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United Kingdom50293 Posts
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Another top mid-laner for europe! That's really exiting! I just hope the language barrier does not become a problem for them.
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I wish they could have taken Godbro, but I'm not sure if he would be able to live in the gaming house. Aside from that, the only player free in EU right now that would be as good of a pick up is Perkz in my opinion, and he is not old enough to play LCS. Another risky pickup would have been Eika but I don't think he has shown enough promise to warrant the spot above Ryu, all in all in is a decent pick up, but he certainly isn't the player he used to be, and isn't even top 5 in Europe in my opinion.
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On January 10 2015 23:27 Howspiffing wrote:
I wish they could have taken Godbro, but I'm not sure if he would be able to live in the gaming house. Aside from that, the only player free in EU right now that would be as good of a pick up is Perkz in my opinion, and he is not old enough to play LCS. Another risky pickup would have been Eika but I don't think he has shown enough promise to warrant the spot above Ryu, all in all in is a decent pick up, but he certainly isn't the player he used to be, and isn't even top 5 in Europe in my opinion.
Might be true but the potential certainly is there. He also has a good bit experience under his belt.
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Bearded Elder29904 Posts
Well, I don' think that was the best choice for H2K.
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Really curious if we won't have a Seraph copy situation. We'll see.
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On January 10 2015 23:46 LoLEscapist wrote:
Really curious if we won't have a Seraph copy situation. We'll see.
With his disappointing results during his stints on other european teams, it seems entirely plausible.
However, to play devil's advocate: Seraph was only a sub for OGN teams, never any sort of star. Ryu was a top koreans midlaner before Faker came around.
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On January 10 2015 23:37 739 wrote:
Well, I don' think that was the best choice for H2K.
Who was though? Most others were grabbed already.
I am cautiosly optimistic that he will do much better than he has shown so far. People were always saying how good he was ins scrims etc.
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European midlane is stacked as always. Especially if Ryu can get out of his recent slump, in which I'm pretty confident.
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I mean they didn't have a lot of options given the timing but, lol
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well 3rd times the charm I guess...
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United States23455 Posts
This is the time where Ryu conquers Europe.
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Poor Ryu has gotten passed around like a cheap whore. I hope he actually has a chance to stabilize, both in his play and team situation
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Baa?21244 Posts
#freeryu
please become good again Ryu :<
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On January 11 2015 00:25 Redox wrote:Show nested quote +On January 10 2015 23:37 739 wrote:
Well, I don' think that was the best choice for H2K. Who was though? Most others were grabbed already.
I think it's time for Tabzz's glorious return to midlane.
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I wonder where Kerp is going? Surely all these teams that needed a midlaner in EU didn't pass him up for Nukeduck and Ryu?
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I've heard enough about a trackball 
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He didnt seem any good when he played with MILL. Best of luck for h2k tho.
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On January 11 2015 07:39 McTaters wrote:
I wonder where Kerp is going? Surely all these teams that needed a midlaner in EU didn't pass him up for Nukeduck and Ryu?
Depends whether H2K are gambling on Ryu returning to peak or near-peak form after some time in LCS. Certainly Ryu looked pretty trash in Expansion, but there's no question Ryu's peak form was miles ahead of Kerp's.
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poor ryu, getting tossed around. This may be his last chance
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On January 11 2015 07:39 McTaters wrote:
I wonder where Kerp is going? Surely all these teams that needed a midlaner in EU didn't pass him up for Nukeduck and Ryu?
i could agree maybe on Ryu's recent form but take kerp over nukeduck?
not for me.
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You guys dont even know if Kerp is playing anymore. At least I have seen him nowhere.
In pro League motivation and mindset is extremely important, not just your ability to make a great play once in a while. Which is also why for example signing Tabbz never was an issue.
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On January 11 2015 06:09 Fionn wrote:
This is the time where Ryu conquers Europe.
Idk, I find it hard to believe that Ryu can return to his former self after Faker destroyed him in that mirror Zed VS Zed matchup in summer 2013. Especially when you consider how stacked Europe is in terms of their mid laners' talent pool (PowerOfEvil, NukeDuck, Froggen, etc) and also his recent performance in Europe during the promotional tournament. Also his difficulty to communicate with the rest of his team due to language barriers. I can't help but feel that Ryu has been doing downhill after KT Rolster Bullets lost to SKT T1 in the summer 2013 final as well as the regional gauntlet later on.
But here's to hoping that he can indeed make a comeback and show his former prowess as we remember him from back in the KT Rolster Bullets prime days.
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I really don't believe that Ryu will succeed which is pretty sad because he has shown massive skill in season 3. But that is almost two years ago and when he returned to jungle he looked really poor. He then goes on to look even worse with a return to the midlane in the Expansion tournament. Look pretty poor at IEM as well, in my eyes there's no hope for Ryu or H2k. I feel like there has to have been better opportunities on the solo queue ladder. One thing that Ryu does have going for him is his experience working in a team environment for a long time back in Korea, but with questionable English skill I feel like it will be hard for him to succeed in EU. Of course we can't blame Ryu for the demise of Millenium, that roster was pretty much doomed to fail, with last minute Korean ringers and a burnt out Creaton, plus a subpar support in JRee.
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On January 11 2015 21:00 SlightlyOnTheSly wrote:Show nested quote +On January 11 2015 06:09 Fionn wrote:
This is the time where Ryu conquers Europe. Idk, I find it hard to believe that Ryu can return to his former self after Faker destroyed him in that mirror Zed VS Zed matchup in summer 2013. Especially when you consider how stacked Europe is in terms of their mid laners' talent pool (PowerOfEvil, NukeDuck, Froggen, etc) and also his recent performance in Europe during the promotional tournament. Also his difficulty to communicate with the rest of his team due to language barriers. I can't help but feel that Ryu has been doing downhill after KT Rolster Bullets lost to SKT T1 in the summer 2013 final as well as the regional gauntlet later on. But here's to hoping that he can indeed make a comeback and show his former prowess as we remember him from back in the KT Rolster Bullets prime days.
Do you really count PowerOfEvil to the best midlaners in Europe already?
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He's gonna have a magnifying glass on him every single game and will get roasted for every mistake. I almost hope his English isn't great so he can't understand all the hate (baseless and justified) he gets. Hope he can turn his performance around and show why so many EU teams have turned to him.
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On January 12 2015 01:57 nehl wrote:Show nested quote +On January 11 2015 21:00 SlightlyOnTheSly wrote:On January 11 2015 06:09 Fionn wrote:
This is the time where Ryu conquers Europe. Idk, I find it hard to believe that Ryu can return to his former self after Faker destroyed him in that mirror Zed VS Zed matchup in summer 2013. Especially when you consider how stacked Europe is in terms of their mid laners' talent pool (PowerOfEvil, NukeDuck, Froggen, etc) and also his recent performance in Europe during the promotional tournament. Also his difficulty to communicate with the rest of his team due to language barriers. I can't help but feel that Ryu has been doing downhill after KT Rolster Bullets lost to SKT T1 in the summer 2013 final as well as the regional gauntlet later on. But here's to hoping that he can indeed make a comeback and show his former prowess as we remember him from back in the KT Rolster Bullets prime days. Do you really count PowerOfEvil to the best midlaners in Europe already?
You're right, it might be too soon to consider him among the ranks of best mid laners in europe. His performance against Bjergsen at IEM was pretty convincing though. Will reserve that opinion as the european lcs progresses.
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They should have tried to get someone like SozPurefect
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EPT![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/uzS7hYW.png)
Fabian "Febiven" Diepstraten H2K has announced his replacement will be former KT Bullets and Millenium player 
Yoo “Ryu” Sang-ook
Andrei "Odoamne" Pascu (Top)
Jean-Victor "Loulex" Burgevin (Jungle)
Petter "Hjarnan" Freyschuss (ADC)
Erih "Voidle" Sommermann (Support)
