…or gold level. Whatever, who’s
counting. Regardless, I’m here to offer a response to my good
friend’s, the cptn, blog posts. He says things that I disagree with
and if nobody is around to talk louder than Hooks, he tends to think
he’s right. So, consider this a public service and said service
comes to you in 3 parts.
Part 1: “Potential”
The fan favorite for the NA LCS
playoffs is TSM. Unfortunately, I’m not a fan and I would really
appreciate it if clg lived up to their “potential”. They finally
have a team that is more than just a doublelift. They just need to
find a way to make it work consistently. As much as I want to see CLG
with a split championship under their belt, I really think C9 has a
strong chance to take it to the bank. Especially since they’ll be
against CLG or TL in their playoff match. They have a little bit of
time to prep, and hopefully Hai can get his ergonomics and champion
pool sorted out.
If I’m going to pick a dark horse, I
gotta go with gravity. If we ignore Saint’s missed smites, they’re
looking like a really solid team. The always consistent Cop is
looking more confident, Hauntzer is always a threat to be reckoned
with and Keane seems to be comfortable with playing whatever Faker
played the previous week. If you’re not sure what to do, then just
do what the best player in the world does and try to figure out why
it’s good. I think FDR said that… maybe it was Day9. Same
difference.
I really hope there aren’t any roster
swaps between now and the summer split. Some of these teams just need
time to cohere. Except Coast. Sorry guys, you can’t play with the
big boys until you can figure out how to not throw your late game
away.
Part 2: The Real Housewives Team Liquid
I actually agree with Hooks’
interpretation of Liquid’s Problems, except that I kinda blame
piglet as well. Don’t get me wrong. The dude is a world class ADC,
but he also has a world class ego. Sure, he can 1v1 any North
American player, but that doesn’t help when 4 people show up to
your lane ready to toss your salad. Just look at liquid’s tie
breaker with T8. Liquid sets up a perfect juggermaw comp. They get
lulu for the top lane support. Dom locks in Sejuani for jungle and
Fenix gets Zed so they can split push. Piglet locks in Janna
according to plan and guess want he does next. He asks for Lucien. A
champ with a mid game power spike and enough speed to play keep away
from his own support. Just look what Fenix does when Piglet calls for
Lucien. He slumps as if to sigh “fuuuuuuuuck”. Check Xspecial’s
face when he locks it in. A grimace and eye roll. They build a comp
to protect a back line hyper carry and Piglet takes his ball and goes
home.
They have 3 really big head heads on
their team and they’re having trouble fitting them all on the rift.
Part 3: All is Forg1ven
Except that it’s not. I love watching
forgiven play, but I hate reading about the shit he says about his
team mates. Dude, you are one of the best AD carries in the world and
all you can say is you hope your support will “retire soon.” Come
on. I didn’t draft him my fantasy league and got last place because
of him. Worth.
/rant
I’m not sure who I want to win the EU
LCS Spring Playoffs. I have always liked Fnatic and would for love
Team huni, read yellowstar, to take home the gold. At the same time.
I would love to see UOL in the finals and win it all with top lane
Poppy. RIP solo que if that happens though. The smart money is on SK.
They’ve looked strong all spilt except for that 2 week period when
they all had the flu. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Forg1ven
begrudgingly accept a giant check. At least he cut his greasy hair
and starting washing his face.
Lost boys out,
-Pan
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