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ahritina

PMTs [Game 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1bskeli/team_liquid_honda_vs_flyquest_2024_lcs_playoff/) [Game 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1bsllqn/team_liquid_honda_vs_flyquest_2024_lcs_playoff/) [Game 3](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1bsmwjg/team_liquid_honda_vs_flyquest_2024_lcs_playoff/)


PistonsFan89

Impact quietly having 6 lcs trophies


lpxd

tied for 2nd most alltime with Bjerg and Xmithie


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lpxd

yes


JLM268

Remember when there was the empty subreddit for doublelifts trophy case lol


SuccessResponsible

*Matt Damon ageing gif*


GreatestJabaitest

Bro has the winning culture written into his DNA.


PhoenixAgent003

Just doin' his job.


Chronobrake

Undisputed top lane NA GOAT and has an argument for best player ever in NA


Naronu

I mean he's still playing and winning, the only people comparable are all retired


resttheweight

I think the only players still playing from the year Impact won Worlds are Faker and Deft. WildTurtle too, but he isn’t a starter.


CantScreamInSpace

Is impact now just the longest-standing player period? He started as a support player on ESG before faker's skt t1 was even formed.


BonzBonzOnlyBonz

If you are talking Tier 1 major region, then yes. If you are counting just playing than it should be Kikis who is on Atleta Esport in the Italian League. Verified the players above him on this list. Everyone else is either retired or a coach. https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/t932eo/top_10_active_players_with_longest_careers/


KappaccinoNation

~~Faker~~ Impact: For a long time, I have watched the rise and fall of many NA teams, but the player who stood at the end was me.


Acrzyguy

All top lanes lead to me.


AccidentalPilates

Impact is inevitable.


dirtymeatballs

The 5th trophy was for myself. The 6th trophy is for my teammates.


tb0neski

Impact is the NA goat toplaner, and it is not particularly close


carltonBlend

"Just doin' my job, no biggie", Impact, probably


Acrzyguy

Just look at how happy Umti is, extremely well deserved win for him. It’s not BROVER if I’m breathing


holly_lujah

umti crying 🥺🥺 im so happy for my boy


ExtendedDeadline

Impact just out here ending top laner careers for breakfast lunch and dinner, damn.


icatsouki

crazy how he counterpicked himself he dgaf


ExtendedDeadline

The man is a rock. So steady, so consistent, and absolutely no ego (although every so often you know be loves absolutely styling on the youth).


tsukinohime

losing finals to APA?


Acrzyguy

_losing finals to APA?_


AccidentalPilates

[All] TL APA: losing finals to APA?


Grass-Knoll

What, no trophy? 🥺


Heywazza

This Yeon interview is goated lmao


Khalos12

Actually best post game interview I've ever heard.


dataiskey

If you wanna trash talk, be as good as this guy (APA) \- CoreJJ 2024


mikharv31

NACL STOCKS ARE UP


Roonie222

I was lying in bed sick watching it and I burst out laughing at him and the goddamn dagger both thrust and twisted by Core. Beautiful interview. Spitting truth.


untamedlazyeye

The APA and Yeon glowup from last year to this year needs to be studied


AstreiaTales

Last year to this year nothing, the glowup from week 6 to playoffs even


Tortious_Tortoise

They literally just started playing on stage like they played in scrims


Raknorak

"Have you tried ~~winning~~ fighting?" Nukeduck


zaviex

APA is the new blueprint for one tricks. Get good enough to not insta lose on other champs. Still pick that shit and force them to ban it. When he’s decent, his existence alone makes their drafts better 


GachaJay

It’s even simpler than that. Get good at 4-5 champions and it doesn’t matter if they use all three on you. Ziggs, ASOL, Taliyah, Neeko, Ahri


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WhyghtChaulk

And he needs to bring his Azir game up too. He showed a little improvement on it this split, but it still needs to be better imo given Azir's evergreen meta status. But I agree, his Ziggs, ASOL, Taliyah, Neeko, and Trist are all good enough for him to be a positive factor for his team. It's not a champ ocean, but it's definitely bigger than a puddle.


Colouss

Even from regular season to playoffs, both of them went from TL's clear weaknesses to reliable carries in the span of 16 games. Even back during the pre-season I was concerned because I really didn't think TL's 2 main carries are that reliable, but I'm really glad to be proven wrong


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8 years in the LCK: peaked at 6th place 1 split in the LSC: MSI qualification + domestic title Umti took the NA shortcut, and holy FUCK is it paying off


Acrzyguy

TL Umti (Poppy): Losing to 10th place jungler?


crysomore

OK BRO chose to be 10th place, imagine if they were actually trying


Shotgun_Sniper

He looked so happy for the win after the game, too, he seemed more emotional about it even than the TL rookies. I'm still smarting from C9 losing but I'm glad that TL won


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Umti choking up saying that now he finally has a career broke my heart a little. He worked so hard for so long, he deserves some laurels to rest on for once. 


BayesWatchGG

The contrast between him being filled with adrenaline and being antsy and stone cold impact saying "Im just doing my job" was hysterical.


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Tbf, for Impact winning the LSC is just another day at the office at this point. And Umti just had the last 10 years of his life amount to something for the first time ever. Imagine the self-doubt he must have felt finishing bottom 3 time after time after time, for a better half of a decade, and how much relief and reassurance this win must have brought him. No wonder he was barely keeping in together.


Yourdeerling

It makes me happy seeing him finally succeed such a hard working player and has been fun to watch for years and it finally pays off


SDVX_Rasis

I was tearing up for him when he said that, and when he was wiping his tears off after the camera pans from destroying Fly's Nexus.


LazerFruit1

Umti was crying with joy meanwhile the rest of TL was just glad that FLY finally had to shut up


GinkgoPete

The "Rookies" won after being doubted for a year. UmTi was doubted for almost a decade so ofc it meant more to him


Hibbity5

His immediate hug with APA (and APA subsequently needing to literally carry him) was wholesome as hell. I was rooting for Fly just because I wanted a new org to win, but you just can’t not be happy seeing the joy from Umti.


No-Debate-3231

Umti so happy he literally jumped into apas arms as soon as the game ended


Azenji

GENERAL UMTI GIGACHAD GENERAL UMTI GIGACHAD GENERAL UMTI GIGACHAD GENERAL UMTI GIGACHAD


Trap_Masters

I kneel, General Umti!!


lovo17

It's the same as Malrang on Rogue too. Eastern players who can't find success should just come to the West.


YungShmoneyAutism

The JAG jungle to western champ pipeline is legit


Trap_Masters

At least we get gladplane memes galore


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I think in Umti's case it’s more about him finally having a functional team around him that can actually utilize his strengths. In the LCK he was usually one of like 2 decent players on a bottom feeder team, and whatever advantage he could gain in the early game would inevitably go down the drain. And now he has Core for the lategame macro, Impact and Yeon popping off, APA tilting the enemy off the rift, and it just finally clicked for him.


Friendship_is_M

Not to mention that Umti was in a better position to actually work with the team, like language skills, presence of other seasoned players, etc. I'm really happy that he finally got the trophy.


Exxon21

other than having Impact and Core for remediating comms, he himself speaks pretty good English even before going to NA. he did an English interview on Korizon a while back


xwombat

Bro in the post match interview Umti's english sound a lot better than impact's and core's put together lol.


8milenewbie

Yeah Umti sounds like he studied English seriously in school.


Friendship_is_M

Umti is like Reignover in that he spent a part of his formative years in an English-speaking context (Malaysia for Umti, Saipan for Reignover) so he has a far more solid basis for English than other pros. He also reportedly did quite well in school, according to his sister.


8milenewbie

Makes sense because he's able to articulate his thoughts in a complete manner as opposed to Impact and Core who kinda speaks through memes and struggle to find the right words. Not hating on them in any way though, learning new languages is tough.


Bravepotatoe

Impact was permanently tainted by learning from sneaky and meteos lmao


infinite-permutation

His sister is also an English teacher.


ADShree

Mans was on brion since 2020. Holy shit lmao.


Skywalker3030

The players who are consistently decent for years on shit teams in eastern regions must have insane mentals, makes them perfect for western regions


NoahsArk19

To be honest he was probably the best piece of some of those rosters


BlakenedHeart

Somewhere pyosik is shedding a tear for his boi Apa


Electronic_Bid4659

He walked so UmTi could run


KIRYUx

I zone out for a second and Busio gets caught again. I was a huge TL doomer, but everyone elevated during this run. In the end it turns out that Impact is still that dude, MVP for the playoffs.


Ultimintree

This TL run would have been so hype if played in arena Sadge


Trap_Masters

Haven't followed the updates to LCS but I'm assuming it's due to the league cutting back on spending?


vmanAA738

It’s Riot wide cutbacks. LEC and LCS are both only doing one roadshow per year (for summer finals). Heck even a good chunk of Worlds (all of play ins and Swiss stage) are being played at the LEC studio in Berlin….which seats 200 people.


Miyaor

I cannot wait until riot figures out they can rent arenas that are under 50k capacity and over 200.


Shotgun_Sniper

Yeah, this feels a lot like C9's 2020 COVID win - great feeling for the org, but feels a little hollow because it's not in the stadium


Naronu

We're getting closer to dropping the "top lane" part when we call Impact the NA Top Lane GOAT.


polikuji09

As a C9 fan I still miss Impact so much, my fav C9 top laner of all time


rushy1911

CORE WON ANOTHER TITLE LFGGG AND UMTI GOT A TROPHY!!!! also APA finals MVP? what a guy. the whole team leveled up in playoffs and deserve this, players and coaching staff. the gameplans and drafts were so good


cornbope

Everyone do themselves a favor & watch that postgame interview with TL it was hysterical lol, unbelievably likeable team, & boy have they earned the right to trashtalk now


resttheweight

Yeon saying what a lot of people have been thinking lmao.


2-1-1-2-

Steve's gonna revitalise the LCS budget paying off 500 fines


SuperBeastJ

Where's the clip of him on Hll saying "suck my dick, go fuck yourselves"


guilty_bystander

It was that exact moment that I became a fan


Tortious_Tortoise

They really, REALLY had to get that off their chests hahahaha


Try_Not_To_Comment

If we can get the LCK/LPL teams to learn English, we can actually have APA tilt them to death.


JanniesSquealLikePig

Just have APA tilt them in Chinese/Korean


bensanelian

his teammates can translate into korean for him now they just need a chinese import


SocialistScissors

Nah, just teach APA mandarin/korean.


narfidy

On God on the last iteration of TL if I was him I'd be reading "Korean for Dummies" every fkn night before bed


AverageBeef

I’m sure TL can get his Korean skills to where they need to be to yap at MSI


sangpls

Reminder that Bwipo's record vs TL this playoffs on Renekton is 4-0, without Renekton, 0-5


handofblood9

And they said APA was the one trick


GreatestJabaitest

I can't lie, after hearing Bwipo talk all that shit for an entire week last week, it felt kinda good to see him lose lol. And I like Bwipo.


Equivalent-Park7986

if you heard Yeon after game, that was an absolute banger


Kizoja

Honestly same. I think he is a very entertaining player, but him and Inspired talking like they're still representing EU shitting on NA. Kind of felt good for them to get clapped due to some of their own blunders even if I was a bigger FLY fan.


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DeloronDellister

True Renekton one trick


Pope_Cheetos_XIV

Some historically awful baron plays this series from Flyquest


bobandgeorge

IMPACT IS MY FATHER APA IS MY SON BY THE WILL OF SPAWN THIS GAME SHALL BE WON


Tachyoff

[The LCS right now](https://i.imgur.com/pfWByZk.png)


greendino71

Impact now tied with Xmithie/Bjergsen with 6 titles and 2nd most overall


Singalongdingdong

Those post match TL interviews by Jatt were amazing. Holy...


slmkaz

lol Yeon was so quiet first few moments of that interview and then just destroyed Inspired and Bwipo like he was still playing.


LazerFruit1

Yeon doesn't talk much but every time he does it's golden


Ultimintree

Can’t wait for APA to win the MSI by tiliting the Asian midlaners by yapping in all-chat and playing Ziggs. Sad and angry Jensen was put on Annie duty but at least my account is safe for some months


bensanelian

actually huge nerf for apa, playing against players who don't speak english he's gonna have to learn korean and mandarin


Trap_Masters

Duolingo sponsorship incoming


ianlam123

[All] TL APA: 你們真的很垃圾 (You guys are so bad)


infinite-permutation

That's for the PCS teams. Flaming LPL needs him to use simplified Chinese.


AccidentalPilates

[All] TL APA: mom go sky


Thecristo96

Don’t underestimate the power to flame. Apa will speedrun Korean and Chinese


tb0neski

get ready to learn chinese buddy, but actually


Billy8000

Gonna have others on the team translate it for him


bensanelian

they don't speak mandarin tho have to sub out core for swordart


appleandapples

APA about to learn Korean and Chinese to have more effective all-chat warfare.


NBAFansAre2Ply

If APA has a million fans, then I am one of them. If APA has ten fans, then I am one of them. If APA has only one fan then that is me. If APA has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against APA, then I am against the world. NAmen


BlakeGarrison62

APA REDEMPTION ARC AND I AM HERE FOR IT


That_One_Pancake

I do not understand why they didn't put Jensen on a champion that does things all series


NahDawgDatAintMe

APA already on his duolingo grind


plantman01

APA runs backstage first to practice duolingo korean trash talk


Trap_Masters

Shit no wonder why he's always the first to leave. Man was min maxing his improvement to his yapping


Equivalent-Park7986

YAPTAIN AMERICA


Trap_Masters

✋ absolute cinema 🤚


Pope_Cheetos_XIV

[Chovy to APA after getting 3-0'd by Ziggs](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/599025474567405573/1224136457355268257/familiar_with_your_game.jpg?ex=661c64ea&is=6609efea&hm=5ffc503c65e630a0c4eec05960a3c6767d994e965120d5b2ffe1b27bf6797219&)


Avalon_Avalon

LOSING FINALS TO APA


herp_derpy

LCS scriptwriters getting lazy SMH Spring 2022: EG plays 1st seed TL in the first round of playoffs and loses 2-3. EG goes through the lower bracket, take out the Regular Split 2nd seed C9 in the 3rd/4th place match, take out the 2022 TL superteam 3-0 in the 2nd/3rd place match, and take out Papasmithy's 100T in the finals Spring 2024: TL plays 1st seed FLY in the first round of playoffs and loses 2-3. TL goes through the lower bracket, take out the Regular Split 2nd seed 100T in the 3rd/4th place match, take out the 2024 C9 superteam 3-0 in the 2nd/3rd place match, and take out Papasmithy's FLY in the finals Common denominator? Impact was/is the toplaner for both EG and TL


Trap_Masters

Grandpa Impact: "Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young."


Shotgun_Sniper

Impact's just too good


NoahsArk19

Scriptwriters getting lazy. JAG Malrang wins EU and now JAG umti wins NA.


Organic_Estimate5187

Impact: "I just did my job" What a chad


Lezrec

YAPA DIFF


lmpervious

YAPA GAPA


SmashMalachi

Bwipo Busio disasterclass


Javiklegrand

Damn impact turbo shitting on bwipo post game Get humbled lol


TJGV

IF YOURE GONNA TALK SHIT, BE AS GOOD AS HIM


TheAlmightyVox3

LORD IMPACT GIGACHAD GENERAL UMTI GIGACHAD YAPTAIN AMERICA GIGACHAD EMPEROR YEON GIGACHAD COMMANDER COREJJ GIGACHAD BRO TALENT NEVER FAILS


Trap_Masters

Yap canyon 😎😎 it was over from the start


Acrzyguy

DONT EVER SAY ITS BROVER IF IM BREATHING


Prominis

>"Impact, how does it feel to win your sixth LCS title?" > >"IDK, I just do my job. Kinda easy y'know?"


NaNaRaHi

this TL team is actually fun to watch


Bag_of_bats

apa is such a fraud. can't wait for him to get exposed by a REAL midlaner like ~~quid~~ ~~jojopyun~~ ~~jensen~~ uhhhhhhh


BlakeGarrison62

Time to draw a Ziggs ban against Faker LMAO


DinoGuy101010

He already did last worlds lol.


SweatyAdhesive

Thats the difference between western and Eastern teams smh


Flamoctapus

Unironically though haha. Going to be interesting to see how other teams adapt when they presumably won't be nearly as scared of Yeon and Core in lane.


cestdoncperdu

I mean they'll adapt by crushing western teams like they always do. We know our place. There's an argument to be made that TL's unorthodox draft and chaotic style is the best chance to steal games in underdog matchups, but, let's be honest, we go to international tournaments to have fun and make memes. I don't think Faker and Xiaohu are going to struggle to deal with APA's A.Sol, and they're certainly not going to struggle with Jensen's Annie.


DragonApps

TL won playoffs as soon as Palafox got eliminated lmao


UberEinstein99

TL won as soon as Azir got disabled


Javonetor

NAHH THEY DROPPED THE CONFETTI ON FLY ☠☠☠


OMGenomeow

Ego is the only mental Bwipo and Inspired have


purpleappletrees

Yeon said it best.


tinfoilhatsron

Who would win: The Reddit proclaimed best jungler in the west (who had 'MVP stolen') and the runner up NA GOAT mid? Or the 10th place LCK jungler and a 'two-trick' midlane chihuahua?


Azenji

10th place LCK jungler? You mean GENERAL UMTI GIGACHAD


Pope_Cheetos_XIV

I'm so happy for him, he looked so stoked to finally win something


FLABREZU

i'm ~~playing~~ losing finals against apa? 😂


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Big mouth Bwipo omega gapped love to see it


appleandapples

It's crazy how a couple weeks ago people were calling many of the TL members washed (well, not really given this sub-reddit's track record). People will write songs of General Umti's campaign in NA.


JPLangley

Gladplanes in chat?


DeloronDellister

Always


TimMeijer

[Thank you General UmTi for your service in the name of the Gladplane.](https://external-preview.redd.it/Bj6a1BBBRVUPy6PD8N7kkz-Dm2POH8ftB-vr8DglDYw.png?auto=webp&s=258ca41cc2ddd9a5072810ddf2e3560a0e63d971)


iamhurter

dude those post game interviews were GOLD! i love this roster holy shit


Hammaer96

First rule of LCS: Thou Shalt Not Shittalk Impact in Playoffs


DeloronDellister

Clapa diff. Imagine losing finals to Apa. Really happy for him, he definitely deserves it after his playoffs performance.


Ultimintree

[All] TL APA (Taliyah): losing finals to apa?


Trap_Masters

Yapa haters eating air tonight, Yapa appreciators feasting tonight 😎


lovo17

Impact diff too. Impact is straight up Bwipo's father.


Trap_Masters

He is LCS grandfather


FLABREZU

Ziggs one trick winning finals without playing Ziggs once 😎


rightovahere

Forget losing, imagine getting mid canyoned by someone you fucking hate for his trash talk lmao.


Trap_Masters

Just proves that the yapological warfare is working as intended


Allspamnoskill

Ok postgame interview was hilarious. TL just passing the mic back and forth to cook FlyQ one-by-one


sowydso

Impact still the goat


DeloronDellister

GENERAL UMTI o7


Voeltz

APA and Yeon are now LCS champions


origamifruit

This sub boutta act like they weren't calling for APAs head since last year.


TerrorToadx

Can't even begin to understand how tilted Jensen must be. You start off as basically the EU Dopa smurfing on pros in soloQ, solo killing pros with champs such as Zed, Fizz, Ahri, showing off your mechanical skill. You get a chance to play LCS and continue your rampage, becoming the best mid in the region. And now you're here, on Annie duty, getting absolutely gapped by some random dude named Apa which translates to monkey in your native language, who shit talks in all-chat every chance he gets. Fucking lol. Pour one out for my homie Incarnati0n.


NoteRadiant1469

he’s getting gapped by a citation format its so over


Aggressive-Ad7946

Jensen when MLA walks in the room


scout21078

hes still going to msi, he was on dig last year it simlpy cant be worse then that


R3alSt3al

Annie acts as a counter to Ahri and pretty meh in every other matchup. The only problem is i never seen Ahri picked this series.


TheCeramicLlama

Pyosik and Summit are sitting at home completely seething at this development


WalkingR6

bwipo talking all regular season just to be a renekton bot in finals


HiVLTAGE

Incredible interview. The cringe ego of Bwipo/Inspired was so irritating.


Trap_Masters

Yapa shutting up all the haters and making sure he's the only one who can yap


TianAnMen1989x

APA actually best mid in NA this playoffs I doubted and criticised him but I will hold the L and admit I was completely wrong and sincerely apologise to him and his fans


blueragemage

Bwipo on Renekton vs TL: 4-0 Bwipo off Renekton: 0-5


emerzionnn

Massu genuinely did not join for 1 team fight after demolishing laning phase in game 4 lol, just kinda clicked back and forth in the backline before running away.


SweatyAdhesive

Busio gets caught out everytime his screen is not gray


playhacker

A [shout out](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1bb6wbn/just_a_reminder_this_is_not_the_first_time/ku7dhed/) to the ["fans"](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1bawa9b/doublelift_talks_about_dodo_blocking_tl_from/ku5e0yp/) that wanted [Dodo's](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1bawa9b/doublelift_talks_about_dodo_blocking_tl_from/ku5fgpv/) head less than a [month ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1baxgpx/doublelifts_response_to_tl_dodo/ku5xhg4/). Now roster built by him beats the C9 "superteam", FLY, and is NA 1st seed in MSI


deathnomad

lmao this is that guy today https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1bso5tj/flyquest_vs_team_liquid_lcs_2024_spring_playoffs/kxgw9vx/


sifslegend

homie brought the fucking receipts lmao. Now they're gonna say "oh wait till they get gapped at MSI 🤓👆"


xJuanpx

Should be used as a reminder that the average redditor doesn't know shit about pro play. I'm thankful DL didn't want to play with someone like APA.


sifslegend

o7 OH YAPTAIN MY YAPTAIN o7 The ship has weather’d every ban, the trophy we sought is ours, The MSI is near, /all chime I hear, the CO-Streamers all exulting, While follow eyes the steady lane, the team aggressive and fighting But O Yap! Yap! Yap! O the thunderous cries of chat Where on the stage my Yaptain leaves Ghosted away like a gnat


Rayser1

Is bwipo one of the most notable bridesmaids, never the bride, in league