LoL eSports Discussion

[zoraster]

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[SensFan]

I don't feel really good about my predictions in any group.

[SleepyKrew]

I don't feel really good about my predictions in any group.

[pickemgenius]

i feel good about a and thats about it.

also this is last chance for na to do well at worlds cause nalcs goin back to BO1s and 18 games for an entire season.


dumb.

[zoraster]

I dunno. I find it way better as a viewer. Bo3 was always the worst to me. Even Bo2 was better. I do worry about the effect of only playing 18 games in a split, but as a viewer, i'd prefer this.

I'd like to see this combined with some sort of FA Cup-esque competition that involved Best of 5s sprinkled through the season as a way to get the teams more games.

[pickemgenius]

for some viewers yeah great.

good work. one stream. one game.


for developing a region though.

like we come in.

franchising is a thing.

we go back to bo1s.

its annoying from a competitive standpoint.

[SensFan]

Got annoyed at everyone on Reddit calling this Group D the easiest group in history, so decided to take a look back. Since this format was introduced in 2014, here is the group from each year that didn't have a Korean team in it:

• 2014: SHRC, TSM, SK, TPA
  
• 2015: FNC, AHQ, C9, iG
  
• 2016: H2k, EDG, AHQ, INTZ
  
• 2017: WE, TSM, FW, MSF

I'd argue that 2014 is clearly the strongest by a mile, but then 2017 is the next-strongest group.

[Lycanfire]

I joined the pick ems

My bold predictions:
Fnatic last in group.
Fenerbashe and G2 both dumpster RNG. G2 advance, maybe on a tiebreak.

C9 might beat EDG in a tiebreak... EDG is super shakey, but on the other hand on a good day they are the anti-SKT. I put EDG second. Rip c9

[zoraster]

so tonight it begins. One thing I realized that makes me kind of sad is that for NA to do well across the board this year it means that China has to do kind of badly. Normally that wouldn't bother me, but I like to see the host nation do well.

[pickemgenius]

my meme prediction is group c has a 3 way tie at the top between everyone sans fenerbahce.

[SleepyKrew]

m a r i n e s

[MTD]

Spoiler:

just saying

[dramonic]

m a r i n e s

That game was the highlight of the night.

[zoraster]

the AHQ-EDG game was pretty good too.

I think starting with GAM was the worst spot to get them, but they did pull that off well. Fnatic kind of played into their hands though.

[SensFan]

TSM TSM TSM

Let's go boys.

[pickemgenius]

whew lads.

[PJ.]

[SensFan]

I'll take it.

[zoraster]

Just watched the TSM game. Big one, on a knife's edge. One big plus is that Hauntzer looked good.

[Papa Zito]

dat ult

[SleepyKrew]

those were some good games last night

[Voidedmafia]

On the plus side, NA is 3-2 (3-0 day 2) while EU is 0-4?

I'm kinda upset that I didn't change IMT and FNC's places, as I had IMT at 3rd and FNC at 2nd. I meant to before Groups started, but didn't get around to it. Then again, I'm wholly expecting my pick'em to be demolished by the end of this anyways, so I guess that's nothing off my back.

I'm not entirely sure whether or not the FW vs. TSM game was FW performing better than expected or TSM performing worse than expected. Certainly Sven in particular had a really bad early-mid game with all the deaths he gave over, but it felt like TSM as a whole wasn't slumping too hard while FW played better than what anyone except the optimistic diehards predicted and kinda just lost because TSM got a pick on Betty.

C9 losing to SKT was expected, and their subsequent stomp of AHQ was a pleasant surprise--mainly because while I expected the win I didn't expect such a dominant one. Meanwhile, IMT continues to prove NA>EU.

That EDG loss to SKT, though...that's got to be so heartbreaking, both for them and the fans.

P-EDIT: Yeah, this was a good night (or day in my case, since I saw the re-broadcast). Only miss IMO was the Misfits game, but that was entirely expected to happen.

[Voidedmafia]

WE has been winning the teamfights, but TSM has far better macro than WE this game.

Oh, and Bjergerking's pretty good, I guess.

[pickemgenius]

lets goooooo

[Voidedmafia]

Wow. That was a quiet yet efficient and effective win. TSM's going 3-0 this week and

definitely

looks poised to come out 1st. If FW can beat WE and TSM 2-0s FW 1st seed is guaranteed short of Misfits managing to split or 2-0 TSM.