Its not confirmed if its for LCS though. Akadian mentioned on stream or twitter or something that all 10 players will be doing try outs for the next week or two and then the management will decide on the 5 LCS and 5 CS players will be. No 6 man bs

Gahlo

United States35172 Posts

May 27 2020 22:53 GMT

#126

His competition is Lourlo, no?

Sent.

Poland9296 Posts

May 27 2020 23:36 GMT

#127

It's not just Lourlo. If Dardoch somehow manages to make himself look much better than Akaadian, the management could decide it's better to let him play with his friend Lourlo instead of Viper.

Gahlo

United States35172 Posts

May 27 2020 23:49 GMT

#128

Sources are saying Huni to EG.

chipmonklord17

United States11944 Posts

May 27 2020 23:50 GMT

#129

My assumptions are that Lourlo and Dardoch and Akadian and Damonte will stay together, and that Froggen will not go to academy because its fucking Froggen, forcing Lourlo Dardoch to be the starters in LCS. I could be wrong but that all seems pretty plausible

On May 28 2020 08:49 Gahlo wrote:
Sources are saying Huni to EG.

And which of Jizuke and Bang are leaving for that to work.

Also totally unrelated to all of this but Jin Air fights for their CK spot today, should be pretty easy considering the team they're playing against literally doesn't have players listed on the wiki

Gahlo

United States35172 Posts

May 28 2020 00:02 GMT

#130

On May 28 2020 08:50 chipmonklord17 wrote:
My assumptions are that Lourlo and Dardoch and Akadian and Damonte will stay together, and that Froggen will not go to academy because its fucking Froggen, forcing Lourlo Dardoch to be the starters in LCS. I could be wrong but that all seems pretty plausible

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People were mentioning in the reddit thread that he's close to residency, so I wouldn't be surprised if they stashed him in Academy for a split if he can get it next year.

chipmonklord17

United States11944 Posts

May 28 2020 00:08 GMT

#131

I swear they scrapped that rule already. I forget if Huni was one of the last players that could get it or couldn't. I know Ssumday for example was just too late

Gahlo

United States35172 Posts

May 28 2020 00:35 GMT

#132

On May 28 2020 09:08 chipmonklord17 wrote:
I swear they scrapped that rule already. I forget if Huni was one of the last players that could get it or couldn't. I know Ssumday for example was just too late

Would make me think Huni would still be allowed, if that's true, since this is his 4th year in the last 5 in NA, dating back to Dec 2015, while Ssumday has been in NA since Dec 2016.

edit: Looking at the 2020 rule book, Froggen, Huni, and Reignover will become residents next year if they play over 50% of the games in each split. The only other player that can get residency based on time is Shrimp in 2023.(Appendix A)

The criteria for the rule(2.2.2) is to players on both LCS and Challenger teams, but isn't clear if Academy games will apply, though I could see how one could claim that Academy has a regular season.

chipmonklord17

United States11944 Posts

May 28 2020 00:47 GMT

#133

With that being the case I 100% expect Lourlo/Dardoch/Froggen/Jonsun/Aphro as the Dig starting roster.

Huni to EG would be really weird if that were the case, who would you be subbing out? I guess Bang and Deftly would swap for 50% of the matches? Does that include playoffs? I just don't see EG handicapping their ability to go to worlds this year, just so they could run Huni full time next year. Unless they are so convinced NA is free (it is) that they can cruise to the 2nd or 3rd spot with a sometimes Huni/Sven/Jizuke/Deftly/Zeyzal sometimes Kumo/Sven/Jizuke/Bang/Zeyzal. Which tbh doesn't sound impossible. They'd really only be competing with Fly and TSM, maybe TL if they pick themselves back up

EDIT: It would HAVE to be those configurations because their Academy mid seems to be imported as well

Gahlo

United States35172 Posts

May 28 2020 00:48 GMT

#134

On May 28 2020 09:47 chipmonklord17 wrote:
With that being the case I 100% expect Lourlo/Dardoch/Froggen/Jonsun/Aphro as the Dig starting roster.

Huni to EG would be really weird if that were the case, who would you be subbing out? I guess Bang and Deftly would swap for 50% of the matches? Does that include playoffs? I just don't see EG handicapping their ability to go to worlds this year, just so they could run Huni full time next year. Unless they are so convinced NA is free (it is) that they can cruise to the 2nd or 3rd spot with a sometimes Huni/Sven/Jizuke/Deftly/Zeyzal sometimes Kumi/Sven/Jizuke/Bang/Zeyzal. Which tbh doesn't sound impossible. They'd really only be competing with Fly and TSM, maybe TL if they pick themselves back up

It's regular season games, so playoffs wouldn't count for or against a player.

chipmonklord17

United States11944 Posts

May 28 2020 00:52 GMT

#135

In retrospect that's a stupid question, because either roster configuration should easily slide into playoffs at the very least, where import rules would still apply. The question is can either of those rosters get top 3? Which, assuming TSM and TL will be better this split than last, and that those swaps will probably give them a worse regular season record, seems highly unlikely.

Although if there's any year to gamble your spot at worlds its the year that a worlds spot at all is a gamble with COVID so hey, maybe not THAT dumb

Also all logic and reason aside, EG Huni seems like some of the best brand synergy in the LCS

Gahlo

United States35172 Posts

May 28 2020 01:03 GMT

#136

Way I see it is that EG can afford to not get brand backlash for not making it to Worlds this year. Especially if its due to a player as popular as Huni is. C9, TSM, and TL on the other hand are expected to make it to Worlds from an organizational standpoint.

Gahlo

United States35172 Posts

May 28 2020 01:14 GMT

#137

Kayle_bot on reddit, who iirc used to work at Clutch and now works at LEC said Academy counts too, so EG won't have to roster juggle to get Huni residency next year, they'd just need to sit him in Academy.

chipmonklord17

United States11944 Posts

May 28 2020 01:15 GMT

#138

I think when you spend EG tier money to get into the league in the first place you damn well better make worlds. People like Huni, but people also meme on him hard core by this point so I feel like the amount you gain from having him might not actually get offset by the flaming and the memes if they lose out on a worlds spot with him

On May 28 2020 10:14 Gahlo wrote:
Kayle_bot on reddit, who iirc used to work at Clutch and now works at LEC said Academy counts too, so EG won't have to roster juggle to get Huni residency next year, they'd just need to sit him in Academy.

Very big if true. That would explain how Fenix is currently a resident as well no? Follow up question, does Huni then become resident after the LCS split or after worlds? Even if they made it to worlds they'd still run into this problem.

oo_Wonderful_oo

The land of freedom23126 Posts

May 28 2020 01:35 GMT

#139

On May 28 2020 10:15 chipmonklord17 wrote:
I think when you spend EG tier money to get into the league in the first place you damn well better make worlds. People like Huni, but people also meme on him hard core by this point so I feel like the amount you gain from having him might not actually get offset by the flaming and the memes if they lose out on a worlds spot with him

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Making Worlds does not turn stones into gold in LoL, it's not TI. If anything, financially World Championship is almost a joke, unless your fanbase is LPL-tier massive, so you can get meaningful sticker money.

Only thing any LCS squad should care about is winning the league itself. If EG can simply carve out one good split out of Huni in 2021 in addition to other roster changes, it's still miles ahead of where they can be competition-wise with Kumo.

Gahlo

United States35172 Posts

May 28 2020 01:36 GMT

#140

The rulebook specifies it as Spring 2021.

Sidenote, they can watch Huni play in Academy with in house knowledge of what's going on with him, so even if an option comes up in the offseason that they prefer, they would now have a resident Huni bargaining chip.