Holy shit it’s the sequel to “TSM Draft Dystopias.” I never thought the day would come. LS best content by far

Always happy to see these, perhaps the metrics aren’t as high but this is where I think your work has the greatest impact. Nobody should be able to make you think you don’t have anything worthwhile to say, you do. It frustrates me when twitch chat convinces you to stop talking about things that matter.

I really loved DK's 5th game draft, not just cause it was unconventional (although it was hype), but it really showed some developed drafting, but I mean, who knows DK might have just got lucky with their draft.

DRAFT KINGDOM LETSGO. These are my favorite videos of yours.

I never comment on youtube videos but want to do everything I can to support content like this. It's good to have you back LS

You've managed to express why I love games in a way that I was never able to verbalize, and i'm really grateful for that. I agree, that optimizations, and strategy, and testing, theorycrafting, are an artform, and they are what make games beautiful to me. I understand that these kinds of videos, and your work in the scene, are endless and exhausting, and mentally taxing. But just knowing that someone else gets it, they get why shaving off tiny portions of a second in mario 1 is so incredible, they understand why finding incremental improvements that all lead to something great is what makes games and game theory fascinating, they understand why minmaxing and theory is exciting and beautiful in a way that nothing else can be. Just knowing that somebody else gets these things, that i'm not alone in thinking this way, is something that I will be endlessly grateful to you for verbalizing, and for putting yourself out there to say. I wish you all the best, and I hope that you're able to find a balance that lets you continue to work in the scene without having to sacrifice your mental health and personal well-being.

Great content LS! hope you're doing well, really satisfies my curiosity when it comes to diving deep into this game.

This draft analysis is alot better than your older TSM one. I enjoyed both, you made excellent points in both of them but this one is alot more structured and easier to follow along with. You clearly state your reasoning and logic which is nice for the viewers

When I saw the pick ban app in the thumbnail, I knew it was gonna be a banger video

I Wish I could see a team operate w a coach that is as knowledgeable and passionate as you are LS

When I was assisting an ERL team last year the team I was with took a lot of our drafting and playing philosophies from you, playing with the idea that the meta isn't the meta but really the meta is the counter to the meta, heavily focusing on laning with not just the objective to win our lanes but achieving things with what we're doing on lanes, whether that be objective timings or just specific moments we wanted to recall. We obviously oversimplified a lot and not everything worked but I just want you to know that there are a lot of people who adore listening to you, appreciate the free knowledge you share and shape their own philosophies to things that you taught us, whether directly or indirectly. I know I personally never would have grown much in my own approach to the game and I most certainly would never have had a chance to even experience being an assistant for an ERL team if it wasn't for the knowledge I got to absorb from watching you so thank you for everything you have done and continue to do for this game, even if the people who need your knowledge the most dismiss you, there are just so many young players, coaches that are continuing to be shaped by the work you have done.

Hate the guy, love the guy whatever it is, hearing someone talk so passionately about something he loves is beautiful to me. It's just great seeing someone get so into the nitty gritty of something and enjoy something enough to go to such lengths. I really love the strategy talk in general since I have always adored every aspect of strategy, be it in RTS, Card games or as of late MOBAs and hearing someone go into such detail while also enjoying it as much or possibly more than i do somehow means the world to me. I hope you stay around for a long time because imo every competitive game needs someone who isn't afraid to "break" the meta, question established ideas or introduce new ones. Thanks a lot LS for everything you do for this game.

I'd like to imagine a word in which worked out with C9 or where you went to T1 and got the green light to completely help reshape their idea of drafting/ the game. Your strategical and analytical thinking is inspiring and I hope that one day there'll be a team who picks up on it.

God we really need someone like LS in the FPS community. I really want him to analyze a game of quake or something

I think the biggest takeaway from this video, and a consistent message LS had given over the years, is that is doesn't matter whether he's right or wrong about his conclusions. What ultimately matter is the methodology being produced and refined, and the ability to spread that methodology to produce a baseline level you are evaluated on. People in this scene continue to show their incompetence and complacency by coming up with every excuse to criticize the result or the conclusions, and never ask themselves to judge the process, which is what matters more than being right or wrong. When LS was talking about feeling empty due to trying for YEARS (around 1:31:45) to affect change and being so often rebuffed, I really felt that. I've been in that position, where you are the only one passionate in a situation and you can see everyone just settling for complacency. It truly is soul-sucking. LS if you ever read this I just wanna say you are a much stronger person than I am. You've been through hell and back and continue to fight the good fight, despite almost never being validated. I just want to let you know there is a community that will rally behind you and more than appreciates the insane amount of work you've put in. If it comes to a point where you decided it's time for you to move on, I personally will support you wherever you go, and I know many others will as well.

LS this is the content that most of us didn't know we need, this is amazing and a complete different view of how many possibilities are in a professional game, obviously demonstrate that in even in pro level of gameplay there are a lot of flawless

It's insane to me that no one else in the competitive scene is analyzing draft deeply other than ls, on the official broadcasts they stay on a surface level and won't critique the draft. Even if you here proplayers talk about the pick ban, you get the impression they don't know what's going on and just end up pick comfort regardless of how many better options exist. And why analysts even have jobs is beyond my understanding.

It’s amazing how many parallels there are to LS’s arguments and discussion on this topic to a book I recently finished reading called “Atomic Habits” which also comments on small little incremental improvements over a long period of time have exponential effects. It’s amazing and inspiring how far you’ve come LS. Keep doing God’s work

Melee is what got me into eSports. Especially Mew2King and his optimizations. I get that his mannerisms are memeable but I never got why people ridiculed him for his work. We didn't have frame advance or hitbox visualization back then yet with only a ruler and thousands of hours of experiments he uncovered so many parts of the game that we take for granted now. Hearing that LS respects the hell out of him and talks with him (albeit however occasionally) is kind of heartbreaking considering the state of the LoL community. Keep fighting the good fight LS. Hopefully one day the LoL community will understand your contributions in the same way Melee's community acknowledges M2K's.

Friend recommended me to this. This guy is amazing. It’s awesome that someone gives valuable advice that can be applied to anyone, not just champ specific, as well as it being future of the game oriented. I’ll probably go check out twitch too, but I’m definitely going to watch more.

Two hours in and I love it! Please share more of your thought processes. I always admired the way you come to conclusions and just I wanna hear more of it and learn! Also I just wanted to say I really appreciate your content - I think you don't hear that enough. Cheers

It makes me so happy to see that people like you are still willing to go the extra mile to make league a better game.

I really like there videos. I know they are more difficult to make, but i really hope you continue on this series.

Another masterclass. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into your content. My friends and I sometimes do mock ‘draft battles’ after being inspired by your draft theory

Saw the whole thing on stream and I cannot recommend watching this more to anyone interested in learning strategy, both fundamental and league specific. I hope a lot of people in the pro scene watch this video and, hopefully, see this talk be the start of meaningful change in how the game is perceived and played at a professional level. Thank you for your contribution to the scene LS, your ability to keep at it despite the difficulty in getting people to listen and change their outlook on the game is an incredibly inspiring display of resilience and perseverance, most would have given up by now and I am amazed that you manage to keep going and try to get people to see a different perspective.

Super appreciate the longer deep dives!

1:08:00 I love the mention of M2K. I agree that his story is inspirational for the thinking people. He obviously developed the tech skill to implement his theories, but if you look up how he manually figured out frame data by constantly pausing and comparing it to other character moves. Apparently his own data was relatively close, and now every top player (even Mang0) consider frame data and have the best moves memorized and account for it in their decision making.

It made me so happy that right after I started thinking of how "winning by one" is easy to understand in poker, you started talking about poker. I always love when you talk about drafting and concepts from other games that _should_ be known in League but simply aren't yet. Keep up the great work!

The legend says that 10 years after the release of the video LS is still practicing the bel'veth clear xD great video btw, reall well done

I'm an amatuer caster, and honestly videos like this are invaluable to my game understanding (especially as someone who hasn't actually played on a pro team)

I love it when LS does long content. Perfect for training mode in fighting games.

LS single handedly carrying League of Legends analysis. His take on drafts is so refreshing and I love how he explains all his picks -- including recommending utilizing a wider range of picks that would have value against certain picks/comps. For example, his suggestion of top laners like Illaoi & Neeko.

"Games are art" - even without the competitive context, I love that he said this. Games. Are. Art. I mean hey, you don't need to play Nier:Automata to nod to this. Games really are art and I love them.

Absolutely mind blowing how deep your analysis goes. Fascinating stuff, thanks LS

Really fantastic content, exactly the kind of stuff that as a Magic player I’m shocked doesn’t exist more in League. Thanks LS 👍

Absolutely amazing video! I've been watching it in parts for like 3 days now and it's been incredibly interesting and entertaining to watch you talk about these topics. I think I understand what you mean when you say that optimization in games is art, because you've made me see the beauty of it through your videos!

This is actually the highest level educational competitive content on youtube that I’ve found

I’ve literally spent the entire day listening to this and trying to learn from it I appreciate the time and dedication you put into these and the StarCraft explain actions are really nice love both league and StarCraft

Thank you for doing this type of stream, LS. I'll be really sad if this is the last time we ever get this type of stream. Because it takes a lot of energy and passion to do this type of content. It's a shame pro teams aren't receptive to the concept of min-maxing. Don't realize the importance of intent and purpose.

This is the best conversation/discussion of the year. The work you do for the scene is so amazing LS, keep it up!

This should be called Draft Empire with how thorough you were, excellent work mate!

This is literally the holy grail of lol's draft. Thank you so much for the content LS, I still have my own selfish desire to see you compete at the highest level as a coach.

I enjoyed the draft analysis, like I always do, even though it was nothing new to me, as I follow you for many years now. But when you opened the accolade about game theory and approaches to learning and improving, it was one of the most beautiful things I heard and I savored every single word. Thank you, you represent a dying breed of true esports athletes.

As a coach myself, i already watched nearly every old video of urs, and every new video 100% has been watched. Ngl i dont like so much the later idk 1 year since it feels like you have gone lower on the depths of the game, but this videos was fucking great. Thank you for saying the things how they are, like that Cookies arent just inherently bad and always bad, or that Ivern is unbreakable just so that we know it, and how everything should be understood on a fundamental game. I personally didnt learn much but you ecouraged me so hard to keep doing my job and keep on going with my team doing the freak stuff of measuring everything and getting the timings on everything. You dont know how much you did for me on the understanding the game. I would really, really love to one day personally talk with you through Discord or smth and see your PoV on some things that i think or that i believe. Thank you for everything man, as an also mental health patient and a pills consumer (psychiatrist things kek) i really hope you are well and i wish you the best. I promise you i would help you on whatever you need since you gave me a new point of view on how to analyze the game and this is know what makes me be able to eat. Thank you so much. @LS

I love this kind of content, my absolute favorite. This is why I've fallen in love with all different kinds of games, the process of optimization and the process of reducing problems into their intermediate parts and solving them just brings me a kind of satisfaction that I don't get anywhere else. It's the same reason I've fallen out of the league scene and gone back to roguelikes/card games. the lack of innovation and strategy and refinement in the scene drives me crazy because its potential is so much higher then where we're at. Hopefully you'll finally be able to get through to people, and we can see some real change in the pro scene because without it, I think the pro scene will continue on its gradual decline.

I was fortunate to catch some of this live but am glad to see what I missed and rewatch what I saw before. This content is very much appreciated, thank you!

I've been a fan of professional Starcraft for most of my life and over the course of the video I was like "Huh, competitive Starcraft has been going through these problem solving processes for decades..." then when you brought up Starcraft and literally showed and explained that exact thing, I became an instant fan of yours, lol. Been going through your backlog of videos now. Excellently demonstrated, LS, and I really appreciate your work. Thank you!

usually dont comment on videos but this one is for the algoritm as i want to support LS ... good and unique content in the scene. WE NEED MORE OF THIS!. Keep the good work

This video was super educational. Absolutely love it, please make more when you can.

So much information in one video, it's awesome that someone spends time and energy for an *educational* content like this. Huge appretiation to LS

Thanks for taking the time LS 🙏

it is content like this that makes me actually want to play league. it is so nice to watch. Great work

3 hours of LS draft analysis. It's Christmas already

I watched the entire video. Even if it feels like these types of conversations are meaningless, please continue to do more of them, the community needs people like you LS. Thank you for everything you do for LoL.

I may just be a Plat player with no competitive future, but your videos, like this one, inspire me to be a better player and reflect on my gameplay. You are a great source of inspiration and I love that there's someone as passionate as you are in this community. Truly, thank you for your work and dedication

Great video, thanks for taking the time to go into detail and breaking it down into basic game theory concepts. I think it's great that you're passionate about these things and I also wish that more people in the professional scene would try to minmax more aspects of the game in order to gain any possible advantage.

I have a bachelors in math and apply a lot of what I learned in academics to league of legends. It's cool to see a lot of similarities to how you describe "game theory" to subjects in mathematics like combinatorics, set theory, and group theory. Statistics also plays a big part. If you see this, I'd love to help create a defined axiomatic rule set for league of legends terminology and game theory. It would revolutionize the understanding of the game on an academic level.

I love this series so much‼️

The breaking down and thinking through of the theories was actually super rad to see.

Even tho it takes time and cost energy, I hope you still will make content/discussions like this. For the normal player its really really interesting/amazing hearing your views ^^

Love all of your content, don't understand how people can not listen to you when you have so much to back it up with Keep up the good work!

Love the emotional intermission, I hope it brings you some relief to get it all out (and that you find more real friends). Much love

Hey LS I just wanted to let you know that despite there being a vocal portion of viewers/league players that sometimes causes the frustrations you expressed, there is also a significant, silent portion that watches/listens to your content in good faith in order to learn. I have been playing League for 8 years now (started in season 4). And I have not found an individual that shares the laser-focused devotion to game “theory” that you have. No one else has the passion I see in you. I would love to have a conversation with you one day about the game but unfortunately I’m not able to competently articulate my thoughts nor am I competent enough at the game to have thoughts in the same “level” as you/the pro scene. Thanks to your content, despite not being the best mechanical player, I’ve been able to maintain a level of play that I am happy with simply because of game knowledge and theory application. I learned the applications of freezing as opposed to just freezing thanks to you. I’m not delusional enough to think I’ll ever be good enough to be a competent pro player nor do I really want to. But as you say: “If I can increase my chances of winning by 0.5% by doing something fully within my control, I’d be a fool not to do such a thing.” I think you should be proud of yourself and I hope you will continue doing what you’re doing.

Thank you LS for your content. And I do really appreciate that i started to think more about my gameplay, since I've discovered your channel 3 years ago. Hope you achieve what you want in the long run

We love you LS. I’m sorry that the community has treated you the way it has. Keep up the amazing work! Don’t forget about us, we care for you ❤❤❤❤

I have already watched the full video and it's nice!

Really good video. Great information in this video but what I love is that it's so clear to see the sheer passion you have for games and the time and energy you put into all this. I hope you don't get demotivated by the voices that want to put you down. This is great content and know that many people still listen to you, wether they might agree with all that you're saying or not. Like I said before, it's already a beautiful sight to see the way you share your passion with others and I hope you continue to do so. You already have made a ton of ground and have so much to be proud of. Follow your heart and the good people will follow along

I can already imagine rosters sitting down and getting a reality check watching this lol. Super informational and useful at all levels. Great explanations and super in depth

One of the best videos I‘ve ever seen. Recommend to anyone to watch the whole thing.

Listening to this while rehearsing off-meta jungle clears helped me focus a lot, great content as always LS

Anything you do that is worth doing is difficult, and the world will challenge you at every point and it can be incredibly discouraging. Have the strength to power through it LS, I think you are a brilliant human being.

Not just a new LS video, a 3 hours long LS video POG

That insight on why Morgana was on krogs was simply a masterpiece. I really enjoyed that analogy with Starcraft and the players thought processes. It's almost like AI learning, where you put the machine with a single objective and a few params to play around, and it reaches the optimized way to win after trying over and over. That's not magic, that's maths. Resource managment. Logic. LS, for every hater you will always have at least one person that admires and respects your work. I trully believe that true passion is not usual in this century, and the ones that follow that path have an unique identity and voice. You are not a copycat. It's obvious that THIS is not only your job, but a core of your life. Therefore, anyone smart should at least listen. And make questions, not asumptions. Because there are probably hours and hours on beating on your craft before you reached a public conclussion. Scientific method has been the core of our evolution...so why couldn't we apply it to videogames, and get edges on competition? #respect Keep up that great work, and take care!

This is the best youtube video i've ever watched. It's funny to me how in all other games or sports it's mutually agreed upon, that it's the small percentages that makes a winner or loser. In all other sports contestants strive to gain those small percentages in every way imaginable, Formula 1 is a very good example. For some reason League players feel like this is the only competition where basic thoughts and logic don't apply. The funniest comment i've seen was back in the days when you were rumoured to coach T1. The person wrote something like: "imagine LS coach Faker, when he is not even diamond in Solo Q, Faker has nothing to learn from him". There is no other existing sport, esports or just a competition in general, where people argue that u have to be better than a player to coach him. That is the funniest thing i've ever read. You don't see football coaches substitute themselves in, because they are better than every single player out there on the pitch. I don't know why League is the exception. Why idiotic thoughts like that have some support in the league community, when you would be categorized as an idiot if u stated something similiar in another sport or esports community. It's kind of funny, but also kind of disturbing that people just turn of their brain the second they think about League.

I know LS probably won't read this anytime soon, but I think his obsession with the game is something we will hardly see in the future. His knowledge, passion, purpose and open communication is beautiful and necessary in such a toxic field as professional gaming. Seing him over the years and being able to observe his growth as a person and coach is beyond my understanding, such strength is only achievable through suffering. I want to be like him, not only referred to the game, but in life. Thank you for everything LS, you've been a real motivation, know that this platform has made you an inspiration for someone that is literally in the total opposite of the world.

This is the best content on youtube

I missed these types of talks, so amazing

I'm always amazed at how easily you can explain game theory concepts

Don't ever give up doing this kind of content Nick. Thank you for this.

I love watching/listening to the way you analyze the game. It is soo completely different then any other content creator, because you base your statements on "theory" and not feelings. I am also disappointed that you were not able to demonstrate this fully with C9, not only because I am a fan of yours, but I am a fan of the game and I consume it as a sport and there is a huge stagnation in LEC/LCS/

This was the most 🔥 mixtape of 2022.

I love this man, I don't know if it makes sense for you to do more of these types of videos. But I love this kind of video and would personally love to see more. Keep going my man! Much love

watching this live right after all the games was a fever dream

holy shit the long awaited sequel

This video inspired me to learn more in games, to improve and be a better version of myself after every game. Thank you LS!

This has to be the single best video you've done

I really miss your casting on the lck. I'm glad that you're doing co-streaming now

3 hours of LS talking in depth about the game ? HELL YEAH

REALLY great video. It's awesome listening to you explain all these concepts and your reasoning. Hope for more videos like this.

Man I love draft videos 🔥🔥

I'm no longer a tryhard league solo queue ranked player, but I appreciate these analytical and personal videos that you make, LS.

By god...He did it. This is beautiful and these kinds of breakdowns need to happen more. Thank you, LS. Bowdge

thank you for everything you do LS ❤❤❤❤

You are the reason, after 4 years of playing as a sinner, I actually started thinking about the game and learning to improve. Thank you for making content like this, and keep up the great work.

Thank you for the video ls. It was extremely informative and even inspirational how you find beauty in game theory. You've had a tough life and struggle, I admire your persistence through all the shit that goes your way. Thank you

Hello LS. Love your content. Even tho this is probably not the most watched videos, i believe they are really appreciated by the people watching it, and i hope that you can keep making some vids of this kind in the future again. Ty for the work and have fun :)

This video helps me falling asleep, thanks LS !

Really appreciate you and all the effort you put into this video/stream LS. I listened attentively to every word! I really believe that you're the Grandfather of League of Legends.

Thank you LS, for never giving up!

This guys Analyzing skill is crazy I’m impressed