It’s no secret that NRG are favourites to make it to Masters Madrid out of the Americas League in spot 1 or spot 2 and due to their performance last year, they managed to avoid the group of death.
However, they did end up in group A alongside Cloud9, FURIA and MIBR who, in their respective ways, are mega teams as well.
The matchup between NRG and FURIA will be the first match of VCT in 2024 globally with the most popular league, The Americas, kicking off with the roster everyone is most hyped about.
After acquiring Demon1 and Ethan from Evil Geniuses, NRG formed a super team to try and gain the success that they were so close to achieving last season. With the addition of Marved from Sentinels, they look to be, on paper, the best team in the world.
However, fans aren’t quite convinced for good reasons since other teams in the league have played off season tournaments to showcase the skill and talent that they have. Most notably, Sentinels winning AfreecaTV against teams like Team Liquid, EDG, DRX and Paper Rex in December 2023.
NRG have yet to show anything even from scrims on how good they are and fans are going off of paper on how dominant NRG can be. The first VCT match of the year will be the first time anyone has seen this roster perform and criticism is coming from fans for Ethan’s first time IGL situation.
With NRG housing 5 powerhouses, the common conception of the match is going to be a 2-0 victory to the NA squad. However, don’t be too closed off to an upset with NRG going down to losers bracket since it is all unknown for this team. Going off of paper won’t always end with the correct result.
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