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Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
November 27 2017 18:18 GMT
#201
Official: C9 Sven
NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
November 27 2017 18:40 GMT
#202
Wonder if Jensen is content with that change. zz
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Slusher
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States19143 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-11-27 19:48:56
November 27 2017 19:47 GMT
#203
How underwhelming. Sven is ok possibly good, as an import slot he’s trash.

TBH if you are a team that played thru mid even in a bot centric meta (looking at you tsm and c9) I don’t know how Moon wasn’t your first choice.
Carrilord has arrived.
GrandInquisitor *
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
New York City13113 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-11-27 20:09:03
November 27 2017 20:08 GMT
#204
Are import slots really that valuable? Is the average replacement import player that much better than the average replacement domestic player?

Sure, by getting Sven you deny yourself the possibility of getting Faker as an import. But realistically, it probably just denies you from signing Seraph or some shit.
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chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-11-27 21:32:46
November 27 2017 20:14 GMT
#205
On November 28 2017 05:08 GrandInquisitor wrote:
Are import slots really that valuable? Is the average replacement import player that much better than the average replacement domestic player?

Sure, by getting Sven you deny yourself the possibility of getting Faker as an import. But realistically, it probably just denies you from signing Seraph or some shit.


I mean for C9 it kind of is. Moon + import top sounds better than NA top + Sven

EDIT: Ignore me I confused Wunder and Trashy
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
November 27 2017 20:15 GMT
#206
On November 28 2017 05:08 GrandInquisitor wrote:
Are import slots really that valuable? Is the average replacement import player that much better than the average replacement domestic player?

Sure, by getting Sven you deny yourself the possibility of getting Faker as an import. But realistically, it probably just denies you from signing Seraph or some shit.

Depends on what spot you're importing. NA has bad mids so people started importing. Now there's too many good imports so players are switching from mid. Using an import on a position like support, which has a good talent pool, is pretty stupid unless they're exceptional and your roster already has some solid pieces in it.
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
November 27 2017 20:21 GMT
#207
Import slots are flexibility as well as upside. This is why, even though people like the Sven-Mithy bothlane, importing the duo is dangerous. It means if Bjerg, Hauntzer, or Mikeyeung get hurt or go into the tank you are going to have to get an NA player to fill in.

On C9 they have Sven/Jensen as imports, thus are basically locked into Licorice, Sneaky, & Smoothie. If Licorice sucks, Ray can't sub in. Top talent in NA is pretty rough, so that is a tough place to be.
Freeeeeeedom
Slusher
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States19143 Posts
November 27 2017 21:37 GMT
#208
I mean I said this about Flarez before his debut, but Licorice is really really good in solo.
Carrilord has arrived.
chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
November 27 2017 21:55 GMT
#209
Is there a separate roster lock for the academy teams? Seems a little weird that no news has come out about them
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
November 27 2017 21:57 GMT
#210
Official: FQ Flame
LightningStrike
Profile Joined February 2011
United States14277 Posts
November 27 2017 22:22 GMT
#211
Olleh offically joins Team Liquid
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DarkCore
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany4194 Posts
November 27 2017 23:27 GMT
#212
On November 28 2017 05:21 cLutZ wrote:
Import slots are flexibility as well as upside. This is why, even though people like the Sven-Mithy bothlane, importing the duo is dangerous. It means if Bjerg, Hauntzer, or Mikeyeung get hurt or go into the tank you are going to have to get an NA player to fill in.

On C9 they have Sven/Jensen as imports, thus are basically locked into Licorice, Sneaky, & Smoothie. If Licorice sucks, Ray can't sub in. Top talent in NA is pretty rough, so that is a tough place to be.


It's so funny reading this, because it kind of implies that NA has no domestic talent to fill the slots.
Fixed a bug where LeBlanc could lose
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
November 27 2017 23:33 GMT
#213
On November 28 2017 08:27 DarkCore wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 28 2017 05:21 cLutZ wrote:
Import slots are flexibility as well as upside. This is why, even though people like the Sven-Mithy bothlane, importing the duo is dangerous. It means if Bjerg, Hauntzer, or Mikeyeung get hurt or go into the tank you are going to have to get an NA player to fill in.

On C9 they have Sven/Jensen as imports, thus are basically locked into Licorice, Sneaky, & Smoothie. If Licorice sucks, Ray can't sub in. Top talent in NA is pretty rough, so that is a tough place to be.


It's so funny reading this, because it kind of implies that NA has no domestic talent to fill the slots.

Na is the smallest player base of any of the major regions and has the worst average ping as well. Scouting is harder, and all the evidence we have is that the scrim culture is not good enough for you to properly evaluate players. So, yea, there isn't the talent, or if there is, its hard to know. If you suddenly became the best toplaner in the world, and live in Miami, it would probably be next years off-season before you got a serious look.
Freeeeeeedom
starkiller123
Profile Joined January 2016
United States4030 Posts
November 27 2017 23:34 GMT
#214
On November 28 2017 08:27 DarkCore wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 28 2017 05:21 cLutZ wrote:
Import slots are flexibility as well as upside. This is why, even though people like the Sven-Mithy bothlane, importing the duo is dangerous. It means if Bjerg, Hauntzer, or Mikeyeung get hurt or go into the tank you are going to have to get an NA player to fill in.

On C9 they have Sven/Jensen as imports, thus are basically locked into Licorice, Sneaky, & Smoothie. If Licorice sucks, Ray can't sub in. Top talent in NA is pretty rough, so that is a tough place to be.


It's so funny reading this, because it kind of implies that NA has no domestic talent to fill the slots.

well its true lol
dsyxelic
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1417 Posts
November 28 2017 00:30 GMT
#215
imagine if pobelter was donezo

the great TL roster can go to hot garbage in a blink of an eye with no replacement

TL/SKT
chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
November 28 2017 01:21 GMT
#216
On November 28 2017 09:30 dsyxelic wrote:
imagine if pobelter was donezo

the great TL roster can go to hot garbage in a blink of an eye with no replacement



I assume whoever their Academy Team roster has as a mid laner would be from NA
Slusher
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States19143 Posts
November 28 2017 01:26 GMT
#217
It’s probably goldenglue lol
Carrilord has arrived.
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10584 Posts
November 28 2017 01:31 GMT
#218
TL HYPEEEE cant wait for impact to get announced.
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Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
November 28 2017 01:35 GMT
#219
If the finals isn't TSM/TL in the Spring, something has gone horribly wrong.
dsyxelic
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1417 Posts
November 28 2017 01:59 GMT
#220
On November 28 2017 10:21 chipmonklord17 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 28 2017 09:30 dsyxelic wrote:
imagine if pobelter was donezo

the great TL roster can go to hot garbage in a blink of an eye with no replacement



I assume whoever their Academy Team roster has as a mid laner would be from NA


exactly

which would be some trash NA CS level mid or goldenglue
TL/SKT
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