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[Blizzard]

but i don't like sk :/


imo having this whole draft thing isn't specially fun and makes it so that groups are small (so we can't have one big neogaf league)

like i said before the fantasy league we have here in argieland is much easier with like everyone getting x amount of money to spend on players who's "salary" would be determined by rito according to how good they are expected to be. you then have to juggle between having a star and a few mediocre players, or a more balanced team, or whatever. same player can be on many people's teams, it doesn't really matter, and everyone builds their team at their own leisure

i like it better that way

I actually did the post-league survey and replied to Riot mentioning that system already. But, one issue with it is that if I recall correctly, Riot's system predicting points and which fantasy team would win each week seemed super terrible. If they used something similar to give each player a "salary", then you could end up with a bunch of really good players being really cheap. I wouldn't mind the idea of duplicate players but you could also have someone who just insists on perfectly duplicating someone's team every week, forcing a tie. Then you'd have to make other players' teams stealthed until the games actually happen, and so forth.

What other system would work? If it isn't a live draft then it'll take 2 weeks to finish.

This is also a great point. Draft was super slow with one person not being there, but it'd be much worse if it wasn't live. You'd have to constantly be pestering people to log on and do it.

 

[Syph Medwes]

NALCS as boring as ever:

• TIP will win against GV
• TL will win against CLG
• TSM will win against TIP
• C9 will win against TL
• TSM will win finals against C9
• TIP will win third place over TL who ends split as no 4

nah zion will do this thing link will play nidalee mid and xmithie will camp bot and they'll collectively shit on piglet until he tilts which will cause IWD to tilt and CLG will win
...trust me lol

 

[theprodigy]

NALCS as boring as ever:

• TIP will win against GV
• TL will win against CLG
• TSM will win against TIP
• C9 will win against TL
• TSM will win finals against C9
• TIP will win third place over TL who ends split as no 4

now I want to see how well you do with these predictions

inb4 6/6

 

[Newt]

I won't be satisfied unless GV or TL ends up 4th.

 

[Edwardo]

Ya they still have a lot of stuff to figure out when it comes to fantasy leagues. They just added the ability to trade players when there was only a few weeks left in the split. I'd love to be able to customize leagues more than choosing the number of players. It's pretty lame that there aren't playoffs either, but that and other things have a lot to do with the short 9 week split.

For draft length, ours took a while. If you compare it to other fantasy sports, it was actually kind of short. The 12 man fantasy baseball league I'm in took over 3 hours last week. I guess it's different though. For people to actually to make a good commitment to a fantasy league you usually have to have something on the line, otherwise you'll have a few members who just stop checking their teams after a while.

I won't be satisfied unless GV or TL ends up 4th.

It has to happen.

 

[zkylon]

how about

all the losers buy the winner a mystery skin

 

[Edwardo]

how about

all the losers buy the winner a mystery skin

Perfecto

 

[Ghost is Bad]

so u guys owe me a skin then.

 

[Edwardo]

so u guys owe me a skin then.

There was a voting and we decided next season

 

[Ghost is Bad]

mad.

 

[Edwardo]

Challenger Series Playoffs - Semifinals

EU: LowLandLions White vs Gamers2

NA: TDK vs Team Fusion

Matches are best of three.

 

[Einbroch]

FIORA
FIORA
FIORA
FIORA
FIORA

 

[sjagolinzer]

Break the Curse. TL vs Grav for finals!

 

[Edwardo]

Break the Curse. TL vs Grav for finals!

I'd be 100% down with this.

 

[Leezard]

FIORA
FIORA
FIORA
FIORA
FIORA

Those were some good scores for fiora.

 

[clemenx]

I love seeing success out of teams like LLL in EUCS rather than a team full of old pros or players with some experience. There's something cool about teams from one country making it. I think they have a chance if they get to play against Giants.

 

[Achtius]

dat seraph nid play.

 

[WesternHeretic]

Dat fusion choke job. They are getting pretty consistent at losing with a lead.

 

[PsychoSoldier]

Dat fusion choke job. They are getting pretty consistent at losing with a lead.

That Nintendude influence. When he was in the LCS his team would get ahead and then fall apart in the middle of the game.

 

[WesternHeretic]

That Nintendude influence. When he was in the LCS his team would get ahead and then fall apart in the middle of the game.

Yeah pretty much. I'm not of fan of his but I want to see Nien back in the LCS since was a fan of him since Team MRN.

 

[Kotetsu534]

Seraph's bruiser Nid made me whoop with delight. My first main, almost never seen in competitive since the Armor/MR nerfs. What a game. I was about ready to go to sleep when TDK were 10k gold down and decided to watch for 2-3 minutes more when Fusion began stumbling... but I never believed anything like that could happen. Game 3!

 

[Bacon]

eve? wat

 

[theprodigy]

why are so many people called Nintendude

 

[WesternHeretic]

Looks like Searph gonna put the team on his back.

 

[PsychoSoldier]

Looks like Searph gonna put the team on his back.

It's a bit of that and a bit of Fusion being mind-fucked I think.

 

[Kotetsu534]

Best of series LoL with stuff on the line is so different to one off games in a league format. Pick/ban phases often get weird and particular, players get in each other heads, teams out mindgame themselves, mental resilience is tested when games are thrown. Ironic that Seraph should be the one to show such mental toughness and carry his team when he struggled so much on CLG. I think Kez is a great tactical player though, and had Nintendude's number almost the entire series (even when counter ganks went wrong, it was usually Louis stepping too far, he actually read Nintendude's plans fine).

 

[Leezard]

http://na.lolesports.com/articles/2015-mid-year-long-term-suspension-reviews

Incarnati0n is unbanned in a month from now, and can start to play competitively.

Which team do you think is going to lose their mid laner? C9?

 

[Prototype Viktor]

http://na.lolesports.com/articles/2015-mid-year-long-term-suspension-reviews

Incarnati0n is unbanned in a month from now, and can start to play competitively.

Which team do you think is going to lose their mid laner? C9?

That wrist not strong enough

 

[Leezard]

No context:

CLG might be another contender.

 

[Newt]

When are we getting the news about them dropping Piglet? I want him out now.

 

[zkylon]

http://na.lolesports.com/articles/2015-mid-year-long-term-suspension-reviews

Incarnati0n is unbanned in a month from now, and can start to play competitively.

Which team do you think is going to lose their mid laner? C9?

to me dropping hai wouldn't make much sense

he's the team's shotcaller and these days i feel balls is much worse than hai

clg is a good candidate but they seem to like link so i dunno

isn't incarnation an eu player? maybe sk?

 

[Edwardo]

PrimeTime League + 2015 URFitational Grand Finals

Ye OIde League Organization vs The Society of Worth Assessing Gentleman

Challenger Series Playoffs - Semifinals

EU: Origen vs Reason Gaming
On now

NA: Enemy Esports vs Final Five

Matches are best of three.

http://www.twitch.tv/riotgames

 

[Leezard]

to me dropping hai wouldn't make much sense

he's the team's shotcaller and these days i feel balls is much worse than hai

clg is a good candidate but they seem to like link so i dunno

isn't incarnation an eu player? maybe sk?

Meteos has taken over part of the shotcalling, he's doing the shotcalling when the team/Hai is behind. C9 did put a bid on Dade before after all.

Incarnation is an eu player but I think it is more likely that he goes to an NA team. SK could be a good choice for him if he does go to eu, but Fox performs well.

 

[zkylon]

Meteos has taken over part of the shotcalling, he's doing the shotcalling when the team/Hai is behind. C9 did put a bid on Dade before after all.

Incarnation is an eu player but I think it is more likely that he goes to an NA team. SK could be a good choice for him if he does go to eu, but Fox performs well.

i also don't know how worth it would it be to switch hai because of how c9 is structured

meteos will camp balls or power farm while sneaky and lemon will take turrets fast and group

it's a style of play that needs hai to sacrifice farm to roam and help the other lanes get further ahead, and leaves hai in a difficult position compared to other mids

it's like saying dyrus needs to go cos santorin is always mid/bot

i think c9's problems have a lot to do with balls not adapting well to these weak-top laner metas and not allowing the team to play other strategies. not playing lulu or sion for instance and letting hai get first pick or counterpicks himself

 

[Leezard]

i also don't know how worth it would it be to switch hai because of how c9 is structured

meteos will camp balls or power farm while sneaky and lemon will take turrets fast and group

it's a style of play that needs hai to sacrifice farm to roam and help the other lanes get further ahead, and leaves hai in a difficult position compared to other mids

it's like saying dyrus needs to go cos santorin is always mid/bot

i think c9's problems have a lot to do with balls not adapting well to these weak-top laner metas and not allowing the team to play other strategies. not playing lulu or sion for instance and letting hai get first pick or counterpicks himself

Personally I'm not sure whether it would be a good idea to swap Hai, but C9 did put a bid on Dade earlier this split so they have been thinking about it.

Hai has definitely been both an asset and a bottleneck for C9 since they might be forced to firstpick something for him due to his shallow champion pool.

 

[Newt]

Bringing in a Korean in sounds like an awful idea.

 

[Leezard]

Oh, look at this!

http://www.dailydot.com/esports/incarnati0n-jack-etienne-cloud9/

Nicolaj "Incarnati0n" Jensen has agreed a deal with North American organization Cloud9, according to sources close to the organization and the player. Jensen, who had been serving an indefinite ban from competitive play, had his suspension lifted on the last day of March and becomes eligible for competitive play on May 11, in time for the next LCS split. [...]

Richard Lewis is usually spot on for players joining new teams, even if it is not an official confirmation yet.

It's first of April I guess, but I dunno if they would make it up.

There have been previous articles about the relationship of C9 and Incarnation:
http://www.dailydot.com/esports/incarnati0n-cloud9-jack-etienne/

 

[TomShoe]

EDIT: Dafuq? LLL just got rid of their entire team. Consider me lost. Does that mean Origen automatically qualifies for the CS? Do LLL keep their CS spot? Are they going to find a new team soon?

Oh, look at this!

http://www.dailydot.com/esports/incarnati0n-jack-etienne-cloud9/



Richard Lewis is usually spot on for players joining new teams, even if it is not an official confirmation yet.

>Dropping Hai

C9 can't possibly be this stupid.

 

[Leezard]

Meteos is doing some trolling it seems.

EDIT: Dafuq? LLL just got rid of their entire team. Consider me lost. Does that mean Origen automatically qualifies for the CS? Do LLL keep their CS spot? Are they going to find a new team soon?

Wasn't there talks about CW picking up LLL? I have no idea how it's going to work though.

 

[Kotetsu534]

I find it ironic that Hai was the captain and leader mid laner who came along and showed Regi, once a dominant force in NA LoL, and undoubtedly the force of personality within TSM, how far behind he was, reducing him to desperate picks he couldn't play in the S3 Summer Split final, when one year previously he'd destroyed all his domestic opponents. Regi fell back from the first team and took on a full-time ownership/PR/management role within TSM. Now, 18 months later, Hai might be accepting his inadequacy as he once forced Regi too, and may make the same move to a backroom position (albeit that he doesn't own C9 like Regi does TSM, and the legal relationship between him and Jack isn't clear, I very much doubt if he doesn't have a secure future within the organisation he helped establish).

 

[zkylon]

koty are you secretly thorin

 

[Elfstruck]

NALCS as boring as ever:

• TIP will win against GV
• TL will win against CLG
• TSM will win against TIP
• C9 will win against TL
• TSM will win finals against C9
• TIP will win third place over TL who ends split as no 4

TSM over C9. Let me think about that.....nope, not happening again.

 

[Edwardo]

 

[Kotetsu534]

koty are you secretly thorin

No but I share his nationality and am a fan of his show.

 

[Leezard]

Returning to facts, Origen looked really shaky in their series. Unless they improve they might become a Roccat/Elements level disappointment.

 

[Kotetsu534]

They should be really worried. RG weren't even especially good, all of them losing lanes in every game and TakeFun getting caught repeatedly in the late game, Xayoo feeding first blood in game 1 for free and missing most of his Sej ults, questionable drafts in games 2 and 3 - Zed first pick before attempting to go full teamfight with Rumble/Sej/Kog/Nami, Irelia last pick (game 3) into an absolute ton of teamfight lockdown and AoE CC, albeit Kubon played it well enough (think if they picked a tank like Mundo, they probably win the series, since TakeFun wouldn't get himself blown up diving on his own in the ~50 min baron fight).

 

[TomShoe]

This casting has me rolling.

EDIT: OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO

 

[zkylon]

omg this is amazingly silly

 

[TomShoe]

oh deer

 

[Edwardo]

Lol wtf