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GettingIt
Profile Joined August 2011
1656 Posts
September 21 2013 19:11 GMT
#41
Whoever wrote this was looking to my soul because I agree with all of it. Great writeup!
Navi
Profile Joined November 2009
5286 Posts
September 21 2013 19:20 GMT
#42
gooby why use the picture for the analyst desk with phreak
they have great chemistry with each other and kobe helped show that, but phreak made it super awkward by constantly clashing with montecristo

another cute thing - faker's 2 riven games yesterday were preceded by very little previous experience (no ranked history in korea on his main or in tournament play) except for his spam in NA solo queue - including a convincing win as AP riven (LOL)
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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
September 21 2013 20:15 GMT
#43
to be fair he could've just bought all of his AP items at the very end.
Navi
Profile Joined November 2009
5286 Posts
September 21 2013 20:17 GMT
#44
thats what i thought but yango told me the game time / gpm / kills cs etc. didn't add up (lichbane + void + dcap + 2 dorans or something)

probably started 2 dorans and was so fat that he just said "fuck it" and went that lich bane yolo
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JBright
Profile Joined September 2010
Vancouver14381 Posts
September 21 2013 20:19 GMT
#45
Genja is the story that keeps on giving. Even the analyst desk was dumbfounded by his build.
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Heouf
Profile Joined March 2012
Netherlands787 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-21 21:04:07
September 21 2013 21:00 GMT
#46
Well I don't get the NA stepping up. EU is stepping up more and they are not even in the top 5. On the rest I can agree on.
Gokba Alhakel
Kinie
Profile Joined December 2011
United States3106 Posts
September 21 2013 21:12 GMT
#47
The reason people think NA is stepping up is because TSM and Vulcan have appeared competitive, or have moments of brilliance, versus the Korean teams and OMG. OMG is just face stomping people, while the Korean teams have been kinda shaky at times, especially in the early game.
Navi
Profile Joined November 2009
5286 Posts
September 21 2013 21:20 GMT
#48
im not a rivington fan but he's a fantastic host
meh to alright caster but great host
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jaybrundage
Profile Joined December 2009
United States3921 Posts
September 21 2013 21:52 GMT
#49
Great Write up. Keep it up :D
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daemir
Profile Joined September 2010
Finland8662 Posts
September 21 2013 22:23 GMT
#50
Analyst desk best desk
ReketSomething
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6012 Posts
September 22 2013 02:05 GMT
#51
Haha the elephant in the room xD
Jaedong :3
RouaF
Profile Joined October 2010
France4121 Posts
September 22 2013 13:29 GMT
#52
tsm stepping it up in that last game
TundrA.
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada35 Posts
September 22 2013 15:45 GMT
#53
Sure League is casual, and Dota2 is TL's ARTS of choice, but its nice to see such reasonable coverage of a major esports event. S3 has been overall pretty good, even if their format made some late games into pure formalities; at least the teams put on troll games to entertain the fans.

Please keep up the LoL coverage! TL is my fav esports news and analysis site by a large margin, and its nice to see them write more about the game I play most. <3 TL!
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
September 22 2013 15:59 GMT
#54
On September 22 2013 04:06 DragoonTT wrote:
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On September 22 2013 04:03 Fubi wrote:
I also don't agree with all the harsh criticisms of Korean teams. If you look at it objectively, SKT beat everyone else and only lost one game against OMG, whom most people agree are playing like gods.


May point out deeper issues, though. SKT has repeatedly looked shaky Level 1/early game (feeding first bloods etc) but only OMG managed to hold on/snowball their lead since they can compete with SKT on an individual level

but they've shown dramatic improvement in that aspect though, even adopting the 'early 5 man group' thing vs omg. yea, their environemnt in korea didn't prepare them for the early game dives, and in some of the games it is they who played way too aggressive, but i think the adaptation they did make is very impressive.

ozone though is just wtf
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
Chexx
Profile Joined May 2011
Korea (South)11232 Posts
September 22 2013 16:06 GMT
#55
On September 23 2013 00:59 oneofthem wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 22 2013 04:06 DragoonTT wrote:
On September 22 2013 04:03 Fubi wrote:
I also don't agree with all the harsh criticisms of Korean teams. If you look at it objectively, SKT beat everyone else and only lost one game against OMG, whom most people agree are playing like gods.


May point out deeper issues, though. SKT has repeatedly looked shaky Level 1/early game (feeding first bloods etc) but only OMG managed to hold on/snowball their lead since they can compete with SKT on an individual level

but they've shown dramatic improvement in that aspect though, even adopting the 'early 5 man group' thing vs omg. yea, their environemnt in korea didn't prepare them for the early game dives, and in some of the games it is they who played way too aggressive, but i think the adaptation they did make is very impressive.

ozone though is just wtf

I heard the Sightstone has found the secret to Ozone's bad performance
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Noobity
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States871 Posts
September 22 2013 18:35 GMT
#56
I liked this writeup a lot.

Couple things I wanted to point out:

for 9, cold studios are necessary to keep the machines from overheating. I'm sure the last point was mostly a joke, but just a little something to note

I wouldn't watch the LCS championships if they were to remove the Wildcard/SEA teams from the equation. I watch it because it's an olympics-style competition with a bunch of different areas represented. It's the reason I don't watch the WCS, there's no equal representation. Before this becomes sidetracked, I'd like to point out that I do not care what your points are for getting rid of GG/Mineski situations. I understand most of the arguments against them being there, but I disagree, simply an opinion.

The level of... I don't know what you'd call racism based on countries/continents from a lot of people on this forum in general is a bit disgusting. NA has clearly stepped up their game, they played considerably better this LCS than they had in the previous. I haven't seen a single legitimate argument against that. You can disagree all you'd like, but to slight the leaps and bounds they've grown in skill is beyond insulting to anyone who wants to honestly discuss the tournament. If you cannot get your point across without making excuses or slighting the time, effort, practice, etc. of a team without clear examples proving your point then you're adding nothing useful to the conversation. Frankly I'd hoped the Korea/EU fanaticism was an SC2 specific phenomenon and it's pretty disappointing to see it show up here as well.
My name is Mike, and statistically, yours is not.
NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
September 22 2013 18:58 GMT
#57
For what it's worth, I think if you compare the NA teams in a vacuum, they did play better in Group Stage than during the Summer Playoffs, for example. That takes away nothing from Fnatic and Gambit, who have obviously been performing at a higher level on a regular basis.

I must admit that the nationalist response on reddit took Atrioc and I both by surprise. Frankly, it made me a little disappointed. We tried to make an interesting post about Groups but far too many people decided to tunnel vision on the lack of EU acknowledgement. Alas.
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33565 Posts
September 23 2013 10:37 GMT
#58
suck it Korea

except faker, he is cool
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
Azelja
Profile Joined May 2011
Japan762 Posts
September 23 2013 16:17 GMT
#59
That was a really nice write-up
Good job, yo :D
Requiem-
Profile Joined October 2011
Uruguay162 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-26 15:59:16
September 26 2013 15:54 GMT
#60
if you played dota you know china dota was the best(EHOME 2010 omg) and from sc2, top tier koreans are robots. Faker is a robot, madlife 2, now in LoL both are there i just wanna see them clash i was saying since day one it was KVC, Royal vs SKT1 most likely . GOGO SKT1

the only way to fix this is riot making the LCS/OGN/Garena/China like league time to time, this is going to balance the regions. ofc KoreaChina will be better but not something Faker/Cool like, those guys are beast.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sup Son
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