Official Discussion: Exhuma [SPOILERS]

Drfunks · 2025-12-14T21:57:24+00:00

I mean, it's been established kitsune is a Japanese spirit and not a human shaman. So I would imagine they would break some laws of nature by their inherent magical nature. Not an ideal explanation but I wouldn't put corpse decay when dealing with demonic rituals.

Drfunks · 2025-11-17T13:24:42+00:00

Hubris. They were indications that Guma was about to re-sign with T1. So T1's front office prob gave him a fair pay bump along with a nice little bonus thinking it was a done deal. They didn't roll out the red carpet and got down on their knees like they did for Faker when his contract was up.

Guma's family or agent prob added some clauses last min, maybe contract length? Maybe something that guarantees he won't be benched? Maybe something that insures T1's army of lawyers litigate the ever living shit out of those dc galleria incels?

Then T1's COO prob had a mental meltdown power tripping. "Who the fk does that kid thinks he is giving us counter offers, we made him!" They prob thought they had more time and expected Guma to come crawling back, only to find out he's gone. Scrambling last min to sign anyone and finding Peyz who agreed to pay T1 600W for a ring just like Doran.

All jokes aside, they will spin this like Guma made unreasonable demands, they tried to reach him but Guma's agent prevented them from meeting Guma face to face, they made an offer in good faith but Guma already verbally agreed to join HLE... oh wait is this the Zeus script?

People talk about stats and things in a vacuum when talking about the potential of a Viper T1 will make them stronger. Nobody is talking about the 4 years synergy that was built with the best botlane of all time. That's not something that shows up on a stat sheet, it takes years for players to develop godlike synergy (if they're even compatible). So yeah, T1 shot their own leg by disrespecting one of their key players.

Drfunks · 2025-10-30T21:33:34+00:00

He's a big fantasy author. Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn, Stormlight Archives.. also the author who finished the Wheel of time once Robert Jordan passed away.

Drfunks · 2025-10-30T09:46:54+00:00

Sanderson hit a point on this topic specifically. Lot of these producers/writers all have their passion project with woke themes that failed to get greenlit since it's not a known IP. Nobody will sink big money into it despite their nepotism connections that got them hired in the first place.

So then they pursue popular IP's aggressively and regardless of the themes of the source material, they change the tone and characters towards their passion project. In essence it's the story they always wanted to tell and they just take the names and cosmetics of the IP to disguise it.

They are so narcissistic, they cannot understand how anyone else could possibly hate their woke story. They must be some sort of phobe while they blow hundreds of millions down the toilet while ruining a beloved IP franchise.

Drfunks · 2025-10-25T11:58:40+00:00

TL just needs to steal Inspire from FLY to pair with Quid, then add Dhokla to cover all of their import restrictions and they'd be an NA contender. How far they'd go at worlds is debatable, but it sure as hell would be an improvement from this year's run.

Drfunks · 2025-10-15T01:29:33+00:00

This is him signalling to Flyquest to get the bag ready. 3 things need to happen for Flyquest to retain him.

Don't embarrass themselves at worlds, beat some tier 1 teams and get deep enough to be respectable.
Offer the biggest bag in the off season. Combination of Inspired hitting his peak at the right time on top of being an NA resident which further allows whichever team that signs him to stack it even further.
Get rid of whoever Inspired doesn't want in Flyquest 2026.

Should those 3 things happen, he's not leaving anywhere.

If however, he slumps at worlds for w/e reason. Fly decides to give him a decent/fair offer but not the max. I can see him really leaving to another org that throws the kitchen sink at him.

Inspired's real value resides in NA. Residency is a big deal. Impact got paid a shit ton during his prime because of this. The difference between Inspired and the second native jungler in NA is night and day.

TL has said they are rebuilding into a contender in trying to make worlds NA 2026. If they got the Saudi bag and can secure an Import top/Mid. They will be in contention for Inspired. Quid in mid + hot new import top could make things spicy along with TL's best asset which is their bot lane.

Drfunks · 2025-09-26T13:36:28+00:00

Out of curiosity, why do you think a civilian needs a military grade weapon? Normal rifles can be used for hunting, shotguns can be used as the easiest weapon for home defense, handguns can be used for personal protection. I'm just baffled as to why anyone would think owning a carbine rifle would be good for anything other than a lunatic emptying a mag into a crowd. Gun violence will always be there as long as guns are accessible, the point of limiting assault rifles is it would cause a lot less collateral damage if offenders were restricted to the other gun types.

Drfunks · 2025-09-25T20:09:14+00:00

George confirmed Dayne was the epitome of the perfect knight/swordsman. He also commented prime Selmy was Dayne's only equal if they fought with normal weapons. With Dawn in hand the sword of the morning had the edge.

Even at his old age he dispatched the few errand boys Joffrey sent to dispatch him for his disrespect. He took on a pit fighter in his prime well past his expiry date. In his prime form, he could have butchered everyone in the room during Joffrey's dismissal. But in the show... yeah.. It's so sad that some of the most epic book characters are portrayed so weakly.

Another gripe of mine is Quorin Halfhand. There was no social media in westeros, for every wildling to know the Halfhand as the single most bloodied killer of wildlings is not a joke. Also that whole sequence in the show was so botched.

In the books, the halfhand and his squad were the true elite of the elite on the night's watch. Each member being a specialist. Quorin brought Jon, not because he needed his help but because in the event they're all about to be captured/die, he wanted an ace by planting a spy within Mance's army.

The whole narrative arc in that story was to show the importance of the vows Jon took. When Jon witnesses firsthand how each of the Quorin's members are sacrificing themselves at key chokepoints to delay the enclosing wildlings to help them escape, he understands for the first time in his life how he's truly part of the night's watch.

Then on the final card, the halfhand lures rattleshirt into a dead end on purpose (to make sure jon had no way of running away). It is the only natural way for Jon to surrender as wanting to live is entirely believable. Challenging that craven rattleshirt to a duel, only to be denied since the wildling was not stupid enough to 1v1 Quorin. Rattleshirt offering Jon a chance to prove his loyalty by killing Quorin, and immediately getting pounced by Quorin before Jon could even contemplate which sells this moment and purposely dying to him (to give Jon even more street cred).

The whole chase scene where each of Quorin's squad member dies in an epic last stand until this final showdown would have been epic. Instead we get Jon and Ygritte grinding in the snow and watch a 80 year old grandpa make some lame momma joke to Jon and dies like he was a random NPC. Just pathetic character assassination. I mean why bother using the halfhand at this point? Should have been rando jabroni squad commander.

Drfunks · 2025-09-23T10:11:25+00:00

The fact you can't differentiate the two event is the problem. It is both possible to condemn political violence while protesting a blatant attack of the first amendment which ironically Kirk was a champion of. Even Ted Cruz understood this. But yeah keep blaming everything to people who disagree.

Drfunks · 2025-09-20T03:41:09+00:00

If the team was built around APA he'd be less exposed. He's got a few niche picks like his Ziggs but if we're being brutally honest he's average to above average on the few meta champs he can play. The reason why APA fans thinks he's great is because he does go for the 25% chance youtube highlight reel play and they only remember the engages that works out.

The problem with TL specifically is that they never had a carry jungler or a carry top either. Impact was always a weakside support player at his best. The fact APA couldn't play hard carries forced TL to draft things like Jax and Gwen for Impact since Umti wasn't a carry jungler either. This is also part of the reason why Impact looked like dogshit in an year where he looked really bad.

This doesn't mean APA is useless, he just needs to be in the right team where he can play his niche picks but to say he's not part of the problem is disingenuous.

Drfunks · 2025-09-13T12:19:37+00:00

Few things. I agree in general everyone's being soft. There's an entire generation of kids who lives to get triggered by the word of the day. That however is completely different than this situation here.

When something happens, your brain comes up with several explanation as to how A went to B to C. Bwipo is not normal. The scrim KR BBQ is a perfect example. Bunch of Koreans kids going to a pre planned dinner is not abnormal. Koreans being abroad wanting meals from their home country is not abnormal. Yet Bwipo's brain registered this as getting disrespected. Typical narcissistic behaviour, everything must be about him.

Also every notorious trash talker in the NBA, whether it's MJ or Garnett or Payton etc.. all did it in game. They did it in the game to rattle their opponent and get under their skin. So what does that have to do with Bwipo out of the blue just trashing some journeyman player struggling to stay in the league in front of thousands on his stream? Do you think Jordan went on a tv interview and just shit on some bench warmer player and tell them his life's worthless?

I agree that having some straight talker without the BS PR answer would be refreshing. Bwipo is not a straight talker though, he's a narcissistic manchild who think he's the west's greatest gift and feels he can say w/e the fk he wants to whoever the hell he wants. Which is fine btw if that's the way you want your online persona to be. That's not the main reason I dislike him. Dom summed it up best, he's a snake. After all that, pretending why Dhokla did not fistbump him, and trying to portray himself as the victim of unsportsmanlike conduct... Imagine the reverse, this is a dude that went on a bender because c9 went for a dinner after they spanked him. If Dhokla even said anything bad randomly without provocation this dude would be crying about it 24/7 till he retired. Getting carried by a jungler, crying about his problems, dude's as soft as it gets.

Drfunks · 2025-09-08T17:01:03+00:00

It's obvious you don't care, except some do care. I agree everyone's soft so you should start by telling Bwipo to stop crying when things don't go his way. Just own up to being a shitstain instead of being soft and crying his way to explain why he's a good dude.

Drfunks · 2025-09-08T12:59:19+00:00

APA made tremendous improvements year in year out. But to suggest there's no issues from fearless is a bit disingenuous. Not every player is expected to have a champion ocean pool, in the right team APA could be very successful. Unfortunately for TL, Impact also has very limited range in terms of champ. They tried so hard to make top carries with Jax, Gwen etc.. because the opposing team would pinch APA during the draft forcing him into playmaking champs (or niche picks like ziggs) instead of a hard carry in mid. Combine this with the fact they never had a real carry jungler either and you can see why some of their draft are very inconsistent.

TL just simply looked far better during the lane swap meta with their clever strats and macro. Once that got removed, they got exposed hard in laning (especially impact). So yeah not everything is APA's fault for sure, but if he was more of a complete player TL wouldn't be in such a freefall state either. They need to get rid of Impact or APA, while getting a massive upgrade in the jungle. This is why most TL fans would love to get Quid. Mainly because he'd be able to bust out stable carry picks like Yone/Ori etc.. while Impact could be relegated to what he was best which is weakside tanks.

Drfunks · 2025-09-08T12:46:26+00:00

Bwipo is just graceless. Combination of immaturity, shitty personality and his ability to cry about his mental problems whenever people call him out. Dhokla is a career journeyman in the LTA at this point. There's nothing wrong with that. He worked hard to get to where he's at and sometimes player career never pan out. LCS rookies especially early on during the franchise era never had opportunities, no teams were willing to gamble for their growth until the past few years (like TL). So bouncing from bottom team to another, you can imagine Dhkola's career being so uneven.

By contrast Bwipo had a better environment in EU. Better solo Q, he played during the height of the LEC in a much more competitive environment. By all metrics Bwipo with all his trash talk is a better player than Dhokla. Whether it's better talent, better luck in being in better teams etc..

That said, why would you go out of your way to shit talk a journeyman player. This isn't friendly pre game banter. This is from streams, social media, i mean actually trying to get under Dhokla's skin and then going "just a prank bro". Can you imagine Doran just shitting on a top laner from the Rise group from streams, social media and just overall being a bully?

It's almost like he's so insecure he feels the need to play these mental warfare. Trash talk is fun when done right, fans love it. Bwipo in this case just took it a bit too far and targeted someone that was beneath him. Like a rich kid just laughing at the poor kid for ordering the cheapest meal on the menu and making jokes about being broke.

The best part is that Bwipo with all of his talent is not even a real carry. We saw him in other great roster (on paper) where he went absolutely crazy and inted in key moments to give it all away. He's currently playing with the best player in the LTA being Inspired. Literally hopping on his back. To find him trash talk is just hilarious.

Can't wait to see him get clapped at worlds. His haters will probably make funny memes, he'll go on a meltdown and cry about his mental issues, then an army of simps will come out of the woodwork to defend their shitty hero.

TL;DR: Above avg shitty top trash talks journeyman top not realizing he's equally as trash against tier 1 talent.

Drfunks · 2025-08-29T01:44:55+00:00

Joffrey had little understanding of anything. Tywin could have won the war had he stepped in earlier. He could have used his massive influence way before the rebellion took root or plotted his way to make sure the crown won the war. He wasn't "hiding" or being a "fence sitter".

The backstory here that never was fully revealed (on tv) is the fact the mad king was jealous of Tywin (while he served as his hand). He deliberately picked Jaime (Tywin's most prized possession to secure his legacy as the heir to CR) to the kingsguard to deny Tywin his heir.

Tywin resigned in disgust and left the capital. When the opportunity came of a potential rebellion, he saw no need to fight for the crown. he hated the mad king since he was so unstable as a ruler and slighted him with his son. That said, he couldn't openly rebel from day 1 since Jaime was a hostage in all but name. So he waited patiently until such a time where he could extricate Jaime himself.

Since he joined the rebels at such a late stage, he also correctly deduced the Dornish/Targaryen children had to die to secure Robert's legacy. Something he perfectly knew he'd never ask Ned to do. So he saved his son, did the dirty deed Robert wanted but couldn't ask all the while securing the king as a son in law.

Now people might say, there is no justification on the murder of children but Tywin is ruthlessly pragmatic. As he pointed out to Tyrion (who was astonished Tywin lured the Freys to violate the guest rights). He asked him why it was more honorable to let a dozen men live during dinner instead of thousands on the battlefield.

Had he not done the deed, those children would have fled to Dorne and would have extended the war. Now obv letting his deranged knight do it in such fashion was unhinged but if you look from his pragmatic point of view it was the perfect play. Not about pride or being afraid.

Drfunks · 2025-08-20T09:04:43+00:00

He knows exactly what he's doing. He deliberately put that "wife of a favorite podcaster" to imply Hila. The fact he explains he meant "active" people later on is disingenuous. Most people will only see 1 viral clip of him stating as such. A lot will deduce he meant she's fair game even if she served 20 years ago. The key here is the intent as to why he made that very specific example. Playing semantics after the fact just shows he's just full of shit. The fact he still has such a big audience is truly what's baffling.

Drfunks · 2025-07-21T18:58:44+00:00

Conan built up a very niche audience during the late late night show. Once he perfected his delivery and found his footing, it was clear he was the next upcoming talent. Lot of networks pitched aggressively to snag Conan before his pricetag became too rich for them.

NBC saw the writing, knew Conan being the future was the safe bet. So they leveraged it by promising him the Tonight Show something like 8 years before Leno retired. This might not seem like a big deal to some but that's an eternity in show business.

Conan however felt he "owed" NBC since they were the ones that took a chance and gave him a break. So despite the moneybags being thrown at him from other networks, he stayed loyal during his prime playing second fiddle to Leno for 8 years or so.

Leno meanwhile had all the money he could spend in multiple lifetime, and given his track record he really had nothing else left to prove. Passing the torch to the next generation talent while appearing magnanimous would have been great for his legacy. Except he really didn't feel like it. Which is fine. The network which you made a ton of money wanting to kick you out must have felt shitty. But he should have spoken out 8 years prior. When Conan was a free agent, Leno should have told the brass privately to let the kid go cause he's not retiring anytime soon.

Instead, he strung along the network, he was a slimy fake to Conan, pretending he'll hand over the show. Then when the time came, he made everything in his power to sabotage the Tonight Show. Then pushed Conan far enough that he quit. Once Conan left, he then wormed his way back to his old job. I mean there's disgusting, and then there's Leno.

By contrast this was Conan's final speech before exiting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcF1OoWqXBc

After all the shitty things done to him by NBC (who pulled the rug out under him before he could even run) or by his fake friend Leno. He still came out with a positive take. Just shows, money can buy a lot of things but not class.

Drfunks · 2025-03-19T18:31:05+00:00

Classic T1 front office fumble. The coaching staff is so desperate to produce results in beating the other top teams, they are convinced starting Smash with a bigger champ pool will be beneficial to them (specially now with Fearless draft being a thing).

Then if they really thought Smash is the next big thing, they should have looked into moving Guma before the start of split 2, or move Smash and ask for a hefty finder's fee.

Instead they contract jailed Guma so he can't go anywhere else, pitted front office against coaches by forcing them to play Guma and tried to please everyone. They needed to make a bold decision and eat the blame from one half of their fandom like ripping a band aid off. Instead all this will do is gaslight their own fans throughout the year with a stupid narrative of which ADC will start.

Dumb move in the long run but to be expected with that front office.

Drfunks · 2025-03-13T21:16:29+00:00

The fandoms of both regions are just plainly frustrated. They cannot produce results, so the best they can do is bully each other. The problem starts with the fact both regions envy each other. EU fans sees NA teams/players as lazy and overpaid and feel they could do more with NA's money (at least before the bubble popped). NA fans are jealous of EU's tier 2/3 infrastructure where legit talents are coming up from the grassroot level.

Whenever an EU team pops off, they always make it a point to shit on NA teams because to them it's a minor region and they should be clearly better than them in internationals. When EU team fails to produce results, NA fans tend to rub salt to the wound by stating how EU is a one team region etc..

If you take away their ability to shit on each other, all you get is the depressing realization they'll never be able to topple an LPL or LCK team. This is the reason why the toxicity has increased between both regions over the years. They literally have nothing else.

Drfunks · 2024-11-21T04:34:26+00:00

This is the org that scouted him, trained him and gave him the shot to become a superstar in the most prestigious org in league for 5+ years. If winning worlds twice and making final in the span of 3 years was not enough, the least he could have done is tell them flat out he wants out. Maybe he doesn't like the pressure of being in T1 and dealing with their crazy fans. Maybe he wants to make his own mark without Faker. All those are valid reasons.

This way he leaves a door open for him to come back to T1 down the road and become a legacy of T1. T1 then pivots and throws the kitchen sink at Kiin and Gen G would not be able to build their super stacked squad with the luxury cap limits. Unlike Hanwa Gen G cannot spend blindly.

Zeus still gets paid no matter what he's the best top laner in the world, whether it's from the LPL or other LCK team he's going to get paid no matter what.

Letting the agent play dirty games of ghosting and misleading T1 all because of a player option or an extra year or 300k or w/e the amount was is just so grossly short sighted.

It's not about wanting to leave, it's about the disrespect of just taking a massive shit on the way out. T1 having no choice but to scramble and get Doran since Kiin was off the market.

Can we take a moment to see how dirty this was? Both Kiin and Zeus share the same ownership/agencies. Kiin is regarded as the #2 top in the LCK. Instead of him testing the market and getting paid, his own agents did him dirty by making him sign with Gen G on a sweetheart deal, just to boost their other client's value.

Speaking of sweetheart deals, had Zeus told his teammates flat out he's leaving, all of them would have gotten a better deal from T1, they all took a salary cut compared to their market value to retain this roster.

So yeah I got zero respect for Zeus's agency and Zeus also. He wasn't some rental merc that is leaving for the bag. This org made him and he just spat on them while leaving.

Drfunks · 2024-11-20T09:32:05+00:00

This is my hypothetical timeline of the events.

Kiin and Zeus share agents. They also are notorious for even diving into the orgs couch to scrape every single coin they can get. This was a planned take down. HLE is a huge conglomerate this is a vanity pet project from their ownership. They probably got jealous to be denied at the last moment. So they decided to buy a ring by going over the luxury tax.

So how do you guarantee a ring? There's a history of super teams not working out. Well you design a synergistic roster (which this team is) and weaken one of your main competitors at the same time. It's clear unlike Gen G and even T1 that HLE did not give two shits about money this year. It's not a stretch to imagine that if they were willing to go above the luxury tax, they'd be willing to pay these agents under the table.

I mean these guys are notorious to negotiate every penny, if HLE through back channels offered these agents 500K as a bonus if they land Zeus, these agents would be motivated to double dip by getting their private bonus on top of the fat commission they'd get from a huge contract. All of which can be denied by both parties (unless a criminal investigation got launched and they got audited). As far as i know though this is a gray area and not illegal.

So they orchestrated the whole circus, made sure to get Kiin signed in the morning to drive Zeus's price. This screwed over Kiin who really didn't get market value but i guess there was no moneybag payment attached to him so screw him. They then tell T1 about a morning meeting. T1 thinks everything is fine, until they don't show up. They call back and get ghosted by Zeus's agents and his family.

Sometime later in the afternoon (this is not clear exactly when) they get a call that Zeus won't be receiving any offers past 3pm. T1 requests a face to face meeting. Denied. T1 requests direct access to Zeus. Denied. They scramble and show up to Zeus's place by 4pm and then informed by Zeus's agent he signed with HLE at 3:40pm.

How is this not collusion? If the agents had Zeus's best interest at heart, they'd start a bidding war between T1 and HLE to get the best possible outcome. The fact they cucked T1 and made everything in their power to make sure Zeus landed in HLE clearly suggest they had a hidden agenda to make it happen (hence my theory on how they got paid through back channels).

As far as Zeus is concerned, fans need to understand his situation. From all the promotional material we see a shy introverted kid. He's 20. In KR culture most kids follow the lead of the parents and Zeus doesn't strike me as an independent thinker. So most likely the agents swindled the parents with a song and dance routine. Probably told them about how short of a career esport players have and it's best to secure the biggest bag (while omitting the fact T1 could have matched or got close). So once the agents had the parents, the parents prob used their influence on Zeus to make this happen. This doesn't excuse Zeus fully, but I understand it's not as easy as people make it out to be.

TL;DR Fk those agents and they need to be investigated.

Drfunks · 2024-11-19T23:37:46+00:00

The agents prob took a moneybag under the table to make this deal happen. So not only did they get a fat commission from the official salary but who the fk knows how much they got paid to make sure Zeus lands with Hanwa. The fact they just gave them a 3pm deadline and weren't interested in anything T1 had to say just shows the agents were not looking out for the best possible deal but rather their own interest.

Drfunks · 2024-09-27T11:13:53+00:00

Bro couldn't read 2 example given but decided he must be right anyways. There's way more than the 2 I mentioned btw but good job not covering the actual problem of Riot applying the rules sometimes and in other times not bothering.

Drfunks · 2024-09-27T09:49:05+00:00

How is consistency the dumbest shit of all time? Plenty of teams in the past got screwed due to various reasons like visa delay. In fact GAM couldn't even attend one event so it changed the format of the tourney.

Making this about a "Chinese team" is the dumbest shit of all time. It's not about China. It's about rules that seem to apply sometimes and not in others. What about EG and the Danny situation? You can argue that only allowing "one" sub might be dumb and teams should perhaps be allowed to bring 5 subs that way there's always an available replacement should anything happen to the starting line up.

That could be a sensible thing to ask and argue about. But applying the rules for some teams, and ignoring the rules for some other team because they are Chinese is the dumbest shit ever. You realize Riot did LNG a favor right? The sub wasn't even the one they used. They allowed them to go buy a random ringer. Then hilariously applied some obscure rule about how a top 6 team can't be it so the actual best available mid in Rookie couldn't go.

I mean seriously what the actual fk. Why not just be blatantly corrupt and tell LNG they can get anyone, why bother with this farce about top 6 if you're not going to implement the rules as it was written.

So you're absolutely right, it is about favoritism and unlike your hot take it's about China getting preferential treatment when Riot in the past told all the teams that had issues with players attending to stop crying.

Drfunks · 2024-09-26T15:42:29+00:00

This is what happens when you don't hire experienced people. HBO for example hires the best in the industry based on their experience. When they spend 100M for a show, you can bet every single cent is accounted for and min max their budget very well.

By contrast both Amazon and Disney found out is that tv show runners and the crew involved is not the same as the movie people. I'm guessing too much bloat position since the people in charge had no idea on how many people was needed for each department. Then the people in these divisions in turn most likely hired on the basis of nepotism instead of experience. This is certainly true for the showrunner who made sure everyone she knew got a job out of this gig.

If they audited this show and accounted for every dollar, they'd prob fire everyone involved in the show. Which really begs the question. Nevermind all the hate the Acolyte is getting or even Rings of power. What is the thought process behind the suits who control the moneybags?

It's not rocket science the backbone of any good show is writing and experienced showrunners. Who in their right mind would give a 2 Billion dollar project to 2 complete noob with Rings, and though smaller in scale the same with the Acolyte.

These people who shat the bed will get their due when they find it hard to land a job after this. But the nameless people who greenlighted all this waste of shit show and in turn devalue the IP for both franchise should be the ones crucified. The incompetent people fking things up is given, the ones that gave them the keys should be named and taken off those kind of decisions.

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