16 teams fighting for four spots now. Big step forward for NaVi today with their win over G2 Chance of the last world championship spot being decided in Kettering is growing
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Betclic out with their loss, 25 teams left fighting for 10 spots NaVi (unless fake) join the DraculaN waitlist, maybe realising their danger too late? Nemesis take a painful loss in the PC2 qualifiers FaZe just about handle business so far in Portugal
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Horrible loss for Wildcard today, undoing a lot of their good work at FML. Brings Imperial, Fluxo and maybe even paiN right back into the race.
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Enormous win for Nemiga, who are on an absolute heater. Strong run for LG continues. Many in Europe will be annoyed at Astralis letting the Alliance game slip. K27 and Nemesis keep their hopes faintly alive in St. Petersburg
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The HLTV simulation looks great. Very pretty. Could eventually be very cool. In its current state though it's functionally kind of useless.
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- Underlying team strength data seems way off (check Nemiga vs. FaZe and compare it to betting odds for example) - Too small a sample size of sims run - Huge lack of team calendar info. Eg. currently running sims on the assumption NRG isn't playing again
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The upgrade moves stuff in the right direction, but still has fundamental issues that means it's no good as a projection in its current form. Biggest problem being incomplete team lists. NaVi definitely don't have a 90%+ chance of qualifying from their calendar.
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Replying to @MischiefCS2
Accompanying (slipstreaming? I don't really know cycling) schedule graphics for Americas and Europe
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Damnit, knew I'd forget something. Can't be bothered to delete and repost, but fnatic are no longer signed-up for FiRe
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With CIS LAN 9 sign-ups opening, and the Ranked 5 qualifiers ending, we're now only two events and a few loose sign-ups away from having a complete picture of the run-in calendars in Europe. Also of note, GL passed on DraculaN and thus FaZe are on the clock for the last spot.
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FaZe are going to DraculaN. Between that and RIC, they've got a nice schedule to get the LAN wins they need, and I'd be shocked if they missed from here.
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Robin. retweeted
Think my sims are pure waffle? I dont blame you VRS is very confusing, its closed and its not easy. I want to change that Introducing OpenVRS: Full auditable sim data, plan your calendar, compare event worth, test roster changes and a lot more. Explanation ⬇️ (lots of waffle)
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FaZe are heading to Portugal (and thus, the Major)
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VRS lives
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I will miss people being too thick to get the joke of IWC Community Leader in his bio. RIP to the last real poster.
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Robin. retweeted
TOs need to stop using bucholtz for swiss systems. It does not work for 5 round systems, and is actively counterproductive. Mongolz can go out losing to the 3, 7 and 8 seed, while being the 6 seed GM8 can qualify by beating the 11, 12 & 14 magic can qual beating 11, 12 & 13
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There should be less of an open LAN scramble for this one, as we won't have a tier 1 LAN overhanging the deadline and not counting. Instead of this time where PGL's Bucharest studio LAN was in the worst place in the calendar, it is now in the best slot to decide Major slots
🇸🇬 Big update for PGL Major Singapore 2026 ♟️ 🥉 For the first time, a 3rd-place decider match joins the Grand Final Day 📅 VRS Ranking Set for November 2 💰 $1.25M prize pool, 32 teams 🎟️ Tickets: ticketmaster.sg/activity/det… 📰 Read all details here: news.pglesports.com/news/177… #PGLMajor
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It's fine for this Major, but if the Major deadline moves back a month in 2027 it re-creates the problem of tier 1 events scheduled over the top of the deadline that it looked like we'd moved past.
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