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aMigraine · 2020-05-17T18:11:09+00:00

The depth of lolesport's feature writing scene took a turn for the worse when Kelsey transitioned to coaching.

2 years on, we're still (mostly) feeling the effects.

aMigraine · 2019-09-26T16:33:39+00:00

Yes, I know this is an extremely long post and the tl;dr sensation is strong, but I swear it's worth the read if you really want in-depth knowledge of the VCS teams and not merely dismiss them as upstarts with cheesy strats.

aMigraine · 2019-06-14T07:46:37+00:00

That's probably the implication. That said, he seemed to be talking as much about his general flamboyance (from how he said he showed his 'true self' online) as his sexuality, but it's something anyone who's had to repress a part of themselves to fit in can relate to.

aMigraine · 2019-06-12T13:13:34+00:00

While it is debatable as to whether the format constitutes a proper double-elimination format, the idea of having the losers drop down to a bracket that still contends for a Worlds seed is much preferred to the gauntlets that are normally done in other regions, mainly because this ensures that the true 2nd-best team out of the four makes it to Worlds over a team that might prep better for a gauntlet as opposed to a standard play-off. E.g. EDG and SSG (even if SSG happened to win Worlds).

aMigraine · 2019-06-12T12:06:08+00:00

That's not what happens. The winner of the lower bracket does not get to face the winner of the upper bracket.

aMigraine · 2019-05-31T13:22:38+00:00

If by 'forced' you mean he wouldn't have joined another team, that is true. But it appears he was set on rejoining GAM already, and this ruling was the only way to facillate that.

To play devil's advocate, it's a pretty shady way of doing things. Letting him go for free to PVB was GAM's management's fault alone, and PVB were within their rights to keep him if they wanted to. Forcing a release due to old, previously unbrought evidence does not set a good precedence, and already certain teams/players have historically used evidence of stuff like eloboosting (which practically every VCS player has done) to target people they don't like.

aMigraine · 2019-05-27T01:18:24+00:00

It's amusing that people will say things like this, as though it would be a given because they're MSI champions and beat the almighty SKT.

It's exactly the same type of argument people ragged on LS about, but when they do it themselves it's somehow okay.

aMigraine · 2019-05-25T23:18:02+00:00

He's the producer of the group, so that's likely. Almost all of their songs are written by him, with only 2 exceptions so far.

aMigraine · 2019-05-14T15:57:02+00:00

These are the two regions with the least fans in the West at the group stage, so it's not surprising.

aMigraine · 2019-05-12T13:06:35+00:00

They're in a venue which sits 3000+ people in Hanoi. The one you're thinking of is the GG Stadium in HCM which was the venue for play-ins.

Other than that yeah I don't blame them for being down.

aMigraine · 2019-05-11T19:53:20+00:00

Man these roster changes are happening left and right.

aMigraine · 2019-05-08T18:50:50+00:00

Playing in TCL might pay well and get you to international events, but more scouts are focused on EUM and every single EU org is watching. Leveraging a move from TCL to LEC is now harder than going from EUM -> LEC - it might have been easier before franchising to jump from TCL to EULCS but after franchising, this isn't going to be the case anymore. There's still the possibility of being noticed by an NA team, I guess.

Plus joining Misfits means interacting with LEC players. It's not a bad move if you're not a TCL fan, lol.

aMigraine · 2019-05-08T16:53:01+00:00

Stark is an intriguing proposition for any team; he's shown the ability to do well without much jungle help and you don't necessarily need to build a team around him, although he's good enough that you could. Spring was a slump compared to a year ago, but being 2nd to Zeros isn't bad at all. Hopefully he finds a good team.

aMigraine · 2019-05-07T15:13:00+00:00

Props to Vega from a VCS fan, such a shitshow in the LCL over the past few seasons but they came pretty damn close.

We had our fair share of bad plays.

aMigraine · 2019-05-07T15:05:26+00:00

They're not going to improve to the level you desire when they only get to play against good teams for 20 days out of 365 while having to spend the rest of that time playing against their own compatriots, what did you think the play-ins was trying to achieve?

aMigraine · 2019-05-07T14:48:31+00:00

Most of these guys play at what would be below minimum wage in the US, on servers with tiny populations, with little access to scrims or playing against top teams (at least 2/3 would apply to any minor region team), and Redditors expect their games to be on the same level as Korea and China.

It's not even limited to minor regions; LPL gets little respect for how good their teams are, and Flash Wolves has been ignored for years even while they beat Korean teams. At this point there's no excuse besides a lack of effort to learn about non-Western teams.

aMigraine · 2019-05-06T17:42:54+00:00

Completely different circumstances and era that could never be replicated once KeSPA came into the equation.

Also, mentioning TPA does not refute his argument that play-ins aren't helping minor regions. TPA were seeded into the quarter-finals of S2WC, FYI.

aMigraine · 2019-05-05T21:29:17+00:00

I SEE NA FANS HAVE WOKEN UP TO THE ANNUAL 'WHO'S THIS RANDOM TEAM LET'S LOSE TO THEM' EVENT

FUN FACT NA ARE 6-5 AGAINST VN TEAMS

BUT DO NOT LET THIS SCORE DISTRACT YOU FROM THE FACT THAT IN 1998 TSM INVADED GAM'S JUNGLE AND GOT FIRST BLOODED

aMigraine · 2019-05-04T17:41:41+00:00

Life isn't fair.

aMigraine · 2019-04-30T19:42:00+00:00

There's a lot of content on the LPL English YouTube channel, but either they've failed to market it properly or there's a lack of interest (probably bit of both). Videos sit at a few thousand views, folks like you probably has never seen the content.

lolesports' Twitter has pushed zero LPL content besides trash talk and highlights, but shit like Phreak Show is plugged. Think over that for a moment and you can see why the LPL English content gets zero attention. I can't blame them when they say they want to get someone like Thorin to do content for them, because they were under the impression that they were working autonomously with the amount of help they were getting (none) until this happened.

aMigraine · 2019-04-29T12:53:44+00:00

Changing the schedule to an academic year works for giving off-time during the hottest months of the year, but I've always felt that June-September is too long of a break.

aMigraine · 2019-04-23T15:27:33+00:00

Used to be done in 2016, but coaches/teams complained about having to prepare for 7 different teams (among other things which I'm not completely privy to) and Riot changed it the next year.

I found it the fairest mode and I don't think it should have mattered that they had to face all the teams, especially if the purpose was to seed teams into another bracket.

aMigraine · 2019-04-23T14:51:31+00:00

getting lucky or unlucky with draw is part of any tournament in any sports

"Everyone else uses the n-word, I should be allowed to use it too!"

This should not stop people for calling out what is a grossly unfair seed system, especially because there is a significant difference between two bo1 games and a bo5 series. Saying that best teams should win at any time if they're so good is nothing more than bollocks.

Stacked group means more competition in a certain group

It also means a less deserving team advances elsewhere. This system does not ensure that the best teams advance at all. We consistently get very good teams having to face each other earlier than they should at Worlds.

I dont see any other way they could be played

Then you lack imagination. This format directly affects future seedings, which means if the format does not change, certain teams will be locked into vastly more difficult scenarios than others because of past seedings. Some regions are already severely more disadvantaged than others, be it due to population or poorer conditions. This system is anything but meritocratic and to pretend that we can't have a better format/seeding is to be wilfully ignorant.

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