[S3 Worlds] Group Stage - Page 434

On September 19 2013 23:04 Roffles wrote:
#FreeHomme

On September 20 2013 01:31 spellsy wrote:
okay you esport people, i wrote an article on Royal, what do you guys think? http://na.lolesports.com/articles/top-4-royal-club-huang-zu

On September 20 2013 01:31 spellsy wrote:
okay you esport people, i wrote an article on Royal, what do you guys think? http://na.lolesports.com/articles/top-4-royal-club-huang-zu

On September 20 2013 01:48 TheYango wrote:
The second paragraph about their team history is factually incorrect on several points:
1) Your infographic mentions Xiaoweixiao replacing Warm, but you don't mention it in your writeup. Tabe was already playing support by the time Xiaoweixiao joined the team, and was probably playing mid when Warm was on the team as well, given that Warm played mid for his next team, AllGamers. He didn't "switch back" to support when he rejoined the team, he was already playing support before then (he was also playing support for OMG before he and Wh1t3zz left that team).
2) The initial roster change occurred during SWL and only replaced Mor and Xiaoweixiao with Wh1t3zz and Godlike (basically the current roster). They actually BEAT Najin Sword hot off their OGN Winter win in SWL with this lineup.
3) Tabe then left the team for personal reasons (there were rumors about him having issues with Uzi, nothing really to corroborate this)--he was not replaced. Due to the timing of this, Royal had to forfeit their remaining spot in SWL for lack of a replacement.
4) Tabe's intial replacement was not Atu, but Rui. Atu was not added to the team until a month later. Of note is the rapid pace at which the team switched supports during the first season of LPL, supposedly because of how Uzi is very fickle about his supports

You also mis-represent the state of the team going into the latter half of LPL Summer when you say "Royal was a stronger team at this point but still not the allstar Chinese team that they wanted to be" and "People were favoring the season leader OMG or the previously experienced Invictus Gaming". After week 5, nobody watching LPL should have any doubts about Royal's strength. Fizz+Annie and it's variations basically went undefeated in the latter half of LPL Summer (they didn't play Fizz+Annie in the two games they lost). Nobody favored iG going into regionals because iG's performance in that period had been very mediocre due to Zzitai and Kid's role swap. Royal were pretty much the expected 2nd seed.

On September 20 2013 01:48 TheYango wrote:
Regarding the signature heroes infographic--Shyvana should be replaced by Nasus on Godlike's profile. They played Shyv more in 3.09, but since 3.10 was added to the Chinese server, they've played him more often on Nasus, as the changes of 3.10 and 3.10a suit the champ better. It's also ridiculous to have Zed as Wh1t3zz' 3rd "signature" hero. They pick it because of how Zed is valued highly in general, but Kassadin has been Wh1t3zz' signature hero since LPL Spring--to the point that for most of LPL Spring and the first half of LPL Summer, Wh1t3zz' Kassadin was almost perma-ban against Royal, until Fizz and Annie took over ban priority from other teams.

You make a bigger point about Twitch and Vayne being big ADC picks in China than you should. Remember that all but the last week of LPL were on 3.09. Twitch and Vayne were the two "must-pick" ADs in other regions in 3.09 as well, it's just that those regions switched to 3.10 immediately.

On September 20 2013 02:34 Nos- wrote:
We all know yango is a robot

On September 20 2013 03:56 AsnSensation wrote:
damn very exciting games tonight. No gg.eu-esque filler games, since Mineski put up a decent fight so far in their losses.

1. ozone have their 2 hardest matchestoday deciding their fate vs Fnatic and Gambit
2. Will fnatic beat Vulcun convincingly to show that the loss was mainly their extremely retarded drafting and unlucky lvl1 (which vulcun should be credited for)

On September 20 2013 03:56 AsnSensation wrote:
damn very exciting games tonight. No gg.eu-esque filler games, since Mineski put up a decent fight so far in their losses.

1. ozone have their 2 hardest matchestoday deciding their fate vs Fnatic and Gambit
2. Will fnatic beat Vulcun convincingly to show that the loss was mainly their extremely retarded drafting and unlucky lvl1 (which vulcun should be credited for)