On September 27 2014 07:04 Kupon3ss wrote:
Wait I'm kind of confused, isn't it Group C #1 vs Group D #2 and vice versa, wouldn't it always benefit the Koreans to both finish at the top of their group?

A1/B2 plays C1/D2 so to avoid A1 (SSW) for as long as possible you want to be A2/B1 or C2/D1

Gorsameth

Netherlands21737 Posts

September 26 2014 22:11 GMT

#6022

Its about Blue avoiding White in the semi's. Not about Blue avoiding shield in the quarter.

krndandaman

Mozambique16569 Posts

September 26 2014 22:16 GMT

#6023

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HorsemasterK

United States606 Posts

September 26 2014 22:20 GMT

#6024

lol you guys, match fixing allegations when a Korean team drops one game in groups?

Gorsameth

Netherlands21737 Posts

September 26 2014 22:20 GMT

#6025

On September 27 2014 07:16 krndandaman wrote:
shouldn't they make it so that A1 plays C2, A2 plays C1, B1 plays D2, B2 plays D1?

doesnt really matter. So long as X1 does not face X2 until the finals it is fine. Doesnt matter if you do it like Riot did or your way.

Zess

Adun Toridas!9144 Posts

September 26 2014 22:21 GMT

#6026

On September 27 2014 07:16 krndandaman wrote:
shouldn't they make it so that A1 plays C2, A2 plays C1, B1 plays D2, B2 plays D1?

I mean with top 2 advancing out of 4 groups into Ro8 then if #1 beats #2 then in Ro4 you will always have two #1 teams play each other. Which side of the bracket you are on then is just luck.

If A/B are playing in Ro8 then you want A/B C/D to play in Ro4 because otherwise you're running two split tournaments A/B vs A/B and C/D vs C/D that magically meet in the finals (hello NFL).

LaNague

Germany9118 Posts

September 26 2014 22:33 GMT

#6027

wasnt blue the inconsistent white cryptonite coming into this anyways?

Plus their demon that is last years WC.

KissBlade

United States5718 Posts

September 26 2014 22:39 GMT

#6028

Blue hasn't been inconsistent since last WC btw. However, I will say I think Deft just played poorly and Dade tried to troll too much. Watching the lane, he was literally trying to just dodge charms on reaction with shadows instead of just positioning better.

krndandaman

Mozambique16569 Posts

September 26 2014 23:04 GMT

#6029

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Alaric

France45622 Posts

September 26 2014 23:08 GMT

#6030

Woah wtf is your icon Kupon3ss.

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

September 26 2014 23:12 GMT

#6031

On September 27 2014 07:20 HorsemasterK wrote:
lol you guys, match fixing allegations when a Korean team drops one game in groups?

that's how far ahead the koreans are ahead of the western scene though. or so everyone thought.
or match fixing.

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

September 26 2014 23:15 GMT

#6032

On September 27 2014 08:08 Alaric wrote:
Woah wtf is your icon Kupon3ss.

It's Haro and a moogle.

Alaric

France45622 Posts

September 26 2014 23:17 GMT

#6033

You pop in at the most random of times these days Neo. But you still seem more alive than Cixah so it's all good I guess.

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

September 26 2014 23:22 GMT

#6034

idk, I only show up to make a quip these days. Not much to say otherwise.

ketchup

14521 Posts

September 26 2014 23:43 GMT

#6035

On September 27 2014 08:22 NeoIllusions wrote:
idk, I only show up to make a quip these days. Not much to say otherwise.

As if anyone needs anything of substance to say in the LR threads anyways. Enjoy the atmosphere of the good ol' TL forums.

K3Nyy

United States1961 Posts

September 27 2014 00:10 GMT

#6036

I think SSB was playing very arrogantly and didn't respect their Fnatic too much. You can kind of see it when SSB constantly tried to make picks over and over and never giving enough credit to Fnatic that they can react properly. But I wouldn't put it past them to fix matches especially if it means not pairing up with another korean team later.

Gorsameth

Netherlands21737 Posts

September 27 2014 00:18 GMT

#6037

Oo just realised next matches are 3 hours earlier then before.

Why did they change it, its been starting at the same day for the previous 6 days.

Lots of people going to come in tomorrow wondering why they missed 2 games.

oo_Wonderful_oo

The land of freedom23126 Posts

September 27 2014 00:23 GMT

#6038

On September 27 2014 07:39 KissBlade wrote:
Blue hasn't been inconsistent since last WC btw. However, I will say I think Deft just played poorly and Dade tried to troll too much. Watching the lane, he was literally trying to just dodge charms on reaction with shadows instead of just positioning better.

Not really inconsistent, but it was not something from outworld to expect Blue dropping 1 map in groups, they never looked really convincingly in groups in OGN.
FROZEN, I SEE YOU.

Still, going into bo5, it will be very hard to bet against Blue, Acorn and Spirit seem to be as dominant as in Spring and if dade can perform to his standards every game, then history will repeat and PawN will choke.

And hopefully, OMG are okayish now, so they're going to advance, Shield-OMG <3.
Gorilla is definitely player of the groupstage for me though, because it's hard to really separate White and Blue are strugglers, while Uzi was playing with himself without competition.