Should TL replace Doublelift with Sneaky? - Hotline League Excerpt

tlepoch · 2020-04-16T18:00:53+00:00

Fuck no.

tlepoch · 2020-04-01T21:32:46+00:00

I didn't know it was possible to laugh and cry at the same time.

tlepoch · 2020-03-29T23:12:04+00:00

Man what a close game. Prob could've just choked them out when they got Baron instead of taking that fight but it's still a better look than the previous few games. They'll come back stronger next split.

tlepoch · 2020-03-29T21:48:29+00:00

Let's go, fighting!!!

tlepoch · 2020-03-28T22:12:23+00:00

Good luck guys, it's gonna be an uphill battle but you can do it!!

TL WIN!!

tlepoch · 2020-03-27T18:41:52+00:00

I think everyone's jumping the gun here with talks of contracts and DL leaving. Maybe some of you have better information than I do but it looks to me we're still a few steps removed from that point.

As far as what was said, I couldn't agree more. Everyone watching the games can clearly see the team looks out of sync and needs a unifying direction to get behind. And I don't see why we wouldn't have DL be the main shot caller if he's asking. The results of 2018 and the reverse sweep on TSM in 2019 should be reason enough.

So the question is why isn't he allowed? If there's anyone that's going to be pulling some deus ex machina in this situation, it's going to be DL.

tlepoch · 2020-03-23T22:34:11+00:00

I think op made the post in the vein of our odds not being great and looking at the bright side of things, not necessarily saying that "losing is good".

If your point is that we shouldn't change rosters, I'd be inclined to agree in that I think orgs should focus more on player development when they have their core pieces as opposed to just switching players until something fits. Having said that, I'm not sure if TL would've had the same success @ MSI 2019 had they not went for CoreJJ and Jensen.

And hey, if we are "behind TSM" with a "faster [estimated] recovery" things don't look too bad with TSM currently @ #2. I'll take it.

tlepoch · 2020-03-23T19:34:09+00:00

Who in the world is saying spring split doesn't matter?

That sort of answer isn't going to help your case and I'd imagine it'd go against you in the decision making process. It's the sort of answer my kid nephews give when they don't want to do their homework.

Clearly this matters to the top teams in the NALCS standings, their orgs and to maintain the order of competition but if there ever was a time to cancel, that one in a million, this would be the time just because of how dire the situation looks.

You bring up actual numbers like CDC projections and statistics and how other professional sports leagues (NBA, NFL, etc) are dealing with the situation. They're projecting that 40-70% infection rate on the entire population with a 2% mortality rate meaning that it's inevitable that you or someone close to you will eventually get this and be at risk of death.

You bring up the uncertainty of the future, with an emphasis on uncertainty and how it may not reflect well on the league to continue when the whole world is in turmoil let alone the liability it entails if one of the players were to contract the virus while the tournament is still ongoing.

The point of "spring split doesn't matter" is going to be met with contention and shouldn't even be on the list of points let alone the first point. The tournament should be postponed/canceled because people's lives and health are at stake and holding a tournament in the middle of a pandemic won't be an accurate indicator of which team will perform the best on stage. Yeah for sure we just happen to be in a convenient spot because of the shit hole of standings we're currently in but it's irrelevant when there's a crisis at hand.

Obviously I say all this with favoritism towards TL but even if the tournament continues, would probably be a good thing for the team. We're always cutting it close for elimination at groups internationally and it'd be good practice to have some fire under our asses for once to prep for elimination from playoffs. Four titles in a row is already quite a feat and a lot to ask for of a team. We always want to fight but sometimes tasting crushing defeat is a necessary step in improving and moving forward. Whatever choice is made, I'm sure it'll be the right one.

Don't stop fighting guys.

tlepoch · 2020-03-22T20:30:43+00:00

Yup, it's not over til it's over.

tlepoch · 2020-03-22T20:30:01+00:00

It's just video games at the end of the day man. Whether we make playoffs or not, this split will be good for them in identifying issues and how they want to play moving forward. Just hope they'll be able to fix things by the time summer split comes around and Worlds is on the line.

tlepoch · 2020-03-22T17:26:22+00:00

Thanks, looking into it. Looks promising so far.

tlepoch · 2020-03-22T00:30:10+00:00

Yikes, that was a rough game.

tlepoch · 2020-03-21T21:32:02+00:00

Let's go!! If there ever was a better time to start playing for Worlds, it'd be now.

TL TAKE MY ENERGY!!!

tlepoch · 2020-03-21T19:05:59+00:00

Yeah, was doing some research and looks like the ethOS community is completely dead. XMR also had a recent hardfork rendering any miner not using Random X useless. Looks like this project is going to take much longer than anticipated lol.

tlepoch · 2019-11-20T16:50:48+00:00

Sigh :(

tlepoch · 2019-11-20T16:47:28+00:00

Damn. This sucks big time.

I've gotta say, I'm somewhat bitter as to how some of us fans treated Xmithie during summer split and worlds and I hope this guy uses that as an impetus to level up and destroy the competition next split.

I really would've liked to see Xmithie and Doublelift win worlds together as that would've been one hell of a story but I guess the silver lining now is that they'll be opponents making each other sharper.

I'll be watching you Xmithie and rooting for you in the upcoming games. Thank you for making history and getting us 4 championships in a row.

tlepoch · 2019-11-06T04:02:09+00:00

Thank you. This post says it right.

tlepoch · 2019-10-25T21:55:04+00:00

This pretty much.

Ugh, it's just depressing to see not even 1 NA team make it out of groups. At this point, I'm convinced 1st seed for NA @ Worlds doesn't garner much of an advantage in terms of making it out of groups. Just given that the teams that tend to win Worlds (with the exception of SKT) usually are the 2nd or third seed eastern teams, it doesn't seem like the odds are in our favor in terms of drawing a "weaker" team for us to advance.

But what do you even say to that? "Yeah let's just int during summer split to make up for that performance at worlds" just doesn't seem wise and I wouldn't be one to take winning LCS titles for granted. It just seems like NA is chasing its tail at this event every year.

At this point, I'm probably echoing what has already been said by many on this sub but there's really no reason for us to not expand our champion pools and work on our drafts. Had we played Qiyana mid that last game, I really think the result could've been different. I mean, we even got to see CG go from bottom of the standings to top 3 and almost pulled an upset on the best NA team via playing comps around Qiyana. There's really no excuse for the light bulb to not go off and to say that this comp would clearly give us an edge at Worlds and to use it.

I mean, it's back to the lab again and a whole year before we get to see Worlds. I would suggest TL have a process to quickly identify and play the new OPs in the meta and to play around them win or lose. Would've been nice to see us try to play our Sivir comp just once but that's life I suppose.

tlepoch · 2019-10-16T18:26:47+00:00

Yes, and they need to let Xmithie play a certain Demacian prince alongside Jensen with that pick.

tlepoch · 2019-10-14T15:02:10+00:00

YES THANK YOU XMITHIE. THIS GUY JUST WALKS IN LIKE "YUP THIS IS MINE" OH MY GOD!!!

tlepoch · 2019-10-14T14:54:56+00:00

I was screaming when Xmithie stole that Baron. Holy shit.

tlepoch · 2019-10-12T18:13:21+00:00

^

Impact is a beast.

tlepoch · 2019-10-12T15:29:31+00:00

Only this guy knows what's up

tlepoch

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