LoL eSports Discussion

[quadz08]

C9 is giving me all the sads

[Iecerint]

Heisendong is rly cute.

[zoraster]

Iec is truly a streamer expert.

[Iecerint]

I'd only previously watched him when he was doing Heimerdinger cosplay streams.

[zoraster]

when i watched him his autoreader thing was reading out racist donation messages.

[Iecerint]

Sounds about right for streamer donation messages in general.

I'm pretty desensitized because I watch lots of Kaceytron, but it's on the tamer side from what I've seen.

[Iecerint]

when i watched him his autoreader thing was reading out racist donation messages.

Oh he just commented on this.

Someone donated and said PEACE AND LOVE MAN as the donation comment and he was like "thanks man i am so tired sometimes of people donating $1 to say racist shit man faith in mankind restored man."

He says "man" a lot.

[Voidedmafia]

Like man, I can't believe that man would just go an step on us like that man. Respect the man, man!

[BROseidon]

And TSM pulls victory from defeat.

And C9 kinda fumbles against NME. Which is a team I feel C9 is still better than. Incarnation isn't fitting in very quickly.

C9's issue is that they aren't great in each position and don't have the shot calling to compensate.

Balls is a shell of his former self. He's 2 levels below impact/quad/flaresz and a level below Gamsu/Zion/hauntzer
Meteos is a level below rush/dom
Incarnation hasn't lived up to the hype in a region where most teams are good in the midlane (only tdk and dig are weak here, and let's be real tdk doesn't count)
Sneaky is top 3 in his position
Lemon is middle of the pack

Like, c9 needs the team play because they don't have loaded rosters the way TL, TSM, CLG, and TIP have, but they don't have the solid team play and shot calling that Gravity and Dig have been showing (and are weaker on average in each position than both of those teams)

[BROseidon]

Frankly, it's hard to call who from NA is making worlds because TSM, CLG, TL, Dig, Gravity, and TIP all look really strong.

[BROseidon]

Eu is just going to be fnatic, Origen, and h2k

[AngryPidgeon]

TSM vs Gravity should be good today.

[BROseidon]

I'm liking the NA matches this week. TIP vs Dig was great

[Voidedmafia]

Balls is a shell of his former self. He's 2 levels below impact/quad/flaresz and a level below Gamsu/Zion/hauntzer

at least, so long as he doesn't get Rumble. Then he's the God of NA Top Lane again.

(I'm...guessing you're saying he's the same level as Dyrus? Or is Dyrus lower? I'm only guessing because you don't mention Dyrus here, nor Seraph)

Frankly, it's hard to call who from NA is making worlds because TSM, CLG, TL, Dig, Gravity, and TIP all look really strong.

TSM via either winning Summer or most points (because unless they SERIOUSLY slump or make a massive roster change they are a shoe-in for either of those); CLG probably by a run in the NA Gauntlet (or simply by being 2nd-3rd and having to only face one team...although they've had a real good run of that in playoffs <_<); Liquid by having the most points, since C9 may not be able to hold up their 70-point margin without a MASSIVE surge this half of the split; Dig, Gravity, and TiP are pretty much going to have to win via the gauntlet or by winning the split because only TiP can possibly beat out TSM in points via a good ranking, and the other two can only beat TSM via a good ranking AND TSM placing 6th or worse (or probably 7th or worse).

tl;dr:
By Split: TSM
By points: Liquid
By gauntlet: ...probably TiP, but maybe CLG.

Eu is just going to be fnatic, Origen, and h2k

Most likely, yeah. Although UoL still has a chance to make a run.

[BROseidon]

I don't think UoL will make it. They haven't looked like they've been getting better, whereas h2k, Origen, and fnatic are all showing growth.

I think the dark horse picks in eu are giants and gambit, but id first bet that no dark horse gets it (by far).

Re: NA - TSM will likely get it on points. I don't think they're winning this split unless something changes, though. I'd put TL down as the favorite to win the split, but there's a good 6 teams right now that are all legitimate contenders.

TSM+TL+one of CLG/Gravity/Dig/TIP is probably the safest bet, but I wouldn't consider it that safe of a bet.

[BROseidon]

Like, my prediction is that by the end of then split UoL will be 5th/6th.

[Voidedmafia]

That's still within gauntlet range. And they've shown themselves to be pretty good at advancing up Bo5 series. I do doubt that whichever of those three is forced into being the final stage will lose to UoL, Giants, or Gambit, though.

[pickemgenius]

man i love altec so much.

[AngryPidgeon]

Like, c9 needs the team play because they don't have loaded rosters the way TL, TSM, CLG, and TIP have, but they don't have the solid team play and shot calling that Gravity and Dig have been showing (and are weaker on average in each position than both of those teams)

Ya, what happened to that...

They used to have amazing team presence and at least a good ability to hold their lanes.

[The Bulge]

Not even mad. Great game. They almost came back but then everyone fucked up one by one at the end (Hauntzer ult miss, bunny flash hook miss, Move roaming in jg solo, etc).

And still tonnes of fantasy points!

[AngryPidgeon]

bunny flash hook miss,

It wasn't even close. It was like bronze tier hooks.

Game of throws all around, but somehow TSM had better map presence overall.

[AngryPidgeon]

Penta kill for insult to injury on C9, lol.

[BROseidon]

bunny flash hook miss,

It wasn't even close. It was like bronze tier hooks.

Game of throws all around, but somehow TSM had better map presence overall.

He was going for the madlife.

[quadz08]

Like, c9 needs the team play because they don't have loaded rosters the way TL, TSM, CLG, and TIP have, but they don't have the solid team play and shot calling that Gravity and Dig have been showing (and are weaker on average in each position than both of those teams)

Ya, what happened to that...

They used to have amazing team presence and at least a good ability to hold their lanes.

hai retired

[The Bulge]

Incarnati0n isn't the problem. The problem is that, besides Meteos' shotcalling being below par, it's also distracting him from his own play. So not only is he a bad shotcaller, but he's a bad jungler now too.