I'm well aware. The NA MDL has produced almost nothing in terms of good teams through all these years. A few talents here and there sure, but I can't think of a single good team that's gone through the MDL and done decent against top opposition outside the original Swole Patrol lineup. The EU will ALWAYS be superior compared to North America due to this exact reason. The tier 2-4 scene in NA is so weak that most of the talents just never gets a chance. And that leads to there being fewer top teams. There's so many good players in EU that has gone through the MDL, carried their teams through that league and then risen to the top. The only recent example I can think of in North America is grim, and before that? Stewie? Sure Chaos is good but they're not ready to beat top tier EU teams. Meh, it's always been like this and will probably always be like this, and that's fine as I don't really care that much for North American counterstrike, but it's fun to have at least some more international competition.

U are exactly right man

the fact that a team filled with streamers just having fun is at the top of t2-4 NA says enough about the scene tbh

keiti is talented adreN has a wealth of experience for this level polen is decent if they actually tried they could top na mdl time and time again, and maybe go further obviously na mdl is garbage