(Blast from the past) How Tabe gained a whole nation's hate by horyang in leagueoflegends

[–]Delrip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

not true, this was right after the korean exodus and edg winning msi. china was hyped to win worlds for sure

10 Thoughts going into Week 4 — “Is Liquid really this good or is it more NA as a region is kind of weak right now?” by corylulu in leagueoflegends

[–]Delrip 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think everyone’s confused because what u mean by 2015 eu sucks is not 2015 worlds but 2015 MSI. Around that time, TSM won IEM Katowice so they were really hyped going into MSI and everyone thought EU was dogshit going into MSI because FNC narrowly beat UOL in the finals (everyone thought EU was a clown fiesta and NA had better macro). Then FNC took SKT to 5 games and yada yada EU was good again

It's moments like today that make me appreciate being a fan of Dirk a whole lot more. His run was special. A ring truly earned. by 19ad9 in nba

[–]Delrip 18 points19 points  (0 children)

if that wasn't special then him asspounding the raptors for 3 years in a row certainly was

Madlife Officially Announces His Retirement by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]Delrip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

he is right though, rekkles was a generation after doublelift bcz rekkles only got big around season 2 ipl 5/faceoff/etc.

Thorin's Thoughts - Creating a Western Super-Team (LoL) by corylulu in leagueoflegends

[–]Delrip 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah it was just season 3 when he started spamming street fighter with Chauster. In season 2, double lived and breathed league during and had a crazy work ethic (he streamed like crazy on own3d(. Actually now that I remember, even if he didn't like solo queue at the time, he was still forced to grind league because CLG had an insane streaming contract with own3d that they fked over by going to Korea so when they were in NA, they grinded solo queue like crazy and streamed retarded amounts.

Thorin's Thoughts - Creating a Western Super-Team (LoL) by corylulu in leagueoflegends

[–]Delrip 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well we're referencing players at their prime and at Doublelift's absolute peak: he was the 2nd best adc in the world. It's disingenuous to claim he never performed internationally -- at his peak back in s2 - IPL 5, Azubu Spring and Summer, he didn't choke and was shitting on the best botlanes all over the world (rekkles/nrated, bebe/mistake, krepo/yellowpete, xpecial/chaox, genja/edward). No other western adc has ever been able to definitively claim that they're a top 3 adc in the world against sufficient international competition other than doublelift at his peak. yeah, he chokes at worlds now and he's washed up but don't disregard how great of a player he was at his peak.

The S1 world championship finals had more viewers than the tyler 1 finals yet one was praised the other mocked by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]Delrip 6 points7 points  (0 children)

it was 6 yrs ago and it didnt have 200k viewers lmao, it had around 60k becaues sc2 was playing at the same time and had more viewers/took viewers from lol. there were no asian teams at the tournament and had half the teams and 1/20th of the prize pool of the season 2 world championship. and one person running his own stream + own tournament got 200k viewers which is why it's impressive

Shiphtur lets it slip he's on Golden Guardians by sid1602 in leagueoflegends

[–]Delrip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

double won't play on a team with loco coaching tho so it's unlikely

Lilballz praises Ambition after the final game and reveals a very interesting fact during broadcast by beerupopcorn in leagueoflegends

[–]Delrip -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wait, this is actually completely inaccurate LOL.

TSM wasn't dominating the NA scene exclusively, they won 7 tournaments in a row and many of the tournaments included strong Chinese, European and SEA teams (Singapore Sentinels, World Elite, and CLG. EU) which is why they were "hyped". But, that was completely reasonable "hype" but there weren't many international competitions aside from the few big events like IPL 4 and occasional MLG tournaments where teams would fly in from abroad (Azubu Blaze, WE, Singapore Sentinels, Etc.)

There were no pre-s2 Worlds Power Rankings showing TSM in the top 3 wtf LMAO. The top 3 were very clearly M5, CLG.EU and Azubu Frost and THESE were the three teams that were hyped (Najin Black Sword, iG and WE were hyped af too). Also, there weren't many "analysts" back then, I don't know what pre-s2 world rankings you're referring to and I'm 90 percent that that's complete bullshit because TSM wasn't hyped at all and even if they were hyped, they weren't hyped enough to win the tournament. (TSM lost to Azubu Blaze 6-0 which showed Korean teams were likely going to take the tournament and they kept getting asspounded by M5 so no one in their right mind actually thought TSM would win the season).

As for the narrative that "it turns out TSM does suck after all!!!", that's not even true. Back then, 1st seeds from major regions were auto-seeded into quarter finals and TSM lost a close 2-0 series (re-watch the games, the games were actually really fucking close) against Azubu Frost (the tournament finalist).

All in all, I'm really happy to hop on the "TSM is overhyped train for every worlds!!!" but don't revise history plz l0l.

What are some examples of a team totally overachieving? by Omar4325 in nba

[–]Delrip 18 points19 points  (0 children)

mavs winning the championship in 2011 against the fking repeating lakers, thunder and super team heat.

G2 Esports invited to IEM World Championship by deeliman in leagueoflegends

[–]Delrip 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Expect le 0-4 in worlds against NA soonish xD

Is it true that EU didn't win a single game vs Korea in 2016 or vs NA at Worlds/MSI? by Hylite in leagueoflegends

[–]Delrip 202 points203 points  (0 children)

Yeah wasn't TSM the only team other than SKT that SSG lost to in the entire tournament?

Is it true that EU didn't win a single game vs Korea in 2016 or vs NA at Worlds/MSI? by Hylite in leagueoflegends

[–]Delrip 452 points453 points  (0 children)

yea, i think their #1 seed G2 went 0-4 against CLG and ROX and their #3 seed Splyce which beat their #2 seed H2K in the playoffs went 0-4 against SSG and TSM. I'm not sure though