So, I've been watching two or three games each of both EG and SK today. As we all know, jungler + mid carry interaction is what can really snowball into a big lead in the midgame. And this is what imo EG and SK are currently lacking.

For EG, Snoopeh seems somewhat weak to me. I remember his Kayle game today where he had like zero impact. He had two or three nice ults here and there, but that's not what makes or breaks a good jungle performance. I barely noticed he was playing except for those ults that didn't matter in the end.

For SK, Ocelote is just not playing it right. He might not be an S-tier carry, but he is still decent. However, his decision making... oh god. Some of the plays in this Elise game just right now where so... well, let's call it questionable. Random all-ins to get a greedy chance at killing a far ahead enemy might work in solo queue, but not at that level of play.

-Zoda-

France3578 Posts

March 07 2013 17:09 GMT

#647

EG vs Anexis scoreboard.

Redox

Germany24794 Posts

March 07 2013 17:10 GMT

#648

On March 08 2013 02:05 Dan HH wrote:
EG won against Anexis so:

1.SKT1
2.CJF
3.Anexis

End of EG slump? Lets see what they do in LCS.

Kind of interesting that the only 2 games they won were the ones that were meaningless for them. Guess the pressure got to them.

Aando

1304 Posts

March 07 2013 17:13 GMT

#649

On March 08 2013 02:09 -Zoda- wrote:
https://twitter.com/snoopeh/status/309711582613626880
EG vs Anexis scoreboard.

Wickd new mid player? ^^

Dan HH

Romania9154 Posts

March 07 2013 17:14 GMT

#650

It's like a deja-vu from IEM Katowice, from the semifinals onward it's M5 vs Korea.

Redox

Germany24794 Posts

March 07 2013 17:16 GMT

#651

On March 08 2013 02:14 Dan HH wrote:
It's like a deja-vu from IEM Katowice, from the semifinals onward it's M5 vs Korea.

Lets wait until the quarters are over. So far the Europeans have been doing surprisingly well, despite Fnatic and EG slumping.

Haasts

New Zealand4445 Posts

March 07 2013 20:00 GMT

#652

I missed everything after MYM vs EG / SKT1 vs Anexis - any games stand out as must-watch?

nojitosunrise

United States6188 Posts

March 07 2013 20:05 GMT

#653

IEM compiled some ingame statistics for the matches

http://us.intelextrememasters.com/season7/world-championship-2013/

kleetzor

Germany360 Posts

March 07 2013 20:28 GMT

#654

Just came back from Hannover, had a blast and props to Ocelote, Snoopeh, Wickd and Krepo who took a lot of time to take pics and sign autographs (those were the ones I noticed, I think Gambit also was around doing the same). I didn't ask them because at some point there were too many people and they had to go to other games etc.

ps: got a Tri-force shirt, WOOT

barbsq

United States5348 Posts

March 07 2013 20:34 GMT

#655

madlife is god

onlywonderboy

United States23745 Posts

March 07 2013 20:36 GMT

#656

On March 08 2013 05:34 barbsq wrote:
madlife is god

Madlife is God, all else is false.

barbsq

United States5348 Posts

March 07 2013 20:42 GMT

#657

LOL, madlife zoning out froggen lolol

Mensol

14536 Posts

March 07 2013 21:20 GMT

#658

Gambit vs Frost will be fun.

The Thresh Prince of Bel-Air vs The God of Grabs

KissBlade

United States5718 Posts

March 07 2013 21:39 GMT

#659

On March 07 2013 22:41 EquilasH wrote:
Man the EU scene is so far ahead of NA when a team like Anexis can dominate their group like this (obviously they also improved since LCS) and when a team like Wolves goes 0-8 before starting to win any games in LCS.

Comments like this really annoys me when people when NA had the exact same scenario played out with MRN roaring out with very impressive games. I don't see how NA is so far behind EU when the best NA team has proven multiple times to be able to stay even with the best EU team's.

Ryuu314

United States12679 Posts

March 07 2013 21:56 GMT

#660

On March 08 2013 06:39 KissBlade wrote:

Show nested quote +

Comments like this really annoys me when people when NA had the exact same scenario played out with MRN roaring out with very impressive games. I don't see how NA is so far behind EU when the best NA team has proven multiple times to be able to stay even with the best EU team's.

That really hasn't been true for a while. Yes, NA teams can on occasion take games off EU or Asian teams, but essentially every NA team has a losing record against EU or Asian teams, especially if you look at more current tournament results.