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If my grandkids one day ask me what S7 worlds were like, I'll probably show them the clip where C9 gets the perfect engage on an out-of-position Kog, who then proceeds to walk away with 100% health.
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Oct 22, 2017 22:27
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I dont know if it means anything but the rebroadcast viewership numbers are terrible
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Oct 22, 2017 23:15
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Reality Winner posted:I dont know if it means anything but the rebroadcast viewership numbers are terrible If you're talking about the official full stream rebroadcast it means jack poo poo because anyone who wants to watch the games now is watching individual game vids that are spread across 10 channels that reupload them.
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Oct 22, 2017 23:18
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Reality Winner posted:I dont know if it means anything but the rebroadcast viewership numbers are terrible - People who wanted to see the games live and are in timezones to accommodate - People who REALLY wanted to see the games live and aren't, but stayed up anyway - People who just care about the outcomes and just skim VODs - People who wanted to see the games without waiting until mid-afternoon of the following day And you're left with: - People who want to put the stream on in the background, warts delays and all, just for the whole day
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Oct 22, 2017 23:20
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Its a pretty meaningless number since you can also just watch the vod on twitch or YouTube at any time
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Oct 22, 2017 23:43
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Smoothie looked incredible that series. If C9’s last draft had gone in their favor he’d be an easy series MVP. Super excited for the rest of the tournament, just based on how unpredictable it’s been so far. Personally I have SSG over SKT in the finals, but legitimate any permutation could happen without being too huge of a surprise.
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Oct 22, 2017 23:51
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Anyone who can't watch live surely watches through the League Event Vods subreddit anyway, which is great, saves time and has no spoilers.
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Oct 23, 2017 02:40
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The Mash posted:Anyone who can't watch live surely watches through the League Event Vods subreddit anyway, which is great, saves time and has no spoilers. I'm honestly surprised that Riot hasn't cracked down on the other channels that stream and rehost VoDs, especially now that they''ve signed some streaming deals with outside companies. I guess they must be factoring in third party streams for their sponsorships and figure the good will is worth the drop in pure streaming numbers when it comes to ad revenue.
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The Mash posted:Anyone who can't watch live surely watches through the League Event Vods subreddit anyway, which is great, saves time and has no spoilers. LoL Event Vods new website is just perfect. No spoilers at all. Even best they don't even show the length of the video which is the one thing that always annoyed me.
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Oct 23, 2017 03:20
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Digital Jedi posted:LoL Event Vods new website is just perfect. No spoilers at all. What is their new website? or is it just the reddit
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Oct 23, 2017 04:33
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Hashtag Yoloswag posted:na coaches are the dumbest motherfuckers on earth
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Oct 23, 2017 04:33
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I'm a bit sad that we didn't see the Best NA Finish At Worlds Ever but except for the last game that was still a pretty fun series
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Oct 23, 2017 04:38
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Great series, but the east is still the best and the west is still the rest. Maybe next yea- hahaha west will always suck 
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Oct 23, 2017 04:50
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Libertine posted:What is their new website? or is it just the reddit eventvods.com
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Oct 23, 2017 04:56
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Dragongem posted:Great series, but the east is still the best and the west is still the rest. The fact that MSF gave everyone a run for their money is hopeful, I think. If this random group of dudes that went from Challenger to LCS to Worlds managed to give SKT a legitimately hard time, then there's nothing stopping other Western teams from finding that same success.
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Oct 23, 2017 06:26
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We could've very easily had all 3 of those Western teams advance to the quarters, and one would've been guaranteed for the finals. All it would've taken is for MSF to not dive on that inhib turret, FNC to spend more than 5 minutes before the game on drafting strategies and for C9 to not mess up the game 5 draft so massively. Has there been any official word from C9 or FNC about their drafting? Really curious to know what their strategy was. I mean yeah it's a lot of coulda shoulda woulda but you can't deny the Western teams did pretty well this year, especially considering the general consensus here was what? that only TSM would've made it out of groups lol.
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Oct 23, 2017 06:51
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I'd really like to know how much input each specific team has versus their coach in terms of P/B. I know MSF's coach has complete control over the draft: he works with the analyst, figures out a good strategy, and then tells everyone, "Here's what you're gonna play." Reapered singularly deciding to hand over Kog/Janna/Galio on a silver platter just feels bizarre.
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Oct 23, 2017 06:58
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Yeah the whole point of that draft was to give over janna to take galio and trist or something not take jarvan
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Crazy Larry posted:I'm honestly surprised that Riot hasn't cracked down on the other channels that stream and rehost VoDs, especially now that they''ve signed some streaming deals with outside companies. I guess they must be factoring in third party streams for their sponsorships and figure the good will is worth the drop in pure streaming numbers when it comes to ad revenue. Probably the latter, any restream or unofficial VOD channel is still going to be showing Riot's sponsors.
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I haven't been watching all of the games, but one thing I observed has completely baffled me. Namely, that Lulu is (was?) considered equivalent or at least very close to in terms of ban/pick priority. In every game I saw with them both Janna absolutely dwarfed Lulu in terms of impact.
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Technically C9 is improving 2015 Groups week 1: 3-0 Groups week 2: 0-4 Quarters: Didn't qualify 2016 Groups week 1: 2-1 Groups week 2: 1-2 Quarters: 0-3 2017 Groups week 1: 2-1 Groups week 2: 1-2 Quarters: 2-3 Maybe next year they'll be 0-3'd in semis 
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Aumanor posted:I haven't been watching all of the games, but one thing I observed has completely baffled me. Namely, that Lulu is (was?) considered equivalent or at least very close to in terms of ban/pick priority. In every game I saw with them both Janna absolutely dwarfed Lulu in terms of impact. Lulu's abilities, while not as crazy as Janna's whole fight reset when she gets two item heal-boosted Ult, have always been HUGE for making sure your carry survives, and the big burst of health + knockup on her ult typically is enough to dissuade a major dive. Ardent is also just as good on her as it is on Janna because of how reliably she can throw shields on/disengage/keep people distracted long enough for the carries to do damage. You're right in that she's not as impactful as Janna, but that's to be expected given how crazy busted Janna is on the worlds patch with Ardent Censer that still gives you lifesteal.
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Oct 23, 2017 13:06
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hey remember that video of WWE Superstars supporting China's World's teams? WWE just invested a bunch of money into C9 now lol
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RealFoxy posted:hey remember that video of WWE Superstars supporting China's World's teams? Does this mean Jensen's gonna get a wrestling retirement in spring where he gives a big heartfelt speech and then shows up playing at The International a few months later?
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I want to see Vince Mcmahon fire Reappeared or whomever was responsible for that draft. Also apparently LZ might disband because the team has some financial issues... Pray and Gorilla confirmed cursed.
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RealFoxy posted:hey remember that video of WWE Superstars supporting China's World's teams? I'm fully in support of Riot and League becoming more WWE. Losing teams now are thrown through a table.
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RealFoxy posted:hey remember that video of WWE Superstars supporting China's World's teams? "How the hell did he miss that smite with a level advantage Jatt?" "I don't know Phreak, but oh my god is that, that's SaintVicious' music!" "It was me Jensen! It was me all along!"
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Oct 23, 2017 18:35
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I wouldn't be surprised to see xiaver woods on the analyst desk at some point honestly
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As someone who just got caught up on all the Worlds matches today, that C9 vs WE series was a joy to watch up until Galio went the way of WE in the game 5 draft. Also gently caress the NA vs EU beef, Misfits were stellar. League of Legends, a fantastic esport.
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amazeballs posted:As someone who just got caught up on all the Worlds matches today, that C9 vs WE series was a joy to watch up until Galio went the way of WE in the game 5 draft. Also gently caress the NA vs EU beef, Misfits were stellar. League of Legends, a fantastic esport. I don’t know how anyone could watch Ignar kill Bang’s Vayne at level one and not be a Misfits fan
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Oct 24, 2017 02:16
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SKT played that lvl 1 so poorly, they were winning early trades pretty handily before bang went full retard
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There's just something about the mere act of playing Vayne that causes normally sensible people to temporarily turn into Neanderthals.
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Vermain posted:There's just something about the mere act of playing Vayne that causes normally sensible people to temporarily turn into Neanderthals. There were a few Vayne picks in worlds this year, and 100% of them I have no idea what fathomable reason they were selected other than pure arrogance.
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The best Vayne play I've seen all year is still Roccat's support Wadid playing her during the last week of EULCS Summer.
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Libertine posted:There were a few Vayne picks in worlds this year, and 100% of them I have no idea what fathomable reason they were selected other than pure arrogance. if you cant play vayne versus the turkish play in team when can you edit: im enjoying this new sentiment being pushed by thorin and LS that you cant criticize pick ban. rabidsquid fucked around with this message at 08:02 on Oct 24, 2017 |
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They are right (as much as it pains me to align myself with the most obnoxious duo in esports) in that 99% of pick/ban criticism is completely asinine. The vast, vast majority of it is purely reactionary and can basically be summed up as "the other team won with that, so clearly you should have banned it." If you're lucky they might throw in some bargain basement insight like "xyz champ has a high winrate!" It's a bunch of masturbatory armchair coaching, although that could of course summarize the majority of esports discussion.
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99% of all league commentary is asinine including Thorins content, suggesting we shouldnt comment on things because of appeal to authority is very dumb edit: i mean that line of thought extends towards not making commentary on the games because you dont know what the players were supposed to be doing or what went wrong
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Oct 24, 2017 08:18
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nobody should do anything because dumb people
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I agree, 99% of esports commentary shouldn't exist. I personally vastly prefer Kevin-esque shitposting and memes to the dreck that this thread and others come up with as "insightful commentary". (Amusingly Kevin is one of the few posters here that can actually make a cogent point when he's being serious). I'd complain about it too if I was a talking head. I probably agree with you in the abstract but I sympathise with them immensely on this point.
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