[S3 Worlds] Group Stage - Page 539

On September 21 2013 07:01 heartlxp wrote:
i wish we can have escrow and betting on TL, everyone thinking TSM has anything more than a 10% chance is delusional

On September 21 2013 07:12 kainzero wrote:

I laughed when OMG played TSM at first and viewers were 58% TSM.

They had no idea.

On September 21 2013 07:12 kainzero wrote:

I laughed when OMG played TSM at first and viewers were 58% TSM.

They had no idea.

On September 21 2013 07:19 NeoIllusions wrote:

Part of this is blind fanboyism but this also reflects how uninformed the general League community is about the CN scene. It's something I've brought up to Riot and hopefully we can rectify this.

On September 21 2013 07:19 NeoIllusions wrote:

Part of this is blind fanboyism but this also reflects how uninformed the general League community is about the CN scene. It's something I've brought up to Riot and hopefully we can rectify this.

On September 21 2013 07:13 HorsemasterK wrote:


Man, life must be boring if you only support those with the odds on their side.

On September 21 2013 07:19 NeoIllusions wrote:

Part of this is blind fanboyism but this also reflects how uninformed the general League community is about the CN scene. It's something I've brought up to Riot and hopefully we can rectify this.

On September 21 2013 07:21 Dan HH wrote:

While it's just coincidence, since most of the viewer votes are due to fanboyism, I find it hilarious that viewers overall have better predictions than the analysts or TL.

On September 21 2013 07:22 heartlxp wrote:


i agree, i just distinguish between "want team X to win" and "think team X has a shot (>10%) of winning"

On September 21 2013 07:23 HorsemasterK wrote:


Different kind of fanboyism.

Viewers chose historical favorites while casters/TL were all aboard the Korean Hype train before its tragic derailing.

On September 21 2013 07:24 HorsemasterK wrote:


Yeah, you bet with your mind, but you root with your heart. They should probably make the poll more clear.

On September 21 2013 02:02 Amethyst21 wrote:
I've been thinking a lot about what Yango said about TPA. They were a very good team, and that meta favoured them and their best champions which propelled them to the s2 championship. I think we may have to consider that the same thing is happening for fnatic.

xPeke and SoAz are both benefiting from the age of mobile assassins. xPeke plays the assassins well (Ahri and Kass in particular) and also has good control mids in Orianna and Lissandra. SoAz is the Zed player and plays a massive variety of top champions, including top priority picks like Shen and Zac as well as some oddball picks like Lissandra.

Cyanide is having success with his Aatrox and its pretty clear that certain teams don't know how to deal with it. He also plays Lee and Elise, two of the other top jungle picks.

Puszu looks like a world class AD carry because he can play a great Corki (#1 ad carry at the moment), or fall back to his default picks in Ashe and Varus, giving fnatic a range of options to build a comp around.

I think the biggest thing is that fnatic is becoming impossible to ban out. You *have* to ban out xPeke's Kassadin - now you probably want to take away his Ahri too, as well as deny Puzsu his Corki, but you also wouldn't mind taking away Cyanide's Aatrox as well...and who can forget about the potential SoAz Zed? Suddenly you come to realize that you have to give fnatic at least some of their champs, which gives fnatic a huge advantage in the picks and bans phase. They play all the top tier champs well and even better know how to form teamcomps around them.

tldr; fnatic could be this years TPA

On September 21 2013 07:28 NeoIllusions wrote:

If anything is tragic, it's not our support, it's Ozone. I'll say it again, Ozone (Dade) shames Korea.


Poll is always a popularity contest. With heart 99% of the time. On TL, I think it's more split down the middle. But I think even TSM fans are realistic about their chances at Worlds.

On September 21 2013 07:46 Sufficiency wrote:
Since gambit lost to ozone.. isnt there a chance that gambit will be tied to ozone in score? How are ties decided?

On September 21 2013 06:23 Itsmedudeman wrote:
Does anyone get the feeling TSM might beat OMG today? It's been said that OMG are strong but if you get used to their style they're not that difficult to beat. TSM had to play them first day without much practice but now they can predict their movements better. I think this will pretty much all hinge on if regi can perform like he did on day 2. If he can do that then TSM don't really have as many weaknesses as one would think.

It's kind of funny that OMG kind of hurt themselves by practicing so much. I think, for example, if all these games were played in the span of one day and the entire tournament was ran in the span of 3 days OMG would get very far because their style is difficult to adapt to at first.

On September 21 2013 07:40 Roffles wrote:
You know what would get China on the radar? If they had a badass translator, translating everything into Doublelift-level trashtalk instead of the garbo one who can't even speak English.

We need someone like that IPL translator. We need to see the dark side of these teams. Villainize them and they'll instantly gain popularity.

On September 21 2013 07:40 Roffles wrote:
You know what would get China on the radar? If they had a badass translator, translating everything into Doublelift-level trashtalk instead of the garbo one who can't even speak English.

We need someone like that IPL translator. We need to see the dark side of these teams. Villainize them and they'll instantly gain popularity.