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XDG vs LMQ - Yeah this series was easy to predict. From the start of the Spring Split, XDG's teamwork has been pretty bad and their individual play hasn't been that good either. LMQ on the other hand have pretty good teamwork and damn good individual skills. I predicted a 3-1 for LMQ actually because I thought XDG would be able to at least win 1 game. Was a sad series for them though cause they got destroyed. Never been much of an XDG fan but I hope Benny finds a new team cause he's actually a pretty cool dude. Watch his interview with Travis at onGamers and you'll see why. As for LMQ, I'm quite hyped for the Summer Split because they got in. They're really interesting to watch and I think they'll make a Top 4 finish in the next split.
EG vs C9T - At first I thought this was gonna be a close series. It wasn't. Only Altec performed well for C9 Tempest in my opinion. Speaking of Altec, I've actually played a game with him once. I was playing in the NA Server at the time and I was in this chat room. I think it was Natsumiii's chat room (youtube search her if you want) but I'm not sure. Suddenly Altec joins it and he asks if someone wants to play. Me and a ton of people respond and I was lucky enough to get invited. This was back in Season 2. So yeah, back to the EG vs C9T series. I think EG played really well. Definitely much better than what they were showing during the Spring Split. I dunno how much they'll improve during the Summer Split. If they work really hard, I could see them making Top 4.
CST vs CLB - I was actually expecting Coast to win this one. The reason for that is, RobertXLee seems like a really good player but he kinda chokes at LAN. At the same time, Brokenshard is a very momentum based player, in my opinion and if CLB were to lose Game 1 it would hurt his morale. Complexity Black were losing Game 1 but they made a miraculous comeback. Granted, Coast did kinda throw but CLB managed to capitalize on that and they made Coast pay for it. Overall, I don't really think CLB outplayed them too hard or anything (excluding Brokenshard outjungling Nintendude). They just had better map movement and better teamwork than Coast and that's what won them the series. Really happy for Westrice. He was planing on retiring if they didn't make it this time which would have been kinda sad, considering he's been trying to get into the LCS for a long time now. I'm not expecting CLB to be a top contender but if they buckle down, I think they can avoid relegation and maybe place 5th or 6th during the regular split (not playoffs).
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EG vs C9T - At first I thought this was gonna be a close series. It wasn't. Only Altec performed well for C9 Tempest in my opinion. Speaking of Altec, I've actually played a game with him once. I was playing in the NA Server at the time and I was in this chat room. I think it was Natsumiii's chat room (youtube search her if you want) but I'm not sure. Suddenly Altec joins it and he asks if someone wants to play. Me and a ton of people respond and I was lucky enough to get invited. This was back in Season 2. So yeah, back to the EG vs C9T series. I think EG played really well. Definitely much better than what they were showing during the Spring Split. I dunno how much they'll improve during the Summer Split. If they work really hard, I could see them making Top 4.
CST vs CLB - I was actually expecting Coast to win this one. The reason for that is, RobertXLee seems like a really good player but he kinda chokes at LAN. At the same time, Brokenshard is a very momentum based player, in my opinion and if CLB were to lose Game 1 it would hurt his morale. Complexity Black were losing Game 1 but they made a miraculous comeback. Granted, Coast did kinda throw but CLB managed to capitalize on that and they made Coast pay for it. Overall, I don't really think CLB outplayed them too hard or anything (excluding Brokenshard outjungling Nintendude). They just had better map movement and better teamwork than Coast and that's what won them the series. Really happy for Westrice. He was planing on retiring if they didn't make it this time which would have been kinda sad, considering he's been trying to get into the LCS for a long time now. I'm not expecting CLB to be a top contender but if they buckle down, I think they can avoid relegation and maybe place 5th or 6th during the regular split (not playoffs).
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I'm hoping that ZionSpartan, and Xmithie will find teams that are looking for a player in their repective roles. I think that both players play, shotcall, and behave well enough to be in the LCS.
I agree for Zion. As for Xmithie, I really don't know. He's been super shaky this split. Even after going back to Jungle, he's still not performing that well. If I had to choose whether they deserve to be in the LCS right now, I would say only Zion based on recent performance.
Altec played really well in all games, I feel like EG could use a better ADC and jungler (no offense to Yellowpete and Snoopeh), so improving or change is the only option.
Coast losing was kinda surprising.
I feel like Snoopeh has been having good games as well as bad games. Yellowpete on the other hand has been underperforming for quite some time now. I wanna see the old Yellowpete. The one that played Kog'Maw and absolutely destroyed enemy teams...
As for Coast, I agree. It was quite surprising but at the same time it's very understandable. While Coast's solo laners are quite skilled, Coast as a team are lacking teamplay just like XDG and that's why they lost in my opinion. Also, their bot lane and Nintendude have been underperforming the entire split. So yeah, it is surprising but at the same time it is understandable.
Coast losing was kinda surprising.
Altec should be in a better team, I think he has the potential to get really big. D:
I agree. He has "potential" (CLG puns ftw)
Kind of sad for Shiphtur. He's really good :/
Yeah ;__; read a lot of questions on a mini AMA Nintendude did on his subreddit and it seems like Shiphtur took the loss the hardest out of anyone. I hope he finds a new team cause he has a lot of talent :(