EPTReally the Koreans should have been considered unknowns on the world stage (besides Najin, who were only Ro8 last year) and instead they were considered overwhelming favorites.
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Cheren
United States2911 Posts
Really the Koreans should have been considered unknowns on the world stage (besides Najin, who were only Ro8 last year) and instead they were considered overwhelming favorites. | ||
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Lmui
Canada6222 Posts
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Kuja900
United States3564 Posts
On September 17 2013 12:12 Neverhood wrote: lol did they make doublelift change his shirt? pretty sure he had his 'everyone else is trash' shirt on earlier Good catch they did lol | ||
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Garth
United States353 Posts
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On September 17 2013 12:12 Cheren wrote: People are really trying hard to play "gotcha" with the Korean teams, pointing out pretty much every flaw in their play. I think it's a result of unrealistically high expectations after how hard Koreans dominated All-Stars, given 4 out of the 5 players who went to All-Stars didn't even go to worlds. Really the Koreans should have been considered unknowns on the world stage (besides Najin, who were only Ro8 last year) and instead they were considered overwhelming favorites. Is it really because of allstars? It's probably because TL users watch the KR tournaments and they came to the conclusion that they were significantly better. | ||
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Haiq343
United States2548 Posts
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Kuja900
United States3564 Posts
On September 17 2013 12:12 Cheren wrote: People are really trying hard to play "gotcha" with the Korean teams, pointing out pretty much every flaw in their play. I think it's a result of unrealistically high expectations after how hard Koreans dominated All-Stars, given 4 out of the 5 players who went to All-Stars didn't even go to worlds. Really the Koreans should have been considered unknowns on the world stage (besides Najin, who were only Ro8 last year) and instead they were considered overwhelming favorites. I watched ogn and both eu/na lcs and if you watched one after the other you very clearly see why the Korean region is so feared. Hype well deserved honestly. Ozone in a funk tho. | ||
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Flakes
United States3125 Posts
On September 17 2013 12:12 Cheren wrote: People are really trying hard to play "gotcha" with the Korean teams, pointing out pretty much every flaw in their play. I think it's a result of unrealistically high expectations after how hard Koreans dominated All-Stars, given 4 out of the 5 players who went to All-Stars didn't even go to worlds. Really the Koreans should have been considered unknowns on the world stage (besides Najin, who were only Ro8 last year) and instead they were considered overwhelming favorites. Don't forget the Teamliquid Effect Koreans have been the gaming master race for a long time on this forum  | ||
stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On September 17 2013 12:13 Dodgin wrote: Is it really because of allstars? It's probably because TL users watch the KR tournaments and they came to the conclusion that they were significantly better. Nah it's cause of that Faker Zed play in Champions. You see that and you don't ride that hype train? You crazy. | ||
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Amethyst21
Canada7032 Posts
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Cheren
United States2911 Posts
On September 17 2013 12:13 Dodgin wrote: Is it really because of allstars? It's probably because TL users watch the KR tournaments and they came to the conclusion that they were significantly better. I was talking more about Reddit, haven't been following this thread nearly as closely. | ||
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Ente
Germany1795 Posts
On September 17 2013 12:12 Cheren wrote: People are really trying hard to play "gotcha" with the Korean teams, pointing out pretty much every flaw in their play. I think it's a result of unrealistically high expectations after how hard Koreans dominated All-Stars, given 4 out of the 5 players who went to All-Stars didn't even go to worlds. Really the Koreans should have been considered unknowns on the world stage (besides Najin, who were only Ro8 last year) and instead they were considered overwhelming favorites. I agree on several of your (said and non said things). Yes koreans get more "flame" for mistakes they are not "bad" but they are underwhelming to expectations, I again agree with you that the koreans were extremly overrated because probably 9 out of 10 people said koreans (specifically skt t1) would win and now we see flaws in their games. I like it makes the tournement way more open (unless OMG, royal club will stomp through now) | ||
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Daogin
Canada2308 Posts
On September 17 2013 12:13 Dodgin wrote: Is it really because of allstars? It's probably because TL users watch the KR tournaments and they came to the conclusion that they were significantly better. It's not just TL  , every LoL forum I've been on has been bashing KR and praising them prior to this, rather interesting to say the least. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35169 Posts
On September 17 2013 12:12 Cheren wrote: People are really trying hard to play "gotcha" with the Korean teams, pointing out pretty much every flaw in their play. I think it's a result of unrealistically high expectations after how hard Koreans dominated All-Stars, given 4 out of the 5 players who went to All-Stars didn't even go to worlds. Really the Koreans should have been considered unknowns on the world stage (besides Najin, who were only Ro8 last year) and instead they were considered overwhelming favorites. I think it's any worse than the pro-Korean circle jerk that goes on all the time everywhere. Any time NA or EU does something poorly people trash teh region and say stuff like "Koreans never do ___ or allow ___ to happen." So I think it's fair to be like "That wasn't perfect, what's going on?" | ||
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nafta
Bulgaria18893 Posts
On September 17 2013 12:15 Amethyst21 wrote: For a team that got 0-2'd by TSM in the NA semi-finals, they have a lot of support here (not undeservedly, but it just seems so weird after TSM basically punked them) Because they played like trash at na playoffs but played very well compared to then yesterday. | ||
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KasPra
Estonia983 Posts
On September 17 2013 12:13 Garth wrote: damn, I'm out of the loop concerning the LoL scene. Explain the monte joke about tsm please xD. I think he was just referring to how TSM has an utmost terrible record against korean teams | ||
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skykh
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On September 17 2013 12:15 Cheren wrote: I was talking more about Reddit, haven't been following this thread nearly as closely. Well I guess the Reddit crowd is more casual, they probably don't watch champions and just pick up on the Korea hype because It's cool to do so and they watched Faker doing Faker things on youtube one time. They never really knew what to expect in the first place, other than apparently Korea destroying them(which hasn't happened so far). So they're going to gloat, pretty expected behavior. | ||
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Isken
Korea (South)1131 Posts
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SidianTheBard
United States2474 Posts
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