EPTI'm actually not sure whether TPA is in a massive slump or they just don't care about anything other than GPL at the moment.
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Dan HH
Romania9135 Posts
I'm actually not sure whether TPA is in a massive slump or they just don't care about anything other than GPL at the moment. | ||
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Letmelose
Korea (South)3227 Posts
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Diamond
United States10796 Posts
Here is the Reddit thread for it, please check it out! http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1c30sc/2_hours_from_this_post_we_vs_ig_face_off_in_an/ | ||
TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On April 10 2013 21:57 Dan HH wrote: I'm actually not sure whether TPA is in a massive slump or they just don't care about anything other than GPL at the moment. My personal feeling is that it's a combination of: - Stanley's weak 1v2 being exposed further in S3 than S2 - Common mid champion pool focused on assassins/gankers that Toyz isn't suited for - Loss of Mistake | ||
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AA.spoon
Belgium331 Posts
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justiceknight
Singapore5741 Posts
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ESLAsia
Hong Kong218 Posts
iG vs. Najin Sword tonight (03:00 PST - 06:00 EST - 12:00 CEST - 18:00 SGT - 19:00 KST - 20:00 SYD) On April 11 2013 20:27 justiceknight wrote: any VOD for IG vs WE? and spoiler for result? You can find the previous VODs (including iG vs. WE) at this address : http://www.twitch.tv/eslasia | ||
Chexx
Korea (South)11232 Posts
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AA.spoon
Belgium331 Posts
Every time I see him play he gets outlaned. Now he is even losing vs IG.Kid who is an adc player. Maknoon definately can't compete with expression, shy or other korean toplaners. I like the jayce+khazix combo from IG. Good poke. | ||
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Letmelose
Korea (South)3227 Posts
On April 16 2013 20:28 AA.spoon wrote: Why do people think maknoon is a great toplaner? Every time I see him play he gets outlaned. Now he is even losing vs IG.Kid who is an adc player. Maknoon definately can't compete with expression, shy or other korean toplaners. I like the jayce+khazix combo from IG. Good poke. Najin Sword focuses a lot of their plays based on Maknoon. He certainly is capable of carrying the game by himself, but if you watch a lot of their games you'll often notice how Watch babysits the top lane. Maknoon is a top class player, and has been for quite some time, but there are superior top-laners as of now. Maknoon himself admitted that Expession is individually more talented than himself. I personally rate Shy, Ssumday, and Flame ahead of Maknoon currently, and that's just counting the Korean scene. | ||
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Chexx
Korea (South)11232 Posts
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Dan HH
Romania9135 Posts
On April 16 2013 20:28 AA.spoon wrote: Why do people think maknoon is a great toplaner? Every time I see him play he gets outlaned. Now he is even losing vs IG.Kid who is an adc player. Maknoon definately can't compete with expression, shy or other korean toplaners. I like the jayce+khazix combo from IG. Good poke. Because he speaks English in public and Ssumday, PDD, Expression, etc. don't. Same goes for Locodoco and Reapered. Don't get me wrong, they're all great players but that one single fact is what differentiates them in the eyes of the western viewers from others that are at least as skilled | ||
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Chexx
Korea (South)11232 Posts
On April 16 2013 21:16 Dan HH wrote: Because he speaks English in public and Ssumday, PDD, Expression, etc. don't. Same goes for Locodoco and Reapered. Don't get me wrong, they're all great players but that one single fact is what differentiates them in the eyes of the western viewers from others that are at least as skilled thats right. Nobody else knows how to represent themself. Illusion misses a lot of stuns with his elise | ||
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AA.spoon
Belgium331 Posts
On April 16 2013 21:16 Dan HH wrote: Because he speaks English in public and Ssumday, PDD, Expression, etc. don't. Same goes for Locodoco and Reapered. Don't get me wrong, they're all great players but that one single fact is what differentiates them in the eyes of the western viewers from others that are at least as skilled Oh that explains it for loco too. I love IG. They always come up with some cheesy/uncommon strat. now they are playing pantheon, a champion that in my experience is useless 20+min in the game. Curious what will happen. | ||
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foxmeep
Australia2337 Posts
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Dan HH
Romania9135 Posts
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cLutZ
United States19574 Posts
On April 16 2013 20:35 Letmelose wrote: Najin Sword focuses a lot of their plays based on Maknoon. He certainly is capable of carrying the game by himself, but if you watch a lot of their games you'll often notice how Watch babysits the top lane. Maknoon is a top class player, and has been for quite some time, but there are superior top-laners as of now. Maknoon himself admitted that Expession is individually more talented than himself. I personally rate Shy, Ssumday, and Flame ahead of Maknoon currently, and that's just counting the Korean scene. How can you put Flame ahead of Reapered. Blaze hasn't been the same since that change. | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
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Letmelose
Korea (South)3227 Posts
On April 16 2013 23:58 cLutZ wrote: How can you put Flame ahead of Reapered. Blaze hasn't been the same since that change. For the very simple reason that Flame has a vastly superior laning phase than Reapered. You could argue that Reapered has more to offer than his laning ability due to his multi-faceted talents, but as a top-laner, there is little doubt for me that Flame is one of the strongest in his position at the moment. CJ Entus Blaze's fall from grace is due to their weak bottom lane and lackluster performances from Helios, which Reapered made up for by popularizing two versus one lane swaps, and basically telling Helios what to do. His individual strengths as a top laner, however, is inferior to Flame in my eyes. Reapered's strengths as a top-laner is overrated by a lot of people since he won IEM Cologne in my eyes. Long-friggin'-panda did pretty good in that tournament as a top laner, and he is defunct from the professional scene as of today. His strengths lie elsewhere, and that's why CJ Entus Blaze never reached the heights back when Reapered was part of the team. | ||
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niukasu1990
1007 Posts
On April 17 2013 00:18 Letmelose wrote: For the very simple reason that Flame has a vastly superior laning phase than Reapered. You could argue that Reapered has more to offer than his laning ability due to his multi-faceted talents, but as a top-laner, there is little doubt for me that Flame is one of the strongest in his position at the moment. CJ Entus Blaze's fall from grace is due to their weak bottom lane and lackluster performances from Helios, which Reapered made up for by popularizing two versus one lane swaps, and basically telling Helios what to do. His individual strengths as a top laner, however, is inferior to Flame in my eyes. Reapered's strengths as a top-laner is overrated by a lot of people since he won IEM Cologne in my eyes. Long-friggin'-panda did pretty good in that tournament as a top laner, and he is defunct from the professional scene as of today. His strengths lie elsewhere, and that's why CJ Entus Blaze never reached the heights back when Reapered was part of the team. I remembered one night I was watching zzitai's stream, Helios talked to zzitai and told him he was not as good as before. It seemed that he noticed his problem but he can't improve it. | ||
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