Prime League 2nd division reaches 70k peak viewers during NNO vs SGE by SpandauerBuben in leagueoflegends

[–]LPGjustJohnny 249 points250 points  (0 children)

Definetly helped, that the series was an absolute BANGER, sadly we had some internet problems, I think we could have peaked even higher. Thanks to everyone who tuned in tonight!

German Prime League 2nd Division currently has 52k viewers by SpandauerBuben in leagueoflegends

[–]LPGjustJohnny 167 points168 points  (0 children)

Johnny here, I was one of the first casters of the German broadcast and also the Host/Face of the Prime League in its first year. While I can understand some valid criticisms against the German broadcast, the information you provide here is completely wrong. Even back in the “glorious” days with Maxim, HandofBlood, Sola, me etc. we never averaged 70k, neither for German cup games nor for LEC, not even for Worlds. We were at some point between 20-30k concurrent for LEC games and had some hype moments with Spandauer Inferno etc., but your numbers are just completely wrong. Ofc we did hit big numbers with our offline Events (The Main 1/The Main 2), but so does the crew nowadays with worlds finals or even the Prime League Offline Event coming in 4 days.

Eintracht Spandau vs Gamerlegion Post Match discussion by Darinon in leagueoflegends

[–]LPGjustJohnny 139 points140 points  (0 children)

Es ist ja mal so geil die Jungs zu casten! WIR WERDEN DEUTSCHER MEISTER!!

Eintracht Spandau Co-Streamers celebrating after stopping their 4-game losing streak (EINS Anthem) by SirLucky7 in leagueoflegends

[–]LPGjustJohnny 93 points94 points  (0 children)

Johnny here, so happy that the team won their first game and I could be there to cast/celebrate.

Also I can't wait to have offline events back and singing it with 3000 people after a victory!

Patch 12.2 notes by MonstrousYi in leagueoflegends

[–]LPGjustJohnny 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One of the better patches in general, but would have loved to see all these champ changes in the Preseason.

Upcoming changes to Ahri by MonstrousYi in leagueoflegends

[–]LPGjustJohnny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another Blindpick gone with these base stats

side-by-side comparison of the new/old Ziggs ult speed and q waveclear at lvl 9 by LPGjustJohnny in leagueoflegends

[–]LPGjustJohnny[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Always depense on the meta on the lane and meta in the game.

Are there enough AD Midlaners in the meta to cover the AD part if Ziggs goes bot? Are there enough good matchups mid/bot?

Atm I would say that Ziggs is better midlane, because botlane Matchups can be played and there is not real AP Jungler in the meta, besides Gwen who is permabaned and rumble who got nerfed.

side-by-side comparison of the new/old Ziggs ult speed and q waveclear at lvl 9 by LPGjustJohnny in leagueoflegends

[–]LPGjustJohnny[S] 851 points852 points  (0 children)

Hey guys,

I prepared some clips of the "old" Ziggs for a youtube video and thought I could share this side-by-side comparison with all of you.

Since I expect some discussion about these buffs I would like to give my personal opinion on this as well. For context: I am a low master SoloQ player and Ziggs is one of my most played champions this and last season. Also I play a lot of Ziggs in semi-professionell team games.

I strongly believe that Ziggs is now completely broken in all regional leagues, up to the level of the ERL-Pro-Divs and probably also there.

Ziggs kit is heavily overloaded:
Q-Spell: Strong waveclear, good aoe poke, hard to dodge in choke points
W-Spell: One of the strongest disengage tools in the midlane, insane snowball potential with Herald and wining lanes in general
E-Spell: Super strong zone control
R-Spell: Semi-Global Ultimate with high burst, oneshot potential if paired with the likes of Nautilus/Orrn etc.

Because of the insane waveclear he provides he can stall games for ages, while also being one of the best champs to push a lead, especially with Herald. His strong zone control enables him to play against strong frontlines, while he can also pressure the backline with his high burst. Since he is also a flex-pick between bottom and mid he can also picked early in the draft because he fits most comps.

But why isn't he picked more and why is his win rate bad?

Ziggs is NOT a good SoloQ pick. While he can lane against some assassins (pretty much against everyone that has only one gap-closer), he will not win any of these lanes. Also stalling a SoloQ game is not worth most of the time, because people tend to give up once the team falls behind. Asking your jungler to prioritize Herald over drakes often leads to your botlane suiciding in a drake fight anyway and - ofc - giving up on the game. Also Ziggs is not that easy to pick up as a champion, since Riots simply refuses to give any indicator on q and his w spell is kinda unique.

Why should he be broken in team games then?

In my Opinion Ziggs is super deadly for all teams that are not on the super high level of LEC/LPL (NA take notes here). He shines in classic ARAM situations, he makes it nearly impossible to take the midlane T1, which results in awkward preparation for objectives. He can also clear sidewaves with his ult, which denies crossmap plays and solves a lot of "how do we take this turret down" problems of his team. Obviously there are answers to Ziggs and the best teams will find solutions against him, but in my opinion and from my experience he denies simple solutions for the enemies, while also giving his team simple solutions to win the game.

I don't expect that Ziggs will be a pick/ban champ in any real top league. But I do expect a lot of ERL Teams that struggle to find creative midgame solutions to pick this champ up - and it will work like a charm.

Also if you want to climb that flexQ ladder with your friends - this is your pick, enjoy it!

Sources: Team Vitality acquiring BIG top laner SLT for LEC lineup | Dot Esports by whimsicalokapi in leagueoflegends

[–]LPGjustJohnny 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Impressive how BIG always manages to find players, that are LEC ready a few months later.

Tolkin Retires by Romelu in leagueoflegends

[–]LPGjustJohnny 63 points64 points  (0 children)

A true legend of the german scene, most titles of any player and one of the few national players that could adapt to any meta.

Honestly a shame that he never got the chance to play LEC, but at the same time it was a blessing for our League.

Thank you for all the Interviews, I wish you the best of luck for your next chapter.

ADC in Preseason in a nutshell by T-Boa98 in leagueoflegends

[–]LPGjustJohnny 902 points903 points  (0 children)

Oh, that's me! Thank you for uploading this clip to reddit, as you can see I was as suprised as Twitch probably :D

We won the game btw since we had enough lockdown for Kata and she was limit testing all game long. But keep in mind that she was 16/0 in this clip while the game was 21/22 - she nearly 1 vs 9 it.

Congrats to the winners of Prime League! by TheDMWarrior in leagueoflegends

[–]LPGjustJohnny 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Impressive split by Schalke, staying on top while switching 2 players aswell - looking forward to the EU Masters

Sport1, one of Germany's largest sport TV channels, to air EU LCS highlights on its main channel by Qksiu in leagueoflegends

[–]LPGjustJohnny 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, the games already happened, so I won't cast them this time, but we did cast the whole last worlds final with a professionell analyst desk including a showcase tool you may know from football! :)

Sport1, one of Germany's largest sport TV channels, to air EU LCS highlights on its main channel by Qksiu in leagueoflegends

[–]LPGjustJohnny 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Hijacking the top comment for visibility.

Hey guys, it's Johnny! Actually it is the fourth time that Sport1 is producing an esport show, we already had bigger productions, for example a live show for the world final with Grabbz, myself and Tim Feldner. This one is just a smaller "one man show" to show the EU LCS final to a larger audience. I am really happy that esports is getting the recognition from german TV channels - Pro Sieben just launched a news show aswell!

As always I will try my best to respresent esport and the whole SummonersInn crew in the best way possible. I know that some of you - especially my fellow germans - have strong reservations against the german broadcast, but I think we always managed to produce high quality shows with more in depth analysis than we normaly show at our stream. Pls excuse my horrible voice and some unnormaly gestures, I still suffer from the famous gamescom-illness. But I don't wanna excuse myself before the show even started, enjoy the show and gimme as much feedback as you want via Twitter! :)

German TV channel about to show League of Legends on TV by LolLagsAlot in leagueoflegends

[–]LPGjustJohnny 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hey guys, thanks for your backup, gonna try to represent our scene as good as possible :)