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UmberBane
Germany5450 Posts
On September 23 2013 00:29 meowmasta85 wrote: There's no announcement for the next round of games yet, so I looked on lol.gamepedia. Are the C9 vs Fnatic and NJBS vs Gambit games today? You should always check http://na.lolesports.com/ for that. It's being updated pretty quickly usually. Next games start in about 27 hours, | ||
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Seuss
United States10536 Posts
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AsnSensation
Germany24009 Posts
Personally I think that they are pretty evenly matched and it should be a great match, and either side should be prepared that the winning continent will ride their e-peen for pretty long so both of us should be prepared mentally for TROLOLOL EU>>NA (vice versa) depending on the outcome of ths match | ||
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Volband
Hungary6034 Posts
On September 22 2013 20:28 baekgom84 wrote: I'm still annoyed with this format - should be more teams (20 at least), no quarter-final byes, and Bo5 finals - but I doubt Riot will do much to change it. With the byes, and the way the groups are stacked, Riot can almost guarantee that at least two Western teams will make it through to the finals; they were even lucky enough to get three, with the sucky performance of Ozone, and now we'll also have at least one Western team in the semi-final. I don't mean to look down on the Western teams (I think Fnatic are superb and as a Sword fan I'm really worried about Gambit, don't know as much about C9 though) but Riot must be constantly worried about structuring a world championship where Asian teams dominate. There was an awful lot of whining at IEM Worlds where three out of the four semi-finalists were Korean and we had an all-Korean final, lots of comments like, 'I stopped watching SC2 because of this Korean dominance bullshit'. For the same reason, I think this is why there are now no international tournaments scattered throughout the calendar - not giving the teams a chance to experience different metas increases the chance of upsets. Although, to be fair, I'm not sure whether Riot specifically is preventing these sorts of competitions, or if it's for some other reason that they're no longer happening. Or is it just a case of me needing to remove my tinfoil hat? Riot priorities are: 1. please the casuals 2. host a competent international tournament. These two will never work together, but sadly, I don't see Riot changing their minds. Look how they shamelessly crafted such a tournament format and qualification process (yet again!!!) that would drive anyone mad who can comprehend that this is supposed to be an e-sports World Championship. You'd think next year they'll learn from it, but from what exactly? That you can shove off anything on the throats of the majority of the TSM fans? Just that TSM vs GGEU game alone... if someone did not know the teams, only the circumstances (a chance to play for 15k $ more and settle the score with the supposedly #2 team from Europe), they would think this is some kind of a joke tournament, because who trolls away from that? That's one thing if they don't care about the money (maybe they want us to know people starve in Africa or sth), but to not want to prove to your fans or at least to yourself that you are better than another strong team, especially if you might have to wait 1 more year again to have a chance like that again... just wow. Someone said in professional sports you rest your all star players, which is true, but it has nothing to do with that game, lol - it was like a semifinal for TSM, and they didn't rest their all star players, just sent them out naked with a big red clown nose. Yet, many people went crazy cuz teemo and shit. OMG is a whole different story: they were already qualified, their game meant nothing to them and their comp only looked trolly to us, but it actually made sense, and they made it work. If anything, they showed their versatility. People calling that disrespect and troll are delusional - even Mineski and Fnatic weren't trolling. Sure, they took it lightly, which is expected, but Cyanide picking Lee, Peke being mage-hunter, even the top-support change is something Fnatic did seriously many time during EU LCS, and Mineski's comp was totally legit, and maybe it was a homage to their brethren who couldn't attend the tournament. I'm all for some fun, especially if your game has 00000000000000000000 impact whatsoever, but you can't compare a quality stand-up comedy to a guy who pees in the middle of the street, then laughs while pointing at his piss. The only thing the casual fans will cry about on the Riot forums are Mineski and GGEU, because they didn't feel Riot is rubbing their belly softly enough during their games. It's just disappointing, that Riot has sooooooo much in their hands, but they are afraid. And the funniest thing? My casual self wanted to see more from the supposedly 4 best teams right now (the ones who got the byes, yes, I know they are not really the 4 best ones), but there's a good chance I'll only see TWO games from them. How the hell do you host a tournament with the casual majority in mind, but even fail in that regard? I was genuenly interesting how well would C9 fare againts international teams, because they were such a unique experience, but they got trapped by e-sports hell (NA LCS). I never seen Gamania Bears and as I read others opinions, they are the worst from that 4, but still, I'd like to see them. Oh, and Royal... I watched soooo many Royal games, especially vs international teams! ... NOT. Riot is not completely off the track, I can see why they wouldn't want an all-asian (especially not all Korean) dominance, just look where Blizzard's not caring led them: Korean players in European and North American regionals, lol... talking about overkill. But it could've been done in a much more competitive and entertaining way. | ||
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Amethyst21
Canada7032 Posts
C9 - 30-3 in NA, clearly a level above the rest of the teams fnatic - experienced, crushed group stages, clearly playing well | ||
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nafta
Bulgaria18893 Posts
Also I find it kind of funny that vulcun being competetive somehow means c9 will crush when vulcun could easily have been 3/1 in regular season vs them...... | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
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UmberBane
Germany5450 Posts
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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UmberBane
Germany5450 Posts
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Lylat
France8575 Posts
Fnatic vs C9.. This is going to be exciting !!! And a perfect time for Europeans to watch. Bear vs SKTT1, I have no idea how good they are since I don't watch Taiwanese league, I hope they won't disappoint  | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
On September 23 2013 01:36 Lylat wrote: Damn that Chinese team kill, too bad for China :/ Fnatic vs C9.. This is going to be exciting !!! And a perfect time for Europeans to watch. Bear vs SKTT1, I have no idea how good they are since I don't watch Taiwanese league, I hope they won't disappoint It's the only region that has to play itself in the Quarterfinals....what a joke to knock out one so early. :[ Democracy is oppressing the comrades. | ||
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UmberBane
Germany5450 Posts
 ... the chance of one region having two teams in the Grand Finals is almost 0 now. The only possibility would be both Fnatic and Gambit beating everyone on their way and having an EU only finals, which seems somewhat unlikely. That's literally the only way. | ||
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
On September 23 2013 01:39 Zergneedsfood wrote: It's the only region that has to play itself in the Quarterfinals....what a joke to knock out one so early. :[ Democracy is oppressing the comrades. Only get 2 slots at world finals. Have to knock each other out at QF. For a company owned by a Chinese company they sure do hate the Chinese. edit: I forgot they patched just before worlds where China always gets patches late. | ||
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SagaZ
France3460 Posts
but then they had to lose to fucking gaming gear eu... I think fnatic wins over c9. c9 has a playstyle that is very good at just exploiting mistakes, and it works great it NA LCS where even such a basic as "correctly time dragon spawn timer and be ready for it" is something 3/4 of the teams fail at. Meteos is regarded as the god super efficiency jungler that only ganks when there's a kill and gets super farmed. well that playstyle is just super good at winning against bad teams where your lanes don't lose and give you the space to do so. It is also the playstyle fromlast year so no1's gonna be suprised by it. My prediction is Xpeke pressures Hai hardcore, Meteos come help him but only manage to make the lane equal Cyanide camps toplane hardcore early and make it snowball in favor of Soaz Botlane wins on their own gradually by playing super aro early, chunking them and getting a jungler/4 man dive at around lvl 6 (when cyanide gets tired of fucking with balls basically) If there's a lane swap jungler goes to 3v1 dive/take tower early, hai gets fucked by xpeke and meteos while meteos jerks off in the jungle/go soak up the exp from his losing lanes. c9 fails to take their 2v1 turret and get snowballed into fnatic's pace. | ||
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las91
United States5080 Posts
We'll see, but I think there is no way Fnatic will crush them as everyone is saying. Keep in mind Meteos has the highest KDA in NA LCS, he may farm a lot but he's also where he needs to be when he needs to be there. | ||
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Slusher
United States19143 Posts
I feel like the actual 1v1 between these two will be almost nonexistent, but we will see. | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
On September 23 2013 01:44 UmberBane wrote: There are some positives to it though ... the chance of one region having two teams in the Grand Finals is almost 0 now. The only possibility would be both Fnatic and Gambit beating everyone on their way and having an EU only finals, which seems somewhat unlikely. That's literally the only way........I would gladly take that over the two Chinese teams having to knock one out so early. I think if a region is good enough to sweep the finals, then that's great, and I mean that for any region, even EU or NA. At this rate....I guess I'll hope for a China versus whoever final then. I think regardless who comes out of the other quarterfinal, C9/Fnatic, there's no way I'm taking either of those teams over OMG/Royal. On September 23 2013 01:45 Numy wrote: Only get 2 slots at world finals. Have to knock each other out at QF. For a company owned by a Chinese company they sure do hate the Chinese. edit: I forgot they patched just before worlds where China always gets patches late. Yeah wtf? :[ Riot pls | ||
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heartlxp
United States1258 Posts
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kongoline
6318 Posts
On September 23 2013 01:59 heartlxp wrote: guys vulcun beat fnatic, c9 will win 2-0 ezpez didnt vulcun beat c9 too l0l | ||
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