EPTDid Overpow just say Kev1n's laning phase as bad as Youngbuck? l o l.
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Mensol
14536 Posts
Did Overpow just say Kev1n's laning phase as bad as Youngbuck? l o l. | ||
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BrownBear
United States6894 Posts
On February 21 2015 04:01 AlterKot wrote: I'm not saying he's dumb, I like him a lot. Heck, I actually think he said nothing wrong about Poland and Regi. I just think he doesn't know much about League, and definitely isn't an expert he acts like. But then Monte seems to like working with him and agrees on stuff so I dunno. Thorin's strengths come from his extensive background in esports in general, mostly Counterstrike which is also a team game. He's considered one of the foremost CS experts. His League knowledge isn't as extensive as his CS knowledge, which leads to occasionally stupid opinions, but he has good points (watch his thoughts on the Wickd-kev1n swap, IMO he nails the main problems with Elements and what they need to do). | ||
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Lost My Will To Live
Botswana601 Posts
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TitusVI
Germany8319 Posts
On February 21 2015 03:59 BrownBear wrote: Predicting by tomorrow there's a reddit thread calling for Elements to bench Kev1n and bring back Wickd. Piglet is pretty much a free agent atm. maybe he wants to play toplane in elements. | ||
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Fusilero
United Kingdom50293 Posts
On February 21 2015 04:03 MajorityofOne wrote: That he left Uzi off his 20 greatest players list....kind of hard to agree with that omission imo, not really an Uzi fan but he's been the focal point on two worlds finalists. Its not like he's been some scrub in his LPL games either so I really don't get it Oh ye off top-20 is a bit much but he's overhyped because people never take into account just how out of their minds whit3zz and insec played during uzi's worlds runs | ||
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BrownBear
United States6894 Posts
On February 21 2015 04:04 TitusVI wrote: Piglet is pretty much a free agent atm. maybe he wants to play toplane in elements. Giant ego? Individual skill but complete disregard for teamplay? I'm surprised Froggen hasn't already sent him the invite. | ||
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
On February 21 2015 04:04 BrownBear wrote: Thorin's strengths come from his extensive background in esports in general, mostly Counterstrike which is also a team game. He's considered one of the foremost CS experts. His League knowledge isn't as extensive as his CS knowledge, which leads to occasionally stupid opinions, but he has good points (watch his thoughts on the Wickd-kev1n swap, IMO he nails the main problems with Elements and what they need to do). The problem is even when he has good points he tends to say something blatantly dumb that just nullifies his point. Even in that Wickd-Kev1n thing he said a lot of good but then he gushes over Kev1n. Same with the ROC pre-season. He gushes over Nukeduck so hard yet the guy has been irrelevant for almost 2 years. Maybe if he just didn't speak about individual players he'd be better off since the huge bias wouldn't happen. | ||
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AlterKot
Poland7525 Posts
On February 21 2015 04:04 BrownBear wrote: Thorin's strengths come from his extensive background in esports in general, mostly Counterstrike which is also a team game. He's considered one of the foremost CS experts. His League knowledge isn't as extensive as his CS knowledge, which leads to occasionally stupid opinions, but he has good points (watch his thoughts on the Wickd-kev1n swap, IMO he nails the main problems with Elements and what they need to do). I did watch that and you are right, altough I thought that a lot of people had similar opinion and it's just that he's the one who was able to explain it well. I respect his interviewing craft, I respect his knowledge about team dynamics, I don't respect his knowledge about League of Legends and what makes a player/team good :p | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21687 Posts
On February 21 2015 04:00 Radoq wrote: Super team my ass, only huge egos from previous years. Pretty much why I like to see Alliance/Elements lose | ||
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MajorityofOne
Canada2506 Posts
On February 21 2015 04:01 AlterKot wrote: I'm not saying he's dumb, I like him a lot. Heck, I actually think he said nothing wrong about Poland and Regi. I just think he doesn't know much about League, and definitely isn't an expert he acts like. But then Monte seems to like working with him and agrees on stuff so I dunno. I'd agree that his knowledge about league isn't that great. I think he's got more of a grasp on competition and analyzing peoples achievements as a whole, whereas his understanding of league specifically is pretty meh. Monte usually makes up for that shortcoming IMO except when he lets himself get swept up in Thorin's biases, AKA the eternal Froggen and Flame hype train. | ||
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Slusher
United States19143 Posts
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Zato-1
Chile4253 Posts
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MajorityofOne
Canada2506 Posts
On February 21 2015 04:05 Fusilero wrote: Oh ye off top-20 is a bit much but he's overhyped because people never take into account just how out of their minds whit3zz and insec played during uzi's worlds runs Def agree on whit3zz and Insec getting overlooked. Especially Insec actually, I think people were just soooooo ready with the narrative of him being washed up and SHRC basically being his retirement home last year that they had a hard time accepting he was playing at a really really high level. | ||
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Doctorbeat
Netherlands13241 Posts
On February 21 2015 04:06 Gorsameth wrote: Pretty much why I like to see Alliance/Elements lose I'm really close on saying fuck it and finding another team to be a fan of. I started with SK back in the day with Wickd and Froggen, then CLG.eu, EG, ALL, all the way through. I didn't like the Shook pickup (as a personality) so that was already a black mark but the current situation makes me like them even less. | ||
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BrownBear
United States6894 Posts
On February 21 2015 04:06 AlterKot wrote: I did watch that and you are right, altough I thought that a lot of people had similar opinion and it's just that he's the one who was able to explain it well. I respect his interviewing craft, I respect his knowledge about team dynamics, I don't respect his knowledge about League of Legends and what makes a player/team good :p Yea, I think you hit the nail on the head. Ideally, Monte's knowledge base about League would synergize well with Thorin's knowledge base about teamplay and esports in general. Kinda sad it doesn't work out that way. | ||
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Disengaged
United States6994 Posts
FINE THAT MAN Lols | ||
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DNeon
Australia203 Posts
'My brother' | ||
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AlterKot
Poland7525 Posts
On February 21 2015 04:09 Doctorbeat wrote: I'm really close on saying fuck it and finding another team to be a fan of. I started with SK back in the day with Wickd and Froggen, then CLG.eu, EG, ALL, all the way through. I didn't like the Shook pickup (as a personality) so that was already a black mark but the current situation makes me like them even less. Wolves caravan is still pretty empty :> | ||
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seenster
Germany385 Posts
On February 21 2015 04:14 AlterKot wrote: Alright bubs time to secure 3rd spot and next week go for top2! better change your flair. | ||
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Jek
Denmark2771 Posts
On February 21 2015 04:09 Doctorbeat wrote: I'm really close on saying fuck it and finding another team to be a fan of. I started with SK back in the day with Wickd and Froggen, then CLG.eu, EG, ALL, all the way through. I didn't like the Shook pickup (as a personality) so that was already a black mark but the current situation makes me like them even less. Dropping Krepo for Nyph was the turning point for me. :-/ | ||
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