Primethius
Banned
Fnatic already took (a weaker) SKT to game 5. They'll do much better then any of the NA teams ever did.
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League of Legends Championship Series: Season 5
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I feel like it's because Tahm has very little to offer otherwise. Q can be blocked by anything, and is single target. If devour is used offensively, it can range from saving an enemy to preventing an ally from being saved. As a tank there's not even a reason to attack him unless he's somehow dealing damage or getting enough point blank stuns to be a problem...and even those stuns are limited to one every several seconds, right?
I didn't watch the game though, so I don't know what items he got and whether he could have dealt significant damage if the other team ignored him.
Kotetsu534
Member
Oh, if MSI had never happened, I'd be much more sceptical of their strength. But it did, and they've got stronger since then. You have to give credit to the first western team to take two games off a Korean team in a best of 5 since CLG.eu (in September 2012, against Azubu Frost).
I just hope they get to face Chinese and Korean teams who aren't EDG or SKT at Worlds. Worst case scenario would be them winning a group against, like, CLG, Flash Wolves & a wildcard, beating AHQ in the QFs, then getting 3-1'd by EDG/SKT.
I just hope they get to face Chinese and Korean teams who aren't EDG or SKT at Worlds. Worst case scenario would be them winning a group against, like, CLG, Flash Wolves & a wildcard, beating AHQ in the QFs, then getting 3-1'd by EDG/SKT.
Well, that's the flaw about competitive Lol at the moment. Not many international tournaments. We kinda have to make judgements on the blind when comparing between regions. Even if they do meet it's 5 games at most and that's not a good sample size either.
While I love the weekly leagues and see them religiously I think they must cram more international tourneys with 3rd party organizers. IEMs are not enough.
Stone Ocean
Member
Today we have DIG Vs CLG, I guess? TIP is in shambles so GV Vs TIP should be a slaughter
Tomorrow should mostly be stomps and shitshows. Can't wait for TSM vs C9 ResidentSleeper
NihonTiger90
Member
Apparently whatever suspension XWX might get won't matter; seems TiP has already kicked him out of the team house, so I guess he's gone.
And judging from a few things said last night, apparently Rush did not like him at all.
And judging from a few things said last night, apparently Rush did not like him at all.
Stone Ocean
Member
I don't get why a famous pro would resort to boosting, just fucking stream
Looks like CW is quickly falling apart. Shook is already gone. I expect Soren and Freeze to be picked up in short order. My best guess for CW is that either Lenny and Kaas stay on and they recruit some SoloQ players, or they pick up an existing quintet as their new team. I'm doubtful they'll make it back, but that's what I said about Coast before their performance this split.
Well that sucks. It's a shame too, I was seriously becoming a TiP fan due to their aggressive play style. Looks like the Gravity game is going to be a stomp since Gate is the new mid, and I have no clue who's going to support. If he gets suspended for a year or more, might as well start elo-boosting full time or go into coaching, because I'm not sure how well his skills are going to hold up, or if any LCS team will recruit him.
I believe he got paid up to $1400 just for one boost. If you grind an account for 2 or 3 days to get it to Master, that's some serious dough. I don't think streaming can top that kind of revenue, unless you're someone huge like Nightblue or QT.
Well that sucks. It's a shame too, I was seriously becoming a TiP fan due to their aggressive play style. Looks like the Gravity game is going to be a stomp since Gate is the new mid, and I have no clue who's going to support. If he gets suspended for a year or more, might as well start elo-boosting full time or go into coaching, because I'm not sure how well his skills are going to hold up, or if any LCS team will recruit him.
I believe he got paid up to $1400 just for one boost. If you grind an account for 2 or 3 days to get it to Master, that's some serious dough. I don't think streaming can top that kind of revenue, unless you're someone huge like Nightblue or QT.
d34thfrom4bov3
Member
Yeah, he's support, Gate got moved to mid after the XWX stuff.
Stone Ocean
Member
$1400 from a single boost is 18% of their salary for an entire split. You significantly overestimate what these players are getting. If it weren't for teams covering living expenses, they certainly couldn't afford to live in LA.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Isn't that $7800ish? I thought it was a rule they get $12500 a split for starters.
Imperfected
Member
I mean, it's 18% of their official salary, but most of these players should be getting considerable benefits from the team organization.
At a bare minimum their room and board and other relevant living expenses (including internet and PC costs) should be completely covered, probably most of their food budget as well. The better managed teams (TSM, CLG, etc.) probably also cut the players in to a considerable amount of the brand (website revenue, merchandising, etc.) and stream share budgets.
That's part of why the Korean players got pissed and started demanding huge salaries. They realized they were getting shafted pretty hard in terms of secondary benefits.
Imperfected
Member
They've made it remarkably far for a team that has never actually won a single lane.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
ez game
CLG Worlds
CLG Worlds
PeskyToaster
Member
I'm glad I put CLG on my fantasy team. That was a pretty clean game. They took some risky fights but they weren't in any real danger of losing. Even if the fight went south, they still were able to get objectives off of them.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Let's see how TIP does. This is going to be an interesting match just to see how they do.
Imperfected
Member
Well, they're definitely still TIP.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Xiaoweixiao's spirit is still in the game.
Gate not doing too well. Rush and Impact going to be key.
Gate not doing too well. Rush and Impact going to be key.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
4 way tie for tomorrow. TIP vs TL going to be BIG!
Yeah he finally turned up in that team fight.
Yeah he finally turned up in that team fight.
thestopsign
Member
I'm gonna guess TIP, CLG, and TL go to worlds from NA.
Kotetsu534
Member
Even though Rush was more noticeable, I think Impact was at least as important. So many good ults on Rush when he got too deep and excellent taunts during the teamfights. Managing to maintain a large edge in lane with such a defensive build isn't easy either. Adrian was superb too - crazy to think he doubts he's good enough for the LCS.
xDUMPWEEDx
Banned
So who is the highest paid LoL player? Faker?
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Faker is probably well compensated in the Korean league, but his Korean fellows in China are probably ballin'
Faker stayed in Korea because he has integrity for his country. Turned down huge salaries from Chinese teams.
Stone Ocean
Member
In NA it's probably Bjerg, but it doesn't come close to China / Korean guys
China is silly when it comes to salaries
He turned down a contract worth a million or something, wasn't it?
Shining Sunshine
Banned
That was a weird ass video...
Danish bromance has to be the most unique hype video for a tourney match I've seen. Not sure it really works, but I got a chuckle out of Santorin eating nothing from a pastry.
Stone Ocean
Member
? They're just playing to the strengths of their comp
Imperfected
Member
Pretty sure that, as was said, the players who went to China made out better. That said, if Faker takes another championship, he's probably going to win out in the end; not only will he be able to name his price, but he's going to have become a "brand" in and of himself and probably be able to pull personal sponsorships wherever he goes, irrespective of his team.
I really can't believe NME gave TSM this composition after last week's TSM/Dig game. Their team is slightly better than Dig's was at engaging, but not enough so to deal with this much disengage.
By giving up 4 Dragons and 2 Barons? There is no reason they needed to do that even if they have a slow early game, if they play this comp in this manner against the top 4 teams they will lose.
Ambition
Member
It really does suck how none of NAs top teams are consistent
thestopsign
Member
TSM is so bad...
Shining Sunshine
Banned
That was so crazy at the end. Love the Split PIP going on.
Imperfected
Member
That is extremely unlikely, considering TSM has the Spring split 1st place and an extremely high chance of placing 4th or higher. Unfortunately, C9 was the 2nd place finisher in the last split (and thus the ones most able to challenge them on championship points), but we know how that turned out.
The reason this matters is because Impulse, for example, only has 30 CP to TSM's 90 (and CLG a measly 10), meaning these teams almost have to get 1st to qualify. You basically need for TSM to come in 5th place or lower for them not to qualify, and if they have a first round bye...
That said, all of those teams can potentially make it, just that specific combination is absurdly unlikely.
thestopsign
Member
You are right, I think they almost have an automatic entry unless TIP or TL gets 2nd this split and TSM ends in 5th/6th (which is possible to me).