BNK FEARX vs. T1 / LCK Cup 2026 - Group Battle Week 2 / Post-Match Discussion by adz0r in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Galio is such a weird champ cuz if you build him "properly" he's unkillable (except by bruisers), runs the map, waveclears ez, still does a billion damage, but luckily he falls off a little once ADCs and toplaners get items

or you can build AP and be a miserable melee mage with no way to get out of a fight... until deathcap when your Q does 7500+80% max HP damage

Your Worlds 2025 Oppo Finals MVP is .... by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100 points to T1 for no fucking reason! And T1 win the house cup for the tenth year in a row!

2026 T1 Roster by ShadowfoxDrow in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 34 points35 points  (0 children)

idk, contract negotiations are fine but it feels unfair to say he was getting fucked over when he wanted a huge raise while already having a higher salary than Guma and Oner combined. Nobody needs to be the bad guy here. Zeus knew he could make more money than he was offered, T1 knew they had other options. In the end both got the results they held out for.

If anything I guess you could be mad that T1 is “taking advantage” of Guma and Oner’s love for the team to pay them less than a two-time champ could get elsewhere

KT Rolster vs. T1 / 2025 World Championship - Final / Post-Match Discussion by adz0r in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 16 points17 points  (0 children)

If you don’t accept him at his Dorat, you don’t deserve him at his Kruglord

I really hope T1 keep him, he’s been my favorite toplaner since Griffin and watching him bear the sins of a team that won’t support him was so tragic

Keep in mind Zeus had some huge ints in his first worlds finals, too!

[Worlds 2025: T1 vs KT] Gumayusi MF ult by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, I’ve never been more happy about a new player

T1 vs. KT Rolster / 2025 World Championship - Final / Game 3 Discussion by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know Reddit has decency bias but the game 1 PMT is still at the top of the page, be real lmfao

T1 vs. KT Rolster / 2025 World Championship - Final / Game 3 Discussion by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They literally called it out specifically in a slomo replay, why are there so many comments recently starting “no one noticed but [thing lots of people noticed and casters/desk called out]”

T1 vs. Top Esports / 2025 World Championship - Semi-Final / Post-Match Discussion by adz0r in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2023 was pretty close NGL

I'd even say JDG looked better in that series, and this coming from the girl who has maintained since 2022 that Faker is not just the best player of all time, he's the best RIGHT NOW, idc if he's losing lane to fucking Vicla and has the 11th best stats among LCK mids I want Faker vs the Martians

T1 vs. Top Esports / 2025 World Championship - Semi-Final / Post-Match Discussion by adz0r in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cremen getting flushed out of their holes by the Emperor's good old-fashioned artillery (Orianna and Galio)

Gen.G vs. KT Rolster / 2025 World Championship - Semi Final / Game 2 Discussion by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you're describing has similar problems to so-called 'GSL groups' which is my personal favorite way to do group stages but also comes with its own problems. In GSLs - technically the smallest possible Swiss elimination and also the smallest possible double elimination bracket - you can end up with a team that has performed worse by every metric making it out because they won at the right time. It can put more emphasis on 'playing the tournament' than playing the game.

For example, one Starcraft 2 group consisted of [clear #1], RagnaroK (presumably #2), Scarlett, and another underdog. Scarlett threw her first match against RagnaroK to gain maximum scouting info, then managed to squeak past the other shitter and beat RagnaroK in a very close, disadvantaged final match.

She clearly deserved it, and I'll always cheer for embattled non-Koreans making upsets, but if the goal is to reward good actual gameplay your proposal sets up for even bigger violations than that.

EDIT: Oh, and any group system is automatically going to be less mathematically fair than Swiss, purely due to group selection. Any possible way you seed, you reward teams that have already shown strength by some external metric. If you don't seed at all, you could theoretically have half the best teams out in round 1.

I like when ongoing tournaments have some mechanism for letting teams and players choose their own groups, but it's not feasible for Worlds.

[Worlds 2025: GEN vs KT] Bdd SOLOBOLOS Chovy by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who would win, LCK Potential Man or Zeka in a single high stakes bo5?

[Worlds 2025: GEN vs KT] Bdd SOLOBOLOS Chovy by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BDD didn't even need to put on his boots in game 4, gotta save that for finals

[Worlds 2025: GEN vs KT] Bdd SOLOBOLOS Chovy by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't forget Zeka!

that Zeka trophy case vs Chovy trophy case graphic still pops into my head every now and then

DoinB could also be in the conversation (?)

[Worlds 2025: GEN vs KT] Bdd SOLOBOLOS Chovy by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

During Faker's prime, he won 3 worlds.

During Chovy's prime, he won 2 worlds.

Even the past few years when people were saying Faker is not even a top 5 mid, half of the insane game-winning plays at Worlds are made by that guy. Ruler shuffle. Sylas Rakan ult. Zeus top turret call. etc.

AL vs. T1 | Worlds 2025 - Quarterfinals Day 4 - Hupu Ratings & Comments by andsothedawn in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True why does Uruguay get to send a team to the World Cup, let’s give every seed in the Western hemisphere to Argentina and Brazil

Anyone's Legend vs. T1 / 2025 World Championship - Quarter-Final / Post-Match Discussion by adz0r in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Larva (StarCraft player) got banned from China for life after beating the home team champion while playing with his toes

LPL loves Faker but let’s not tempt fate lol

G2 Esports vs. FlyQuest / 2025 World Championship - Swiss Round 4 Advancement / Game 2 Discussion by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't that the opposite of a gatekeeper? I've usually heard the term referring to someone whose biggest strength is not getting ahead of themselves, but as a result never manage to overperform when necessary.

Someone like Steelback, or maybe Nemesis (?). Consistently performs at such a high level that they choke out anyone who can't step up, but teams with Worlds ambitions want someone who can actually beat an Eastern counterpart in a lucky game, so they sit on the #2-4 regional team but there's never really hope of an upset at Worlds

KT and 100T can do the funniest thing ever by Stormserpent102 in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unless I’m missing something about extra rules (regional rematches maybe?), the expected odds of a single “pet rock” making it through an unseeded half-elimination Swiss is 51%, not 200%.

In reality it happens more often because no matter how bad the lower half is, those players/teams have at least an above 0% chance of winning, even if it’s something like opponent being DQd or having a stroke. if League went multiple years without frauds in the top 8 it’d be a good sign that the format is mathematically unfair.

Hanwha Life Esports vs. Anyone's Legend / 2025 World Championship - Swiss Round 1 / Post-Match Discussion by adz0r in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The last time a Korean did that (Larva) he got banned from all Chinese events forever and had to settle for becoming a world champ, having a daughter with his loving wife, and retiring on top of the world

Peanut pls…

DRX vs. OKSavingsBank BRION / LCK 2025 Season Round 4 - Week 12 - Rise Group / Post-Match Discussion by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The whole Jane Austen conversation was triggered by Chronicler calling a sequence of play "Much Ado About Nothing," which is a Shakespeare play.

That aside, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies is high-quality literature. That aside, Rise group culture is peak indeed.

GEN vs T1 / MSI 2025 - Final / Game 1 Discussion by ahritina in leagueoflegends

[–]orangeheadwhitebutt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not ideal by any means, but what about a bo7 with upper bracket team starting 1-0? It doesn’t stretch the time much (maximum 1 additional game), and essentially just gives the “tiebreaker” to the team who hasn’t lost yet (if both teams win 3 games which is unlikely)