EPT[IPL4] Online Qualifier - Page 8
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Haasts
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wei2coolman
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arnath
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Stream link: http://www.twitch.tv/IPLLoL (Follow us!) Time: 11:00 PST / 14:00 EST / 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET CLG.eu vs exGBT in the IPL4 Qualifier Ro16 at a Euro-friendly time. =) Qualifier Brackets: http://ipl.playhem.com/ipl4-lol-qualifier#!/lol/main Ro8 games begin this Saturday. | ||
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MyTHicaL
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On a side note this last ro16 game should be very intense! ;O | ||
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Dgiese
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On February 23 2012 03:18 MyTHicaL wrote: I find it ridiculous that the EU teams are losing purely because of lag/server issues. They should be playing on neutral servers like in anything else. Gogo orgas for giving a much needed advantage to the NA teams; yeah I'm talking about SK (Also who the hell decided to penalize them 0-1 ? random bull) On a side note this last ro16 game should be very intense! ;O SK showed up late, despite the time being set well in advance and being made known to both teams. Some tournaments have a relaxed approach to this, but apparently IPL doesn't. I believe candypanda was the one that was late, and he was late by about 30 minutes - an hour. It doesn't seem as though a one match disadvantage is too harsh, considering the alternative of full DQ. IPL has a schedule to keep, ideally they would have bumped up Curse VS Reflex, but then that would be unfair to everyone else. As for servers, there isn't any 'neutral ground' that they can use to give equal pings. Where possible they have been running matches on EU (where both teams are from EU), but it is an American tournament, it makes sense that the games would be played on American servers. If there were a European tournament that NA teams wished to be a part of, you can bet that they'd be playing on the EU servers. That's why teams like TSM and CLG.eu are so smart, they realize these things, and take measures to acclimatize themselves in advance. Fortunately the tournament proper is a lan, so there won't be lag issues. But to be honest, the only surprising results have been SK and Fnatic dropping out, and their performances are generally known to be mercurial. | ||
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Doctorbeat
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Casting is pretty horrible. CLG in a lead atm. 5k gold lead at 24 min. | ||
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MyTHicaL
France1070 Posts
On February 23 2012 03:48 Dgiese wrote: SK showed up late, despite the time being set well in advance and being made known to both teams. Some tournaments have a relaxed approach to this, but apparently IPL doesn't. I believe candypanda was the one that was late, and he was late by about 30 minutes - an hour. It doesn't seem as though a one match disadvantage is too harsh, considering the alternative of full DQ. IPL has a schedule to keep, ideally they would have bumped up Curse VS Reflex, but then that would be unfair to everyone else. As for servers, there isn't any 'neutral ground' that they can use to give equal pings. Where possible they have been running matches on EU (where both teams are from EU), but it is an American tournament, it makes sense that the games would be played on American servers. If there were a European tournament that NA teams wished to be a part of, you can bet that they'd be playing on the EU servers. That's why teams like TSM and CLG.eu are so smart, they realize these things, and take measures to acclimatize themselves in advance. Fortunately the tournament proper is a lan, so there won't be lag issues. But to be honest, the only surprising results have been SK and Fnatic dropping out, and their performances are generally known to be mercurial. Asia would be a neutral server derp. Whatever, they need better casters as well... And where is TSM/CLG.na ??? I might have missed something here but then explain it to me. ps: SK/fntc are the top euw teams so I don't see how you could ever name them as mercurial... | ||
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daemir
Finland8662 Posts
Ain't that basicly what TSM did? They get like 100 ping to EUW? Which is what I get from northern finland to EUW servers, 96-110. Not up to tournament organizers to handle that ofc. | ||
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Two_DoWn
United States13684 Posts
On February 23 2012 05:03 MyTHicaL wrote: Asia would be a neutral server derp. Whatever, they need better casters as well... And where is TSM/CLG.na ??? I might have missed something here but then explain it to me. ps: SK/fntc are the top euw teams so I don't see how you could ever name them as mercurial... First- check the first couple posts. TSM and CLG already qualified Second- Its an American tournament. Not sure what you arent getting about that. If it is a qualifier MEANT to be played on NA servers, why would they make a special exception for some teams and not others? The EU teams knew what it meant when they signed up. Some practiced in the same conditions. Some didnt. Thats their fault. Third- Fnatic wouldnt have qualified anyway. Its an online tourney. And SK has been pretty damn terrible as of late. Clearly a B tier EU team behind CLG, M5, and you can easily make an arugment they are behind Mistral (Al now I think) and Sypher. | ||
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daemir
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Dgiese
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TSM CLG.na are already qualified. CLG TSM Dig and someone else (eg?) were invited, and the current tourney is a qualifier to find 4 teams to face off against them. And yes, SK and Fnatic are top teams, and are capable of bar none, the best play in the world. However, Fnatic's hot and cold performances (especially in online events) is well documented. They normally rock the house at lans, but for whatever reason they don't bring the thunder online. Same goes for SK, they are capable of great play, but they are hot and cold. Both teams results show this. It's not as though they are the only hot and cold teams in the world though, teams like Dignitas are similar. But the simple fact is, you never know if SK and Fnatic are going to bring their A game on any given day, I feel like mercurial is the perfect way to describe them. | ||
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Redox
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Dgiese
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daemir
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arnath
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Doctorbeat
Netherlands13241 Posts
But late game CLG's comp just shreds them to pieces. | ||
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Redox
Germany24794 Posts
On February 23 2012 05:25 Dgiese wrote: exgbt banned cass, aniv and galio Ok targetting Froggen is reasonable, but banning Ahri was a must. (would have said the same before the game, even though I sound like a smartass now) He is always laughing about how op that champ is. On stream I heard him even announce his kills before he goes in. Bascially it is a mid lane kill everytime the ult is up. but yeah overall great play by him. Wickd did good too, having nearly double the cs of Riven. | ||
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Dgiese
United States2687 Posts
The odds were against them anyway, so at least they got to pick their poison (getting blown up by ahri, instead of aniva, etc) | ||
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