Western teams are definitely in great form this year, making things interesting again

In Europe, G2 has been on a tear, sweeping FearX and Gen.G back-to-back, pulling off a reverse sweep against TES at MSI, and even taking down T1 3-1.
At EWC, Karmine Corp settled the hierarchy by beating AL and T1 in a Bo3 to advance to the finals.
While North America can't quite compete with Eastern teams at that level, the European teams are doing an incredible job of asserting dominance, and Ryan is playing at a level that's almost "ex-NA" quality.