yeah seems like they're in dire need of living in a teamhouse somewhere that is NOT siberia

it's not that, they still suck

but so do 5/7 of the EU LCS teams so random 3-1/4-1 weeks are common

the travel probably turns them from an 10-18 garbage team into 8-20 garbage team

also isn't it only 1hr timezone and shorter than NY to LA? as in not really a omg jetlag situation?

It's 2 timezones from Moscow to Cologne. No idea where in Russia they are but if it's further east it might be more than 2 timezones.

Ya Edward is super east, I think he has to take 2 flights for 7-8 hours travel time.

pretty sure i read somewhere that edward legit lives in novosibirsk

this is where i stopped zooming out on google maps, literally in the middle of nowhere:

It would kinda make sense to move?

thoughts on shc vs roccat and sk vs mil? i think one underdog will make it. both are bo5 right?

I think Sk is to experienced to lose a bo5 vs Mill. Mill can only play pick comps and Sk should be able to beat that.

Shc vs Rocc is where i see some upset potential since Rocc has playoff experience and Shc is a young team that plays alot on momentum.

NiP getting **** on. alex ich looking like it's time to hang up the keyboard/mouse.

All in all Unicorns have played very well overall.

They looked really impressive but on the other hand NIP looked very weak. Really hard to judge how good they are.

That was one of the biggest beatdowns I've ever seen. All 3 games combined took only a little longer than game 3 of ROC vs SHC.

mil loses g1 on purple side, they choose purple game 2 and they'll be purple game 3 for sure

what is the reason for choosing purple g2 after you lost g1, its the weaker side in vacuum and you just lost on it so its not like you can pull out something sweet that you somehow didn't use the first game. I don't understand

Mil just getting completely outplayed

Mil have just lost the games at the drafts. Cant play a non meta adc against Kog imo and that has shown. Especially against SK you need to ban Trist or Kog imo since this patch is perfect for Candy.

yeah pretty lol, also leaving kog/maokai up and taking neither is pretty funny

maokai needs to be in jail right now. dude is unstoppable in team fights.

good prediction

Thoughts on the games this week?

Fnatic-Roccat

This i believe will be a very one sided affair with Fnatic just being too good for what Roccat can bring. Roccat will come out with some new strats but i think that will only get them max 1 game since Fnatic will just adapt to that strat and cruise since Roccat has no plan b. Only way i can see Roccat winning is if they have some super plan to shut down Rekkles but i dont think they are skilled enough to pull that off and i doubt Fnatic will let them draft crazy comps more than once.

Alliance-S.K

This game is much harder to predict since S.K seems to have found some momentum late in the season. Alliance have the better players on every position but S.K´s teamplay and strats have been very good lately. The question for me is if S.K can come up with some way to outdraft Alliance because i think thats the key for them since they arent really a surprise strategy style team.

S.K got that huge win in their last game vs Alliance and its gonna be interesting to see if that meant anything because if it goes back to the way Alliance played S.K in the previous 3 we will see Froggen licking tears from Jesiz. This could be a 5 game thriller or a 3 game curbstomp.

Interesting breakdown on Alliance season.

Fnatic ML was around -460, now -350

Wonder how long it'l take Fnatic to 3-0 Roccat, sub 1:30?

Depends if soaz tilts or not.

Fnatic opting into double jungle when thats the meta where they looked so average, and puts cyanide/soaz behind their usual powerpoints and then they misjudge teamfights.

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