The only real change I would do on the Korean team is Pray for Imp. Faker might be the better player between him and Ambition, but you don't need four guys trying to make plays. Ambition fits perfectly in the team composition, and he can be the 4th option behind Insec, Pray and Shy. I think Flame is a better player than Shy, and he reportedly dominates Shy in practice, but they're probably the two best top laners in the world, and with Shy having the more international experience, can't really complain. I just think Imp would fit the Korean team better, and he carried his team to the semifinals. Pray had an off season and wasn't that great after a coming out party in the winter season.

Hoping for NA/EU in loser's bracket, and I want to see a Korea vs. China final.

nojitosunrise

United States6188 Posts

May 22 2013 04:32 GMT

#23

On May 22 2013 04:58 NeoIllusions wrote:
No. Skills competition is going to be way more exciting.
Edit: NDA'd but announcement is coming tomorrow iirc.

if the junglers have to play a smite minigame (kinda like the NBA 3 point contest)

I wonder how Saintvicious would do lol :D

divinesage

Singapore649 Posts

May 22 2013 05:04 GMT

#24

On May 22 2013 04:35 NeoIllusions wrote:
Hurrah for first user (read: non-staff) made LR thread! :3
I'm sure JBright is happy with less work. hue

Not exactly true..

Leeto

United States1320 Posts

May 22 2013 06:28 GMT

#25

I feel like the European team could have a lot of potential to win against Korea if it wasn't for the fact that Shy is an absolute monster. Alex/Diamondprox are solid and Edward/Yellowpete should be fine against Pray/Madlife. If Soaz can hold his own against Shy (in terms of contribution to team if not directly head-to-head in lane) Europe they might be able to upset.
Realistically I think that Shy and Insec are going to stomp over everybody though.

RagequitBM

Canada2270 Posts

May 22 2013 07:08 GMT

#26

So excited. Friends are getting together to all watch this. Gonna have pizza too! Unfortunately I don't live in the states so I'm just gonna order from a local place.

Lylat

France8575 Posts

May 22 2013 07:12 GMT

#27

Why so early monday ?? QQ :-/

Slangen

Sweden1166 Posts

May 22 2013 07:33 GMT

#28

China banner op!

Slangen

Sweden1166 Posts

May 22 2013 07:34 GMT

#29

On May 22 2013 16:12 Lylat wrote:
Why so early monday ?? QQ :-/

World tournament means its not early morning in some places

China where its held for example.

gtrsrs

United States9109 Posts

May 22 2013 08:06 GMT

#30

i'm rooting hard for USA
liquid's a good manager and coach and if things have been going as well as he claims, i'm stoked for USA's chances

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

May 22 2013 08:08 GMT

#31

the fuck are you even talking about...

truemafia

Korea (South)168 Posts

May 22 2013 08:50 GMT

#32

One of the Asian team is gonna win it all.

Lylat

France8575 Posts

May 22 2013 09:09 GMT

#33

On May 22 2013 17:50 truemafia wrote:
One of the Asian team is gonna win it all.

What a ballsy statement :-P

publicenemies

458 Posts

May 22 2013 09:16 GMT

#34

CHINESE>ALL

Dan HH

Romania9246 Posts

May 22 2013 09:49 GMT

#35

On May 22 2013 16:12 Lylat wrote:
Why so early monday ?? QQ :-/

The days are wrong. The event is Friday-Sunday, not Saturday-Monday.

Zato-1

Chile4253 Posts

May 22 2013 11:48 GMT

#36

On May 22 2013 11:18 JBright wrote:
I think you're one day off for the tournament. Games should be Fri/Sat/Sun in China.

Looks like you're right- got my info from Leaguepedia, but that seems to have gotten the dates wrong.

EDIT: Fixed, sorry for the confusion guys.

ExoFun

Netherlands2041 Posts

May 22 2013 13:33 GMT

#37

On May 22 2013 17:08 NeoIllusions wrote:
the fuck are you even talking about...

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

May 22 2013 13:54 GMT

#38

Comment was directed at gtrsrs before he edited.

bittman

Australia8759 Posts

May 22 2013 14:00 GMT

#39

SEA is yet to be highly rated by any community for this tournament yet. I guess we'll see, though from the 'hype video' about them by Riot it seems like they haven't been able to practice together a lot so that might be key.

Either way: I'm looking forward to some sick games =D

Dgiese

United States2687 Posts

May 22 2013 14:44 GMT

#40

I'm excited about the skills map as a tool for future use. Imagine if it was actually useful for practice, so much potential if they make a few 'scenario' maps, even of they are only made available to lcs teams. Like, if a team wants to focus on tea fighting, or late game play, then they could load up a scenario where the game state is a typical game, 40 mins in. Some may say it wouldn't be that useful, but it seems a whole lot more efficient and targetted than current methods.