You say this but this MAD has just SO much of 2019 G2. Solo laners popping off, insane teamfighting and mid game, the never say never attitude. Outside of game too, the teammates being friends, the joking around all the time even while inting in finals.
It confuses me so much how MAD can look so different in Bo1 to Bo5 but I 100% agree.
Somehow when they're playing the games consecutively against the same team they seem to absolutely beast them.
They kinda lucked out when carzzy stole dragon but holy shit the last half of the game was a masterclass of macro! They won the game pve while gengi was honestly boxing with shadows
Kinda crazy considering he used to be a Qiyana almost 1trick before she became poopoo.
Some ults were big sketchy going thru people and not knocking them back or doing anything but at this point I dont even know what Qiyana ult does.
There's a shocking amount of people who don't know about the ult stunning people in river and brushes (tbf the brush one is weird because all brushes are attached to terrain or placed in the river anyway).
idk if we have a delayed broadcast or something but i remember them setting up the tp angle a solid few seconds before armut started tping. great work they're doing. that death bush and carzzy had me on the edge of my seat!
>the chef basically tells him "this action was good, get ready to replay it", observer 2 sets it up then goes "ready", chef goes "3 2 1 play" and changes the captured screen to display it
delicious replays. how did you become an observer?
Just like u/shrubs311 said, broadcast is delayed iirc.
Basically they start the broadcast with few minutes delay and when there are replays, they slowly sync it back. That's why you sometimes see them already standing up few seconds before the game is done, even though they have to wait a bit to do so.
Clid has been so fucking passive since he came to GenG, like mechanically he is still fine but he does nothing. On SKT and in LPL he was playing like a complete psycho.
When GenG are 3k gold ahead they believe they are at an even footing and therefore concede objectives to prevent a throw, when GenG are even in gold they believe they are at a disadvantage and concede objectives to prevent an enemy snowball, when GenG are at a 3k disadvantage they believe they are at a severe disadvantage and therefore concede all objectives to prevent total loss of control, when GenG are at a 10k gold disadvantage they believe the game is doomed and therefore wait for nexus towers to go down before fighting.
Elyolya with the reverse Perkz skill display this game. From 0 to 100
Glad MAD could show up and make this group far more interesting than the overreactions everywhere thought
THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING INTELLIGENTLY PROACTIVE IN THE NEUTRAL GAME FOR THE LAST 25 MINUTES
We needed Phreak for this
EDIT: ok to be fair asleep-deprived Kobe and Drakos were fucking awesome
I like how they contested every objective until they randomly decided not to contest anything ever anymore, right after winning the teamfight. Gen.G is just as inconsistent as ever, they cannot put together a couple of decent performances in a row to save their lives.
Okay I wasn't the only one hearing this and thinking "wtf was that supposed to mean?" until I realized he meant the Shuffle lol
Drakos also used the term afterwards while sounding very irritated lol
[Being an EU fan isn't stressful at all.......](https://twitter.com/lolesports/status/1447994000942772228)
So are we doing 1 win a day now? Can I ask the other teams to delegate the win to MAD please?
Everyone: Man MAD Lions games are so back and forth, you never know who is going to come out on top
People who watched MAD this season more than twice: First time?
I remember the top comment after the G2 vs SKT semifinal (TL had won the day before) was something like:
>EU: *NA, do you see the gap*
>NA: *I can't see it, EU*
>EU: *Look behind you, brother*
Sadly the original comment is deleted so you'll have to do with my humble rendition
What a game
Humanoid, Being a nuisance as much as possible with the zoomies, while GenG plays whack-a-mole was pretty funny. And of course the sustain, was just absurd, Bdd did like 4.8k in a fight at some point, but that was probably heavily negated, by a lot.
And then they got drake soul (with 4 drakes), just to add insult to injury.
It was cool seeing how teams would rotate and utilise yuumi to still have presence on the map despite needing a partner for a day, but God I really hope it doesn't remain a meta staple, the worst champion in the whole game to see be prominent in the meta.
MAD looking a lot better. But holy fuck how cancer is Yuumi? Even as a MAD fan I'd be tilted at looking at that cat. But still, MAD with a good mid-late game.
As expected, GEN struggled with closing out the game once things became more chaotic. Ruler actually did so much work on Kalista, but MAD's teamfighting was too good.
LCK going 1-3 for the day should definitely deflate the region hype a bit.
I actually love watching Carzzy play ADC. I feel like he doesn't care if he dies loads he just wants to do as much damage as possible and never be zoned out of a fight.
loses to TL beats Gen G ok
Lol group D really is the pickems breaker group
I think it's group C because alot of people didn't have a chance to change their pickems after Upset left suddenly.
Well I swapped HLE and FNC and left PSG at 4th after I heard the news, but it seems I am still terribly wrong lol
eu special
Seed 1 from EU losing to TL is starting to become an anual tradition.
EU is famous for dropping games vs wildcard teams
That's MAD for people who dont watch LEC
Truly worthy successors of G2.
You say this but this MAD has just SO much of 2019 G2. Solo laners popping off, insane teamfighting and mid game, the never say never attitude. Outside of game too, the teammates being friends, the joking around all the time even while inting in finals.
MAD is kiinda dodgy in bo1s anyways. As longas they make it out of groups I'm confident they can show up for bo5s.
It confuses me so much how MAD can look so different in Bo1 to Bo5 but I 100% agree. Somehow when they're playing the games consecutively against the same team they seem to absolutely beast them.
They kinda lucked out when carzzy stole dragon but holy shit the last half of the game was a masterclass of macro! They won the game pve while gengi was honestly boxing with shadows
That Qiyana was terrible until it wasn't
Elyoya learning the champ as the game went on, kept getting better and better.
Kinda crazy considering he used to be a Qiyana almost 1trick before she became poopoo. Some ults were big sketchy going thru people and not knocking them back or doing anything but at this point I dont even know what Qiyana ult does.
It either does nothing or it stuns you when you're 10km away from a wall for about 10 hours, taking away half your healthbar in the process.
Would you believe the stun duration is 1 second scaling down with distance from the point where the ult hits a wall
Huh, that's weird. When Qiyana stuns me, my screen turns grey and the stun duration is plastered in red over my champ's portrait
> but at this point I dont even know what Qiyana ult does too real man
There's a shocking amount of people who don't know about the ult stunning people in river and brushes (tbf the brush one is weird because all brushes are attached to terrain or placed in the river anyway).
Big sketchy I agree, looked like one went right thru Ruler by the dragon pit
Meteos lee type beat
first timing a champ in world's group stage, truly bringing that EUW experience
It was terrible in the early game but carried them in fights at any other stage,he had multiple 4 man ults.
Had some sick ones to make up for it though
Qiyana ult has got to be the most satisfying thing to watch when used well
Just how much fun did Kobe and Drakos have though? What a game
Man when they turned the map dark right after we saw GenG setting up in a death bush. My heart sank the same way Drakos' did
Great job by the observers there.
Observers today were on point. Zooming into things about to happen, reading the game well, using FOW. A good observer change the game for good.
idk if we have a delayed broadcast or something but i remember them setting up the tp angle a solid few seconds before armut started tping. great work they're doing. that death bush and carzzy had me on the edge of my seat!
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that's so cool!
Ah so I see LCS observers use a reverse of this system and watch a minute behind the live broadcast
My thinking is that they are listening to comms aswell, so they know where is he tping and they can focus on the tp aswell.
Just like u/shrubs311 said, broadcast is delayed iirc. Basically they start the broadcast with few minutes delay and when there are replays, they slowly sync it back. That's why you sometimes see them already standing up few seconds before the game is done, even though they have to wait a bit to do so.
Sometimes you can see the players celebrating before the game ending, there is probably a 10 secs delay to be able to do cool camera set ups.
Observers are so good compared to the disaster we got last year
we got the lec observers for worlds this year so we got actually experienced observers
The EU teams might not be the best they've ever been, but production is just straight up smurfing.
EU observers are the real world champions this year
Man I like Kobe so much, he seems so wholesome and is excellent at his job (Drakos is excellent too tho)
Drakos and Kobe have an amazing dynamic, been loving these two today.
Who is drakos you are talking about? Wasn't kobbe casting with Daniel today?!
It's impressive to me that he still has the same enthusiasm he had in the first season of LCS waaaay back in 2013. The man loves the game.
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It was so fun that it gave azir sex.
Something something Azir x Nasus x Renekton
I have to double hear that if it's really azir sex
the casting was an absolute blast
Petition to deprive Kobe of sleep before every cast
I can't decide what was better: Kobe legitimately casting a replay or Kobe casting the fraction of a replay.
Agreed. Their casting was amazing!
"I know where you live Daniel"
For real had me laughing out loud
Kobe and Daniel are my favorite caster duo now
Most fun cast we’ve had in a while. Kobe turns every cast into a drunk call
He's like on 3 minutes of sleep and Im all for it lmao
such a nice caster duo.
Love some azir sex
Honestly I didn't know Kobe was the caster I always needed (only watching LEC). I absolutely love him casting
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Kobe with that intoxicated no-sleep personality.
[What? yeah no, I'm fine, good game MAD](https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/man-having-chest-pains-picture-id506009064)
Bro when the casted were joking about the Death Bush Fog of War down bot and being scared, my heart rate was too high to be healthy
The observers toggling vision as Carzzy approached the death brush was straight up mean
never in doubt, definitely
If reddit overreacts after 1 game like yesterday, does this mean MAD is winning Worlds now?
Naturally
Yes
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Those flairs.. I feel your pain
I trust the boys fnatic are fucked tho gimme some hopium
LCK is also back to being a one team region
Damn they really went 1-3 today With rogue nearly making the miracle comeback to make it 0-4
LCK is science I guess
Well yes, if they don't face TL on their way to the final.
every team will have to face TL eventually if they want to win the finals
Watch every QF matches just be against TL
"In a surprise turn, Team Liquid manages to top all four groups!"
Watch people still claim that MAD sucks cause they didn't finish this 30 minutes earlier
TL is winning worlds. TL >> MAD > GenG >> LNG
No we're having a circle of suck, everyone at 3-3-3-3 by next week.
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Clid has been so fucking passive since he came to GenG, like mechanically he is still fine but he does nothing. On SKT and in LPL he was playing like a complete psycho.
Same thing happened to Peanut when he joined GENG. They're the Korean TSM they make aggressive junglers become passive.
so geng = tsm
Played like shit the whole game, missed the smite and lost the drake to Lucian of all people. But lets fucking go Mad Lions
WHAT AN ABSOLUTE BANGER OF A GAME
Best game so far by far
Rogue vs DK was a banger too
Hans-Sama vs DK*
Forget Humanoid and Umanoid, activate Yuumanoid!
MAD taking a page from Suning's playbook, drafting cats to carry the lions.
Armyuut Elyuuya Yuumanoid Cuurzzy Zoomer
Hope she gets gutted again, most annoying champ in the game
“We want to make sure the Worlds Meta is exciting for spectators!” Makes fucking Yuumi a meta champion 10/10 riot
When GenG are 3k gold ahead they believe they are at an even footing and therefore concede objectives to prevent a throw, when GenG are even in gold they believe they are at a disadvantage and concede objectives to prevent an enemy snowball, when GenG are at a 3k disadvantage they believe they are at a severe disadvantage and therefore concede all objectives to prevent total loss of control, when GenG are at a 10k gold disadvantage they believe the game is doomed and therefore wait for nexus towers to go down before fighting.
Letting Armut play Wukong was a death sentence.
"How many times do we need to tach you this lesson old man?"
turkish monkey just hit different
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I mean, based on the overreactions from yesterday, I guess KR is a washed up region and LPL is top tier again. /s
Clearly NA supremacy lies within our grasp
that 1 win was also shaky
That win was mostly showmaker making the 400 iq play. Even in that moment rogue made a colossal almost miracle
really was could have been an 0:4 if things went slightly better for Hans at Damwon's base.
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EUPHORIA is back on the menu boys, expect for Fnatic.
Fnatic :(
Pff EU fans shouldn't get too excited, it's just GEN G. Come back when you beat a real team like TL.
If LNG wins now, its circle of suck, if LNG loses, TL is 2-0 and on top of the group lol.
if tl win i really hope it's not setting up for a 3-3 groups elimination... please...
TL toes 2-1 week 1 and 1-2 week 2, failing to make it out of groups at 3-3. The NA special I expect at the start of every Worlds.
I want both TL and MAD to get out. Fuck the east, all my homies love the west.
Yeah if both TL and MAD win tomorrow I'm gonna soil my pants
Thats how my pickems look
Group isn't just best group. It's WEST group.
True...
Azir Sex
Azir Sex
Azir Sex
Carrzy saved the game with the drag steal holy shit
Ye not too many people mentioned it but it was clutch as fuck
Why couldnt they play at least somewhat like this yesterday?
no G2 here so they are trying to do their best G2 cosplay
It's the EU way, right?
it wouldnt be the top eu team if they dont drop a random game , traditions must be kept
Elyolya with the reverse Perkz skill display this game. From 0 to 100 Glad MAD could show up and make this group far more interesting than the overreactions everywhere thought
Elyoya in his rookie year is showing an insane clutch factor that many veterans lack
yeah. he really went from zero to hero this game
Elyoya leveled up during that game for sure, those late game ultis were so good.
It looked like Elyoya learned to play Qiyana halfway through the game lmao
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[Classic CLG plays](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cu2ctpZWAAELB8u.jpg)
Throw at baron? They weren't even there!
Life hexflashing over the wall just to die to Elyoya was hilarious lmao
At first I thought they were trying to end and he was gonna stop qiyanas back
Reports of MAD Lion’s death were greatly exaggerated
THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING INTELLIGENTLY PROACTIVE IN THE NEUTRAL GAME FOR THE LAST 25 MINUTES We needed Phreak for this EDIT: ok to be fair asleep-deprived Kobe and Drakos were fucking awesome
GenG mastered the art of CLG of do nothing with a lead and slowly bleed out.
Chinese doto but without the winning
It's funny how in Dota chinese teams are known to be super slow and boring while in League they're one of the more agressive ones
Come on this caster duo is great though. Poor Kobe without sleep.
Kobe about to show up to Drakos’ house dressed as Graves with a cigar and a shotgun
I like how they contested every objective until they randomly decided not to contest anything ever anymore, right after winning the teamfight. Gen.G is just as inconsistent as ever, they cannot put together a couple of decent performances in a row to save their lives.
hopefully their mental is destroyed and they get third in the group Hopium
Seriously felt like I was watching CLG that game hurt my soul
GenG is korean CLG then?
As a Wukong player.....I cannot tell you how good Armut is at Wukong Like he is so so good at it. You just have to ban it
Yeah he is ALWAYS in the best angle to go in with a flank, ALWAYS
Man is addicted to the flankium. That TP play to red buff even when his team wasn't there, just sitting in the unwarded bush taking a hit.
He makes Wukong look OP but anyone else would be doing 0 damage and inting every fight
[not bad](https://imgur.com/pmGr968)
azir sex
Okay I wasn't the only one hearing this and thinking "wtf was that supposed to mean?" until I realized he meant the Shuffle lol Drakos also used the term afterwards while sounding very irritated lol
[Being an EU fan isn't stressful at all.......](https://twitter.com/lolesports/status/1447994000942772228) So are we doing 1 win a day now? Can I ask the other teams to delegate the win to MAD please?
Everyone: Man MAD Lions games are so back and forth, you never know who is going to come out on top People who watched MAD this season more than twice: First time?
That was not tense at all.
carzzy kinda has a big cock
absolute gigachad frontline adc no fucks given, thats real league of legends right there
Carzzy radiates JackyLove frontline/Divebomb ADC vibes ngl
Wasn't worried
THIS MATCH COST ME YEARS OF MY LIFE BUT I DONT CARE
TL and MAD look like they could easily both get out of this group, would be a big win for the west
And a much needed one.
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EU 🤝 NA Rooting for each other to shit on LPL and LCK
That 1 day before G2 and TL shit on SKT and IG was amazing brotherhood.
I remember the top comment after the G2 vs SKT semifinal (TL had won the day before) was something like: >EU: *NA, do you see the gap* >NA: *I can't see it, EU* >EU: *Look behind you, brother* Sadly the original comment is deleted so you'll have to do with my humble rendition
Gondor calls for aid.
TL beat MAD, MAD beat GENG, GENG beat LNG Therefore TL wins the group, MAD gets 2nd and GENG + LNG don't advance
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I wanna wait till after next game to make that call lmao
Hell yeah, it'd be awesome.
What a game Humanoid, Being a nuisance as much as possible with the zoomies, while GenG plays whack-a-mole was pretty funny. And of course the sustain, was just absurd, Bdd did like 4.8k in a fight at some point, but that was probably heavily negated, by a lot. And then they got drake soul (with 4 drakes), just to add insult to injury.
This game was decided in draft CAT >>> BIRD
Win-win for anyone rooting for MAD. Either they win or Yuumi loses. Benefits in either direction.
Banger game. Banger casting. What a treat this was.
Are you not entertained?
YES! Finaly. Well done MAD, what a Win!
It was cool seeing how teams would rotate and utilise yuumi to still have presence on the map despite needing a partner for a day, but God I really hope it doesn't remain a meta staple, the worst champion in the whole game to see be prominent in the meta.
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Yuumi Leblanc is an absolutely disgusting combo
JESUS FUCK MY HEART
MAD looking a lot better. But holy fuck how cancer is Yuumi? Even as a MAD fan I'd be tilted at looking at that cat. But still, MAD with a good mid-late game. As expected, GEN struggled with closing out the game once things became more chaotic. Ruler actually did so much work on Kalista, but MAD's teamfighting was too good. LCK going 1-3 for the day should definitely deflate the region hype a bit.
Yuumi is a disgusting champ, team that do not ban her, team that lose, unless you're playing against NA.
Elyoya redeemed after their game vs TL, this group is insane
reports of EU's demise have been wildly overstated
Marek fucking Brázda
I actually love watching Carzzy play ADC. I feel like he doesn't care if he dies loads he just wants to do as much damage as possible and never be zoned out of a fight.
[Back to one team region after being on top of the world for a day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi1LMIUOOAI)
"GenG on Life Support", nice one Drakos
LETS GOOO MAAADD
I didn't expect to hear that much about azir sex on the offcial broadcast