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Post Post #7175 (ISO) » Thu Nov 03, 2016 6:20 am

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In post 7173, zoraster wrote:only just noticed doublelift says he won't be back for spring split.
I find it hard to blame him, though I wonder who TSM could possibly replace DL with that's free and just as good (and can help Biofrost grow, if he's still on the team).

For the thread title question, eh. Still kinda in the "NA failed, nothing matters anymore" mentality so I don't think I can fairly answer that question. I think it'll matter more for EU than NA since EU has far less international cred to win back and NA pretty much has to wait for Worlds again just to be anything more than on par with IWC teams, if only marginally better. (Well, winning MSI would probably help, but...)

Slightly irrelevant to that, exactly how hard would it be/is it to setup some kind of weekly international exhibition matchups between regions during the regular season, assuming that all five major regions have agreed to do so or at least look favorably on such an idea? I was kinda thinking that, for NA/EU, we'd add an extra week to account for byes and have the matches happen on, like, Saturday and/or Sunday before the NA LCS, though I'm not sure if it'd be online or if foreign teams would travel to play in LA. And it'd probably be rough parity between teams; 5th place NA would play 5th place LCK, for instance, or the rough equivalent.
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Post Post #7176 (ISO) » Thu Nov 03, 2016 6:25 am

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Idk, for they? The best team in EU going in got smoked by the IWC twice? Splyce mostly got handled and H2k had the easiest group and quarter final. So...idk man. I wouldn't say eu had a successful worlds. I would say an eu team got lucky with its draw and took advantage of the only good team in their group playing like hot garbage and being generally very overrated.
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Post Post #7177 (ISO) » Thu Nov 03, 2016 7:05 pm

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Did better than NA, and G2 beat ANX in their 2nd match (ANX was probably worn out from getting a victory against ROX just before, but still).

I agree neither region had a fantastic worlds, but EU still came out of this better than NA, I think.
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Post Post #7178 (ISO) » Thu Nov 03, 2016 7:24 pm

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It really doesn't matter. Both got embarrassed. EU fans had a glimmer of hope but that was quickly dashed as soon as H2K played a Korean team. Only one region had a good Worlds. Everyone else's was varying levels of disappointing.
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Post Post #7179 (ISO) » Fri Nov 04, 2016 3:35 am

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Whatever the circumstances, H2K getting to the semis was a success for them.
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Post Post #7180 (ISO) » Fri Nov 04, 2016 3:48 am

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I don't really think so, but I don't think there is any merit in dissecting it
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Post Post #7181 (ISO) » Fri Nov 04, 2016 3:53 am

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I mean, there's no merit in discussing anything with sports or esports, but we do anyway.

H2K got first in their group. By virtue of that they were placed with the easiest Quarters team. Sure, they could have had a harder road if they had to face RNG or C9, but they earned the chance to avoid those teams and there's no certainty they wouldn't have beat either of those teams too (I'd put odds on beating C9 losing to RNG, but nevermind). They didn't just beat ANX either. They trounced them. And you can only beat the teams you play.

They were beaten badly by a team that took SKT to 5 games. It happens. But for H2K themselves, it was a pretty startling success.
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Post Post #7182 (ISO) » Fri Nov 04, 2016 4:05 am

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Yeah, H2K definitely should be happy with their performance. I was speaking of the European region as a whole.
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Post Post #7183 (ISO) » Fri Nov 04, 2016 4:26 am

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At some point you have to beat the teams that matter and they showed no sign of that being a possibility in the near future.
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Post Post #7184 (ISO) » Sun Nov 13, 2016 6:04 am

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every LCS (NA and EU) owner just sent Riot a letter asking for franchising
except for RICK FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOX
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Post Post #7185 (ISO) » Sun Nov 13, 2016 7:44 am

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seems shit.
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Post Post #7186 (ISO) » Thu Nov 17, 2016 6:24 am

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Post Post #7187 (ISO) » Thu Nov 17, 2016 6:43 am

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that was so boring
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Post Post #7188 (ISO) » Thu Nov 17, 2016 6:56 am

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idk I watched the whole thing and liked it
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Post Post #7189 (ISO) » Thu Nov 17, 2016 7:10 am

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sometimes it's good to be really bored. I watched all of The Crown, after all.
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Post Post #7190 (ISO) » Thu Nov 17, 2016 11:53 am

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seems that the deal between Riot and the MLB has gone from rumored to actually happening
LCS will be streamed through the MLB's streaming site. hopefully no paywall (I think Riot is smart enough to know that a paywall would not go well)
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Post Post #7191 (ISO) » Thu Nov 17, 2016 12:24 pm

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that's a weird synergy.
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Post Post #7192 (ISO) » Sun Nov 20, 2016 2:27 pm

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Holy fuck UOL's manager is hot.
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Post Post #7194 (ISO) » Sun Nov 20, 2016 3:44 pm

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my wife said "I'll allow it."
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Post Post #7195 (ISO) » Sun Nov 20, 2016 3:59 pm

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Something something sex joke.
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Post Post #7196 (ISO) » Sun Nov 20, 2016 7:58 pm

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did I miss IEM
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Post Post #7197 (ISO) » Fri Nov 25, 2016 6:17 am

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maybe Jacob Wolf was right about ROX
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Post Post #7198 (ISO) » Sat Nov 26, 2016 6:16 am

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In post 7189, zoraster wrote:I watched all of The Crown, after all.
Oh, fuck. Is it bad? I had such high hopes, Netflix... :(
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Post Post #7199 (ISO) » Sat Nov 26, 2016 6:39 am

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It's not bad. It's just kinda dull. Sometimes in a good way.
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