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The Mash
Feb 17, 2007

You have to say I can open my presents
I'm glad monte isn't going, what a loving baby. Give me Doa and Deficio for every game

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RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:

RealFoxy posted:

Monte not going to World's is probably a blessing in disguise, because all the OGN casters excluding Papa Smithy (Who's going to be at World's) are going to be casting from Monte's couch. Who's taking bets on Riot trying to DMCA him

100%.

stump collector
May 28, 2007
they probably won't DMCA him even though they should

Jerkface
May 21, 2001

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE DEAD, MOTHERFUCKER?

Fallen Rib
Dardoch posted in his twitch or something that Piglet wasn't toxic, he was being toxic to Loco and that pissed off Piglet because Loco was their senior and you gotta show respect.

Toxic motherfucker piglet ruining another team environment by demanding players respect their coach while he does blow on instagram

edit: also dardoch is apparently not on echo fox yet lol

Work Friend Keven
Oct 24, 2015

I'M A BIG STUPID IDIOT WHO GETS TRIGGERED FROM THE WORDS SPORTS BALL AND HAS SHIT OPINIONS ABOUT CARD GAMES. ALSO I SAID I WAS GOING TO QUIT HEARTHSTONE OUT OF SPITE OF A TAIWANESE WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP SO REPORT ME IF YOU SEE ME POST IN A HS THREAD
Dad Roach is on the following: inside a toilet.

stump collector
May 28, 2007

Jerkface posted:

Dardoch posted in his twitch or something that Piglet wasn't toxic, he [Dardoch?]was being toxic to Loco and that pissed off Piglet because Loco was their senior and you gotta show respect.

Toxic motherfucker piglet ruining another team environment by demanding players respect their coach while he does blow on instagram

edit: also dardoch is apparently not on echo fox yet lol

is this what you meant

Savage Cracker
Jul 21, 2010

RealFoxy posted:

Monte not going to World's is probably a blessing in disguise, because all the OGN casters excluding Papa Smithy (Who's going to be at World's) are going to be casting from Monte's couch. Who's taking bets on Riot trying to DMCA him

Is he and Doa gonna have time for that if they have to cast some exciting overwatch?

Jerkface
May 21, 2001

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE DEAD, MOTHERFUCKER?

Fallen Rib

exethan posted:

is this what you meant

Yes ETHAN thats why i used proper noun for piglet and loco and switch to pronoun for dardoch. Stop being toxic.


So basically dardoch as a rookie was a piece of poo poo to the coach which caused liquid to get rid of their best player

Vermain
Sep 5, 2006



GreyPowerVan posted:

still not sure in what world getting pissed for not being offered a competitive wage is childish

oh wait this is america

I think it's the matter in which he went about it that's ruffling feathers. The strategic move would've been to organize with the casters who were being underpaid, make a reasonable request for competitive salaries, and then threaten to unionize if negotiations went south. Instead of doing that, he went on the attack, alone, on a media format that isn't at all suited to nuanced discussion.

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


if you are aware of his bull poo poo monte cristo is all right to listen to sometimes, but i will probably never get over how much of an rear end he made out of himself on the presumption that he was too smart to be lied to.

Typical Pubbie
May 10, 2011

Jerkface posted:

So basically dardoch as a rookie was a piece of poo poo to the coach which caused liquid to get rid of their best player [Dardoch]

is this what you meant

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


he wasnt even a top five jungler in NA by the playoffs, and they'd have done a much better job trying to develop a supportive jungler and stuck with piglet

Work Friend Keven
Oct 24, 2015

I'M A BIG STUPID IDIOT WHO GETS TRIGGERED FROM THE WORDS SPORTS BALL AND HAS SHIT OPINIONS ABOUT CARD GAMES. ALSO I SAID I WAS GOING TO QUIT HEARTHSTONE OUT OF SPITE OF A TAIWANESE WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP SO REPORT ME IF YOU SEE ME POST IN A HS THREAD
Over Rated piglet can't win without match fixing, PED usage, etc. (Much like other korean players: see chinese teams for proof). No reason to keep him when faaaabbbby is right there.

Jerkface
May 21, 2001

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE DEAD, MOTHERFUCKER?

Fallen Rib
I think improving the jungle position by +100 DPM was worth reducing the ADC role by -400 DPM, thats a trade you take every time when you're liquid stebe

Typical Pubbie
May 10, 2011

Jerkface posted:

I think improving the jungle position by +100 DPM was worth reducing the ADC role by -400 DPM, thats a trade you take every time when you're liquid stebe

Then you top it off by dropping the jungler in exchange for +/- 0 Locodocos

Sexpansion
Mar 22, 2003

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If Montecristo is really leaving League (as thoorin's article seems to imply) that's a huge loss for this game.

Libertine
Jun 21, 2004

When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.

Jerkface posted:

I think improving the jungle position by +100 DPM was worth reducing the ADC role by -400 DPM, thats a trade you take every time when you're liquid stebe

All damage is Liquid and fluid from game to game, you can't coach that. Ancient aliens.

RealFoxy
May 11, 2011

I'm not making a fucking QCS thread for this but seriously can we take a harder stance on Kiwifarms freaks like this guy, Jesus Christ seriously, you used to be better at knocking these creeps down. I guess ADTRW mods aren't responsible like GBS mods are.
Liquid's problem is their management is so hilariously incompetent and not Dardoch's fault. Suspending someone for bad behavior then playing them again while they're banned because they're so bad without him

Calax
Oct 5, 2011

Sexpansion posted:

If Montecristo is really leaving League (as thoorin's article seems to imply) that's a huge loss for this game.

He's only leaving Riot's stuff. He'll still cast for OGN unless Riot takes that over, but he'll never go to MSI or Worlds again.

Personally I'm not to sad about it. I think other casters have stepped up their game, and while I'll miss DOA (who was always a bundle of fun when I watched him) Monte always came across as a know-it-all rear end in a top hat who's personal Bias would get in the way anywhere but in Korea.

SSJ_naruto_2003
Oct 12, 2012



monte at least generally covers strategy and doesn't try to upsell the team who is 20k gold and 10 turrets down

i don't like hearing rivingtons word salad either

Zwingley
Sep 20, 2011

"My dear Seth, you look absolutely dashing!"

Hair Elf
Rivington's world salad is like instant noodles. Sometimes you just really crave that cheap, cheap MSG flavored stuff you ate back when you didn't have any other options. :v:

Libertine
Jun 21, 2004

When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.
Hopefully we can get the dream team casting lineup of Krepo and Phreak this year at worlds.

The Mash
Feb 17, 2007

You have to say I can open my presents

Libertine posted:

Hopefully we can get the dream team casting lineup of Krepo and Phreak this year at worlds.

Add in Quickshot and a live grenade and I'm right there with you

SSJ_naruto_2003
Oct 12, 2012



Maybe we can get a quintuple cast of some ex 'pros' from each role. Rainman/Crumbzz/Scarra/Phreak/Krepo

Libertine
Jun 21, 2004

When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.

GreyPowerVan posted:

Maybe we can get a quintuple cast of some ex 'pros' from each role. Rainman/Crumbzz/Scarra/Phreak/Krepo

Dream Team Broadast Preview

Phreak: "Welcome to today's match, I'm Phreak and with me is a bunch of useless assholes who don't gently caress porn stars"

Crumbz: *Flawless 100% Correct Prediction of every single game played today but no one notices*

Scarra: "I gotta say I think his limited champion pool this game is going to be a problem, that can really hinder teams trying to go deep in the tournament"

Krepo: "Well the bot lane lost 37 hit points doing the Krug, so they probably want to fix that up for the next game or else they aren't going to get to lane at the exact second mark of the caster creep touching the first melee"

Rainman: "Did you see that 1v1 in top lane, how did he do it? How did he do it? gently caress ME HE'S GONNA GET BANNED IF HE KEEPS THAT poo poo UP FREE TYLER1" *gets up from chair and leaves the caster desk*

Crumbzz: "You know I gotta say, I don't know about the call to do Ocean Drake here, I think if they really wanted to press their advantage they should look instead to the top side of the map and try to get double executed by the Rift Herald"

Phreak: "Even though this guy plays upwards of 18 hours a day and his professional coaches and analysts breaking down every possible item mathematically I gotta say I don't like the Statikk Shiv here, I think this guy should probably buy a Triforce if he wants to do tons of damage"

Rainman: *returns to the caster desk and starts flaming competitors in all chat as the observer*

Scarra: *begins openly weeping as he winds down memory lane shedding tears of joy upon seeing a fantastic multi-man Gragas ult*

Qtpie *arrives* "what the gently caress man someone get Kiwikid"

Kiwikid takes a visibly shaken Scarra away to the snack area for treats and rest.

*** Crowd erupts as this wonderful World's playoff Game 5 is almost over ***

*** Play by play is calling the final team fight between two completely even teams beautifully orchestrating their maneuvers to make it look effortlessly as they kite in and out of fights in perfect synchronicity ***
Until...

Krepo: "You know guys I'd really like to take the time here to highlight that at this point in the game with decimal health jungle creep scaling, the Krug is up to a full 850 HP and they should really think about weaving their autos perfectly in between scooping up Bard chimes if they want to close the door on this one"

*** TSM Wins Worlds!!! ***
Rainman kills himself

*Video package is rushed on to cover the scene unfolding at the desk, but the visual team hosed it up and it's actually just a bunch of Sneaky and Meteos' dankest memes from the Cloud 9 library including unreleased photos of Phreak jacking off to Tristana*

Qtpie: "God bless you everyone and welcome to the big dick club"

moush
Aug 19, 2009

Rage Your Dream
What will this worlds' "party in the bramble pit" be?

Space Flower
Sep 10, 2014

by Games Forum
The Monte is a baby analogy doesn't really work when he worked his butt off to raise a league team. plus Badawi is like the one dude in all of League who gets nuked by Riot for merely the attempt to negotiate poaching, when half the NA LCS owners have done it in the past and gotten away with it or been fined. all year, riot has refused to give Monte anything but the short end of the stick. why would he not be justified in having a bone to pick?

also the duct tape holding Liquid together needs to just get ripped off already. It's too painful to watch anymore.

stump collector
May 28, 2007
it does hold up. you should never flame your employer in public because it makes you look really dumb

SSJ_naruto_2003
Oct 12, 2012



when you already have a successful career at OGN and riot is refusing to pay standard caster wages you can go ahead and blow it up

and now this year they're paying better caster wages.

Space Flower
Sep 10, 2014

by Games Forum

exethan posted:

it does hold up. you should never flame your employer in public because it makes you look really dumb

That would be why Monte enjoys working under OGN and will continue to do so, yes. Thanks for the input.

henkman
Oct 8, 2008
Monte's been in the right the majority of his dealings with riot, he just usually follows it up with acting like a douche

Luna Was Here
Mar 21, 2013

Lipstick Apathy

exethan posted:

it does hold up. you should never flame your employer in public because it makes you look really dumb

This is a cool and good post except for the past where Monte is not employed by riot

Killed By Death
Jun 29, 2013


exethan posted:

it does hold up. you should never flame your employer in public because it makes you look really dumb
Does striking count as "flaming your employer in public"?

Smol
Jun 1, 2011

Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus.
The important thing is that the actual best caster of OGN is at Worlds. That is, PapaSmithy.

RealFoxy
May 11, 2011

I'm not making a fucking QCS thread for this but seriously can we take a harder stance on Kiwifarms freaks like this guy, Jesus Christ seriously, you used to be better at knocking these creeps down. I guess ADTRW mods aren't responsible like GBS mods are.

exethan posted:

it does hold up. you should never flame your employer in public because it makes you look really dumb
Liquid has their own Legends show where they've always publicly aired their own dirty laundry so you can't blame the players when Liquid is already determined to get that that out there

e: oops thought you were talking about the Liquid drama. Which by the way, despite being told by Liquid's management "Everybody voted you out of the team" Lorlou and Jynthe had no idea he had been kicked. I can understand Jynthe not knowing since he was technically still a sub when the gauntlet started but I have the feeling "Everyone" was probably just Loco

Monte wasn't employed by Riot, he was employed by OGN which treats their casters very well and gives them loads of freedom. He works freelance for Riot as one of the most knowledgeable casters in League of Legends. I'm just glad at bare minimum we're getting Papa Smithy, although Acheiles would have been a great pickup too. I hope that lass from China has gotten better because I usually listen to LPL with the volume really low; I just dont like the sound of her voice.

GreyPowerVan posted:

when you already have a successful career at OGN and riot is refusing to pay standard caster wages you can go ahead and blow it up

and now this year they're paying better caster wages.
Monte did well enough to get better wages for the casters at the expensive of being a martyr; regardless of whether he had wanted to go or not Riot straight out didn't invite him, and DoA is the type of guy who would much rather do what he thinks is fun so he's skipping World's too to cast Overwatch

RealFoxy fucked around with this message at 12:14 on Sep 18, 2016

Luna Was Here
Mar 21, 2013

Lipstick Apathy
Someone mercy kill liquids management thanks

PlaceholderPigeon
Dec 31, 2012
Remember when Liquid/Curse picked up Pobelter for about 4 days and then dropped him?

I've never understood that org's management of talent.

Max Coveri
Dec 23, 2015

by Athanatos
I hope Liquid gets relegated. Cause if they sell the spot, the buyer will inherit the fourth-place curse.

Typical Pubbie
May 10, 2011

The Mash posted:

Add in Quickshot and a live grenade and I'm right there with you

How about a bomb that's rigged to explode if there's more than 1 second of dead air.

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NotQuiteQuentin
Jan 29, 2005

BIG OVER
College Slice

henkman posted:

Monte's been in the right the majority of his dealings with riot, he just usually follows it up with acting like a douche

imo, this is the monte sitch in a nutshell.

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