@SideshowGaming thinks it's too early to call NYXL chokers but they've choked in 4 of 6 playoff series :thinking:
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Only one I think you could make an argument for is the loss to Valiant, Stage 1 vs London they got reverse swept and the other two series they were clear favorites (and imo getting stomped by a clear underdog is a choke)
Losing to Valiant & Fusion were not chokes. In Stage 4 and particularly playoffs they had a wrong read on the meta. Wrong gameplan leading to loss =/= choke. Even the reverse sweep vs LDN is arguable, each map was very close. A choke is when you PLAY a lot worse, like vs Seoul
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Teams have natural ebbs and flows in their level of performance, they're not robots, better teams do lose. But in the game against Seoul, it was clear that NYXL performed WAY worse than usual and couldn't get back into the series. That's the choke.
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Like I said in my other reply, I guess a lot of this comes down to the semantics of "choke" which we view differently. Ultimately though I think after their dominant run during the regular season last year, only having 2 stage titles for hardware is a disappointment.
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