http://lol.gamepedia.com/HOT6iX_Champions_Summer_2014

Group A

Samsung Blue Spring Winner
SKT T1 K
IM #1
IM #2

Group B

Najin White Shield Spring Runner Up
KT Bullets
Najin Black Sword
Jin Air Falcons

Group C

Samsung White
CJ Frost
Bigfile Miracle
SKT T1 S

Group D

CJ Blaze
KT Arrows
Jin Air Stealths
MKZ


Games started today.

Blue vs IM#1 was fun.
New Najin Sword looking impressive as well.

Korea keeps improving.

I think you'll have the same quarters as spring with Sword replacing Bullets

the season really starts in the quarters, Blue/White/SKT/Shield are all pretty close in circuit points, likely 2 of the 4 get autobids and the other 2 fight with Blaze/Frost/Arrows/Sword for the last slot

I think its obvious who comes out of groups A+B, group C we could see an upset for 1 slot.
Group D is the most random group. Any 2 teams could get out.

I think SKT S is the only wildcard in the entire bracket, I think Frost is vulnerable. White is the #2 team in the world right now and they are getting through easily.

group D is going to be Blaze/Arrows, Jin Air is one of the fodder teams like IM#1 can make OGN often but can't beat a top 8 team

KT Arrows is a sleeper contender to go very deep

My predictions for groups (in no particular order):

Group A: Samsung Blue and SKT K - Probably the most clear-cut group to pick IMO. Blue and K are just on another level from the IM teams.

Group B: Najin Shield and Sword - Same as group A.

Group C: Samsung White and CJ Frost - SKT S has a chance if the god-mode version shows up and/or Renekton/Ziggs aren't banned, but they aren't consistent enough for me to pick them over Frost.

Group D: CJ Blaze and KT Arrows - Both of these teams got lucky to get this group IMO, since they'd be dogs in most other groups. Stealths might have a chance if the **** version of KT A shows up.

Amusing how kt bullets went from clear #2 team in the world to total garbage in 4 months

Big game sets today

Blue vs SKT
Shield vs Sword

basically potential quarter/semi matchups

game 1 Blue sticks with nerfed Twitch/Khazix. SKT runs Gragas top seems SKT won champ select pretty hard

korean rengar OP

any place i can watch this after the fact, considering epicskillshot seems to be dead on the ogn scene?

holy **** 23-3 22 min game

yeah, this?

apparently from https://www.youtube.com/user/Epicski...rea/discussion

so why do they even have english casters then? :/

I think you can rewatch on twitch if you sub.

And they obviously have the live broadcast free for everyone.

^this. confirmed u need to pay like 8$/month and u can prob view the vods (and the l1v3streams in non 480p quality -wtf-)

Because old white people who don't understand the internet set the filters lol.

OGN is streamed in 720 or 1080p @ hitbox.tv ( no vods ).

Has been a very interesting group stage so far, the big shocker is blaze/frost are both in very bad shape going into their 3rd set(Korea quarters without either would be crazy, Blaze had a scare last year but beat SKT S in best of 1)

Shield needs a ton of help to get out of group(Sword 2-0(1-1 meh) vs JinAir, KTB/Jin Air 1-1)

SKT K plays IM1 so they should be ok, but a 1-1 and Blue troll 0-2 means they are out(blue plays first so this never happens)

only 3 teams are through Samsung Blue, KT Arrows, Najin Sword

Samsung White/SKT K are 95+% through

Frost needs 2-0 vs SKT S so that's probably around 25-75

Blaze needs 2-0 vs Stealths or a miracle KT A 0-2 probably around 35-65

Group B is tricky, I think Shield gets through anyway a lot since KTB and Falcons suck and if they 1-1, Sword will take care of business for the sister team

Lux hype!

How many EU/NA teams are gonna fail with Lux now?

Idk, goldenglue tried it last season.

If syndra/TF are viable w/ their lack of mobility it def means more immobile mids are viable.

Good point and with the meta going away from assassins mid i can see the long range no movement mids making a return. The issue i see though is that her cc is easily avoidable unless its a 2nd cc and that her cds are on the long side for little damage output.

get jdownloader2 beta and download the VODs in 1080p

just looked up circuit points and saw that they made a huge improvement over the horrible S3 setup new one is

400
225
150
100
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NLB
75
60
50
40

no more NLB 1st = 4th and a little more to 2nd(probably should be 250)

Quarters

KT Arrows vs Najin Shield
Najin Sword vs SKT S

Samsung White vs SKT K
Samsung Blue vs Jin Air Stealths

Circuit Points
Samsung Blue 450
SKT K 450
Samsung White 375
Najin Shield 325
KT Bullets 190(out)
CJ Blaze 175(out)
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Najin Sword 120
KT Arrows 40
SKT S 30
Jin Air Stealths 20

1st 400
2nd 225
3rd 150
4th 100
NLB 70/60/50

The top half is very weak, and only Shield can lock up a top2 overall slot, barring total chaos. CJ Blaze and KT Bullets despite horrid seasons are still technically alive for worlds. Arrows/Sword/S can win this season and still finish 3rd/4th and nearly drawing dead at top 2.

Arrows>Shield
Sword>SKT S

White>SKT K
Blue>Jin Air

Blue>White
Arrows>Sword

Blue>Arrows
White>Sword

the real matchups are White vs K, and the winner vs Blue as the real final since which ever team that does get through the bottom will easily 3-0, maybe 3-1 on a bad day

in that situation
Blue 1st
White 2nd
SKT 3rd
Shield 4th
KT Arrows 5th
Sword 6th

Arrows>Sword
Arrows>Shield round 2
SKT K>Arrows for last worlds slot

didn't najin put up a decent fight last split in the finals?

Yes and then put up 3 points in group and needed ktb and sword to bail them out

They can lock up 1st by winning but are likely ****ed otherwise since k, blue and white are all way better