TES > FNC
SN > JDG
GEN < G2
DWG > DRX

TES > SN
DWG > G2

TES > DWG

China and Korea have a strong chance to win the tournament without having their teams eliminated by teams from other regions. Not that it would mean much, but I bet casters will give it a lot of attention because of how easy it will be to fill time with this topic.

ghrur

United States3786 Posts

October 11 2020 16:05 GMT

#444

DWG vs G2 might actually be closer than we expect. DoinB was saying how EU seems to have an edge vs KR but weak versus CN. I just hope for a TES vs DWG finals or a competitive TES vs G2 finals instead of TES rolling over G2 3-0.

Also, I think SN vs TES will be close too given the form of the players right now.

DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

October 11 2020 16:56 GMT

#445

I can see G2 beating GenG to a pulp, but DWG is a whole different caliber. G2 have had many messy games, and they did poorly vs SN. G2 really shines in series, but so does DWG.

Slusher

United States19143 Posts

October 11 2020 18:01 GMT

#446

Was it literally rigged where the rule force all of can and all of me on opposite sides or just secretly rigged?

Uldridge

Belgium4779 Posts

October 11 2020 20:08 GMT

#447

I've been trying to understand your sentence several times, but I just can't, for the life of me, comprehend it. It feels like I'm approximating some understanding of it, but it breaks my mind every single time I reread the middle of it.

DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

October 11 2020 20:46 GMT

#448

Thank you for saving me the time trying to figure out what he said, looks like autocorrect destroyed that sentence.

TES > FNC
SN > JDG
GEN < G2
DWG > DRX

TES > JDG
DWG > G2

TES > DWG

Close to what was posted above, but imo JDG is better in long matches. SN has some prickly weaknesses (failure to close out games, not the best calls), and they are an opponent that JDG have played before, so they will play confidently. If TES or JDG don't win their series, I would be very surprised.

Slusher

United States19143 Posts

October 11 2020 21:55 GMT

#449

LOL yea, that's not what I intended to write, but I think I figured it out

Slusher

United States19143 Posts

October 12 2020 15:35 GMT

#450

I’ve played at least 100 games of Irelia this year and I can’t even see what happened in the Bin 1v2 kill at 1x speed

DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

October 12 2020 16:15 GMT

#451

At that speed, I think the bigger factor is muscle memory. I have seen a GM Irelia on ARAM who jumped 5 minions in about 1 second, and Flash ulted 3 people in 1 second too. Nobody could react fast enough to stop her, I was happy I hit 50% of my Ez Qs on her. Bin was waiting for the misstep, and the rest was mindless mechanics. Either that or his brain runs twice as fast as mine.

Also super low ping and low input lag on monitor and keyboard.

Uldridge

Belgium4779 Posts

October 12 2020 16:39 GMT

#452

His brain (reflexes) probably runs quite a bit faster than the average person (or even the amateur for fun gamer).
I'd be quite interested in seeing a study which tries to tie genetics to the physiological aspect of reflexes/reaction speed.

Key words: nerve conductance/cerebellum processing/muscle precision (because correctly pointing your cursor at the right spot in very short time intervals is also very relevant)

Just like how people who are born stronger/faster/smarter than others, I'm convinced that certain signal processing mechanics are favored for certain people over others, even if they tend to be in the millisecond range of differences.
So, being a pro-gamer might just mean you've got a combination of transcending reflexes and transcending muscle precision.

Edit: Of course there could be a discussion about the actual strategic insights (planning in space and time), in fight reaction and even knowing when fights 1v1s/1v2s/.../5v5s are favourable at certain points in time. But this elevates a good pro-gamer to a great pro-gamer imo. Think of what a legacy a Hai fusion with peak Faker/Uzi would have.

loSleb

Austria1389 Posts

October 12 2020 18:11 GMT

#453

Bin's brainwaves are so powerful he forced PK to flash into his ult, these chinese genes are insane.

Jek

Denmark2771 Posts

October 12 2020 18:32 GMT

#454

On October 13 2020 01:39 Uldridge wrote:
His brain (reflexes) probably runs quite a bit faster than the average person (or even the amateur for fun gamer).
I'd be quite interested in seeing a study which tries to tie genetics to the physiological aspect of reflexes/reaction speed.

Key words: nerve conductance/cerebellum processing/muscle precision (because correctly pointing your cursor at the right spot in very short time intervals is also very relevant)

Just like how people who are born stronger/faster/smarter than others, I'm convinced that certain signal processing mechanics are favored for certain people over others, even if they tend to be in the millisecond range of differences.
So, being a pro-gamer might just mean you've got a combination of transcending reflexes and transcending muscle precision.

Edit: Of course there could be a discussion about the actual strategic insights (planning in space and time), in fight reaction and even knowing when fights 1v1s/1v2s/.../5v5s are favourable at certain points in time. But this elevates a good pro-gamer to a great pro-gamer imo. Think of what a legacy a Hai fusion with peak Faker/Uzi would have.

If I remember correctly there was a study years ago that showed that top StarCraft pros had visual and cognitive reaction speeds about 3-4 times faster than the average person. They basically had the same traits as combat pilots.

Sent.

Poland9198 Posts

October 12 2020 18:38 GMT

#455

Wasn't that about Counter Strike players?

Jek

Denmark2771 Posts

October 12 2020 18:40 GMT

#456

On October 13 2020 03:38 Sent. wrote:
Wasn't that about Counter Strike players?

Ah, that is probably right. Wouldn't be surprised if it's similar in every esport.

starkiller123

United States4030 Posts

October 13 2020 03:52 GMT

#457

I hope we get some real banger 5 game series in quarters, I am mostly looking at the all lpl quarter and the G2 GenG one but hopefully the other two are at least somewhat competitive

DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

October 15 2020 09:45 GMT

#458

If DRX doesn't win a single game, I think Deft will have a mental breakdown, and good chance the team will break apart (there's gotta be 10 offers from LPL for Chovy).