WORLDS PREDICTIONS / Does the WEST have a chance? / Which ASIAN team will fail?

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WORLDS PREDICTIONS / Does the WEST have a chance? / Which ASIAN team will fail? - Power Spike S2E29

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We make our predictions for the 2023 League of Legends World Championship, identifying the favorites as well as dark horses that might have a shot at an upset. While it's easy to write off the LEC and LCS teams, can any squad from the West make a deep run? The strength of Korean and Chinese teams is undeniable, but some of these teams could crash out of the tournament earlier than expected and we're here to tell you which ones are in peril.
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0:00:00 - Intro + LEC salary cap
0:16:47 - High key, lowkey, no key (Western teams' chances at Worlds)
0:44:37 - dGon's fact of the week (role-swapped players at Worlds)
0:50:13 - Devoured (Which Asian team will get eaten up by the competition)
1:07:18 - Galaxy Brain Club (Worlds predictions)
1:29:22 - Closing thoughts
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@andyhuynh2625 9 ай бұрын

Correction to Dom at 1:29:00 : JDG and G2 aren't the only team who won Spring, MSI, and Summer. And was coming into Worlds, on track to having a Golden Road. In 2018, RNG also won Spring, MSI, and Summer.

@GuyPearce217 9 ай бұрын

And then my glorious king goat Perkz came all over their faces and beat them in the best performance from a western player in bo5 series ever.🙏🏻🥰😍😛😇😼🫶‼️🔥🔥🔥

@litensnubbe9516 9 ай бұрын

@@GuyPearce217 bruh you use emojis like a soccer mom

@PeoplePleaser578 9 ай бұрын

RNG won Spring, Rift Rivals, MSI, Summer and 4/5 players won Asian games so they were literally on the Golden Road. Uzi would have become the only player to win everything that year if they had won worlds.

@janikhybhober5240 9 ай бұрын

@@GuyPearce217bro doing splits on it

@mackanyasso 9 ай бұрын

I can't believe they didn't mention Bwipo for roleswapped players going to worlds. His jungling was insane

@LettucePlate 9 ай бұрын

Doublelift was a support at Season 1 Worlds as well.

@Bowserguy62 9 ай бұрын

@@LettucePlate Lol season 1 doesnt count when LCK and LPL wasnt there

@MVPhurricane 9 ай бұрын

ya they spend like 15 minutes sucking Bwipo off (mostly Dom. also, completely warranted btw) and then they forget about him in the next. segment. hahaha

@LettucePlate 9 ай бұрын

Sure, I agree that tournament was basically a show match but that's not the point of the question. It's objective that he was at Worlds in 2 roles. @@Bowserguy62

@owenmcadams8546 9 ай бұрын

I read this in deman’s voice

@damiester1 9 ай бұрын

Xiaohu toplane is still the most impactful lane change I've witnessed

@seldomsane5278 9 ай бұрын

Umm, Ambition? Literally won worlds, got a whole song about him.

@mahatmaniggandhi2898 9 ай бұрын

@@seldomsane5278 ambition carried ssg?

@seldomsane5278 9 ай бұрын

@@mahatmaniggandhi2898 what? No, he role swapped from mid to jungle

@mahatmaniggandhi2898 9 ай бұрын

@@seldomsane5278 i know that, you said ambition won worlds with ssg, im saying how much of their success was because of ambition? xiaohu was styling on every top at msi

@seldomsane5278 9 ай бұрын

@@mahatmaniggandhi2898 Quite a lot actually. He had great pathing and objective set up. Also, no team wins without a performing jungle, even bronze players know that. He was the heart of that team.

@eshanthaperera 9 ай бұрын

The Golden Guardians win prediction against BDS aged really well. 😂 BDS smacking them with that 3-0 lmao.

@modi_forest4933 9 ай бұрын

DGON even saying that GG is the NA team that will probably go the furthest, think about what that means for NA in general.

@eshanthaperera 9 ай бұрын

@@modi_forest4933 these dudes and their hot takes get me every time.

@tsysip8727 9 ай бұрын

That they aren't good at predictions. :P

@jimgu2578 9 ай бұрын

As a watcher of chess tournaments where they often use Swiss system, I prefer it to the old one because every game will matter. The only gripe I have is that we essentially have 5 rounds for 16 teams - a lot of luck and variance will be involved. With 6 out of 16 teams going into the final round, I would prefer the draw to be based on strength of opponents in past 4 rounds (SB score) instead of random.

@christheophilus7154 9 ай бұрын

if JDG gets bounced out before quarters then there 100% needs to be an investigation for matchfixing

@vonwaq 9 ай бұрын

looking at the past 5 years we already know jdg isnt going to make quarters and weibo is going to win worlds

@L4R0X 9 ай бұрын

xPeke was toplane for FNC in season 1 and after that as mid for FNC and OG

@LettucePlate 9 ай бұрын

2018 RNG had the golden road path coming into worlds and were heavy favorites.

@KingKearnster 9 ай бұрын

Tally from OCE made it as both a top laner and a mid laner I believe

@5babou5 9 ай бұрын

WE LOVE UPSET !!! The swiss format is perfect

@Cheezperson 9 ай бұрын

Love to see it!

@redgiant970 9 ай бұрын

There is also just a far greater cultural difference going to NA from Korea then Korea to Taiwan, it is entirely possible that River was at least able to get some semblance of normality however small in Taiwan that he wasn't able to get in NA as well has just the knowledge that if you ever want to go home it's only a few hour flight versus crossing the entire Pacific ocean can make the world of difference mentally

@janjannn05 9 ай бұрын

Love this

@halomca 9 ай бұрын

Not sure if you meant players that made it this worlds, but Hai and XiaoHu made it in two roles to worlds

@lililillililillililillilil2116 9 ай бұрын

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@EM-lk7jw 9 ай бұрын

Tried to buy some Trolli online, but I can't checkout my shopping cart. Xd Guess I'll pick some up at the store. XD Not sure if they said it but Bwipo made it to worlds as a Top and a Jungler.

@entielfine7596 9 ай бұрын

RNG 2018, LPL champions of spring and summer and MSI champions clapped by Luka Perkovic in 2018 World’s quarter finals.

@shriez 9 ай бұрын

Hai went as Mid in S3 and 4, Jungle in S5 with Incarnation mid

@MomsDrunkAgain... 9 ай бұрын

I couldn't believe they forget hai. He literally was the most influential player for na league. He literally brought the shot caller role to na and he did it spectacularly.

@vghsfan 9 ай бұрын

Why are we still call Chovy a top 3 player coming into an international event again. It doesn't matter how good he looks in LCK and he has yet to be able to show he can level up when it comes to these events. He is like reverse Showmaker / Canyon.

@Wannabelottowinner 8 ай бұрын

watching this after the LNG t1 series, Dom is a fkn prophet @51:55

@PeoplePleaser578 9 ай бұрын

Monte predicting GG to beat BDS... Oh boy, that aged poorly. Im surprised you guys missed Doublelift, Bwipo and Hai

@jonistmp8484 9 ай бұрын

gam>TW>BDS > GG> gam ( this is the cycle)

@theroyal908 9 ай бұрын

LFN top 25 list with Thorin let's gooooo

@MomsDrunkAgain... 9 ай бұрын

Bro C9 Hai made it to worlds as a mid and jungle. Also I can't remember if he was also a support at worlds as well. I think bunnyfufu or smoothie took over before worlds. Not a 100% on that.

@jonasjunge638 9 ай бұрын

Wasnt RNG on their way to golden toad too until perkz lb happened?

@iGoatYouTTV 9 ай бұрын

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@yvjyang 9 ай бұрын

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@Drdakr12 9 ай бұрын

Its mostly been 2 seed that collapsed from lpl and top god is not enough if jungle and bot flip tails

@CaptainMorghan4152 9 ай бұрын

Bjergson emergency sub for T1 at worlds

@skinisskill784 9 ай бұрын

1:28:39 RNG 2018 also only missed Worlds

@noflamepls 9 ай бұрын

IIRC Dyrus played botlane in season 1 worlds on Epik Gamer and then of course he's known as playing top most of his career.

@richie1496 9 ай бұрын

A quick reminder that the last time Kiin made worlds, C9 Licorice cooked him 3-0

@shia8938 9 ай бұрын

More like Kuro cooked him.

@MomsDrunkAgain... 9 ай бұрын

Nah licorice destroyed kiin even though 2 of the games he was Viktor too and licorice was ornn. And that was a q max Viktor with first item sheen. And with that same ornn licorice had a perfectly timed auto to steal the baron. Also let's not forget that the trash Jensen was on that team playing like complete garbage. Especially that ahri game. And my main man sneaky was playing like a top tier adc with his Lucian.

@seldomsane5278 9 ай бұрын

I seem to remember Kiin winning top all 3 games, although it was one of the biggest throws by any team ever. Imagine losing to an NA team, quite embarrassing I know. Good that Fnatic showed the world how trash C9 were though in the semi. Something Afreeca should've easily done.

@shia8938 9 ай бұрын

@@seldomsane5278 Yes. While Licorice played the tfs well, he got cooked hard in the laning phase.

@seldomsane5278 9 ай бұрын

@@shia8938exactly, and I won't give excuses for afreeca's play after the laning phase. It was the worst series they played, completely on them for losing. An oce team could have beaten them that day.

@ChrisJoestarr 9 ай бұрын

Last year was the unexpected year with DRX winning I think this year one of the favorites are gonna win, things are going way too well for JDG but I can see BLG after their slump or GENG winning

@shanespradling2721 9 ай бұрын

DOM GIVING INSIDE STORY BEST PART OF VOD ALREADY

@drkrn 9 ай бұрын

Season 1 xPeke was technically a toplaner so I guess he counts for players on multiple roles

@armindoroudi9025 9 ай бұрын

Hai made it as a jungler, and he had a perfect 3-0 worlds and second week didnt happen

@seamonster175 9 ай бұрын

2018 rng was also approaching the golden road, and may have gotten it if not for perkz game 5 LeBlanc

@pelataan69 9 ай бұрын

zz1tai made words as midlaner in season 2 words in IG and as toplaner in season 5

@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV 9 ай бұрын

FPX choking wasn't actually that surprising when you realise that Nuguri had been an issue all year, literally not communicating with the rest of the team, with Doinb being a partial exception. And Tian had serious wrist issues and some mental challenges going on and Doinb was hard-carrying them through regular season, but also being the communicator between everyone on the team and looking after everyone.

@OMAR-vk9pi 9 ай бұрын

Nope it still was

@dsjsi 9 ай бұрын

Foreign fans do not understand... nuguri is older than tian. So how can nuguri be the one at fault? He is older. It is tian fault, not nuguri

@PeoplePleaser578 9 ай бұрын

Bro it wasn't Nuguri... Tian was literally brutally flaming him. Like even DoinB has said that Tian was the reason that team failed as badly as it did, Nuguri did not speak the language and was in a new country where he could only speak to one person and then he was getting aggressively flamed by his teammate.

@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV 9 ай бұрын

@@dsjsi What? That makes no sense.

@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV 9 ай бұрын

@@PeoplePleaser578 I mean, regardless, he played like ass, just like Tian did. It's definitely not okay that Tian was flaming him, but he was still an issue. Do you really think that performance isn't relevant if the player is having issues? Should we excuse Hans Sama for last year on TL because he was home-sick? I'm not flaming Nuguri, but he was obviously an issue performance wise, especially since Doinb was the one picking up everyone's slack, hard-carrying them in the game and outside of the game.

@DDKstreetballa 9 ай бұрын

Thumbs up for the beat league podcast out there 😁😁

@smortg 9 ай бұрын

Swiss stage is the latest commitment from Riot to create intrigue where 'every game matters'. Taking into account the fact that esports to them is an advert for the game first before being an exercise in promoting the best possible competition, it's quite predictable

@sniper8382 9 ай бұрын

does Showmaker count? im p sure he was ADC at one point

@isaiaheads6327 9 ай бұрын

Swiss format is the best format to decide who the best is. It’s terrible at deciding rankings

@belesir8847 9 ай бұрын

Zzitai played at 2012 worlds as a mid laner and 2015 worlds as a top laner.

@ink2467 9 ай бұрын

Thinkcard says NRG is kicking Asian team's asses in scrims !

@ftu2021 9 ай бұрын

Apparently LPL teams are already choking in scrims. He did say that LCK looks far stronger than LPL, but they didn’t play JDG yet

@fiscalgamer 9 ай бұрын

Source?

@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV 9 ай бұрын

Scrims don't mean too much overall. NRG will get clapped in the real games.

@ink2467 9 ай бұрын

let us ride the hopium... I expect them to be the best NA team@@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV

@aqwevony3275 9 ай бұрын

everyone somehow forgets that t1 always makes at least semis at worlds

@The_Bomb_Devil 9 ай бұрын

DOM REALLY SAID THAT HE WOULD END UP GETTING SHANKED LIKE DOUBLELIFT?

@livvw 9 ай бұрын

dplus kia gonna find a way.

@peaceling9826 9 ай бұрын

❤

@adamspacek6507 9 ай бұрын

Bwipo made worlds playing different roles (top and jungle)

@mahatmaniggandhi2898 9 ай бұрын

i just wanna see canyon play master yi

@HeLLraiSa911 9 ай бұрын

👍

@F0rtysxity 9 ай бұрын

Old Man Dom (OMD) talking about the good old days when players just played to play and didn't have salaries.

@loxi9 9 ай бұрын

Holy Dom had the choice between piglet and forgiven as a jungler, does Steve just hate him or what.

@cubemine 9 ай бұрын

2018 RNG list the Golden road to G2.

@noice1224 9 ай бұрын

what did i miss why is senna suddenly op?

@maciekmaciek8296 9 ай бұрын

Rng was going to get grand slam in 2018, u guys forget about uzi run

@andersphilipsen4352 9 ай бұрын

For someone who don't know what "high key" "low key" "no key" means, is it possible you can explain?

@nathanharris8896 9 ай бұрын

High key means excited, low key means maybe a little excited, no key means not excited at all.

@andersphilipsen4352 9 ай бұрын

@@nathanharris8896 thanks! :)

@orionmilbury4817 9 ай бұрын

Yo let’s go

@horai8256 9 ай бұрын

I can’t believe they completely forgot about 2018 RNG for winning everything before worlds.

@unsenuchiha638 9 ай бұрын

Bwipo made it as Top a few times and then Jg in 2021

@youcannotexplainthat 9 ай бұрын

Pretty sure Ambition made it both as mid and jungle?

@soulblad3X 9 ай бұрын

No ambition never made it as a midlaner. Azubu & cj blaze never made worlds

@Mr-fe5ng 9 ай бұрын

Correct

@jonasjunge638 9 ай бұрын

major disrespect to xiaohu winning msi im two roles but not being thought about for so long

@Salvius.Praetor 9 ай бұрын

1:15:02 I had to double take there

@noahespersen4464 9 ай бұрын

rng 2018 last time

@seldomsane5278 9 ай бұрын

KT has to be the most underrated team going into world's. No one has any faith in them. They literally dismantled GenG near the end of the split 2-0. Sure they mucked up a bit in playoffs, but throughout the whole year they consistently improved and fixed issues, so I don't see how they won't do the same for the biggest tourney of the whole year.

@theburden9920 9 ай бұрын

I have faith for KT for weird reasons. They are the only team in LCK when your unsure of what they are capable of that is why they will suprise anyone not paying attention.

@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV 9 ай бұрын

I'm a KT fan, so I can't have any copium about them. KT fans don't have faith in KT internationally.

@theburden9920 9 ай бұрын

@@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV them getting to semis is enough for me

@seldomsane5278 9 ай бұрын

@@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV haha, yeah, you are right...

@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV 9 ай бұрын

@@theburden9920 Man, I'd be happy if they could make it that far, too, but I dunno about that happening... I feel like they just choke every time it gets to the important games.

@andersmoller5177 9 ай бұрын

its crazy to think that there is a 62.5% chance that at least one of the western teams make it to quarters without facing a single eastern team. And that is assuming all western teams loose to eastern teams. Basically you can be pretty confident that at least one of the western teams makes it

@joelout 9 ай бұрын

Goddammit Dom, put on some lights.

@zohairkhan5755 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, the most visible thing on screen is that terrible blue light in the background. I guess it’s a meme now

@belesir8847 9 ай бұрын

they forgot about RNG in 2018, they were coming into worlds having won spring/msi/summer

@ftu2021 9 ай бұрын

they've also won asian rift rival and asian games as well

@ranolol 9 ай бұрын

Imma say it, C9 needs Sneaky

@EchoesOfTheWeary 9 ай бұрын

No Sneaky No Worlds.

@5489ahmed 9 ай бұрын

2018 rng and 2019 g2

@erikf3506 9 ай бұрын

It’s so funny to hear the GG talk when they got fucked by BDS 3-0z 😂

@Semiazas_TV 9 ай бұрын

xPeke top and mid ... if you count the 1st worlds x)

@Zwijger 9 ай бұрын

Oscar came later than the rest of Fnatic because of his hand, the European teams came later but not that much later.

@stefankatsarov5806 9 ай бұрын

I like how they copletly forgoth RNG wining everyting before worlds in 2018. That team is forgothen so hard. Even resently some one said that KT where the clear cut favorite in 2018 when RNG where the best team in the world at that time and that KT losing in quarters was the worst thing ever when RNG who had more titles that year did the same in the same championship.

@LettucePlate 9 ай бұрын

That team is on the top 5 shortlist for greatest teams of all time and they're never talked about because they lost to Hjarnan lol. 8.11 robbed us of so much man.

@cobywells1923 9 ай бұрын

The absolute disrespect. Obviously they hate china as a country and a people.

@ftu2021 9 ай бұрын

Ikr, the amount of hype that RNG, specifically Uzi was heralded as the best team and best player in the world coming in the tournament. In JDG’s defence, RNG was a very one dimensional team where you know that all resources were poured into the bot lane and solo lanes were vulnerable. JDG has no weakness in those regards. 369 and knight can easily carry games if they are needed.

@pacman_0 9 ай бұрын

Missed xpeke who was top lane S1 and mid other times he went

@brandonwalker5011 9 ай бұрын

S1 was not a real worlds

@pacman_0 9 ай бұрын

I agree but riot has a different opinion

@LetsPlayBojangles 9 ай бұрын

The swiss stage makes it so that no western team can truly have zero chance. Oh you got GenG round 1? Dang, oh you got BLG rd 2? Ouch. But you have PSG in rd3, then fnatic rd4, and finally a chance vs a team like G2 to qualify.

@full-timepog6844 9 ай бұрын

🥴he wanted to play with forgiven? IWantVerbalabuse

@fkZaka 9 ай бұрын

JDG will get the golden road for sure, even if the meta shift is huge.. the raw talent they have in every role is just too much I think. Only teams I see having a chance vs them is T1, BLG and GenG. t1 being an auto win for them too if it goes 5 games lmfao.

@dbousq 9 ай бұрын

Really can't wait until it's KT that chokes

@flawlessmsc 9 ай бұрын

That's a very good point Dom made why BLG won't collapse at Worlds. Look at the past LPL teams that collapsed, LGD, EDG, FPX (Nuguri was benched in summer), TES, they all didn't have insane top laners. It's much more reliable at international when you have a lane god like Bin that constantly gets the team ahead against weak teams

@Bowserguy62 9 ай бұрын

Is it just me or do I have a feeling JDG somehow just chokes. Its usually top 1 or 2 chinese seed that chokes

@team3am149 9 ай бұрын

@@Bowserguy62The number one LPL team has been at least top 4 at Worlds for four years in a row.

@Bowserguy62 9 ай бұрын

@@team3am149 Ahh ok then its usually second or third seed then

@bambae7669 9 ай бұрын

@@Bowserguy62 I don't think that JDG will get eliminated in the swiss round, but i also think that the consensus will consider them chokers if they don't make it to the finals, which isn't that unlikely, so i kinda agree with you.

@mariyam.soungoua4 9 ай бұрын

The fraudulent argument, it's just in the DNA of the LPL to have ADC and mid superstars so It's normal that most of the teams that fail have the least good laner top lane, Theshy, Bin, 369 are almost the only top laner superstar in LPL history (with maybe Zoom,Ale) LNG didn't pass the group with Ale as best player,

@spartanvinc 9 ай бұрын

2018 RNG grand slam.... Perkz ending it..

@timothygleis5322 9 ай бұрын

I am not sure where I hear/read this but I am pretty sure the team minus Oscar are were in Korea early. Oscar came later because of a doctor's visit.

@craneteam87 9 ай бұрын

i'm pretty sure Caedral mentioned it

@EpicVideoMaster11 9 ай бұрын

RNG with UZI

@fahimshahriar3350 9 ай бұрын

Bwipo!!!

@iRiDiKi 9 ай бұрын

How do you guys feel about Reddit being excited about bo1 swiss? I think it just cements how clueless a lot of League fans are

@PeoplePleaser578 9 ай бұрын

People having different opinions... No cant be, they must all be absolutely retards xD

@barnie321 9 ай бұрын

Bwipo made it in 2 roles

@wriggs21 9 ай бұрын

I think upsets are fine and way more entertaining when telling stories. If the favorite just won, why not just have a world final that is LPL 1 seed vs LCK 1 seed and can the rest of the tournament.

@bdosreisable 9 ай бұрын

i never understand dgons takes. who the hell is convinced on TL for them to be disapointing?!

@PeoplePleaser578 9 ай бұрын

Its because they are doing well in SoloQ so people are hyping them up from a skill perspective because Apa and Yeon are both crushing Korean SoloQ.

@BH_Ghostler 9 ай бұрын

You don't need to be an expert to know the west has no chance.

@fmagistel 9 ай бұрын

Dom going to Korea? Isn't he allergic to Koreans minus the few that play in LPL?

@Bowserguy62 9 ай бұрын

Out chinesed by the chinese😂😂

@theneuropathyguy 9 ай бұрын

Pessimist get to be right. Optimist get to live life Nrg and g2 to bracket stage baby. This is the year for the west

@sly2670 9 ай бұрын

IWD is not welcome in kr

@duartenalves 9 ай бұрын

xPeke

@mattyn6058 9 ай бұрын

Monte continues to astound me once or twice a year with a take that HAS to be made to get interactions but it genuinely baffles me. To say you HATE upsets? So he didn't enjoy the drx run last year? He didn't enjoy G2 winning msi / making worlds finals or TL beating IG? I've only been watching since 2019 and upsets are what make pro lol incredible. I mean maybe it's an American thing??? In physical sports like football we had the Morocco run in the mens world Cup, and the aussies in the women's.... the hype that generates is insane. Hell if we didn't have upsets we wouldn't have had perkz and the original g2 uprising?? Horrendously bad take, up there with if not above supporting the super league in football unless I'm misremembering that. Upsets are how you see change and evolution of players, teams and sports as well as the perception of them.

@zohairkhan5755 9 ай бұрын

The reason they tend to dislike upsets is because later in the bracket the team who won in an upset usually gets smashed. DRX is the exception here. TL vs IG is the perfect example. G2 vs IG in the finals would likely have been a much better match. When he says he doesn’t like upsets, I don’t know why you’re taking it as him meaning that upsets any and all the time are terrible and bad. It’s clear that it’s not meant to be that absolute. Just “generally I dislike upsets”. Monte himself was very happy about how the last worlds turned out. He tweeted as much after DRX won.

@mattyn6058 9 ай бұрын

@zohairkhan5755 however that's the jeopardy that makes sports great. That's what puts sport on another level to watch, there's an element for me of second chances giving less meaning to an upper bracket, because they're not going to be out whatever the result. That's what grips viewers AS WELL as the quality. If you don't beat the other team, especially in anything more than a best of one, then tough you weren't good enough. Doesn't matter what happens in the next round who could have beat who. There is for sure an issue with having same regions play each other and not enough bracket format games at worlds imo, I haven't looked in depth at the new format yet. Maybe it's because I'm from the football World and lower league teams / teams fighting their way into the top level causing upsets by whatever means necessary is romanticised but there's such a punch down mentality onto lec, lcs, minor regions for the sake of "good league of legends". Not to mention to say IG v G2 would have been more hype, I started league just before that summer split and went back and watched the semis and final of msi. Nothing could have been more hype than the way it played out. Sure the quality of opposition would have been better for the final but that's not what tournament's are about. Don't get me wrong, I do still respect his opinion on the game and enjoy his content. Just the occasional elitism view baffles me.

@daulosh 9 ай бұрын

I don't get why this is worth an essay. Monte isn't having a take or even an opinion here. He just said he hates upsets as a passing reason to why he wants to see XXX team win. There's no argument in the video on the value of upsets in sports. Is this like one of those arguments you're having with yourself in the shower but you can't hold yourself back any longer so you vomitted it out in the comments?

@cobywells1923 9 ай бұрын

Iwilltencent is such a fraud. Lpl enthusiast didn’t even name xiaohu.

@alexanderatanasov5837 9 ай бұрын

Which they should have. Xiaohu was insane in summer

@Sup4ast4r 9 ай бұрын

Is NA going 0/16???

@noiramei 9 ай бұрын

algo comment

@mylastaccount8328 9 ай бұрын

i think t1 makes semis ifnot finals tbh... until faker and friends dont do it internationally illl say they get there.

@mikeaxer1625 9 ай бұрын

Why is monte living in Korea?

@brandonwalker5011 9 ай бұрын

Why not? LA sucks, Seoul is awesome, worlds is in Korea, his wife and child are Korean, ect.

@mikeaxer1625 9 ай бұрын

@@brandonwalker5011 I'm asking like if there's some project he's working on, last I heard he was moving to Colorado

@MVPhurricane 9 ай бұрын

he lives in korea like normally. he's bounced around a bit recently, but he has a place there and has mostly lived there for a decent number of years.

@alexanderatanasov5837 9 ай бұрын

@@brandonwalker5011Seoul is definitely not awesome. Especially if you have e to work there. But sure, guess LA also sks