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On March 01 2017 15:09 Redox wrote:And OG is having an even bigger meltdown: http://as.com/esports/2017/02/27/league_of_legends/1488215984_412848.html#english-versionPeke trying to play mid again, probably not well practiced at all. Nae-Hyun going to support without any experience while Hiva is benched. Wisdom benched as well and they signed "Cinkrof" from Baskonia as new jungler. And now according to the article this guy does not even want to play for OG anymore because they play so bad, so now it is open who they have. Yeah, it is almost comical how bad this is.
Ok yeah this one stinks of a full-blown trainwreck. OG used to be a top EU team back when they had Zven/Niels and Mithy in the botlane but I haven't really followed the team after those two left, what happened to them?
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
iirc youngbin was an adc main before his time on TLA, so the move is less weird than it may seem. At the very least this should be a TL lineup that avoids relegation, although I can't be confident in much more than that.
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Bigger shitshow, TL or OG? TL has been a trainwreck for longer, but OG managed to go from Worlds Semifinalist to relagationer in a year and probably won't stay in to see the end of the season.
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United States37500 Posts
TL by far. OG made it to semis on raw talent but failed to secure their roster nor did they manage to fill in their gaps. TL on the other hand, has regularly touted a quality lineup but never performed up to expectations (insert Curse/TL 4th meme here) and somehow it's gotten worse this season despite more funding and larger staff. It's some very thinking shit.
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On March 02 2017 04:41 NeoIllusions wrote:
TL by far. OG made it to semis on raw talent but failed to secure their roster nor did they manage to fill in their gaps. TL on the other hand, has regularly touted a quality lineup but never performed up to expectations (insert Curse/TL 4th meme here) and somehow it's gotten worse this season despite more funding and larger staff. It's some very thinking shit.
I'd have to agree with Neo. TL had not only just had quality squads they had squads with top 3-5 picks/ranks in multiple positions for a few splits.
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Dunno I think OG is a bigger disaster because at some point they actually were a top 3 Western team and now they don't even deserve to be 10th in a very weak EU LCS. They're straight up garbage. From a Worlds semifinalist to Velocity esports tier. On the other hand TL went from one of the best to one of the worst in NA LCS but unlike OG theyr'e still good enough to stay in their league and that's in 2017 where NA LCS is clearly better than EU LCS.
If we're taking about hype levels then TL is definitely a bigger fuckup but that's because EU is terrible at hyping up their teams ever since Alliance got Kabumed.
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expectation wise TL is the bigger screw up but in terms of org management OG is a catastrophe
peke may not even have a league organization in the LCS by the end of this split (or year). it's a very likely situation since their team is just straight garbage even in terms of CS
TL even with all their deficiencies should still be strong enough to stay in the LCS and on the business side of things steve has done pretty well if not stellar. OG is failing on all fronts, they legit have nothing going for them. at least TL has money lol.
+ Show Spoiler [shitty analogy] +
TL is the rich kid that has been told he's smart all his life and did well in high school until he gets to college and gets utterly rekt
OG is the small town kid who had an incredible year getting tons of awards and accolades and all the scholarships to the best schools. after a stellar freshman year his model girlfriend leaves him for a better man. he becomes a crack addict and now is about to live on the streets
both flunked out of school, one is far worse off
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Fnatic is probably a contender for this.
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To be honest qt makes sense from the standpoint they will suck no matter what, do rake in the PR. Equally sensible by qt to turn them down though lol.
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But I mean... surely they could find a better ADC no?
There has to be one high level challenger player who would be willing to try. Lol.
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On March 04 2017 04:55 iCanada wrote:
But I mean... surely they could find a better ADC no?
There has to be one high level challenger player who would be willing to try. Lol.
apparently they tried out saber who is a pretty well known challenger player that isnt locked onto a challenger team
in the pool of names mentioned for tryouts (youngbin, link, saber) he is definitely regarded as the big favorite there but must've been some reason (prob communication/synergy not skill)
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I'm just looking forward to see Piglet surprise everyone and go full Faker++ beastmode. Mark my words!
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GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
Goldenglue downloading Heroes of the Storm as we speak
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is awesome32278 Posts
On March 04 2017 12:50 GrandInquisitor wrote:
Goldenglue downloading Heroes of the Storm as we speak
loool
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On March 04 2017 12:50 GrandInquisitor wrote:
Goldenglue downloading Heroes of the Storm as we speak
Piglet was impressively good mid even if he was laning against Pob, who probably has the ignoble honor of being 2nd worst mid in NA.
I'm not sure if this is enough for TL to do even make playoffs let alone do well, but definitely enough to avoid relegations. If only they don't have to drag a Fabby-clone down 50 CS out of laning into teamfights though.
Also based on the post-game interview and rumors, I'd attach a high confidence to weight Youngbin as ADC being heavily based on his relationship as Piglet's friend, rather than any actual tryout skill performance.
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I would think that him having a past with TLA made him obvious favorite, kinda used to their system already, although he was very underwhelming as mid in CS and on important games pretty much always sucked
I am happy piglet is a good mid tho, hopefully they won't find a very exploitable flaw before TL gets more wins!
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On March 04 2017 22:41 St3MoR wrote:
I would think that him having a past with TLA made him obvious favorite, kinda used to their system already, although he was very underwhelming as mid in CS and on important games pretty much always sucked
I am happy piglet is a good mid tho, hopefully they won't find a very exploitable flaw before TL gets more wins!
The ban a bunch of adc strats worked pretty well for IMT game one. Reapered/Parth/FlyQuest are gonna out draft the shit out of them
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On March 05 2017 02:01 chipmonklord17 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 04 2017 22:41 St3MoR wrote:
I would think that him having a past with TLA made him obvious favorite, kinda used to their system already, although he was very underwhelming as mid in CS and on important games pretty much always sucked
I am happy piglet is a good mid tho, hopefully they won't find a very exploitable flaw before TL gets more wins! The ban a bunch of adc strats worked pretty well for IMT game one. Reapered/Parth/FlyQuest are gonna out draft the shit out of them
In Midlet we trust!
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United States37500 Posts
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