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So here's a question: why do people keep picking Jayce in LCS matches? He's been a popular pick, especially during Super Week, but there's one little problem: he keeps losing. He keeps getting bullied out of his lane, he doesn't ever seem to contribute much to teamfights, and ultimately his player gets rolled and fed. I know he had a reputation for being overpowered at his launch, but right now he just doesn't seem to be doing much. And yet he keeps getting picked! What gives, here, you think?
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So I think this is the first time I've ever seen someone have their way with Gambit.  AAA's plays here are astounding.EDIT: And as I type that, Gambit reasserts their authority  EDIT AGAIN: Yeah, never mind. is in effect again, but in the sense of this being a lesson in not letting an early kill and gold disadvantage get you down.
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Apr 21, 2013 14:30
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And Twitch loving explodes, thanks a heap Twitch  I wanted to see more Syndra!Jonny Angel posted:His combined record in both LCSes is actually 11-16, or 41%. It's a losing record, but not the MOST losing record, so I can see statistically why he keeps appealing to teams. Let's see, who's been played in 10 or more games and has a sub-40% win rate... This stat makes me sad. I like playing Ahri.  Why can't more pros play her better?Kennen really is kind of dumpster tier, though, I'd noticed that. He comes up but never wins. I almost wonder if he might be getting some buffs after the Spring split, because god drat if he just never seems to manage to do too much. Hell, I think he did the most in that last Dragonborns match, and even then he was just kind of there, ulting occasionally. SpaceDrake fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Apr 21, 2013 |
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Apr 21, 2013 17:21
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And the Wolves lose.  I think the most frustrating thing is that Bjergsen's Syndra was just as sharp as it was last game, but the rest of his team failed him. What the hell was Svenskeren doing? He was half the team's entire deaths!
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Apr 21, 2013 17:31
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Going into the next match, xPeke on Ahri.  THIS I want to see. This'll be a learning experience.
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Apr 21, 2013 17:54
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It's official, the Wolves are now my favorite EU team. That was amazing and I love watching Bjergsen dance.  And it blows my mind that he's only seventeen. Christ, I was good at The Video Games at that age, but not that good.
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Apr 21, 2013 20:10
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A really good Zac, too, even if I can see why a lot of NA dumps on Zac - that slingshot is so hard to use, even when you know what you're doing and you have vision. Still helped win the game for Sword, though.  Also yes that Cain bait. Though to be honest, I'm not convinced that it wasn't just a mistake they managed to turn around
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Apr 26, 2013 11:28
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So I guess the schedule is off? EU playoffs are starting right now, first up is Wolves vs. EG! http://www.twitch.tv/riotgames Krepo getting first blood EDIT: Wait, I'm the hugest idiot. This is a replay of week six's EG/Wolves match.
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Apr 26, 2013 14:04
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Well, that's interesting. According to the EU casters, we haven't seen a lot of Zac... because he's just now been unlocked on the tournament realm. I did not know that! Karma rework is also available now, though I doubt we'll be seeing that
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Apr 26, 2013 16:11
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Was gonna say, Zac comes out very first game. Gonna be interesting to watch (I thought he was a little hit-or-miss in Korean play). EDIT: Okay, Bjergsen on my favorite mid is highly relevant to my interests. Not really paying attention to anything else until this is over. Also Zac top, what
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Apr 26, 2013 16:25
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Also, LCS playoff newbie question: is this a best-of-three? I notice it's blocked out for three hours. Also I can't help but think that GodBro would be struggling less if he'd taken Shen. His Rumble is just doing nothing
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Apr 26, 2013 16:46
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mushi posted:Ah, so this is just a regular tournament that the bottom 2 didn't get to participate in? The idea is that out of the eight in the regular season, the bottom two are automatically taken down to relegation and must re-qualify to get into the Summer split of the LCS. The losers of the match sets today will also be relegated. The top two teams make it into the semifinals of the tournament, which begins tomorrow. They will fight the winners of today's sets. The winners of tomorrow's sets fight each other on Sunday for the top spot and NA or EU trophy.
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Apr 26, 2013 17:23
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Like I said: GodBro was useless that first fight because he wasn't on Shen. Give the bro Shen, and poo poo just explodes everywhere. Meanwhile, Bjergsen, well, what the gently caress else do you say really Really looking forward to match #3!
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Apr 26, 2013 18:13
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And this, of course, is when the tournament realm decides to explode But yeah, really pulling for the Wolves here. Go, Danes, go! And yeah, if only Bjergsen had been on at the start. Really looking forward to the Summer split. Also yeah: even if the Wolves somehow lose this, I can't possibly see them NOT escaping relegation to get back in. They may not be perfect against EG, but there's no way they wouldn't stomp all over the kids.
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Apr 26, 2013 18:48
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Libertine posted:Will AAA get to play their demotion match then or are they automatically out of the Summer LCS as well? I would assume they get to play their demotion, unless they are utterly incapable of fielding five men next week too. Hopefully the family emergency isn't that severe. Also that sucks so bad. It's always awful when family emergencies cause stuff like this. Sort of a lesson, though: making sure your alternates are ready to go at any time is really, really important!EDIT: Yup: quote:To clarify, SK advances to the semi-finals against Gambit and aAa will play in the Promotion Tournament next weekend.
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Apr 26, 2013 19:01
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God dammit, now I'm angry because the delays and issues have clearly shaken the Wolves' mojo. They would have won that second game if it wasn't for this.
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Apr 26, 2013 20:50
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Failboattootoot posted:GGU doing pretty well! I hope they can seal the deal One victory since March. Still just one. Dig is now well on the way to getting relegated out of the LCS. And man, I was even slightly rooting for Dig that round because qt was running Draven. theshim posted:Well, Blitz is recemented as permaban status. Those grabs wrecked Scarra over and over and over. The 'Crank gets banned for a reason, yo. Seems like Dig forgot about that.
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Apr 27, 2013 00:00
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And, of course, if there's any team in the LCS that can completely throw a game to Dignitas, it IS GGU.  This is one reason I wanted Complexity to get 6th last week. That scarra march. What the gently caress was that. What was it.
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Apr 27, 2013 00:34
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Okay, that much enthusiasm is adorable.  And Dignitas is on the way to getting kicked out of the LCS for the Summer and possibly forever. Also, I rescind what I said about Jayce earlier ITT. Clearly, that game is what people have been trying to do with him for weeks.
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Curse is throwing this so hard. And this Tryn, mother of god EDIT: Victory for GGU. LOVING. THIS. poo poo. SpaceDrake fucked around with this message at 00:47 on Apr 28, 2013 |
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Apr 28, 2013 00:44
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Oh GGU, please, please don't throw this, we need you to win it 
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Apr 28, 2013 02:43
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Oh my god this is the best game of League ever Such great facechecking
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Apr 28, 2013 02:59
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Hahahahahaha, Saint is so obviously angry. Time for more ineffectual raging?  Oh my god I cannot wait for tomorrow.
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Apr 28, 2013 03:03
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More to the point, why, why, WHY don't they have a LAN client for their incredibly important video game final matches. Jesus H. Christ.
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Libertine posted:Someone posted yesterday that the EU doesn't get to have the LAN client because Riot shares the responsibilities of running the tournament with ESL and Riot is unwilling to share the tournament client with any other company. Dumbest reason ever. These server issues are completely unacceptable for a professional sport as they are 100% avoidable and are possibly influencing matches (see: the Wolves). Anyway! Great turn-around for Fnatic. Match #3 is gonna be the tensest. And yes, s0az is murder on that Zed, and holy poo poo that Ahri. I'm amazed Peke didn't bring that out more in the regular season.
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Apr 28, 2013 16:40
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Bait Baron, do dragon. Mindgames  And yeah, despite that last teamfight, I think Gambit's lost this.
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Apr 28, 2013 19:59
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Libertine posted:Isn't there like $5,000 on the line? Why would they role swap? At the same time, it's "only" 5000. Both teams are absolutely secure in the summer split and this is as good a time as any to change up on Curse a little, have Vulcun feel them out for the future and see how they respond to role changes and shifting the meta a bit. Sadly it doesn't seem to be paying off
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Apr 28, 2013 21:55
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van fem posted:LoL stuff: What're the chances we get a US finals that are even half as interesting as the EU ones? The finals proper, very good. GGU pulled out some completely unexpected amazingness last night, and we can expect more of the same today.
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Apr 28, 2013 22:20
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Those. loving. Throws. And yeah what was that Ori CS, I can manage higher CS on an AP mid in a fight that long and I'm not even level 30. 
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Apr 28, 2013 23:14
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Bwahahaha, that Thresh bluff This is great. And yes let's ignore Ahri while she rips us all apart, this will work perfectly
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Apr 28, 2013 23:52
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HAHAHAHA THAT BARON! What the hell is this game?! Someone really does need to set that entire sequence to Yakety Sax. And then title it "don't doubt respawn times pre-40 minutes.avi". Vlad dies, comes back, and helps clean up the team that just got Baron. Christ.
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Apr 29, 2013 00:00
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King of the Karp posted:It kinda sounded like Elementz got sick of Saint's poo poo and didn't want to be a part of Curse anymore. At least that's what it sounded like to me, and i can't say I blame him. It always seemed like their relationship was pretty dysfunctional, and it seemed like it had been leaking into their play towards the end of LCS. Gonna say it, Saint seems to be the weak element of Curse at this juncture. His apparently caustic attitude is making his team dysfunctional, and his own decision-making is poor. A few of the bad plays there (like constantly wasting those global ults on situations where Zuna could, and did, easily juke the gank) are pretty much directly on his head. If he's seriously the shotcaller for NA All-Stars, NA is going to get obliterated.
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Flameingblack posted:So if CLG disbands, who picks up Doublelift? Curse has Cop, TSM has Turtle, Dig has QTPie and all three are all-stars. Even Vulcan has a very comfortable hypercarrying Zuna. Could GGU bench Dontmashme for Doublelift? They seem to be thriving on cheese and dumbluck so far GGU seems to have a lot of actual team spirit and camaraderie; I doubt they'll replace any of the current team unless they absolutely have to due to outside circumstances. It'd totally slipped my mind what kind of poo poo Doublelift would be in if he lost his contract though Hopefully someone would pick him up.
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Apr 29, 2013 00:27
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Also good lord, Riot, please stop dropping your stream during big plays.
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Jayisspecial posted:Are there any professional teams with female members? Just hit me that I have never seen a woman amongst one of these teams. There are Diamond-level female players (edit: who publicly stream and whatnot and are personalities in the "scene"), but AFAIK no LCS-qualified team has female players or subs at the moment. I'm not QUITE sure about every team in the qualifier. Pro gaming is still largely a boy's game, sadly. Anyway, goddamn Alternate. They were so happy to actually win. Looking forward to seeing them in the summer split.EDIT: Just checked, nope, not a single woman in any team in the qualifiers according to the rosters on Leaguepedia. SpaceDrake fucked around with this message at 22:18 on May 5, 2013 |
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Nono is losing it, and Schlaya looks about ready to just call it quits already. That said, that was poor play and SNS deserved that win. Edit: Christ, that's twice now. SNS is having their way with AAA like the latter are sub-30s going up against plats. Seriously that second game was, what? 9 to 1 at the end? 10k gold lead by 25 minutes, defeat before 30?
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May 6, 2013 08:57
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Has anyone said what happened to Dioud, by the way? I hope it wasn't anything too bad.
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May 6, 2013 09:45
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I was going to say... as much as people rag on the Dragonborns, they're earning this, guys. Aside from the occasional silly throw like that one Baron, their teamfighting is strong, their key players are bonkers (YamatoCannon ) and they are just consistently outplaying MYM (who, frankly, don't actually look that strong regardless). If the next game is like the last one especially, then DB will have earned that Summer berth. Let's just hope they can win more than four games next split
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May 6, 2013 18:44
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The casters made a good point, they've been live for half a day straight now. I half suspect, at this point, that the break earlier was just to let everyone involved get some goddamn rest.
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I love how, ultimately, everyone said "sure let's just take all our really good favorite champs and blow each other up". This is going to own.
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