Cptn's Log - i told you so

     if any of you listen to my podcast (well, mine and Pan's podcast, but that's neither here nor there), you would know that i thought pretty highly of this AHQ team.  maybe not highly enough to think they'd win, but i definitely thought they could compete...and look at that, i was right.  

     my "buying and selling" segment on this weeks show couldn't have been more spot on...i mean...all except my TSM prediction.  what a letdown.  this team.  they just slipped back into old ways, being big fish in a small pond.  Fnatic dominated them, SKT dominated them, EDG, AHQ, both dominated them, the only team they beat was the lowly turkish team that went 0-5.  you can chalk up one or 2 games to being nervous, but going 1-4 was unacceptable for this squad coming into MSI after such a strong showing in the NALCS and IEM.  TSM apologists will make excuses for Bjergsen not playing well, they'll blame Dyrus, who, while not the problem, was certainly not the solution, being banned out in most games and left to flounder on carry tops that he, simply, doesn't carry on.  Turtle and Lustboy seemed overmatched most games in bot lane, and i don't want to blame it on Turtle, but i have to assume he had far more jitters than Lustboy, although the latter didn't look very impressive either.  Santorin looked lost for most of the games, not much more can be said about him, but you have to assume he'd struggle, he's, by far, the most green member of TSM and has almost no big stage experience.  all in all, they came out flat and looked intimidated.  other teams brought THEIR game to the bigger, better teams, all TSM did was react to the way the other teams were playing.  instead of taking the other teams to task, they were made to look like a little kid in the mall, who lost his parents, afraid and lost.

     today we have the top 4 teams: EDG, Fnatic, AHQ and SKT1 all vying for a shot at the finals.  SKT dodged a bullet against Fnatic potentially because of a strange bug, other than that, they've looked like the strongest team here.  EDG looks good, but something about them seems to be missing, maybe they'll find it today, but maybe not.  Fnatic plays a messy style, but it seems to work...on occasion, they'll have some trouble today, but they can surprise someone today.  the real wildcard is AHQ.  their good games have been very good, their bad, very bad.  it depends on which team shows up to the stage today to see where they can go, they definitely have the talent to win, but can they?

     i'm sure i can wax poetic on this for much longer, but i'd rather let the games do the talking.  i'll be back here tomorrow, before the next docket of games to reflect on today's match ups.  other than that, i'll see you on the rift.

-Hooks

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