EPTOn August 18 2013 13:50 gtrsrs wrote:
to me, it's kind of funny
last split when the amateur scene was basically curse academy, velocity, and cloud9, everyone was saying "yeah these amateur teams are okay, but they're just simply not LCS level. yeah velocity can beat curse academy BUT THAT'S CURSE'S B-TEAM LOL. yeah cloud9 can beat velocity BUT THAT'S JUST A GOOD AMATEUR TEAM. none of these teams are LCS ready, no one can knock out marn or complexity or dig or clg!" when it was just blatantly not true. i knew cloud9 was taking games off of top LCS teams CONSISTENTLY in scrims, curse academy was on par or better than curse at times, and velocity was at least on par with the bottom of LCS.
then when relegations finally rolled around, suddenly EVERY amateur team had a REALLY GOOD SHOT of making it into LCS. like, optimus tom literally gave denial esports a *50%* shot at beating CLG!!! he was saying it was a coin-flip that a brand new team could beat the most established team in north american e-sports. that was an INSANE turnaround lol.
and now THIS split, the amateur love has gone even farther! i remember people telling me that we were going to get relegated by FXO the day after we qualified LOL. now people are saying that TBD is going to be the next cloud9, they're going to take the LCS by storm, etc etc etc. where's the reserved "we haven't seen them play against LCS teams so we don't know how strong they are relatively" talk now??
not that i'm complaining. as someone that actually does see the amateur teams and LCS teams compete, i have more information than the normal fan. i just think it's been a funny progression. i guess everyone wants to be the fan that "believed in you when you were on the amateur circuit" for all the upcoming teams, since no one was last split
to me, it's kind of funny
last split when the amateur scene was basically curse academy, velocity, and cloud9, everyone was saying "yeah these amateur teams are okay, but they're just simply not LCS level. yeah velocity can beat curse academy BUT THAT'S CURSE'S B-TEAM LOL. yeah cloud9 can beat velocity BUT THAT'S JUST A GOOD AMATEUR TEAM. none of these teams are LCS ready, no one can knock out marn or complexity or dig or clg!" when it was just blatantly not true. i knew cloud9 was taking games off of top LCS teams CONSISTENTLY in scrims, curse academy was on par or better than curse at times, and velocity was at least on par with the bottom of LCS.
then when relegations finally rolled around, suddenly EVERY amateur team had a REALLY GOOD SHOT of making it into LCS. like, optimus tom literally gave denial esports a *50%* shot at beating CLG!!! he was saying it was a coin-flip that a brand new team could beat the most established team in north american e-sports. that was an INSANE turnaround lol.
and now THIS split, the amateur love has gone even farther! i remember people telling me that we were going to get relegated by FXO the day after we qualified LOL. now people are saying that TBD is going to be the next cloud9, they're going to take the LCS by storm, etc etc etc. where's the reserved "we haven't seen them play against LCS teams so we don't know how strong they are relatively" talk now??
not that i'm complaining. as someone that actually does see the amateur teams and LCS teams compete, i have more information than the normal fan. i just think it's been a funny progression. i guess everyone wants to be the fan that "believed in you when you were on the amateur circuit" for all the upcoming teams, since no one was last split
Can't say that I recall anyone doubting C9's ability to destroy Marn/Complexity.
