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dsyxelic
United States1417 Posts
not sure that the rest wasn't enough since it was at least a month before playins - so they could have taken even 2-3 weeks off and still get 2-3 weeks prep. but either way according to him, insiders aren't surprised at all and the only things kind of unexpected was TL losing to EVOS and TL beating RNG. With 1-5 being a fairly expected outcome. | ||
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cLutZ
United States19574 Posts
On May 14 2018 02:35 Slusher wrote: I didn’t think this was possible on 8.8 but maybe Kai’sa is a trap pick for kz, they feel so weak as a team when pray has to wait on scaling If they pick Kaisa, they need Peanut on an early game champ like olaf so he can pressure for pray. The team looks like a sack of potatoes if they don't have botside pressure. | ||
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AdsMoFro
Japan4761 Posts
On May 14 2018 08:48 dsyxelic wrote: idk what insider info scarra had but he mentioned on stream he wasn't surprised in the slightest by TL results and that from what he knows, TL didn't prepare nearly as well for MSI as they did for NA finals (and agreed with it basically saying that he thinks its better to not go too hard on MSI prep if it means not enough rest for players after finals). It sounded pretty unclear whether he meant that the prep was just ineffective due to some circumstances or if it was intentional to have less prep. Chat asked if it was an Olleh issue and he said no. not sure that the rest wasn't enough since it was at least a month before playins - so they could have taken even 2-3 weeks off and still get 2-3 weeks prep. but either way according to him, insiders aren't surprised at all and the only things kind of unexpected was TL losing to EVOS and TL beating RNG. With 1-5 being a fairly expected outcome. I mean, you gotta remember DL had an emotional time during NA Playoffs. Maybe he lost a bit of desire? But in general, MSI doesn't mean TOO much I guess. Maybe they don't want to burn out? | ||
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dsyxelic
United States1417 Posts
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
On May 14 2018 12:50 AdsMoFro wrote: I mean, you gotta remember DL had an emotional time during NA Playoffs. Maybe he lost a bit of desire? But in general, MSI doesn't mean TOO much I guess. Maybe they don't want to burn out? DL is playing fine though? I don't really get the whole "they didn't prepare that hard" angle. The mistakes the players are making are just fundamentals, surely in the weeks between finals and now they couldn't have regressed that much? I think it's more likely a case of both their not being that strong compared to international teams and maybe not putting in as much effort as they could due to circumstances. KZ is looking pretty out of sync compared to their LCK run which may speak to them also taking it a bit easier but you can see still their fundamentals at work (outside of Khan) in most cases. On May 14 2018 14:29 dsyxelic wrote: It wouldn't surprise me if the TL staff decided to take things a notch down but not DL himself. It almost worried me how easily he seemed to have handled the situation (at least on camera) and he seemed very eager for MSI, more so than the other players. Everyone experiences loss in different ways. I know a friend of my who lost their mother when we were in Matric and he just took it in stride(At least openly). He'd always been a big goofy guy and just kept being that. When I got a phone call that my grandfather had just died it just didn't really hit me until I'm sitting in a bathroom balling my eyes out days later. I would be surprised if DL is just going hard into his work, that competitive aspect of his life just taking over more and more. | ||
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Haasts
New Zealand4445 Posts
Edit: RNG showing some fight ... lol at Gorilla thinking he was being cute ulting the Ornn under his tower to prevent the Call of the Forge God waveclear only to find a Malz with ult up lurking just out of sight. Edit2: Holy shit, RNG ace them only losing Xiaohu! Edit3: UUUUUZZIIIIIIIII! Cannot believe how well Mlxg has bounced back after being two levels down and at like 9 cs to Graves' 40 early on. | ||
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Redox
Germany24794 Posts
KZ had such a good early game lead and did absolutely nothing from it. By now at the latest there have to be serious doubts about them. Also, pretty sure that was last Kaisa for Uzi. | ||
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Haasts
New Zealand4445 Posts
On May 14 2018 18:53 Redox wrote: Also, pretty sure that was last Kaisa for Uzi. ^^ 12/0/5, sheesh. Deleting Peanut in the jungle nearly as fast as Doublelift deleting Mlxg yesterday. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35150 Posts
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AdsMoFro
Japan4761 Posts
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Gahlo
United States35150 Posts
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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AdsMoFro
Japan4761 Posts
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Yorbon
Netherlands4272 Posts
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Ansibled
United Kingdom9872 Posts
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DarkCore
Germany4194 Posts
I don't like zoe, watching her is not fun and she never seems that good. Champ is cancer, I really hate that she's seeing play again. You never feel like Zoe plays are special or difficult, just that they completely turn fights and games around. Caps legit died at his tower to a random bubble from his own jungle, nobody expects that kind of stuff, even if you're a pro. That said, giving Uzi Kai'sa twice today was a much bigger mistake, hope nobody is dumb enough to let that through again. | ||
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