Team Nigma

And then the third one was the big surprise for me personally, 'cause, uh, we were talking about...

When we did our predictions for TI together in the client, I was trying to convince you to put Nigma 0-4, um, because, yes, they did well in groups at EWC, but then they lost in the playoffs.

Their online tournament that followed, they did not look good at all.

Uh, but they figured their shit out, and they actually got 4-1 at TI.

They beat Boom Boys, then they beat Spirit, and then they beat Yandex.

So they lost a game in every series, but they still looked the best.

Um, and out of the teams that went through to this stage, the ones that bombed out first were Falcons, who got 2-1 by Nigma and then by Liquid, and Iron Wing, who got 2-0'd by Spirit and then by 2-1 by Boom Boys.

So Iron Wing and Falcons, zero main event wins, uh, on stage.

And he, you see his, he, he, his mind works very fast too.

So if that's the case, then why do you think that Nigma historically has, like, such an issue closing out games or going late game, the hi- whole high ground, throwing a high ground game.

Like, there's a lot of, like, cliches attached to Nigma.

Why, why do you think that is if, like, Kuro is so, so brilliant about the game?

Like I said, like, he, he m- m- I don't think he always, like, expresses his thoughts in the best way.

And as a coach it's a bit different, right? Like, he has to, like, show in the replay, right, "This, this, this has to happen," right? And, like, so- somebody else has to lead the team, you know, or, like, give direction, and it's not eas- not so easy to trans- to translate that, you know.

Like, like, knowing what needs to be done in the replay to, to the team directly.

I think it's maybe not, not as directly related to KuroKy, like, like, Nigma's performance than to just, like, the team personality itself maybe.