Both C9 and GenG are ecstatic.

C9 plays what is likely the easiest 1st seed they can, while GenG gets a shot at running deep into the tournament.
DK and T1 meeting in semi's is the biggest killjoy though, I feel like having them meet in the finals is the most apt way of ending off the world championships. Having a LPL:LCK finals is the absolute bests for Riot though in terms of viewership since NA/EU are going to watch it anyways, while the reverse wouldn't be true.

Sent.

Poland9198 Posts

October 21 2021 20:24 GMT

#322

Friendly reminder to do your Pick'ems guys, I almost forgot to do mine.

chipmonklord17

United States11944 Posts

October 22 2021 12:40 GMT

#323

T1 ignoring the fact that they could just kill the tower instead of suicide diving under it

AdsMoFro

Japan4761 Posts

October 22 2021 14:44 GMT

#324

I expected nothing from HLE...and I'm still disappointed. What the fuck was that draft (twice)?!

chipmonklord17

United States11944 Posts

October 22 2021 14:46 GMT

#325

What a boring affair. Hopefully the other series will be better

evilfatsh1t

Australia8657 Posts

October 22 2021 15:04 GMT

#326

hle got stomped so hard it was actually sad.
t1 looked so solid for all 3 games though. absolutely no mistakes and classic lck out macro style.

Yorbon

Netherlands4272 Posts

October 22 2021 15:12 GMT

#327

That was such an underwhelming series. After how bot went in game 3 at the start of the game I just skipped to the ending.

AzAlexZ

Australia3303 Posts

October 22 2021 20:25 GMT

#328

I was hoping T1 would win, but I was not expecting HLE to flop this hard.
Seems underwhelming and makes it seem like HLE defeated themselves more than T1 did with questionable gameplay and god awful drafts. I hope Chovy and Deft hold their head high, they improved so much in the group stage, just unfortunate that they did not show it here in the quarters

evilfatsh1t

Australia8657 Posts

October 23 2021 06:27 GMT

#329

as much as i like deft i think this should be his last season. id be surprised if he kept on playing next season because hes just not at the level to compete for a title winning team now.
that said, im looking forward to the next transfer window to see what happens with chovy. not sure what the contract situation on all the players are but there are a few top korean players that are likely to move and chovy might finally get another chance to play with a competent team.
some players off the top of my head are probably nuguri, cuzz/ellim, teddy (sad face. still like him better than gumayusi). you could throw chovy in with these "rejects" and youve already got a team 10x better than hle

DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

October 23 2021 07:54 GMT

#330

He's still an upper mid tier player in the LCK, as evidenced by the fact he has made World's multiple times. He should be treated more like a better Fly these days, he can win you games but he won't win you the important ones.

Chovy needs a chance to prove himself on a better team. Problem is GenG, T1, DK aren't looking for a mid, and NS likely want to develop Gori. So his only real option is to go to CN, unless some surprise KR superteam forms. Maybe he can be the new top laner for DK?

evilfatsh1t

Australia8657 Posts

October 23 2021 11:14 GMT

#331

actually im thinking that its possible that chovy and maybe even deft stay on hle and they kick morgan willer and vsta. hle actually isnt a small organisation, they just havent had results youd expect from an organisation of their size. its not out of the question that the big players that become available move to hle to join chovy if he chooses to stay

AdsMoFro

Japan4761 Posts

October 23 2021 13:34 GMT

#332

I can only describe that Game 2 draft as matchfixing

evilfatsh1t

Australia8657 Posts

October 23 2021 13:58 GMT

#333

if hle didnt screw up their groups im 100% sure we would have seen an all lck semis. this lpl quarters is a joke

AdsMoFro

Japan4761 Posts

October 23 2021 14:43 GMT

#334

This is truly a horrendous series from a gameplay stance (somewhat entertaining as a shitfest). Dogshit drafting. Flandre playing Graves like he';s first timing. Scout with 100CS advantage and doing nothing on late game Azir. Truly amazing.

ghrur

United States3786 Posts

October 23 2021 15:25 GMT

#335

Cryin's Annie is like my level of CS right now. He legit just missed 4 CS on a wave lol.

DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

October 23 2021 15:25 GMT

#336

Wtf, this Annie pick is actually working. This is some real secret strats, wouldn't be surprised if none of the EDG players have played against the champ in months.

ghrur

United States3786 Posts

October 23 2021 15:27 GMT

#337

On October 24 2021 00:25 DarkCore wrote:
Wtf, this Annie pick is actually working. This is some real secret strats, wouldn't be surprised if none of the EDG players have played against the champ in months.

Nah, I think it's more of the Kennen working rather than the Annie. I swear this was hashed out in groups that first-pick Graves => Kennen counterpick, and Kennen just goes even in lane and destroys teamfights. Graves looks useless in comparison. Surprised it took RNG this long to bring that out.

evilfatsh1t

Australia8657 Posts

October 23 2021 15:50 GMT

#338

the drafts are actually meaningless this series because everyone is playing like monkeys. the highlight for me is theshy basically calling out every single misplay in complete disbelief

Jek

Denmark2771 Posts

October 23 2021 15:56 GMT

#339

On October 24 2021 00:27 ghrur wrote:

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This is honestly like how all Kennen games have felt regardless of lane opponent in this worlds.