Return of nien and chaox hype Also KonKwon will not be playing this week because he was on that kimchi too spicy team that rigged matches. Idk who the support is but it might be babyeater judging off this
The system now is prett flawed.. Imagine a team fights vs clg and looses important matches. Now another team wins vs subclg and kicks the other team into playoffs that had to play the real clg.
On August 02 2014 04:15 TitusVI wrote: The system now is prett flawed.. Imagine a team fights vs clg and looses important matches. Now another team wins vs subclg and kicks the other team into playoffs that had to play the real clg.
Rofl, it's not like noone ever gave his starters a rest before important games and threw benchwarmers into play
On August 02 2014 04:16 739 wrote: Np HotshotGG will carry :D Xerath incoming probably for him.
On August 02 2014 04:15 TitusVI wrote: The system now is prett flawed.. Imagine a team fights vs clg and looses important matches. Now another team wins vs subclg and kicks the other team into playoffs that had to play the real clg.
It's fine. CLG went 0-4 against all the other teams who don't get to play SubLG this Super Week, so if anything, the teams that play them now might actually be in risk of dropping a game.
On August 02 2014 04:15 TitusVI wrote: The system now is prett flawed.. Imagine a team fights vs clg and looses important matches. Now another team wins vs subclg and kicks the other team into playoffs that had to play the real clg.
Rofl, it's not like noone ever gave his starters a rest before important games and threw benchwarmers into play
On August 02 2014 04:16 739 wrote: Np HotshotGG will carry :D Xerath incoming probably for him.
But Xerath is banned.
I guess it's kind of weird for non-American viewers as well there's no playoff system in Football so the season itself is all that matters instead of this hybrid season don't really mean much but it gets you into playoffs that mean everything. Don't really like the mixing of the two myself. Creates this weird dynamic TitusVI was talking about.
On August 02 2014 04:15 TitusVI wrote: The system now is prett flawed.. Imagine a team fights vs clg and looses important matches. Now another team wins vs subclg and kicks the other team into playoffs that had to play the real clg.
Rofl, it's not like noone ever gave his starters a rest before important games and threw benchwarmers into play
On August 02 2014 04:16 739 wrote: Np HotshotGG will carry :D Xerath incoming probably for him.
But Xerath is banned.
I guess it's kind of weird for non-American viewers as well there's no playoff system in Football so the season itself is all that matters instead of this hybrid season don't really mean much but it gets you into playoffs that mean everything. Don't really like the mixing of the two myself. Creates this weird dynamic TitusVI was talking about.
Season in general feels really too long, i can't blame any team for saying - fuck this, we're going to prepare somewhere and throw benchers OGN gets 3 splits per season, GPL holds 3, China is China and have some other competitions like Demacia Cup and LCS teams just stuck in those looooooong seasons without any idea behind them.
EU and NA teams just go out on Worlds in September and then don't play until what, February, while OGN is already completed whole season? That's weird.
Well if you watched chasing the cup(assuming not staged) clg need someone to get them to stop being a bunch of whiny bitches and kelby doesn't seem to be able to so gotta bring in monte with the belt.
On August 02 2014 04:15 TitusVI wrote: The system now is prett flawed.. Imagine a team fights vs clg and looses important matches. Now another team wins vs subclg and kicks the other team into playoffs that had to play the real clg.
Rofl, it's not like noone ever gave his starters a rest before important games and threw benchwarmers into play
On August 02 2014 04:16 739 wrote: Np HotshotGG will carry :D Xerath incoming probably for him.
But Xerath is banned.
I guess it's kind of weird for non-American viewers as well there's no playoff system in Football so the season itself is all that matters instead of this hybrid season don't really mean much but it gets you into playoffs that mean everything. Don't really like the mixing of the two myself. Creates this weird dynamic TitusVI was talking about.
Season in general feels really too long, i can't blame any team to say - fuck this, we're going to prepare somewhere and throw benchers OGN gets 3 splits per season, GPL holds 3, China is China and have some other competitions like Demacia Cup and LCS teams just stuck in those looooooong seasons without any idea behind them.
EU and NA teams just go out on Worlds in September and then don't play until what, February, while OGN is already completed whole season? That's weird.
Agree with you completely. It feels so long and yet none of it matters until playoffs so it feels even worse. Really dislike the current setup. They are changing it next year so we'll see if it's better.
To be fair GPL has tons of structural issues, too much country based segregation leads to teams and players stagnating without something dramatic like a sudden mass import of Korean coaches in Vietnam. Singapore is a prime example where chawy rarely played on their server and it showed with the level of every non chawy SG player
On August 02 2014 04:47 Amethyst21 wrote: This is about the time in Complexity's matches where I wonder if they know how to finish out the game with their lead.
On August 02 2014 04:47 Amethyst21 wrote: This is about the time in Complexity's matches where I wonder if they know how to finish out the game with their lead.
On August 02 2014 04:47 Amethyst21 wrote: This is about the time in Complexity's matches where I wonder if they know how to finish out the game with their lead.
On August 02 2014 04:50 Anakko wrote: Did nobody on Crs watch this mornings OGN games?
or any clg game
no but seriously the 20-21 minutes baron after a 4 for 1 that turns horribly wrong eventually happened twice this morning. You'd think people get the clue at some point
On August 02 2014 04:50 Anakko wrote: Did nobody on Crs watch this mornings OGN games?
or any clg game
no but seriously the 20-21 minutes baron after a 4 for 1 that turns horribly wrong eventually happened twice this morning. You'd think people get the clue at some point
Both teams learnt the valuable lesson, respect the roa maokai especially in a baron fight.
Damn col might actualyl make it to playoffs. Never thought this could happen in the beginning of the split. Makes the rest of the col and Crs games pretty interesting.
Honestly I don't mind Curse being put into relegations this split. They had the one amazing Super Week but they haven't been consistent at all and clearly need to change something in order to be competitive.
On August 02 2014 05:18 onlywonderboy wrote: Honestly I don't mind Curse being put into relegations this split. They had the one amazing Super Week but they haven't been consistent at all and clearly need to change something in order to be competitive.
On August 02 2014 05:18 onlywonderboy wrote: Honestly I don't mind Curse being put into relegations this split. They had the one amazing Super Week but they haven't been consistent at all and clearly need to change something in order to be competitive.
*whispering* Voyboy. Cop. I WIll Dominate.
Move Quas to mid or get mancloud from sister team. Don't recruit Heartbeat for adc. Get Xmithie. Make Fusilero cheer for your team. Don't get Zuna. Profit.
On August 02 2014 05:18 onlywonderboy wrote: Honestly I don't mind Curse being put into relegations this split. They had the one amazing Super Week but they haven't been consistent at all and clearly need to change something in order to be competitive.
*whispering* Voyboy. Cop. I WIll Dominate.
Move Quas to mid or get mancloud from sister team. Don't recruit Heartbeat for adc. Get Xmithie. Make Fusilero cheer for your team. Don't get Zuna. Profit.
*stops whispering*
Yo the real answer is: A. Yung zoonie shotcalling B. Even yunger patoy ADC
Maybe curse should find that xmithie in the hole with piccaboo and byun
I hope curse gets relegated, like I don't think they will lose the relegation, but just going to that game might let liquid know that this roster isn't going to cut it, I mean my gut tells me they wouldn't have made any changes if Xpecial hadn't randomly gotten cut from TSM and that was a huge miss-assessment of their team by Liquid.
now if free agents that can help are actually available that is another story entirely
On August 02 2014 05:18 onlywonderboy wrote: Honestly I don't mind Curse being put into relegations this split. They had the one amazing Super Week but they haven't been consistent at all and clearly need to change something in order to be competitive.
DID SOMEONE SAY IMPORT KOREANS
Keane played Mid for Curse OCE so maybe they'll bring him in hue, not sure how good he is though. Is it bad I kinda want Curse Retirement Home in the LCS over Curse? I mean, come on, they have mancloud.
On August 02 2014 05:20 Amui wrote: Honestly Col has looked better and better as this split has gone on. One of the LCS success stories tbh.
Well I'd go as far as to say Kez > Brokenshard was a pretty big improvement. Westrice still a pretty big liability though.
I think westrice has been pretty solid, if anyone's the weakness recently it's been pr0lly he's been pretty poor in almost all of their recent matches (that terror yasuo)
On August 02 2014 05:18 onlywonderboy wrote: Honestly I don't mind Curse being put into relegations this split. They had the one amazing Super Week but they haven't been consistent at all and clearly need to change something in order to be competitive.
DID SOMEONE SAY IMPORT KOREANS
Keane played Mid for Curse OCE so maybe they'll bring him in hue, not sure how good he is though. Is it bad I kinda want Curse Retirement Home in the LCS over Curse? I mean, come on, they have mancloud.
Curse retirement vs Curse in na Gambit vs nip in eu
Getting curse retirement home seems pretty likely because I'm honestly becoming pretty unsure about T8. Like maplestreet is really, really, really good but dodo is meh, calitrolz when his funky carry tops don't pan out the team collapses while slooshi and porpoisepops aren't bad but they don't pick up the slack when calitrolz fails. Maybe it was just a one off because neo-coast are so good I'll probably have to wait for their match tonight
On August 02 2014 05:30 Fusilero wrote: Getting curse retirement home seems pretty likely because I'm honestly becoming pretty unsure about T8. Like maplestreet is really, really, really good but dodo is meh, calitrolz when his funky carry tops don't pan out the team collapses while slooshi and porpoisepops aren't bad but they don't pick up the slack when calitrolz fails. Maybe it was just a one off because neo-coast are so good I'll probably have to wait for their match tonight
T8 will blow out like always, i'm expecting them to finish 4th because they won't be able to close bo5. compLexity - T8/LolPro, Curse - Curse Academy (as was predicted, 0-3) and EG-Coast with EG sweeping Sheep and Co 3-0 and completely dumping every positive thing about Challenger scene.
I don't really watch a lot of challenger outside of the ones broadcast after LCS games anymore, but the impression that I get of Slooshi is that he plays the not good but not bad enough to feed and can support my star teammates to carry me to wins mid lane style that people often associate with Hai except with less roaming.
Picks: Gragas, Evelynn, Orianna, Kog'Maw, Morgana Tristana, Braum, Doctor Mundo, Lee Sin, Twisted Fate
On August 02 2014 05:35 Slusher wrote: I don't really watch a lot of challenger outside of the ones broadcast after LCS games anymore, but the impression that I get of Slooshi is that he plays the not good but not bad enough to feed and can support my star teammates to carry me to wins mid lane style that people often associate with Hai except with less roaming.
Slooshi is consistent but nothing to be scared of.
Helios proving he's the worst jungler in the LCS. He saw ori's ball go right for him AND sees Eve and he's like fuck it I'ma try to steal wraiths anyways. GG....
On August 02 2014 05:46 Figgy wrote: Helios proving he's the worst jungler in the LCS. He saw ori's ball go right for him AND sees Eve and he's like fuck it I'ma try to steal wraiths anyways. GG....
okay, you can't watch a game by IWDom where he misses multiple key smites as nunu and say that helios is the worst.
On August 02 2014 05:57 Numy wrote: Meteos been so lackluster this season :<
I feel like he hasn't stood out since his 1st season in LCS. C9's second season was all about Balls, and the current season has the spotlight on Sneaky.
On August 02 2014 06:10 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: It's hilarious. EG are out of playoffs only because of those 0-4 back-to-back superweeks, time to go 4-0.
On August 02 2014 06:10 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: It's hilarious. EG are out of playoffs only because of those 0-4 back-to-back superweeks, time to go 4-0.
On August 02 2014 06:10 UnKooL wrote: Pobelter carrying this game. And good item choices by EG members, because C9 is practically all AP damage.
His TF is arguably even better than Link's one.
You mean definitely better lol.
Can still make playoffs if they get lucky.
Well, no. Link's TF is arguably Korean level or just bad and i like to remember best performances for everyone on each champion.
Well, yep, if they go 4-0 everything is in their hands. Curse have to collapse tho ;/
On August 02 2014 06:10 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: It's hilarious. EG are out of playoffs only because of those 0-4 back-to-back superweeks, time to go 4-0.
On August 02 2014 06:10 UnKooL wrote: Pobelter carrying this game. And good item choices by EG members, because C9 is practically all AP damage.
His TF is arguably even better than Link's one.
You mean definitely better lol.
Can still make playoffs if they get lucky.
Well, no. Link's TF is arguably Korean level or just bad and i like to remember best performances for everyone on each champion.
Well, yep, if they go 4-0 everything is in their hands. Curse have to collapse tho ;/
Best performance maybe.But right now definitely not.Link's play has been very weak last few weeks.
On August 02 2014 06:15 IMoperator wrote: ughhhhhhhhh C9 fix your fucking early game. You've been weak early all this split, last split your early game was looking way better
Their early game has always been weak tbh. Their decision making just feel utterly off throughout the game. Amd ofc Hai playing like a wet noodle isnt helping.
On August 02 2014 06:27 Sunaj wrote: yo, sorry to interrupt this game, but wat's dis bout CLG sub, who's subbing in for them?
Seraph has to go to Korea to finish his new Visa during super week. CLG says F*** it we are top 6 for sure anyway and cant get top 2 and the entire team has left for Korea to bootcamp with their coach MonteChristo.
On August 02 2014 06:27 Sunaj wrote: yo, sorry to interrupt this game, but wat's dis bout CLG sub, who's subbing in for them?
Nientonsoh, Thinkcard, HotshotGG, Chaox and Babyeator or how is he called, rofl.
Hmmm, I could understand if maybe they were bringing in like real subs or sumthin, like a prospect equal thing, but that line-up? wtffffffffff
CLG is locked in, so the team said fuck it and went off to practice in Korea
Ok, little bit better then, I'd still rather see them bring in other new challenger dudes tho as opposed to old blood. Never know what you'll get after all.
On August 02 2014 06:31 Woony wrote: just tuned in, jeez. are CoL & EG getting better or is NA LCS just shit?
C9 ain't invincible and EG's score this season is pretty big liability, they're way better than 8-17. FIRST WIN IN SUPER WEEKS THOUGH THIS SEASON. 1-8 #thedream #roadto4/8
On August 02 2014 06:27 Sunaj wrote: yo, sorry to interrupt this game, but wat's dis bout CLG sub, who's subbing in for them?
Nientonsoh, Thinkcard, HotshotGG, Chaox and Babyeator or how is he called, rofl.
Hmmm, I could understand if maybe they were bringing in like real subs or sumthin, like a prospect equal thing, but that line-up? wtffffffffff
CLG is locked in, so the team said fuck it and went off to practice in Korea
Ok, little bit better then, I'd still rather see them bring in other new challenger dudes tho as opposed to old blood. Never know what you'll get after all.
They were supposed to land Thinkcard and Kwon Kon, pair from Challenger team which is projected to be LCS level in Summer 2015 but Riot fucked Kwon Kon, so they got Babyeator who was Nien's partner in FFG.
On August 02 2014 06:57 KissBlade wrote: This is already looking terrible for LMQ x_X they're basically just falling back to really old picks so probably didnt' prep anything for this game.
They got a top tier champ in every role.Don't see how is that bad lol.
Amazing jumping onto tankiest member baiting his team into a shit fight lol.
Seems like TSMs plan when Dyrus gets Irelia is just for him to afk splitpush. It's what they did against CLG(I Think?) and now LMQ too. Feels a bit of a waste of Irelia to me.
I think only curse plays rango in scrims, as we all know curse as scrim bonjwas with their 100% every scrim potential. Therefore every team thinks he's OP
On August 02 2014 07:35 KissBlade wrote: I thought Zilean/Rengar is supposed to be really busted?
Western Rengar is a lot heavier then any imba combo could carry. Stop picking a champion that has not had a single good game despite a dozen tries ffs ><
On August 02 2014 07:37 ghrur wrote: Kobe, stop saying "true sight" Q_Q. I like hearing you cast, but Rito gonna relegate you.
I would hope they would fire rivington and quickshot long before kobe
Well, of course, but "true sight" is a Dota thing, and we know how Rito feels about Dota. lol.
That was a pretty good review. Sometimes, NA teams should just thinking about banning team-specific champions, imo, and deal with spreading out the OPs. Like, oh, we're red-side. Let's ban their specific champs and we can trade first OPs, 1 for 2.
On August 02 2014 07:37 ghrur wrote: Kobe, stop saying "true sight" Q_Q. I like hearing you cast, but Rito gonna relegate you.
I would hope they would fire rivington and quickshot long before kobe
Well, of course, but "true sight" is a Dota thing, and we know how Rito feels about Dota. lol.
That was a pretty good review. Sometimes, NA teams should just thinking about banning team-specific champions, imo, and deal with spreading out the OPs. Like, oh, we're red-side. Let's ban their specific champs and we can trade first OPs, 1 for 2.
I'm not sure if I agree about letting Kassadin through though. Kassadin is just an incredibly strong champion right now.
On August 02 2014 07:37 ghrur wrote: Kobe, stop saying "true sight" Q_Q. I like hearing you cast, but Rito gonna relegate you.
I would hope they would fire rivington and quickshot long before kobe
Well, of course, but "true sight" is a Dota thing, and we know how Rito feels about Dota. lol.
That was a pretty good review. Sometimes, NA teams should just thinking about banning team-specific champions, imo, and deal with spreading out the OPs. Like, oh, we're red-side. Let's ban their specific champs and we can trade first OPs, 1 for 2.
I'm not sure if I agree about letting Kassadin through though. Kassadin is just an incredibly strong champion right now.
Idk... I doubt anybody has practice with Kassadin because of his perma-ban status.
Still, yeah, Idk about leaving Kassadin open. I'd rather leave Braum or Elise or somebody open.
On August 02 2014 07:37 ghrur wrote: Kobe, stop saying "true sight" Q_Q. I like hearing you cast, but Rito gonna relegate you.
I would hope they would fire rivington and quickshot long before kobe
Well, of course, but "true sight" is a Dota thing, and we know how Rito feels about Dota. lol.
That was a pretty good review. Sometimes, NA teams should just thinking about banning team-specific champions, imo, and deal with spreading out the OPs. Like, oh, we're red-side. Let's ban their specific champs and we can trade first OPs, 1 for 2.
I'm not sure if I agree about letting Kassadin through though. Kassadin is just an incredibly strong champion right now.
Idk... I doubt anybody has practice with Kassadin because of his perma-ban status.
Still, yeah, Idk about leaving Kassadin open. I'd rather leave Braum or Elise or somebody open.
There was the one week a team let Prolly get Kassadin and the results were pretty disastrous.
On August 02 2014 08:29 TitusVI wrote: C9 is a big too much for col. Sadly they prob dont get the point here to go onto curse.
Col only needs to tie to get the spot with a free win against CLG Subs and a very good shot at beating EG.
Curse is against TSM, LMQ and Dig.
Col is only behind one win, I think they are the favourites to get top 6, to be honest. They have a far better chance of getting 1-2 wins than Curse does of getting 2 wins imo.
On August 02 2014 08:29 TitusVI wrote: C9 is a big too much for col. Sadly they prob dont get the point here to go onto curse.
Col only needs to tie to get the spot with a free win against CLG Subs and a very good shot at beating EG.
Curse is against TSM, LMQ and Dig.
Col is only behind one win, I think they are the favourites to get top 6, to be honest. They have a far better chance of getting 1-2 wins than Curse does of getting 2 wins imo.
On August 02 2014 09:45 Swords wrote: I'm just hoping Dig didn't prepare for this game or something. Crumbzz looks like complete garbage once again.
How could they really prepare for this game specifically? That's one of the benefits to being a random team thrown together, though there are obviously many more glaring downsides.
On August 02 2014 09:45 Swords wrote: I'm just hoping Dig didn't prepare for this game or something. Crumbzz looks like complete garbage once again.
How could they really prepare for this game specifically? That's one of the benefits to being a random team thrown together, though there are obviously many more glaring downsides.
tbh, against a team that has never played together, the only preparation you need is to just shit on them. Could prob use a strategy right out of a tin can and should still beat them from having way more experience.
Wow! Dexter is hit with what happens to a lot of pro athletes. The pressure making him passive, making him perform worse, making him feel more pressure, making him become more passive. Both in game and out of game.
On August 03 2014 03:53 Ota Solgryn wrote: Wow! Dexter is hit with what happens to a lot of pro athletes. The pressure making him passive, making him perform worse, making him feel more pressure, making him become more passive. Both in game and out of game.
That's why it can be very helpful to have a sport psychologist on board. Their job is to deal with those problems.
It can help to have any third party but their coach is in Korea and not in house. Neo-coast, mancloud and two glorious CLG subs. Gonna be hitting the caffeine tonight
On August 03 2014 03:53 Ota Solgryn wrote: Wow! Dexter is hit with what happens to a lot of pro athletes. The pressure making him passive, making him perform worse, making him feel more pressure, making him become more passive. Both in game and out of game.
That's why it can be very helpful to have a sport psychologist on board. Their job is to deal with those problems.
Also his most outspoken teammates constantly calling him a bad player/saying he's underperforming instead of trying to work with him to actually fix it.
On August 03 2014 04:21 fantasticoranges wrote: I feel like I should like curse just because voyboy keeps picking random shit mid
TALON HYPE LETS GOOO
Curse have fun picks but the least fun playstyle ever Oh and maokai vs yasuo should be a giggle stomp for maokai though, yasuo is perma proccing his passive and his windwall doesn't really do that match vs maokai
These games are not very important for Dig though. They are basically in the same position as CLG. In contrast Curse is still fighting to reach playoffs.
Damn, Dignitas, how dare you to send EG into relegations ;/
coL now needs to beat both EG and CLG-bench, i don't believe that they will beat EG though. And ofc it's only if Curse lose to LMQ because their lose to TSM can't be avoided, 12-0 dream record against bot-3 is carrying TSM to top-2.
On August 03 2014 04:46 Redox wrote: These games are not very important for Dig though. They are basically in the same position as CLG. In contrast Curse is still fighting to reach playoffs.
I will take even tilting CLG with shittons of problems over that Dignitas with Rengar.
On August 03 2014 04:46 Redox wrote: These games are not very important for Dig though. They are basically in the same position as CLG. In contrast Curse is still fighting to reach playoffs.
I already have a conspiracy theory that DIG is throwing so they can poach Helios after EG gets relegated. IT'S THE ONLY EXPLANATION HOW THEY CAN LOOK SO BAD. =(!!!!
On August 03 2014 04:50 KissBlade wrote: I already have a conspiracy theory that DIG is throwing so they can poach Helios after EG gets relegated. IT'S THE ONLY EXPLANATION HOW THEY CAN LOOK SO BAD. =(!!!!
sounds like an interesting theory seeing how shitty crumbz is now.
Man being a Dig fan must suck lol. Every time they're on a win streak crumbzz gets super cocky and talks shit, scarra and crew keep promissing they're not gonna slump.....then it happens spectacularly
On August 03 2014 04:46 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: Damn, Dignitas, how dare you to send EG into relegations ;/
coL now needs to beat both EG and CLG-bench, i don't believe that they will beat EG though. And ofc it's only if Curse lose to LMQ because their lose to TSM can't be avoided, 12-0 dream record against bot-3 is carrying TSM to top-2.
On August 03 2014 04:46 Redox wrote: These games are not very important for Dig though. They are basically in the same position as CLG. In contrast Curse is still fighting to reach playoffs.
I will take even tilting CLG with shittons of problems over that Dignitas with Rengar.
Yeah I dont mind seeing Dig lose, and they are playing shit for sure but I really would like to see Col make top 6 and it would have really helped if Dig won this. Ce la vi.
Happy Curse got the win here. I dont wanna see Col stall 60 mins in playoffs with Trist every game. That shit is getting booring fast. Voy at least with some fancy picks.
On August 03 2014 05:06 Kenpark wrote: Happy Curse got the win here. I dont wanna see Col stall 60 mins in playoffs with Trist every game. That shit is getting booring fast. Voy at least with some fancy picks.
ROFL. coL has problems in mid-game, it's not like they suck balls early, don't have clue about controlling vision or just blow dicks in calling objectives. But it doesn't make them those "we have to clue how to play until 45th minute, we will just pick Tristana and stall". If it was real, Tristana would have been 100% pick/ban ratio with 90+% winrate as one certain champion.
On August 03 2014 05:07 Steins;Gate wrote: EG 4-0 super week, I believe
They're done already, better to see coL winning. EG will stomp everyone in Challenger anyway.
On August 03 2014 05:06 Kenpark wrote: Happy Curse got the win here. I dont wanna see Col stall 60 mins in playoffs with Trist every game. That shit is getting booring fast. Voy at least with some fancy picks.
ROFL. coL has problems in mid-game, it's not like they suck balls early, don't have clue about controlling vision or just blow dicks in calling objectives. But it doesn't make them those "we have to clue how to play until 45th minute, we will just pick Tristana and stall". If it was real, Tristana would have been 100% pick/ban ratio with 90+% winrate as one certain champion.
On August 03 2014 05:17 Apex wrote: I swear....if Rengar is picked again
It's good. If all the teams pick Rengar now, then they will get it out of their systems by the time it's playoffs and not take the risk. Most of the top teams are qualified, so they can afford to try and make Rengar work now. When it's BO5 knockouts they can't afford to take the chance to try and make it work after it's failed so many times, and it won't get picked at all.
On August 03 2014 05:17 Apex wrote: I swear....if Rengar is picked again
It's good. If all the teams pick Rengar now, then they will get it out of their systems by the time it's playoffs and not take the risk. Most of the top teams are qualified, so they can afford to try and make Rengar work now. When it's BO5 knockouts they can't afford to take the chance to try and make it work after it's failed so many times, and it won't get picked at all.
I think Rengar is a legitimately decent pick. It's just that every single NA jungler and their teams have absolutely no idea how to play him.
Hm so what do you guys think, why did Dig drop so hard? 5-1 at the start, 2-8(?) now at the end is pretty rough. I didnt watch all games, but the stats look fine. All the nerfs on lb, kass, ziggs hit every mid laner I guess, so that cant be it. The elise nerfs as well. Dont know about Lucian, Qtie seems pretty mediocre on the other ad carries. Is it really just Crumbzz not being so impactful as he used to be?
On August 03 2014 05:06 Kenpark wrote: Happy Curse got the win here. I dont wanna see Col stall 60 mins in playoffs with Trist every game. That shit is getting booring fast. Voy at least with some fancy picks.
ROFL. coL has problems in mid-game, it's not like they suck balls early, don't have clue about controlling vision or just blow dicks in calling objectives. But it doesn't make them those "we have to clue how to play until 45th minute, we will just pick Tristana and stall". If it was real, Tristana would have been 100% pick/ban ratio with 90+% winrate as one certain champion.
On August 03 2014 05:07 Steins;Gate wrote: EG 4-0 super week, I believe
They're done already, better to see coL winning. EG will stomp everyone in Challenger anyway.
Just checked at least Roberts stats and he is 4-2 with Trist, 0-7 with Corki and 4-6 with Lucian. I dont think I'm too far off here. They cant close games with sth like Corki and Trist by far his best champ. This was before this week ? Didnt he lost with Corki again and won with Trist yesterday ?
On August 03 2014 05:06 Kenpark wrote: Happy Curse got the win here. I dont wanna see Col stall 60 mins in playoffs with Trist every game. That shit is getting booring fast. Voy at least with some fancy picks.
ROFL. coL has problems in mid-game, it's not like they suck balls early, don't have clue about controlling vision or just blow dicks in calling objectives. But it doesn't make them those "we have to clue how to play until 45th minute, we will just pick Tristana and stall". If it was real, Tristana would have been 100% pick/ban ratio with 90+% winrate as one certain champion.
On August 03 2014 05:07 Steins;Gate wrote: EG 4-0 super week, I believe
They're done already, better to see coL winning. EG will stomp everyone in Challenger anyway.
Just checked at least Roberts stats and he is 4-2 with Trist, 0-7 with Corki and 4-6 with Lucian. I dont think I'm too far off here. They cant close games with sth like Corki and Trist by far his best champ. This was before this week ? Didnt he lost with Corki again and won with Trist yesterday ?
Rofl, Robert is last to be blamed in 90% of coL's losses. It's not his problem that his team plays better when he plays Lucian/Tristana and just so you know, his Corki/Caitlyn carried coL into LCS over Coast. And he won with Jinx yesterday.
On August 03 2014 05:23 AsnSensation wrote: is tsm's record vs C9 still 1-17? Not sure how they played this split so far.
On August 03 2014 05:24 Sakray wrote: Why is everyone rushing statik on Trist ?
And did Dyrus shaved his hairs :| ?
your midgame isnt as shitty as it would be with ie start, transitions great into ie 2nd item, and also synergizes amazingly well with your E waveclear.
shiv power spike also comes really early and trist becomes really scary with a shiv vs your adc with say a bf and boots/dagger.
AD casters would still take a shit on her with BF vs statik. I still don't get how you can get any kill potential on someone by starting shyv. At this point Youmuu would me way better, and still transitions well to IE. When I play Trist I start to get kills once I have IE because I do dmg, how rushing a atk speed item would give you more damage than +80ad with 25% chance crit ?
On August 03 2014 05:24 Sakray wrote: Why is everyone rushing statik on Trist ?
And did Dyrus shaved his hairs :| ?
your midgame isnt as shitty as it would be with ie start, transitions great into ie 2nd item, and also synergizes amazingly well with your E waveclear.
shiv power spike also comes really early and trist becomes really scary with a shiv vs your adc with say a bf and boots/dagger.
AD casters would still take a shit on her with BF vs statik. I still don't get how you can get any kill potential on someone by starting shyv. At this point Youmuu would me way better, and still transitions well to IE. When I play Trist I start to get kills once I have IE because I do dmg, how rushing a atk speed item would give you more damage than +80ad with 25% chance crit ?
That's why compLexity is the best team with Tristana in LCS. Get shiv - push lane, get t1, rotate to mid, get t1 there and so on. And that's why KT B were considered as best Tristana team in OGN in 2013 as well.
Going casual bf sword into spark works though, as Altec showed yesterday. I go pickaxe into shiv in soloqueue, easy kills botlane with legit support like Nami, gives you extra damage that you lack.
I dont like this at all. There is a lot on the line for EG and this idiot just clowns around. Got some attention issues. They should punish CLG with less bans in playoffs imo.
Hahahaha this looks exactly like a Solo Q game. Jungler does great for the first 10 min, then goes for super greedy drag and asks "wtf is my team?" like bro don't even make that call.... it was terrible
On August 03 2014 07:06 Numy wrote: So is Nien better than Seraph? Haven't been watching, went to go watch Guardians tonight.
No, that's a bit too much. Seraph is good, we will see results though, but Nien is on fire this week, it was happening in his CLG stint as well, when he was dumping Quas by 100 cs and then be irrelevant for 2 weeks outside of tps on Shyvana.
On August 03 2014 07:12 TooL wrote: Seraph > Nien by a mile.
Seraph = Nien to be completely honest. Both have had shining moments, both have been next to useless.
Ah k. I kind of wonder if Seraph might look better if he was playing in this sub team vs playing in the CLG main team. Just seems like every player that goes into CLG main roster soon plays way worse than they played previously. Well all but Aphro.
On August 03 2014 07:12 TooL wrote: Seraph > Nien by a mile.
Seraph = Nien to be completely honest. Both have had shining moments, both have been next to useless.
Ah k. I kind of wonder if Seraph might look better if he was playing in this sub team vs playing in the CLG main team. Just seems like every player that goes into CLG main roster soon plays way worse than they played previously. Well all but Aphro.
I'd say he do better given the no pressure context Nien has right now. Like if he feeds hardcore right now, who cares, 5 subs, lol hotshot at friends losing, who woulda guessed, etc.
But Nien at the end of his run was pretty much a walking dead man in game.
On August 03 2014 07:12 TooL wrote: Seraph > Nien by a mile.
Seraph = Nien to be completely honest. Both have had shining moments, both have been next to useless.
Ah k. I kind of wonder if Seraph might look better if he was playing in this sub team vs playing in the CLG main team. Just seems like every player that goes into CLG main roster soon plays way worse than they played previously. Well all but Aphro.
I'd say he do better given the no pressure context Nien has right now. Like if he feeds hardcore right now, who cares, 5 subs, lol hotshot at friends losing, who woulda guessed, etc.
But Nien at the end of his run was pretty much a walking dead man in game.
Definitely. Not trying to say that Nien was playing well on CLG, in fact I was a huge critic of CLG. All I'm really saying is if it's possible that these players are actually a lot better than they seem to be when playing on CLG. If we took Nien and put him on say Curse or another LCS team would he be better than on CLG? I mean obviously we can't really say but I can't help but feel that it may be true.
On August 03 2014 07:12 TooL wrote: Seraph > Nien by a mile.
Seraph = Nien to be completely honest. Both have had shining moments, both have been next to useless.
Ah k. I kind of wonder if Seraph might look better if he was playing in this sub team vs playing in the CLG main team. Just seems like every player that goes into CLG main roster soon plays way worse than they played previously. Well all but Aphro.
I'd say he do better given the no pressure context Nien has right now. Like if he feeds hardcore right now, who cares, 5 subs, lol hotshot at friends losing, who woulda guessed, etc.
But Nien at the end of his run was pretty much a walking dead man in game.
Definitely. Not trying to say that Nien was playing well on CLG, in fact I was a huge critic of CLG. All I'm really saying is if it's possible that these players are actually a lot better than they seem to be when playing on CLG. If we took Nien and put him on say Curse or another LCS team would he be better than on CLG? I mean obviously we can't really say but I can't help but feel that it may be true.
It's because level of Curse skill and expectations for them is way lower than CLG's one. Remember, how hard was Nien carrying MRN, rofl, he almost saved them in LCS singlehandedly 1v9ing Velocity in 2 games from 5. That's why guys in football, who can't deal with competition, just leave for lesser team to reload their career and start from the bottom again.
On August 03 2014 08:13 Fusilero wrote: Still don't get what this irelia pick is doing that jax wouldn't, I guess they also wanted the lane bully.
How do you bully a Maokai though? Think it's just "TSMs top lane pick" and they'll pick it regardless of situation.
Idk dyrus was winning the lane pretty hard but he had a gank from amazing and crumbzz baited zion into tping mid early. I thought dyrus was a pretty big jax player as well
On August 03 2014 08:13 Fusilero wrote: Still don't get what this irelia pick is doing that jax wouldn't, I guess they also wanted the lane bully.
How do you bully a Maokai though? Think it's just "TSMs top lane pick" and they'll pick it regardless of situation.
Idk dyrus was winning the lane pretty hard but he had a gank from amazing and crumbzz baited zion into tping mid early. I thought dyrus was a pretty big jax player as well
As we all know, when competitive scene tunnels on something, you just go with it.
On August 03 2014 08:13 Fusilero wrote: Still don't get what this irelia pick is doing that jax wouldn't, I guess they also wanted the lane bully.
Well considering Jax's winrate in the LCS in NA it's a bit understandable they're shying away from it.
That's complete bull as they still pick Rengar who has something like a 20% winrate.
It has nothing to do with statistics and logic. Rengar is still relatively new to NALCS so they're giving it more leeway, Jax was proven not winnable in this league.
TSM has no fucking communication at all, this is disgraceful.
Turtle is really bad at these hyper carries rofl.
Dyrus going full retard all game, Bjerg had one good play and otherwise has beenp retty silent this game. If Dig doesn't win this I just don't even know lol
On August 03 2014 08:40 LaNague wrote: this elise play was terrible.
They were all horrible except Zion. Crumbz may have been most in the negative though. Shipthur dos nothing, qtpie does nothing and Kiwi just gets caught out.
Samsung dies at 21 minute baron, curse's solution is to get it before the 21 minute. GENIUS I really like curse when they're being creative, shame they can't always be like this.
On the other hand, EG-coL game tomorrow will be basically game for 7th place now.
LMQ still need one win to secure top-2 and win both games tomorrow or expect C9 to lose to CLG to secure top-1. TSM-Curse now confirmed with CLG-Dignitas being confirmed as well.
Actually, right, if Curse win tomorrow with CLG.bench dropping every game and Dignitas losing again to LMQ, they're forcing three-way-tie with forcing TSM-CLG and Curse-Dignitas again, like last Summer.
On the other hand, they won't beat TSM anyway, so, lol. 12-0 the dream, at least, it's not likely now that TSM are going to be top-2.
Poll: Curse - LMQ
- Good game (6)
67%
- Dreams are dead. (2)
22%
- Mediocre game (1)
11%
- Excellent game (0)
0%
- Bad game (0)
0%
9 total votes
Your vote: Curse - LMQ
(Vote): - Excellent game (Vote): - Good game (Vote): - Mediocre game (Vote): - Bad game (Vote): - Dreams are dead.
On August 03 2014 09:51 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: Actually, right, if Curse win tomorrow with CLG.bench dropping every game and Dignitas losing again to LMQ, they're forcing three-way-tie with forcing TSM-CLG and Curse-Dignitas again, like last Summer.
More importantly 4th in regular season
This joke never gets old, rofl. Even better than S2 MVP.
On August 03 2014 09:51 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: Actually, right, if Curse win tomorrow with CLG.bench dropping every game and Dignitas losing again to LMQ, they're forcing three-way-tie with forcing TSM-CLG and Curse-Dignitas again, like last Summer.
Picks: Tristana, Lee Sin, Thresh, Nidalee, Zilean. Braum, Elise, Kassadin, Caitlyn, Irelia.
coL don't care about this game at all, outside of hitting double digits win. Actually, if they win now and EG win tomorrow at least one game or even two, everyone will have double digits win.
Wtf Jatt, since when LCS changed rules to place teams considering regular season tiebreakers instead of forcing tiebreakers for the multi-way-ties?
IT'S SO WEIRD TO SEE CLG NIDALEE AND NOT HOTSHOTGG PLAYING IT. .
Actually, considering that CLG are playing better and better every game, well, at least put up more fighting, i consider them as favourites now against Cloud 9, rofl.
On August 03 2014 11:03 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: Actually, considering that CLG are playing better and better every game, well, at least put up more fighting, i consider them as favourites now against Cloud 9, rofl.
On August 03 2014 11:03 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: Actually, considering that CLG are playing better and better every game, well, at least put up more fighting, i consider them as favourites now against Cloud 9, rofl.
Dream is still alive, 1-3.
I'm all for the dream, but what a homer.
Although, if they could be C9's kryptonite... why not C9?
On August 03 2014 11:03 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: Actually, considering that CLG are playing better and better every game, well, at least put up more fighting, i consider them as favourites now against Cloud 9, rofl.
Chaox trading shiv for blade I think was a mistake. Movement speed isn't needed with a zilean, and if he had either a banshees or another damage item in that slot, I think he could've carried it.
On August 03 2014 11:13 ReketSomething wrote: It was basically that baron steal that won CoL the game. And hotshot sucking. So close >.<
Rofl, Hotshot played really well this game. Baby is still my MVP but everyone from CLG is playing legitimately. If you swap them with Curse, for example and give them a month, they will have same 10 wins.
Monte is right, if they just grouped few seconds before objectives, they would have won.
On August 03 2014 11:16 Fusilero wrote: Yada yadda HURRY UP AND GIVE ME MANCLOUD
On August 03 2014 11:21 nafta wrote: Hotshot didnt play well wtf are you talking about lol.He lost lane to kassadin 1v1 and he missed several ults.
It's not like you expect Zilean to dominate Kassadin with flask, rofl. He played ok, considering that he built tear first and didn't go with Kerp "i have shittons of damage but my manapool can sustain only 3 bombs and ult" style.
I hadn't seen a single Zilean in competitive winning the lane so far.
Okay, anyway.
SAINTVICIOUS VS SANTORIN.
AND MANCLOUD VS MOST EXPENSIVE PLAYER IN DIGNITAS HISTORY, THE ONLY KING AND GOD, GOLDENGLUE.
Well you could ban kassadin?He literally doesn't have an answer to the most op champ in the game and they don't even ban it.Got outfarmed and outroamed.Even though a lot of the kass roams working had to do with chaox being dumb.
On August 04 2014 04:25 Alaric wrote: So... wasn't around the first 2 days so I missed the games. Is there still hope for complexity in play-offs?
There was sick dream of coL and EG going to playoffs after coL beated Curse in Day 1, but suddenly Curse won against LMQ and Dignitas and killed the dream.
On the other hand, tonight intrigues:
- Curse win against TSM, Dignitas lose to LMQ, CLG-Bench lose to C9 - Curse are 4th, CLG 5th, Dignitas 6th. - Curse win against TSM, Dignitas win against LMQ, CLG-Bench lose to C9 - Curse are 4th, Dignitas are 5th, CLG are 6th. - If Curse lose, then they're 6th with Dignitas/CLG 4th-5th, doesn't matter at all.
- This game is for 7th place, either EG or coL will avoid Coast.
- LMQ have to win one game from two remaining (against Dignitas and Evil Geniuses) to secure their top-2. - If LMQ win both, they're first. - If LMQ lose both, they will finish second, behind C9 if latter beat CLG-Bench.
- TSM to get second spot have to win against Curse and dream for C9 to lose to CLG-Bench. - There is still possibility of three-way-tie, i assume, for 1st if all LMQ, C9 and TSM finish at 17-11 and LMQ > TSM=C9 > LMQ.
On August 04 2014 05:05 Alaric wrote: Welp. Btw what do the commentators call a "clean ace" exactly? Since if all 5 die well it's an ace, and here Pobelter died so it wasn't a 5-0.
There is this saying-Don't search for logic where there is none.
On August 04 2014 05:05 Alaric wrote: Welp. Btw what do the commentators call a "clean ace" exactly? Since if all 5 die well it's an ace, and here Pobelter died so it wasn't a 5-0.
On August 04 2014 05:54 Woony wrote: man, is going LMQ going full retard or are their intentionally throwing this for some reason? lots of plays that just make zero sense
Yeah its really strange. This game is completely weird.
On August 04 2014 05:54 Woony wrote: man, is going LMQ going full retard or are their intentionally throwing this for some reason? lots of plays that just make zero sense
Rofl, classic LMQ, what is new. + They just lost their coach.
And that's why they need that top-2, they can easily get eliminated if they suddenly fall into 3rd place. On the other hand, Dignitas are on their way to finish season 2-10, somewhere on CLG's 0-8 level.
On August 04 2014 05:57 Redox wrote: Worst game of the season.
On August 04 2014 05:54 Woony wrote: man, is going LMQ going full retard or are their intentionally throwing this for some reason? lots of plays that just make zero sense
Thats LMQ for you.
They either do normal things and just crush people or they do the most random crap ever that make no sense and lose.
On August 04 2014 05:54 Woony wrote: man, is going LMQ going full retard or are their intentionally throwing this for some reason? lots of plays that just make zero sense
Thats LMQ for you.
They either do normal things and just crush people or they do the most random crap ever that make no sense and lose.
You can find good and bad plays/games for every LCS team. But this is just ridiculous.
XWX has used Zhonya on every. Single. Last Breath. But he's cc'd so that shouldn't happen. What's the gist exactly? Another consequence of Riot's fuckup with the "we don't want you to be able to chain cc" thing?
On August 04 2014 05:54 Woony wrote: man, is going LMQ going full retard or are their intentionally throwing this for some reason? lots of plays that just make zero sense
Thats LMQ for you.
They either do normal things and just crush people or they do the most random crap ever that make no sense and lose.
You can find good and bad plays/games for every LCS team. But this is just ridiculous.
Dignitas are stupid. Can't they learn by now that Riot's dumb cc management means they'll never kill TF without losing the fight (if they can kill him at all)?
On August 04 2014 06:04 Neverhood wrote: Looks like the last breath knock up animation doesn't match the actual knock up time, but I think the time itself looks to be correct.
Last Breath stops the current cc and replaces it by its own (that's why people usually wait till it's almost over to use Last Breath, to still have the maximum cc duration overall), and because Riot lets shit like Flash and Zhonya and Riftwalk be queued during a cc and resolved as it ends, it means as soon as Yasuo presses R TF can Zhonya.
On August 04 2014 06:00 Alaric wrote: XWX has used Zhonya on every. Single. Last Breath. But he's cc'd so that shouldn't happen. What's the gist exactly? Another consequence of Riot's fuckup with the "we don't want you to be able to chain cc" thing?
I surfed a bit, seems like it's a bug actually. Thing is that there are different kinds of cc applying so it's not working as intended. But we'll see.
Rofl, Dignitas. LMQ top-2, CLG will finish higher than Dignitas, TSM-CLG avoided. Thank God.
Poll: Dignitas - LMQ
- Bad game (6)
55%
- Mediocre game (3)
27%
- Excellent game (1)
9%
- Good game (1)
9%
- Never watch it, ever. (0)
0%
11 total votes
Your vote: Dignitas - LMQ
(Vote): - Excellent game (Vote): - Good game (Vote): - Mediocre game (Vote): - Bad game (Vote): - Never watch it, ever.
On August 04 2014 06:00 Alaric wrote: XWX has used Zhonya on every. Single. Last Breath. But he's cc'd so that shouldn't happen. What's the gist exactly? Another consequence of Riot's fuckup with the "we don't want you to be able to chain cc" thing?
I surfed a bit, seems like it's a bug actually. Thing is that there are different kinds of cc applying so it's not working as intended. But we'll see.
Rofl, Dignitas. LMQ top-2, CLG will finish higher than Dignitas, TSM-CLG avoided. Thank God.
I haven't been paying attention.
How do the rest of the match ups have to go for clg to play vs dig or... how does it go during play offs?
On August 04 2014 06:04 Neverhood wrote: Looks like the last breath knock up animation doesn't match the actual knock up time, but I think the time itself looks to be correct.
Last Breath stops the current cc and replaces it by its own (that's why people usually wait till it's almost over to use Last Breath, to still have the maximum cc duration overall), and because Riot lets shit like Flash and Zhonya and Riftwalk be queued during a cc and resolved as it ends, it means as soon as Yasuo presses R TF can Zhonya.
No I don't think he could zhonya until he's almost on the ground
On August 04 2014 06:00 Alaric wrote: XWX has used Zhonya on every. Single. Last Breath. But he's cc'd so that shouldn't happen. What's the gist exactly? Another consequence of Riot's fuckup with the "we don't want you to be able to chain cc" thing?
I surfed a bit, seems like it's a bug actually. Thing is that there are different kinds of cc applying so it's not working as intended. But we'll see.
Rofl, Dignitas. LMQ top-2, CLG will finish higher than Dignitas, TSM-CLG avoided. Thank God.
I haven't been paying attention.
How do the rest of the match ups have to go for clg to play vs dig or... how does it go during play offs?
Curse lose - TSM vs Curse, CLG-Dignitas. Curse win - TSM-Dignitas, Curse vs CLG.
On August 04 2014 06:07 Fusilero wrote: If dig plays like this in playoffs then I'm honestly rating curse higher than them.
The slump is real.
Honestly I don't even know if you can say it's a slump. I think the Dig solo laners just play sooooo selfish that as soon as they not completely steamrolling they lose horribly. Shiphtur is always so scared to commit for a kill if it'll put him in danger even if that kill could win them the fight. Same thing with Qtpie yesterday. Zion on non tanks is same too. Whole team just needs to realize this is a team game, dying is sometimes needed to win.
https://www.youtube.com/user/LoLChampSeries 3:04:30 the ori ball moment, seems weird that the ball came back to shiphtur. eerr im prolly dumb enough for not to realize hte last breath threw him even further away
On August 04 2014 06:13 WilDMousE wrote: https://www.youtube.com/user/LoLChampSeries 3:04:30 the ori ball moment, seems weird that the ball came back to shiphtur. eerr im prolly dumb enough for not to realize hte last breath threw him even further away
It seems the ball is still on Yasuo when he ults. Strange. You obv thought while ulting he gets out of range but while in the air he still seems to have the ball.
On August 04 2014 06:07 Fusilero wrote: If dig plays like this in playoffs then I'm honestly rating curse higher than them.
The slump is real.
Is it really slump, they're just playing as people were expecting them to. It's not like they imported Acorn and dade to replace Cruzerthebruzer and Scarra/goldenglue, it's not that huge skill difference. And Crumbzz is just slumping for what, 4-5 weeks already? That hurts.
Hope, LMQ win against EG though, just for CLG to avoid C9 until the finals.
On August 04 2014 06:24 Fusilero wrote: The main thing this season of dig has done is expose how overrated and selfish shiphtur and zionspartan are in their playstyles, they had the excuse that their bot would never carry in a million years but kiwipie are capable of doing work but former coast solos are still wusses even when kiwi and crumbzz give their lives for the team, especially shiphtur.
+.
That's why i really think that both Shiphtur and Zion, they're like Nien. Stars of mid/low tier teams, no pretends for being championship caliber, just being local stars.
The main thing this season of dig has done is expose how overrated and selfish shiphtur and zionspartan are in their playstyles, they had the excuse that their bot would never carry in a million years but kiwipie are capable of doing work but former coast solos are still wusses even when kiwi and crumbzz give their lives for the team, especially shiphtur.
On August 04 2014 06:47 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: Sometimes i just have no clue how Curse are doing it. Is there a toggle near Liquid or what?
Basically, when voyboy plays assassin mids/aggressive mids, it takes pressure off of Cop. Which allows Cop to play more aggressive, and that guarantees Curse actually has decent team fights(because Cop definitely is too passive during certain types of fights). I'm pretty sure a large majority of the Curse wins are largely due to Voyboy stepping up. The other factor is that IWD has been playing pretty well in the jungle recently. That baron call yesterday was pretty amazing.
I'd still say they could pick up a better ADC than cop, but Liquid/Curse seem pretty happy with him for whatever reason. That and Xpecial should not be on Curse. He can still throw games like he did on TSM.
On August 04 2014 06:07 Fusilero wrote: If dig plays like this in playoffs then I'm honestly rating curse higher than them.
The slump is real.
Honestly I don't even know if you can say it's a slump. I think the Dig solo laners just play sooooo selfish that as soon as they not completely steamrolling they lose horribly. Shiphtur is always so scared to commit for a kill if it'll put him in danger even if that kill could win them the fight. Same thing with Qtpie yesterday. Zion on non tanks is same too. Whole team just needs to realize this is a team game, dying is sometimes needed to win.
Couldn't this be residue from being on Coast and having to be the ones that always had to stay alive? They are so used to having to second guess giving trust that it is almost ingrained that "hey I need to just do me".
On August 04 2014 07:16 MoonBear wrote: It's pretty crazy how some of the lower performing teams have clawed back so hard and some of the better teams are just floundering
It makes you kind of worry when it comes to World's. How can you aim for the top if your dropping so many games to low tier teams in your regionals? However it's good to see that with a little bit of adjustment, the lower tier teams aren't that far off of the top tier. It just makes it interesting to me to see that hey everything isn't a total lock at the start of the season as it has been in the past.
On August 04 2014 07:16 MoonBear wrote: It's pretty crazy how some of the lower performing teams have clawed back so hard and some of the better teams are just floundering
It makes you kind of worry when it comes to World's. How can you aim for the top if your dropping so many games to low tier teams in your regionals? However it's good to see that with a little bit of adjustment, the lower tier teams aren't that far off of the top tier. It just makes it interesting to me to see that hey everything isn't a total lock at the start of the season as it has been in the past.
Oh, just remember where did Fnatic finish last time.
Evil Geniuses - LoMoQ
LAST INNOX'S GAME IN LCS HYPE? OR LAST KREPO'S ONE AS WELL?
Bans: Yasuo, Gragas, Kog'Maw. Lulu, Braum, Elise.
Picks: Tristana, Evelynn, Nidalee, Zed, Morgana. Maokai, Lee Sin, Thresh, Corki, Talon.
On August 04 2014 07:16 MoonBear wrote: It's pretty crazy how some of the lower performing teams have clawed back so hard and some of the better teams are just floundering
It makes you kind of worry when it comes to World's. How can you aim for the top if your dropping so many games to low tier teams in your regionals? However it's good to see that with a little bit of adjustment, the lower tier teams aren't that far off of the top tier. It just makes it interesting to me to see that hey everything isn't a total lock at the start of the season as it has been in the past.
Oh, just remember where did Fnatic finish last time.
Difference is fnatic drops the games in the first half and comes back in the second half to finish second.
It wasn't like they finished with 10-0 or something like that and swept the playoffs.
On August 04 2014 07:16 MoonBear wrote: It's pretty crazy how some of the lower performing teams have clawed back so hard and some of the better teams are just floundering
It makes you kind of worry when it comes to World's. How can you aim for the top if your dropping so many games to low tier teams in your regionals? However it's good to see that with a little bit of adjustment, the lower tier teams aren't that far off of the top tier. It just makes it interesting to me to see that hey everything isn't a total lock at the start of the season as it has been in the past.
Oh, just remember where did Fnatic finish last time.
Difference is fnatic drops the games in the first half and comes back in the second half to finish second.
On August 04 2014 07:54 KissBlade wrote: err does this game have any significance?
If LMQ lose, then they won't be #1 seed if ofc C9 suddenly don't pull complete retards from the box and don't lose to CLG-Bench. For EG it's just lulz.
On the other hand, LMQ will definitely prefer playing TSM or Dignitas, rofl, than CLG/Curse.
What a statement. Pobelter and Altec have everything to carry EG to top-3 next season. IF ONLY HELIOS WAS GOOD AT SMITING but he sucked with it even in Blaze.
Poll: EG - LMQ
- Excellent game (12)
75%
- Either 4-0 or 0-4, first or nothing. (2)
13%
- Good game (1)
6%
- Bad game (1)
6%
- Mediocre game (0)
0%
16 total votes
Your vote: EG - LMQ
(Vote): - Excellent game (Vote): - Good game (Vote): - Mediocre game (Vote): - Bad game (Vote): - Either 4-0 or 0-4, first or nothing.
I guess not even XWX can escape the "Why Pick Talon when you have Zed?". That 5/0/2 start was pretty sick. I am loving the variety of seeing champs like Talon and Maokai catching on.
On August 04 2014 08:11 KissBlade wrote: holy heck Helios' english isn't bad at all!
Ok ... nevermind just had a bunch of gibberish after =\.
He really reminds me of foreigners in Moscow universities :D They're trying to speak Russian in same fashion as Helios tries to speak English, fast and messy.
On August 04 2014 08:17 Volband wrote: Helios is cute. Am I coming out of the closet??? Help me out here.
It's ok to have man envy.
Edit:
Polbelter said during the analysis of one of the team fights that "Talon is weak here because he wasn't able to snowball". Is there anything to say as to why can't a 5/0/2 Talon can't snowball that further? A 5/0/2 Talon that is being played by XWX. I don't want to diminish EG's great playing, but how can a Talon just get stopped dead like that?
Man LMQ, no fault to the players but hopefully LMQ can get their shit together for playoffs. Really was looking to see how they were going to stack up against CN now. (NA BEST TRAINING GROUND?)
On August 04 2014 08:23 Fusilero wrote: What happened in lomoQ vs EG? Zed vs Talon mid, I chose to wrong match to go play a match D:
XWX started 5/0/2, but wasn't able to convert that lead. I want to say it's mostly EG's great playing (especially the EG bot lane, Altec wrecked shop) , but yeah Talon vs Zed.
On August 04 2014 08:37 MoonBear wrote: Wait Yasuo WIndwall just completely stops Lux E? Like it doesn't even stop at the wall and stay there but like completely disappear? Wtf.
Yasuo Windwall does that to everything.
It's Braum shield where the projectiles stop and sit on the ground.
On August 04 2014 08:37 MoonBear wrote: Wait Yasuo WIndwall just completely stops Lux E? Like it doesn't even stop at the wall and stay there but like completely disappear? Wtf.
Think only Orianna ball acts like that. everything else just gets negated.
On August 04 2014 08:37 MoonBear wrote: Wait Yasuo WIndwall just completely stops Lux E? Like it doesn't even stop at the wall and stay there but like completely disappear? Wtf.
Yasuo Windwall does that to everything.
It's Braum shield where the projectiles stop and sit on the ground.
Huh. I always thought the secondary part of any projectile (e.g. Gragas barrel, Sejuani Ult, Ori Ball etc) would still exist upon hitting the Windwall. That's ridic OP if it literally gets rid of it.
On August 04 2014 08:37 MoonBear wrote: Wait Yasuo WIndwall just completely stops Lux E? Like it doesn't even stop at the wall and stay there but like completely disappear? Wtf.
Yasuo Windwall does that to everything.
It's Braum shield where the projectiles stop and sit on the ground.
Huh. I always thought the secondary part of any projectile (e.g. Gragas barrel, Sejuani Ult, Ori Ball etc) would still exist upon hitting the Windwall. That's ridic OP if it literally gets rid of it.
Donno about Sej ult. never saw it but Gragas barrels and ult vanish with no effect if they hit windwall And yes that is very OP
Curse > CLG TSM > CLG Curse retirement home > CLG Doublelift to BR, Aphro back to curse, link to C9 to be incredibly moe, seraph to China and dexter to lemondogs.
On August 04 2014 09:01 Fusilero wrote: Curse > CLG TSM > CLG Curse retirement home > CLG Doublelift to BR, Aphro back to curse, link to C9 to be incredibly moe, seraph to China and dexter to lemondogs.
On August 04 2014 09:04 deathgod6 wrote: lol, CLG subs gonna make CLG get 5th seed instead of 4th.
And im pretty sure CLG knew that when they made this decision. Heck all in all I think SubLG has done better then expected. They actually made the opponents work for it in most of their games.
C9 and LMQ for worlds. Third team is hard for me to pick atm. TSM is usually dependable but they're looking worse than ever, DIG and CLG choke pretty hard, curse looking good but I just don't trust them :x.
On August 04 2014 09:04 deathgod6 wrote: lol, CLG subs gonna make CLG get 5th seed instead of 4th.
If CLG can't beat Crs with the disadvantage of not getting to choose sides then they're never going to qualify for Worlds which is their objective anyway. The real risk is losing against Curse, losing the 5th place game to be placed 6th and then going to relegation. Which I don't see them losing anyway? Idk.
On August 04 2014 09:10 KissBlade wrote: LMQ looked like shit since the ownership dispute. Not really sure about their chances going to worlds.
Still they have 3 weeks with securing top-2.
Curse-CLG will be all about first game, both teams tend to tilt hard after losses, even though, if CLG aren't scrimming about KT B, they should be able to stop bleeding.
TSM-Dignitas is total coinflip, Shiphtur chokes every playoffs, Bjergsen is underperforming usually as well, will be fun.
On August 04 2014 09:13 Fusilero wrote: Vooby has more MVPs this split than froggen and xpeke :>
On August 04 2014 09:10 KissBlade wrote: LMQ looked like shit since the ownership dispute. Not really sure about their chances going to worlds.
Still they have 3 weeks with securing top-2.
Curse-CLG will be all about first game, both teams tend to tilt hard after losses, even though, if CLG aren't scrimming about KT B, they should be able to stop bleeding.
TSM-Dignitas is total coinflip, Shiphtur chokes every playoffs, Bjergsen is underperforming usually as well, will be fun.
Man, it's crazy how EG went 4-0. They really turned it ON at the end of the split. They're becoming a really formidable team. Also, when all is said and done, C9 is still on top. I love my boys in white and blue <3.
On August 04 2014 09:10 KissBlade wrote: LMQ looked like shit since the ownership dispute. Not really sure about their chances going to worlds.
Still they have 3 weeks with securing top-2.
Curse-CLG will be all about first game, both teams tend to tilt hard after losses, even though, if CLG aren't scrimming about KT B, they should be able to stop bleeding.
TSM-Dignitas is total coinflip, Shiphtur chokes every playoffs, Bjergsen is underperforming usually as well, will be fun.
On August 04 2014 09:13 Fusilero wrote: Vooby has more MVPs this split than froggen and xpeke :>
Gambit still at 0.
Wait a minute, does 1st seed play winner of CLG-Curse while 2nd seed plays TSM-DIG?
Yiss. That's why LMQ should be completely ok that they lost to EG, rofl. Or to Curse, no big deal.
Anyway, if they face TSM who're 0-4 against them and TSM suddenly win again like last Summer against CLG, will be fun. Will be fun, 3 weeks before playoffs begin, Curse should lose some heat, Dignitas finally have to pull their shit together, noone knows what CLG will show and TSM are just in their weakest state right now, it can't be worse. LMQ drama will cool a bit and C9 will just grind soloqueue.
On August 04 2014 10:12 ghrur wrote: Man, it's crazy how EG went 4-0. They really turned it ON at the end of the split. They're becoming a really formidable team. Also, when all is said and done, C9 is still on top. I love my boys in white and blue <3.
They just need to get rid of Innox and it'll be a really solid team.
On August 04 2014 10:12 ghrur wrote: Man, it's crazy how EG went 4-0. They really turned it ON at the end of the split. They're becoming a really formidable team. Also, when all is said and done, C9 is still on top. I love my boys in white and blue <3.
They just need to get rid of Innox and it'll be a really solid team.
Talking about relegations I think EG has good chances beating the challenger team. But they need to make sure that innox does not become a problem in these games.
On August 04 2014 08:37 MoonBear wrote: Wait Yasuo WIndwall just completely stops Lux E? Like it doesn't even stop at the wall and stay there but like completely disappear? Wtf.
Yasuo Windwall does that to everything.
It's Braum shield where the projectiles stop and sit on the ground.
Huh. I always thought the secondary part of any projectile (e.g. Gragas barrel, Sejuani Ult, Ori Ball etc) would still exist upon hitting the Windwall. That's ridic OP if it literally gets rid of it.
Donno about Sej ult. never saw it but Gragas barrels and ult vanish with no effect if they hit windwall And yes that is very OP
On August 04 2014 08:37 MoonBear wrote: Wait Yasuo WIndwall just completely stops Lux E? Like it doesn't even stop at the wall and stay there but like completely disappear? Wtf.
Yasuo Windwall does that to everything.
It's Braum shield where the projectiles stop and sit on the ground.
Huh. I always thought the secondary part of any projectile (e.g. Gragas barrel, Sejuani Ult, Ori Ball etc) would still exist upon hitting the Windwall. That's ridic OP if it literally gets rid of it.
Donno about Sej ult. never saw it but Gragas barrels and ult vanish with no effect if they hit windwall And yes that is very OP
On August 04 2014 10:12 ghrur wrote: Man, it's crazy how EG went 4-0. They really turned it ON at the end of the split. They're becoming a really formidable team. Also, when all is said and done, C9 is still on top. I love my boys in white and blue <3.
They just need to get rid of Innox and it'll be a really solid team.
Talking about relegations I think EG has good chances beating the challenger team. But they need to make sure that innox does not become a problem in these games.
Yeah, I think the only concern for EG if they face Team 8 is that CaliTrlolz gets a free lane VS Innox and then he doesn't have to worry about tilting and making bad calls. I don't see EG losing to either T8 or Coast, barring some massive Throwbelter appearance.
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