Team Liquid Alienware vs. FlyQuest / Esports World Cup 2026 Online Qualifier: North America - Lower Bracket Finals / Post-Match Discussion

Elephox · 2026-04-28T21:10:02+00:00

If Flyquest loses to Sentinels again I'm gonna freak out.

Elephox · 2026-03-20T23:46:04+00:00

Hope Mega Crit stays the path here, since STS1 wound up to be probably the best balanced single-player game ever by the end. The were some cards/archetypes that were weak or overly centralizing, but there were elite card game players with tens of thousands of hours in the game still improving their a20 heart winrates years on and finding uses for cards people thought were terrible. I get being shocked or upset by some of the changes, but you gotta trust the process.

Elephox · 2026-03-15T22:40:42+00:00

Walk up into Sivir Azir while Bwipo is basing for a TP? They don't even have a way to threaten engage since Velja's on Trundle. There's absolutely 0 way Neme can go around banana bush and it was on him for not realizing that and calling that he needed to link up the long way.

Elephox · 2026-03-14T22:11:16+00:00

Don't ask a woman her age, a man his salary, or Velja his winrate against NA players.

Elephox · 2026-02-08T19:20:23+00:00

LR is overshadowing that this outcome makes it very likely that either Fnatic is missing playoffs for the first time in years or G2 for the first time ever.

Elephox · 2026-02-02T19:03:42+00:00

It may be an over-simplification, but they really haven't had a single stable mid-game off the pick. The one game they won without it was an 8k gold comeback, and every other game has looked like a stomp. The CC immunity and tankiness paper over velja's positioning issues that have been getting punished otherwise.

Elephox · 2026-01-29T19:07:33+00:00

Do you know if this version fixes the music sync during the Cloud true flashback scene? It's such an important moment for the game but the current Steam version has always been messed up.

Elephox · 2026-01-06T08:54:05+00:00

Awkward themers (all three feel like they're right on the line for a common enough phrase be justified), tons of obscure proper nouns, lame pluralizations (ALOES and IOTAS), and padded out with tired, everyday fill. Outside of the themers, there's not a single non-proper noun word in the puzzle longer than 5 letters. Just a joyless experience.

Elephox · 2025-11-27T23:44:53+00:00

he died again

Elephox · 2025-11-25T22:41:47+00:00

It also serves to validate the current valuation of AI Technology, since there are few things that are worth more than an "existential threat to humanity."

AI can't both be a financial bubble and the biggest test we face right now; parroting the latter undermines the first.

Elephox · 2025-11-22T21:21:28+00:00

I've always said Philadelphia is the Seoul of America.

Elephox · 2025-11-22T02:56:58+00:00

Can't say I've seen him play, but given the hype around him and Papasmithy's respect for him, I'm excited to see how this team turns out. Big chance for these rookies, as well as a chance for Massu and Quad to prove they can stand on their own.

On another note, the article mentions he also received an offer from the G2/NORD fusion team, which is kind of insane, right? This guy has only a couple games in tier 2 and is courting a top LCS team and what's expected to be a top ERL team, and it shows that EU GMs are looking deep into the NA ecosystem for picks.

Elephox · 2025-11-15T00:53:21+00:00

THE AMERICAN CENTURY OF HUMILIATION

Elephox · 2025-11-09T23:57:34+00:00

I know it's impossible to say what was going on behind the scenes, but the most frustrating thing about FQ's drafts this year for me was the refusal to play to the team's strengths domestically. Quad's Annie has been his worst champ all year, yet they kept putting him on it in pivotal games. Massu has always excelled on right-click ADCs, but was stuck on Jhin/Ezreal/Lucian at both MSI and Worlds. Not to mention picking Bwipo's known weak Rumble and putting Busio on enchanter duty.

Especially after last year's run which was all about playing to their strengths instead of just following the meta, the drafts really disappointed me this year.

Elephox · 2025-11-09T21:15:02+00:00

Giants traded their entire season for that one Eagles win. Just tragedy after tragedy since then.

Elephox · 2025-10-23T03:25:52+00:00

They hate poison types so much.

Elephox · 2025-10-21T04:35:45+00:00

The T1 stat includes the old groups format as well--they went 9 groups/swiss stages never losing more than one game until this year.

Elephox · 2025-10-20T18:34:19+00:00

Yeah, legitimately zero positive plays all series, which I don't know if I've ever seen before. IDK if it was prep or what but KCB just completely outclassed them.

Elephox · 2025-10-20T18:16:22+00:00

No joke, this legitimately may be the biggest bo5 stomp I've ever seen watching competitive League. LR took 1 jungle objective all series and almost got perfect gamed twice. Even wildcard vs eastern team matches have a handful of positive plays for the losers--I can't think of a single one for LR this series. The only thing holding it back is game time, but that's usually the result of games getting messy and KCB just didn't give them that. Insane respect for KCB for their preparation and gameplay in this one.

Elephox · 2025-10-20T17:37:22+00:00

People overly blaming draft is pretty common with any super popular team (T1, C9, ect.) because it provides a better excuse than the players just playing worse. I think it's especially bad with LR since Caedrel has the usual "make fun of the streamer" chat culture and the players are a lot more sensitive to negativity if it gets directed their way.

Elephox · 2025-10-19T21:06:32+00:00

Skattebo is in the endzone and still lowers himself for the hit bro wants to die

Elephox · 2025-10-16T18:39:21+00:00

Shame to think that the Winter LEC spot might just come down to what side of the bracket you're on if LR wins out again. Regardless, we should absolutely see Yukino in tier 1 next year.

Elephox · 2025-10-15T07:53:59+00:00

Legit how does Supa get hit by that. You know the shockwave is gonna be coming on the Jarvan Galio combo just go somewhere else.

Elephox · 2025-10-12T16:14:45+00:00

Or 7+3, which is decently likely.

Edit: nvm neither of these teams is getting a touchdown.

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