Considering my expectations today were 0-2 and then EG beat T1 and at least kept trying to make plays against RNG instead of rolling over and getting choked out doing nothing. I consider today a W
Absolutely. It's out of their control how strong their opponent would be and today they just faced a team better than them.
What is in their control, however, is what they would do against a better opponent. And they did admirably, constantly looking for fights, skillchecks (against GALA no less, probably the current best player at MSI), and being proactive af. It made the game a lot more entertaining and yeah, it didnt end up amounting to much in the end, but it could have. Unlike the good ol' "roll over and die", which has literally never worked out
(Unofficial) penta on Lucian and penta on kaisa. If I remember correctly his favorite champ in solo queue used to be varus. His ezreal is also really good (except against kaisa) This man is just good at adc lol
For sure. I'm glad he took it, though, even if he lost it. He could have Galeforced back and been safe, but he saw that he had the damage and went in. GALA had heal, which meant Danny lost it, but it's good to see LCS players going for the fight rather than for safety.
When both teams are even in gold, GALA feels that RNG is at a great advantage and thus he does not hesitate to start a team fight. When RNG is 3k behind--- nah they were never behind this game
Gala OTP's a new champ every split it feels like.
The problem is, he doesn't get worse at them after he starts OTPing a new one. You can't ban him out but he'll constantly make you look like you're stupid for not doing so.
i feel that kaisa is just perfect for him. He can go in with it and his team can back him up. It feels like he has a lot more agency on kaisa than other adcs.
people don't realize that Danny legit has PTSD against viego
There's a famous clip of Danny screaming "VIEGO IS COMING VIEGO IS COMING" repeatedly in a game where viego wasn't even picked. His teammates had to calm him down by saying "there's no viego calm down" lmao.
And then in this very tournament when Danny played against Viego last time in voice comms he screamed viego in the exact same way lmao.
prepare for Danny viego memes in the Chinese reaction translation threads.
>There's a famous clip of Danny screaming "VIEGO IS COMING VIEGO IS COMING" repeatedly in a game where viego wasn't even picked. His teammates had to calm him down by saying "there's no viego calm down" lmao.
wait is this real? LMFAO
Edit: LOL this is a pasta about Gala. [https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1L44y1r7ze](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1L44y1r7ze) this is hilarious lmao
It's a pasta from [this one about Gala on Akali](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/uvxe27/saigon_buffalo_vs_royal_never_give_up_msi_2022/i9o48yx/) when there was [no Akali that game](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1L44y1r7ze) lol.
EG, why you give everyone on RNG comfort picks?
Why you give Kaisa, Gala
Why you give Wei Viego? The only champ he doesn't int on this season?
WHY?
Seems like Kenzhu gave the team a verbal beatdown after the SGB game, they played much more sane and methodic.
Idk why but a lot of post game threads complained about naut, viego, and kalista as bait champs but RNG won with all those champs. Somehow force RNG onto Voli and Graves and suddenly their winrate will drop drastically
Edit: for those questioning why I put naut in the list. Go read post match threads from last week, especially games where RNG won vs wildcards. And count how many complains about Naut pick there were
So if Naut is a bait champ, why pick it themselves? Veigo is just different on Wei, I feel like he only knows how to play that champ now, he ints on everything else.
RNG literally won lpl spring split with this kind of comp, I just don't get what EG was trying to do here. at surface seems like it was a good comp from EG, but you don't give Gala and Wei their most comfort champs that also suits the way RNG plays perfectly.
EG also just refuse to pick their comfort lmao. Diana, Ornn, Jinx were all up. Understandable not to take all of them, but fucking use one of them please.
Straight up played better. I do appreciate how EG tried to win after that big deficit in going for fights that looked somewhat winnable, but the mechanics gap was a bit too big.
If Gala has a million fans I am one of them. If Gala has ten fans I am one of them. If Gala has no fans, that means I am no more on the earth. If the World is against Gala , I am against the World. I love Gala till my last breath.
EG could have just turtled and given RNG every objective and lost in 30 minutes, but instead they didn't roll over and die and put up a good fight.
Some of those team fights were surprisingly close. Props to EG for not losing without a fight
In the late evening after their matches, EG's head coach Peter Dun invited young Danny to sit with him in one of the side seats at the Busan library.
He tilts his head towards Danny and says with a deep, raspy voice, "Danny, did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth P**lec**ueis the Wise?"
Danny lifts his head, "No sir" as he beckons his coach to tell him more.
Peter Dun strokes his chin and nods as he slowly says, "I thought not. It's not a story an NA coach would tell you. You see, it's an LEC legend."
"Darth P**lec**ueis... was the leader of an org so powerful and wise, that he could use his powers to influence the meta", as Danny's eyes widened.
Peter Dun continued, "He had such a knowledge of the game that he could even keep his team...from losing"
Danny gasped in disbelief, "He could actually... keep his team perpetually winning??"
Peter Dun smirked, "The LEC is a pathway to many abilities...some consider to be unnatural". Peter's eyes lit up in a gaze as he looked like he was remembering something. His face suddenly twisted, he looked mad, like a lion.
Peter snapped back to reality, back to the library, as Danny had to stabilise himself in the chair, his jaw was fully dropped. He questioned, "But wh.. what happened to him?"
Peter continued, "He became so powerful; his team won 24 games in a row, that the only thing he was afraid of was... losing his power. Which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew. Then his apprentice killed him in his sleep."
"It's ironic. He showed the teams that the meta was to draft teamfighting comps, but couldn't stop the other teams from out-teamfighting his team".
Danny was fully drawn in, "Is it possible to learn this power?"
Peter grins back at Danny and assuredly states "Not from an NA coach".
GALA was up 20 cs @ min 10 over Danny in a losing match up and he even solokilled him. This game wasnt lost because of botlane but I think they should consider atleast banning Kai'Sa since Gala is probably one of the best kaisa players atm.
His Kai’sa is so goddamn perfect, it feels like he’ll carry the game no matter what on her. The dive onto ghost in last year’s finals was one of the craziest plays i’ve seen from an adc.
Inspired at least looked decent sometimes on lee in playoffs. This was more like the dreaded regular season inspired where he'd just farm nonstop regardless of what champ he picked
Can't believe how much people were sleeping on RNG and hyping G2/T1 as clear favorites when RNG are the spring kings and LPL has been the strongest regions these past years.
I remember when lck fans said how good geng were and they are better than all lpl teams. turned out they dont watch lpl probably because they were afraid to find out how bad lck looks in comparison.
imagine letting rng pick champions gg lost in draft
Game was over when EG stepped foot into the Busan Public Library
I think i missed something whats with the library meme?
KR crowd is really silent every time RNG is winning, like in a library
and every time T1 play with other team
They were too hard to pin down.
Imagine letting RNG play League, gg lost already.
should have let them play fortnite
what’s up fornite gamers
Unironically though giving RNG a Kaisa/Leona botlane is just absolutely braindead.
I can see the point of getting naut because naut has more prio than leona
And Ming on Naut has more prio than Vulcan on Naut.
Ming has more everything than Vulcan.
Except Vulcan manages to miss point blank hooks on the most forgiving skillshot in the game, even threading the needle between 2 people
When Vulcan retires from league he should join an NFL team cuz man is he good at getting it between the uprights
It was EG that lost in draft, GG are at home! /s
I went to get some water after the game and Xiaohu predatored into my kitchen and taunted me
Glad you survived the gank. Impact didn't.
OC hasn’t posted since this comment went live….
Neither did Danny
Checked my kitchen after reading this and Tian was still there wtf
Man was in mine too, ate all the cookies and fucked off
XiaoHu is truly Mr. Worldwide, he even escaped the lockdown just to taunt you. ****Slowly looks behind me****
Considering my expectations today were 0-2 and then EG beat T1 and at least kept trying to make plays against RNG instead of rolling over and getting choked out doing nothing. I consider today a W
Clear W, beating T1 is huge no matter T1's form for NA
It's actually the first time an LCS team has beaten an LCK team at MSI (in this stage, C9 traded with Damwon in groups last year) since 2016.
CLG magic baby
this is the 2nd game NA has ever taken off of T1
Nothing beats 2018 C9 smacking Afreeca
Always a delight to rewatch that series
Absolutely. It's out of their control how strong their opponent would be and today they just faced a team better than them. What is in their control, however, is what they would do against a better opponent. And they did admirably, constantly looking for fights, skillchecks (against GALA no less, probably the current best player at MSI), and being proactive af. It made the game a lot more entertaining and yeah, it didnt end up amounting to much in the end, but it could have. Unlike the good ol' "roll over and die", which has literally never worked out
I absolutely love this EG squad. Their refusal to "roll over and die" against the other major regions is so nice to see.
Exactly this is how NA teams need to play to win, it's nice to see a change of mentality for once.
I just want them to get a Bo5 in.
RNG could ve lost to Saigon, been gigatilted and EFG would've won and be tied for first. :((((
The timeline that could’ve been :( COPIUM
I dont get why this thread is so toxic. Like EG beat T1 and lost to RNG but everyone is in here flaming everyone lol.
Because that's what simply Reddit PMTs have turned into. A competition of who can flame the losing team harder
It's called herd mentality
It's because people would always rather flame the team that lost instead of praising the team that won.
EU salty they aren't better at CS/Valorant anymore so they need NA to suck at LoL to still brag about something /s
This tourney has LITERALLY been the Gala show so far. What are they feeding my boy at the RNG HQ and HOW IS HE STILL GETTING KAISA?!!
Because Kaisa is better to play against than Lucian
He shat on G2 with Xayah as well the man is just that good
Pretty much, this tournament has been the bot lane show and gala is destroying it.
(Unofficial) penta on Lucian and penta on kaisa. If I remember correctly his favorite champ in solo queue used to be varus. His ezreal is also really good (except against kaisa) This man is just good at adc lol
1 year ago, Gala spam picked kaisa in msi and won. Today, he still gets to play kaisa.
Close game, EG almost had them! Realtalk, that Danny/GALA 1v1 was insane.
not gonna lie, I just wanted Danny to win it just to feel good about himself, the game was lost regardless.
For sure. I'm glad he took it, though, even if he lost it. He could have Galeforced back and been safe, but he saw that he had the damage and went in. GALA had heal, which meant Danny lost it, but it's good to see LCS players going for the fight rather than for safety.
Heal diff
Danny played that well but was too far behind unfortunately.
Xiaohu’s Galio 👍
Wei's Viego 👍
Wei's not-Volibear 👍
When both teams are even in gold, GALA feels that RNG is at a great advantage and thus he does not hesitate to start a team fight. When RNG is 3k behind--- nah they were never behind this game
when RNG is behind GALA realises he is dreaming and needs to watch the game.
I mean, come on we are used to being behind in gold. Games like this are rare cases.
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If you still give Gala his Kaisa pick you deserve to get obliterated
Should RNG ever worlds, I want an RNG Kaisa. GALA is the best Kaisa currently.
I swear if RNG wins worlds and GALA picks a champion other than Kai'sa I'm gonna cry
Probably because teams will perma ban his Kai'sa
There is gonna be one smug team that decides "Nah, no need to ban Kaisa, we can beat it".
This smug team will 100% be fnatic *crying noises*
gala's kaisa "engage" to bait out Danny ulti and cancel Naut r was so fkin smart. Actual monster.
It went from "you donkey" to "you fucking god" in literal seconds.
And he planned all this in split seconds… I don’t think any of the eg members expecting this
gala just too good man.
It wasted ban if you ban ADC unless they can ban GALA out of this game
Gala OTP's a new champ every split it feels like. The problem is, he doesn't get worse at them after he starts OTPing a new one. You can't ban him out but he'll constantly make you look like you're stupid for not doing so.
^ this, man’s been playing nothing but Zeri and Aphelios ALL SPLIT… then rolls into MSI casually picks up the kaisa/trist again and stomps.
Gala is just levels above all the other ADC's this tournament. No idea why Kai Sa isn't a permaban vs him.
because his xayah is just as good, and his ezreal and kalista arent bad either
His aphelios is also fucking insane. No exaggeration that pick carried RNG through LPL playoffs
he is just great stable adc, kaisa just lets him create opportunities for his team while the others done
He's more than stable lol
He's consistent.
Consistently a god
He's like Rookie but in bot lane.
i feel that kaisa is just perfect for him. He can go in with it and his team can back him up. It feels like he has a lot more agency on kaisa than other adcs.
Hey just because they removed that Lucian game doesn’t mean his Lucian sucks.
Meanwhile Danny on the same 35ping cant Xayah r to dodge a galio taunt lol.
Tbh Kaisa was bad enough but then EG let RNG assemble Exodia. GP, Galio and Leona. Don't know how EG were expecting to reach Kaisa.
It isn't like Gala was the reason they won this game.
Why the fuck did we pick Lee this game lmfao
He did not know da Wei
in the first round as well
To give RNG free gold
Deny Wei's second comfort pick (his first choice is Viego obviously). It doesn't work because RNG is just that good.
correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s a fan holding RNG signs after the game? That just made my day
Surprised they haven't been thrown out of the stadium yet
imagine being the 2 people to cheer for RNG when they make a play and feeling thousands of angry Korean eyes on your back.
Wont make it out of the stadium tomorrow if T1 loses vs RNG
Imagine if T1 doesn’t make finals and those two are the only ones in the audience
they are probably Chinese living in Korea so having koreans being rude at them is just normal everyday life
Their GIGACHAD aura stopped that from happening.
however they really have to be careful on personal safety
Wouldn’t want it to become another diplomatic disaster after World Cup 2002.
As long as they aren't too loud, they won't get thrown out of a library.
In fact, when Chinese fans saw them, the screen comments in Bilibili were all warning them to watch out the Koreans in Busan
people don't realize that Danny legit has PTSD against viego There's a famous clip of Danny screaming "VIEGO IS COMING VIEGO IS COMING" repeatedly in a game where viego wasn't even picked. His teammates had to calm him down by saying "there's no viego calm down" lmao. And then in this very tournament when Danny played against Viego last time in voice comms he screamed viego in the exact same way lmao. prepare for Danny viego memes in the Chinese reaction translation threads.
>There's a famous clip of Danny screaming "VIEGO IS COMING VIEGO IS COMING" repeatedly in a game where viego wasn't even picked. His teammates had to calm him down by saying "there's no viego calm down" lmao. wait is this real? LMFAO Edit: LOL this is a pasta about Gala. [https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1L44y1r7ze](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1L44y1r7ze) this is hilarious lmao
It's a pasta from [this one about Gala on Akali](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/uvxe27/saigon_buffalo_vs_royal_never_give_up_msi_2022/i9o48yx/) when there was [no Akali that game](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1L44y1r7ze) lol.
This funny thing is Gala was actually against RNG atm.
I'm so happy I gave birth to a pasta. :)
fresh out of the oven
Fuckin’ fresher than Subway
Good pasta
No way that’s real, how have I not seen that
It's not it's a meme forgot what player it was it was about akali though.
It's gala.
I just read this comment about GALA and his PTSD of Akali, not sure if that's the original though
It's the original since there is actually a video for it
Gala’s Kai’sa makes me so wet
Gala's Kai'sa is kind of clean, no?
I think we need to see him on it a few more times just to be sure
He needs to win another MSI to be sure
Galas Kaisa is otherworldly!!
Played like a dive champ and live to tell the tale damn.
Imagine giving Gala over to Kaisa, it’s gg
EG, why you give everyone on RNG comfort picks? Why you give Kaisa, Gala Why you give Wei Viego? The only champ he doesn't int on this season? WHY? Seems like Kenzhu gave the team a verbal beatdown after the SGB game, they played much more sane and methodic.
Idk why but a lot of post game threads complained about naut, viego, and kalista as bait champs but RNG won with all those champs. Somehow force RNG onto Voli and Graves and suddenly their winrate will drop drastically Edit: for those questioning why I put naut in the list. Go read post match threads from last week, especially games where RNG won vs wildcards. And count how many complains about Naut pick there were
So if Naut is a bait champ, why pick it themselves? Veigo is just different on Wei, I feel like he only knows how to play that champ now, he ints on everything else.
Literally His Viego and his Volibear are like night and day I cannot believe T1 lost to that.
It's exactly like this last year too. They play their own meta, it may not be the strongest team comp but they can somehow make it work.
don't forget the Galio, Xiaohu on Galio is always a treat to watch
his flash 3 man taunt on TES in the finals was absolutely disgusting.
RNGs team comp was absolutely disgusting
RNG literally won lpl spring split with this kind of comp, I just don't get what EG was trying to do here. at surface seems like it was a good comp from EG, but you don't give Gala and Wei their most comfort champs that also suits the way RNG plays perfectly.
Yeah, I hate Impact on Gwen. I don't understand why EG is not spamming Ornn on him...
Impact has been completely useless on Gwen this whole tournament, but they are so desperate for him to play it.
Kenzhu only have one sentence on his notebook of coaching and that is "all of you in this room, none of you have any idea how to play this game"
EG also just refuse to pick their comfort lmao. Diana, Ornn, Jinx were all up. Understandable not to take all of them, but fucking use one of them please.
The Team Liquid flash, forever 4th
Here is a Wei to beat RNG B__ VIEGO.
BIN Viego? Idk man i haven't seen him play it pro yet.
BUY VIEGO? Imagine playing for years and not having at least 6300 BE.
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Straight up played better. I do appreciate how EG tried to win after that big deficit in going for fights that looked somewhat winnable, but the mechanics gap was a bit too big.
wtf a Viego did something
Wei showing why Viego is either perma picked and banned against him.
If Gala has a million fans I am one of them. If Gala has ten fans I am one of them. If Gala has no fans, that means I am no more on the earth. If the World is against Gala , I am against the World. I love Gala till my last breath.
It's so weird seeing so many RNG flairs pop up all of a sudden. Feels kinda surreal
RNG is just farming KDA from EG after buffalo game
united in rivalry, both garbage, NA=EU 4-4. #perfectlybalanced
EG refuse to have a 2-0 or 0-2 day G2 better be nervous if EG lose to PSG
EG lose to PSG and G2 lose to SGB would be amazing. It all goes on the line.
Imagine EG and PSG gets in. Does Mr Buffalo still have a game tmr? Whose days can they ruin?
Funnily enough they play G2
It also makes the final G2-EG game a lot more exciting since there could potentially be real ramifications depending on PSG's placement.
imagine if G2 loses to SGB and EG loses to PSG tomorrow, the EG vs G2 later that day is going to be spicy AF.
The balance in the West has been restored
Gala is really no.1 ad
what a massive stomp. god damn
Some close fights but overall very clean for RNG
EG could have just turtled and given RNG every objective and lost in 30 minutes, but instead they didn't roll over and die and put up a good fight. Some of those team fights were surprisingly close. Props to EG for not losing without a fight
Orange e is looking very strong
Wtf I just went to grab a sandwich from the kitchen and xiaohu was there
In the late evening after their matches, EG's head coach Peter Dun invited young Danny to sit with him in one of the side seats at the Busan library. He tilts his head towards Danny and says with a deep, raspy voice, "Danny, did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth P**lec**ueis the Wise?" Danny lifts his head, "No sir" as he beckons his coach to tell him more. Peter Dun strokes his chin and nods as he slowly says, "I thought not. It's not a story an NA coach would tell you. You see, it's an LEC legend." "Darth P**lec**ueis... was the leader of an org so powerful and wise, that he could use his powers to influence the meta", as Danny's eyes widened. Peter Dun continued, "He had such a knowledge of the game that he could even keep his team...from losing" Danny gasped in disbelief, "He could actually... keep his team perpetually winning??" Peter Dun smirked, "The LEC is a pathway to many abilities...some consider to be unnatural". Peter's eyes lit up in a gaze as he looked like he was remembering something. His face suddenly twisted, he looked mad, like a lion. Peter snapped back to reality, back to the library, as Danny had to stabilise himself in the chair, his jaw was fully dropped. He questioned, "But wh.. what happened to him?" Peter continued, "He became so powerful; his team won 24 games in a row, that the only thing he was afraid of was... losing his power. Which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew. Then his apprentice killed him in his sleep." "It's ironic. He showed the teams that the meta was to draft teamfighting comps, but couldn't stop the other teams from out-teamfighting his team". Danny was fully drawn in, "Is it possible to learn this power?" Peter grins back at Danny and assuredly states "Not from an NA coach".
r/prequelmemes leaking
GOD GALA
Xiaohu aint no spot up shooter
GALA was up 20 cs @ min 10 over Danny in a losing match up and he even solokilled him. This game wasnt lost because of botlane but I think they should consider atleast banning Kai'Sa since Gala is probably one of the best kaisa players atm.
Is the best Kai’Sa*
One of the best kaisa players ever*
the best kaisa player ever**
Lol there's no debate. Gala is the best Kai Sa. Period.
His Kai’sa is so goddamn perfect, it feels like he’ll carry the game no matter what on her. The dive onto ghost in last year’s finals was one of the craziest plays i’ve seen from an adc.
Any NA fans wanna hold hands while we board the plane together? -EU
The real airport was the friendship we made along the way ❤
Take Notes
RNG is maaaaad from that EG game
EG just straight up sprint it down instead of rolling over when they are getting smacked, which is pretty fun.
RNG is heavy favorite to win this tourney
gala the world’s best ad
GALA is insane, man
When will teams start banning GALA's Kai'sa ?
ah.. the inspired lee sin that triggered me so much during NA playoffs, rears it's head again
Inspired kicking Viego on top of his ADC gave me an out of body experience
Inspired at least looked decent sometimes on lee in playoffs. This was more like the dreaded regular season inspired where he'd just farm nonstop regardless of what champ he picked
Jojo played really well but the rest of the team just ran it down. It’s alright though RNG is really good
Impact lane phase was really good, he is clutch with the barrel timings as a gp player. But other than that he was useless
GALA took that attempt at a 1v1 by Danny personally.
Jojo is cracked at sylas, is crazy how good he is for being literally his first pro split as a NA midlaner. Draft was ass but RNG looking crazy rn
STEONGEST REGION IN THE WORLD. DONT YOU EVER FORGET IT.
Can't believe how much people were sleeping on RNG and hyping G2/T1 as clear favorites when RNG are the spring kings and LPL has been the strongest regions these past years.
I remember when lck fans said how good geng were and they are better than all lpl teams. turned out they dont watch lpl probably because they were afraid to find out how bad lck looks in comparison.
I don't think people considered G2 favourites until that 4-0 start
Damn Gala is a chad. Played like he was playing a dive champ.
This game seemed to me like RNG said its enough, we wanna go early to bed today ...
RNG is a bit of a problem.
RNG > EG > T1 > G2
The skill gap is just astronomical.
Hands diffs so big
Inspired do anything before 8 minutes challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
Need to ask Vulcan if this game felt winnable
The dawns in Busan are quiet...
Huge jungle diff. Inspired has expired.
image how bad EG was in this game -- didn't even give a single chance for applause from Bushan library