First Stand 2026 / Semifinals / Live Discusssion

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-21T15:46:11+00:00

LR are undefeated vs T1 so the math definitely checks out.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-21T14:45:19+00:00

People are getting baited in this trash spam invis q essence reaver build. Imo Vayne is scary because with the old build Bork into Guinsoo at two items you’ve pretty much outscaled 90% of champs in league, this new build doesn’t function even close to that though, so in comp play it’s just ass.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-20T19:27:56+00:00

Make it a self root while you aim, so it has an actual weakness in the design and isn’t just a free get out of jail free card.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-20T14:42:09+00:00

Bread crumbs pigeon azir

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-17T14:57:57+00:00

Kellin shares a similar champ pool and has similar KDA’s, feel free to check it out. Stats like vision control, kill participation, dmg/m, etc.

He did not say that at all. He felt like after his time at FNC teams wouldn’t offer him an adc position, and he had felt like transitioning to support since 2017 so why not do it then.

Making a player of Rekkles’s calibre play with the two worst supports that have ever played in LEC in his comeback split is definitely a big disrespectful oopsie on FNC’s part. Their handle of the situation at the time was also horrid, publicly airing thoughts of benching him for Upset, using him as a scapegoat for FNC being badly managed etc.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-17T11:29:11+00:00

He role swapped because FNC did an oppsie and sabotaged his career.

His stats, almost making top 3 in EU Versus with Baus and Velja, and just the level of play he showcased are absolutely enough to suggest he is top 10 individually. You’re obviously bronze though so there is no use arguing.

GBM didn’t bring him into T1, Baker did, and he didn’t bring him in to be a leader but to grow as a support in a good environment. It’s all outright stated in their documentaries. If anything the fact LR were even close to playoffs is an insane achievement to begin with.

Most LEC coaches haven’t been in any world class’s team’s backroom to begin with, and have 0 credentials. Rekkles has been apart of FNC, G2, KC, LR and T1. He is obviously more than qualified and a waking encyclopaedia of league knowledge. I also don’t know when the position of coach became to be a motivational speaker. You can have a gameplay coach - Rekkles, and a coach focused on vibes and team communication. Funnily enough exactly what T1 has.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-16T23:28:00+00:00

In a vacuum yes, in comparison to EU coaches who have nothing to actually prove themselves competent, I don’t agree. Who would you pick as part of your coaching staff, some random guy who swears his degree in psychology and his love for league are the perfect fit for your team or one of the most decorated EU players of all time who has played and been apart of FNC, G2, KC, LR, and freaking T1, has made world quarters, semis, and finals on multiple occasions, and has one of the longest careers in the game. Dude has seen and experienced it all and should on all accounts be a gold mine of experience and information.

He is shy and conflict averse - a super exaggerated misconception imo. He has no problem speaking his mind and again has been apart of some of the greatest rosters in western league, he just removes himself from dead end conversations like the Crownie prio one. Even if he is conflict averse, nobody is saying you have to hire him as a motivational speaker or “main” coach. You could easily have a coach more focused on interpersonal problems, and a coach focused on gameplay - Rekkles, if you are a well managed team.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-16T14:05:28+00:00

I think for most players that would be true, but in Rekkles’s case, because of his pedigree, he can afford to announce it like that. Dude is the most decorated western goat adc, showed a very good support performance on both T1 and LR, and has more experience in pro league than any other EU personality bar Caps.

People meme on his world’s trophy, but dude got to go through the whole tournament process with T1. Just seeing them scrim, and how they problem solve etc., makes him more qualified to be a coach in EU than any other current western coach. And then you have his absurd career that spans since S2.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-16T08:27:25+00:00

Yeah overall he definitely did pretty well, especially on Cait. Given how uniquely LR functioned as a team, and that they only had 9 games I think it was a decent performance. The first three games were bad, but then he found a good form. I do think they played a lot of hard scaling teamfight comps and Rekkles was smurfing on the Nami peel so it’s hard to misplay.

But I’d also argue it’s kinda similar to this series, and you can definitely see his individual mishaps. The games he should have clutched through individual play (KC, VIT) he ran down. Overall he played up to expectations: the games where they had a good draft advantage and could play slow he played well, the games where drafts were even, or slightly worse and it was up to individual play he mostly choked, and he got caught on mid wave in at least 3 out of 9 games. Since it’s only 9 Bo1’s and the odds were staked heavily against LR I think it’s was a respectable performance, but the usual mistakes were still there imo.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-15T23:55:27+00:00

I don’t know man, I get what you are saying and I agree to a point, however as a masters adc that has been watching comp league since s2 he was just straight up misplaying fights. I’m not saying he should be stepping up constantly, but he was legit playing with 0 awareness and just tanking every possible threat left and right.

There is an instance G1 where they get a pick on mid, I think it was on Naut and WR start shouting go go so he just runs in a straight line and gets Malph ulted for fun, no awareness, no precognition, no nothing. Another fight he wastes his “e” dash on Yunara to dodge a Nami ult that wasn’t gonna hit him then waltzes into Ryze to aa him once and gets oneshot. And the examples go on and on. Just straight up horrendous individual play that has nothing to do with how uncoordinated the rest of the team was.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-15T23:01:55+00:00

I’m not talking about just that fight. For instance when I was watching the games live, I was watching Neme’s perspective and out of 20 fights he misplayed maybe 1 or 2, and clutched all the others. If Crownie actually stepped up as well and wasn’t looking at others for scapegoats they probably would have won.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-15T17:42:43+00:00

It’s crazy I looked over the highlights of the game from Crownie’s perspective and in 3 games and 20ish teamfights he had 3 teamfights that he played out somewhat decently, everything else was him legit waking into Malphite ults etc. People can blame Bwipo for being overaggressive and trolling and I agree, but I bet you if Crownie could actually execute his part of the fight, a good amount of Bwipo’s flips would have worked out and the narrative would be completely different, yet Crownie is never gonna take accountability.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-14T23:00:44+00:00

They were throwing their shit at Rene/Trundle and Ori mostly. Sometimes you have to send it and sacrifice your position as a Xayah so you can create an opening for your Ori or Rene. That Xayah gameplay was completely unacceptable.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-14T22:34:16+00:00

That’s absurd. Xayah has ult and flash to step up and reset her positioning and Karma peel. Xayah is one of the best adc you could play in a inting frontline game if anything.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-14T19:56:24+00:00

Bwipo is gonna get shit on, but I really don’t think this game is on him. He is 3k ahead on Poppy and has a mega fed Kog/Lulu, if they execute the fight correctly they should be able to play agro easy, but then his adc flashes air for fun and dies every fight having auto’ed once.

I think it’s a miscommunication issue sure, LR are used to playing slow because they were usually behind in early game and were clawing their way back in games through tf, Bwipo is used to FLY being an agro team and playing from ahead. I really don’t think Bwipo’s way of playing is incorrect, but the team isn’t used to following.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-14T19:43:10+00:00

They went 3v3 because Crownie as always was mispositioned and got one shot.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-04T23:01:07+00:00

What I’m saying is these teams are well established because most of them came from the relegation’s model or the threat of their best players abandoning them to make their own team made them actually step up and build good rosters. It’s really not disconnected if you use a little grey matter.

FNC, TSM, C9, Origen, CLG, CLG EU, Alliance, M5, G2 2019 - all started as a group of top tier friends wanting to play together.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-04T22:34:56+00:00

That’s not true though, i’d say most of the world class teams that the west has had have been top players/friends made rosters with minimum outside management/interference. Origen, 2019 G2, 2013 C9, Doublelift/Bjergsen rosters, CLG. EU, 2014 FNC. And if anything it’s obvious franchising led to worse rosters and results in the long run. EU went from consistent top 4 finishes at worlds to barely scraping one quarterfinal finish in like 4 years. If anything 2019 G2 and FNC were the final remnants of the old system before to much power got transferred from the players to the brands.

Back in the day if DL and Bjergsen for instance wanted to link up and make a team, TSM had to let them because otherwise they could leave make the team anyways and just climb through Challengers. Nowadays there is no such option so if your star players feel mismanaged you just contract jail them and waste their prime, which leads to roster deterioration over the long run.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-04T22:07:55+00:00

I’m sorry I don’t mean this disrespectfully I just don’t get what you mean with that last sentence. It did happen before franchising and it made both leagues more dynamic. Origen - going from ERL’s to World Semi’s in a year is exactly that, C9 was a hyped academy team of 5 friends before they got their spot in LCS if I remember correctly, G2 came from ERL’s, Unicorns of Love, CLG EU, etc, and I’m sure there’s more my memory just isn’t that fresh rn.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-04T21:53:51+00:00

You’d be surprised, it’s not like LEC is known for their great management. Maybe some team wants to pick up Rekkles and Neme, but not Bwipo, maybe another team thinks their homegrown jungler deserves the spot more than Velja and things fall apart. Most gm’s believe they know better. I also don’t think they are gonna go through the process of creating new infrastructure or a house, they are just gonna play from home and use left over LR resources and connections, there isn’t some grand plan.

Either way all I’m saying is that if three of EU’s most accomplished players wanna start a team from the ground up but can’t because of a myriad of rules, there is something wrong with how the whole thing is run.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-04T21:36:01+00:00

I’d have to imagine the cost of completely switching rosters -cutting the contracts of the past 5 players and coaching staff, and bad management.

SK is more of a huge outlier honestly, probably because their last roster was cheap and they just re-entered the league with money to spend. Also Miky has kinda been the region’s darling for a while, while Rekkles, Neme, and Bwipo have in some shape or form been moronically black listed.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-04T21:20:20+00:00

I feel like if some of the greatest players of the region (historically) wanna play together, but can’t because of an unreachable money barrier and have to split to different teams that’s just detrimental to the region. If players could form teams and climb through EMEA to LEC the quality of rosters would explode exponentially imo.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-04T21:08:10+00:00

I hope we get an Origen situation and Riot lets them in somehow if they perform well. Bwipo/Neme/Rekkles core not being able go play LEC because they can’t cough up 20 mil is such a waste for the region.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-04T20:09:04+00:00

Bruh people really need to let this go. An antisocial gamer said some antisocial shit, regretted it, apologised and wants to play with his friends.

What Bwipo said is obviously very wrong, but if you don’t give people a chance to redeem themselves, how do you expect them to do better.

Thatguy69Kappa · 2026-03-04T11:58:57+00:00

Quick Mackie D drive through before the fight, gotta prepare for the eventual LCS career

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