[IEM] Katowice 2015 Discussion - Page 259

On March 16 2015 10:05 RagequitBM wrote:
Limping Goat is officially a prediction king. I don't know if he just calls TSM winning everytime, and got lucky, or if he actually did research, but he was right. Praise

On March 16 2015 11:25 EsanLOL wrote:
Honest question here: What does Dyrus do that makes him so irreplaceable in your opinions? He's a selfless top laner, a lot of experience, but I don't think his level of play has been anything spectacular this split. For example, I don't look at Dyrus and then look at Hauntzer and think "Hauntzer could never do what Dyrus does!"

On March 16 2015 10:54 Caiada wrote:
I don't think Dyrus getting replaced will happen til soonest after Worlds, depending how they do and how he looks. Toplane talent is really dire in NA.

NA import super team? Impact/Rush/Bjerg/Piglet/Lustboy :3

On March 16 2015 11:44 Slusher wrote:


after worlds Bjerg is officially an NA player by riot standards so they will have a slot if they want to import somewhere

but with it only being one slot Dyrus might be safe, I think they could get a lot better by upgrading at adc

On March 16 2015 11:32 AlterKot wrote:
Can Hauntzer do this :> ?

On March 16 2015 11:40 Daeavorn wrote:
You guys are also forgetting the best part about Dyrus. He is the best 2v1 toplaner I've ever seen.

On March 16 2015 08:13 Lord Tolkien wrote:
Now that the gloating period has run out, time for some thoughts.

EU being a weaker region than NA has been something of a known quantity since Worlds. It's somewhat ironic given how early LoL esports was, and I'm not sure where it stems from; my guess is they've fallen behind on the coaching/analyst development that NA had spent much of last year/most of this split building up. SK didn't show much flexibility in their IEM games, and Gambit isn't useful for judging anything. I don't watch trash region LCS (huehue), so I can't really comment much here.

Part of this is also YoeFW being one of the strongest (or at least, one without glaring flaws in their roster) SEA/Taiwan teams to come to an international tourney since TPA stunningly swept S2 Worlds, and the Bo1 format; TSM lost the first game to YoeFW as well. SEA teams are usually underestimated because they're always rather hard to judge: outside of the clear tier 1 teams, the rest are complete shit, so you can't tell much from the level of competition.

Reminds me of Yango's surprisingly accurate statement about Chinese teams; they always look terribly shitty going into Worlds. I remember OMG pulling off several distinctly Dignitas-esque baron throws during last Worlds qualifier, with only EDG getting out of it looking good (ironically, also before they got #rekt at Worlds). And on the topic of CN teams, WE's roster changes certainly surprised everyone; there's only a few more weeks till LPL ends but I don't see WE getting auto-relegated if they transfer the same perfomrance back to LPL. Though it would be hilarious if they did.

The biggest and best thing this tourney did was definitively derail the KR hype train. Everyone's recognized that the exodus of talent to other regions seriously drained KR dominance (and might spark new player-favored changes in KeSPA teams if the talent drain continues, we'll see). That, and other regions have finally developed the coaching/analyst staff and started perfecting the support structures that made South Korean teams unparalleled in League from ~late S2 through S4 Worlds. Would also say GET underperformed against WE, and CJ was just bad but w/e. It's rather telling for the LCK right now that GET was 20-2, and how much development many of the new KR teams/players are going to have to undergo. KR will still be a force going into Worlds, but...man. Hype train derailed.


Unrelated note: one of these days I hope Riot puts out an English cast of Brazil's league. I'm interested in seeing how they've been progressing since Worlds because the BR scene had/has an immense amount of #potential; large domestic playerbase, pre-existing gaming teams, large amounts of sponsor money floating about, and pre-existing infrastructure from CS. All the makings of a strong region if they get it together (and I know they've been importing at least a few Koreans as well).

On March 16 2015 11:49 ShootAnonymous wrote:
Went to bed, woke up... and the miracle did not happen. Oh well, still ridiculously proud of/happy for WE.

Were the games good or was they as stompy as the 3-0 scoreline?

On March 16 2015 11:49 ShootAnonymous wrote:
Went to bed, woke up... and the miracle did not happen. Oh well, still ridiculously proud of/happy for WE.

Were the games good or was they as stompy as the 3-0 scoreline?