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[sir_dany12]

0-8 Huni Kappa

 

[Setsuna]

I said GOD DAMN 11k gold lead

 

[HORRORSHØW]

fuck yeah an all-korean finals

don't have to hear that "west is best" garbage anymore

 

[WesternHeretic]

Congrats SKT. I watch a lot of OGN and i don't see how on earth Koo can win. Taking one game would be a miracle.

 

[janoDX]

Onward to a KR vs KR finale.

Remember CN vs CN final on TI4?. TI4 was a great tournament until the finals, I feel it will happen the same in here.

 

[zerokoolpsx]

Huni being 0-8. Smeb dominated him.
Congrats to Koo Tigers!

 

[Neol]

The dream is dead ;-;

Bummed that those games were pretty one sided.

 

[HORRORSHØW]

rekkles did nothing all series

 

[PsychoSoldier]

China took so much of Korea's talent but now there's two Korean teams in finals. That esports infrastructure wins again.

 

[Terbinator]

Them Rekkles tears. Delicious.

 

[Edwardo]

O well. Hopefully the finals will be more delicious.

 

[Leezard]

Huni being 0-8. Smeb dominated him.
Congrats to Koo Tigers!

Smeb really showed up strong the whole series.

 

[Makareu]

Welp, more disappointed in the 3-0 than the defeat. I hope KOO can give SKT a run for their money but it is unlikely.
Going forward I hope Fnatic has not hit its ceiling yet, but I am not overly optimistic about that.

 

[HORRORSHØW]

smeb vs. marin is going to be awesome

 

[killatopak]

gonna be OG vs FNC for 3rd place.

or they don't have a battle for 3rd?

 

[NSESN]

If Fnatic had won, at least it would be fun to see how SKT would beat them, SKT beat Koo so much that it isn't going to be near as fun

 

[Stone Ocean]

At least the west got both third places this year. That's more than I can say about S2~4. Maybe next year, hopefully the LCS changes will make the west more competitive.

 

[zkylon]

anyone checked the viewer count?

right now it's around 600k but after fnatic lost i bet a lot of ppl left

gonna be OG vs FNC for 3rd place.

or they don't have a battle for 3rd?

nope, no third place game

Congrats SKT. I watch a lot of OGN and i don't see how on earth Koo can win. Taking one game would be a miracle.

yeah, koo looks better than during the summer season but it's gonna be hard.

 

[Primethius]

gonna be OG vs FNC for 3rd place.

or they don't have a battle for 3rd?

They don't.

I wanted a SKT vs Fnatic. But not this Fnatic. This Fnatic just kind of fell apart.

 

[RedHotChimiChanga]

anyone checked the viewer count?

right now it's around 600k but after fnatic lost i bet a lot of ppl left

Finals might have the lowest viewership because everyone's salty.

 

[Elfstruck]

Them Rekkles tears. Delicious.

I love it!

 

[zkylon]

Finals might have the lowest viewership because everyone's salty.

everyone's always salty

viewership will be huge like always

 

[HORRORSHØW]

lmao the eulogy

 

[Hazaro]

S A V A G E

*Did I miss anything interesting today

 

[Kotetsu534]

Well after KR wobbled all year (two international tournaments won by China's EDG and NA's TSM) they ended up getting the first one-region World Championship final since season 1 (which was 90% NA and EU anyway). Korea finds a way.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Finals might have the lowest viewership because everyone's salty.

Salty westerners are a minority. People will show up to watch, maybe game 3 will dip if Koo gets stomped but thats about it.

 

[NSESN]

The finals would already have low viewership because china isn't in the finals, now with a all korean final it will only make a bit worse

 

[RedHotChimiChanga]

Only one person can win Championship Riven, and has SKT to win.

GG

 

[zerokoolpsx]

SKT going to have another championship and skin to their name. Don't even see Koo Tigers taking 1 game off them.

 

[zkylon]

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/league-of-legends-world-championship-brings-in-nea/1100-6431125/

nearly a million concurent viewers on only twitch (as in, not counting a youtube, azubu, probably other languages and most importantly, a big chunk of chinese viewers) for group stages

i think league will be ok

(read the comments for hilarity)
(also ignore the longzhu 8m figure, that site is reported to have made up numbers lol, but it's probably a big number)

 

[Stone Ocean]

Isn't Longzhu that shady site streamers were trying to bail from?

 

[zkylon]

i know it's shady about its viewership figures, no idea about the rest tbh

point is, idea that viewership is gonna be low for finals is dumb

might be lower than if there were chinese teams playing, but it's gonna be big regardless.

 

[RedHotChimiChanga]

i know it's shady about its viewership figures, no idea about the rest tbh

point is, idea that viewership is gonna be low for finals is dumb

might be lower than if there were chinese teams playing, but it's gonna be big regardless.

I was talking about viewership being lower compared to S4.
S4 finals were lower than S3.

I was half kidding about everyone being salty, but at the same time, the timezone isn't great for the NA and Asian regions. Doesn't help that Europe got knocked out badly.

 

[zkylon]

concurrent was higher (11.2m from 8.5m), total was lower (27m from 32m)

http://www.riotgames.com/articles/20141201/1628/worlds-2014-numbers

i get it that number can be lower because there's no chinese team at finals, but talking about "lowest viership ever" or whatever sounds awfully close to your average pathetic "league is dying" post so u know, trying to make sure we don't fall into that trap

 

[RedHotChimiChanga]

concurrent was higher (11.2m from 8.5m), total was lower (27m from 32m)

http://www.riotgames.com/articles/20141201/1628/worlds-2014-numbers

Exactly. With the rate LoL is growing, it should have been more, but it has been less even with a timezone that fits best with the biggest LoL audience that is Korea and China.

Who knows though. LCS has really picked up slack this season compared to last year, so maybe NA will wake up early and EU will wash the salt off and stick around.

 

[Annubis]

Reckles played like such a support that they should have made YellowStar the adc =/
I'm not sure if it's the nerves or he felt he was outplayed but that was painful.

Same with Huni top but at least he tried.

 

[HORRORSHØW]

what's next for nalcs? tsm needs to fill 3 positions, clg went with huhi over pob, c9 needs a jungler and support, tip's spot is for sale. the whole region is in flux. they need to stop recycling players, that's for sure.

 

[Stone Ocean]

what's next for nalcs? tsm needs to fill 3 positions, clg went with huhi over pob, c9 needs a jungler and support, tip's spot is for sale. the whole region is in flux. they need to stop recycling players, that's for sure.

C9 needs a jungler or a support, not both. Hai is staying, isn't he?

 

[Leezard]

C9 needs a jungler or a support, not both. Hai is staying, isn't he?

Yeah, from what I gather Hai will fill. C9 is looking for either jungler or support and Hai takes the other role.

 

[HORRORSHØW]

oh okay. c9 wouldn't be c9 without hai so that's a relief. rush or adrian would be awesome for them.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Rush with Hai's shotcalling and without Lemon doing weird shit sounds crazy

 

[Elfstruck]

Rush with Hai's shotcalling and without Lemon doing weird shit sounds crazy

Hmm...does Rush want to play in NA still?

 

[Cybit]

At least the west got both third places this year. That's more than I can say about S2~4. Maybe next year, hopefully the LCS changes will make the west more competitive.

LCS changes?

 

[Stone Ocean]

Hmm...does Rush want to play in NA still?

No clue

LCS changes?

We'll get some format changes, no info on that yet, hoping for BO2s

 

[RedHotChimiChanga]

We'll get some format changes, no info on that yet, hoping for BO2s

I hate ties though. Even though is hard to schedule around, I prefer LCK's BO3s.

 

[Stone Ocean]

I hate ties though. Even though is hard to schedule around, I prefer LCK's BO3s.

BO3s are naturally better, but if we can't get that BO2s are the next best thing

 

[patchday]

huh so Fnatic went out like that? 0-3?! I missed the last game. I expected 5 close games. Didn't realize Koo would dominate them like this.

 

[demosthenes]

Hoping that there isn't a sweep in the finals.

 

[Elfstruck]

Hoping that there isn't a sweep in the finals.

You know there will be. lol

Anyway, I'd expect a BO2 change for next year.

 

[demosthenes]

You know there will be. lol

Anyway, I'd expect a BO2 change for next year.

Hmm, what do you mean?