Group Stage Double Round Robin Each team plays 18 matches. All matches are Bo1 Top 6 qualifies to the Summer Playoffs Top 2 teams are seeded into Semifinals Remaining 4 teams are seeded into Quarterfinals 1st place team from Group Stage will select their opponent from Quarterfinals 2nd place team from Group Stage will face the remaining team from Quarterfinals Playoffs Single Elimination Bo5 Winner Qualifies for MSI 2019
On January 04 2019 03:59 chipmonklord17 wrote: Wait they changed format from the "double seeding" of the quarters then semis to a "person in the semis picks their opponent"? Kinda lame imo
The NA LCS returns on the 26th of January. Here's some of the biggest news in the offseason.
- After rumours that teams would be selling their slots, the original 10 teams from franchising return for another year. - The transfer market for NA was hectic with some of the biggest transfers including TL signing Jensen and CoreJJ as well as the 100 Thieves signing of Bang. Here are the rosters as they stand:
On January 04 2019 03:59 chipmonklord17 wrote: Wait they changed format from the "double seeding" of the quarters then semis to a "person in the semis picks their opponent"? Kinda lame imo
For me the most interesting roster move in NA this season is Broken Blade. He is this talented soloQ star with an attitude that does not seem too fit at all with TSM's philosophy. I am very curious if this actually works out. At leas the meta fits him well, but this can all change of course.
Can't say I'm super impressed by any roster on paper but there's a lot of time in the year to improve. TL not getting a top lane sub when they picked up Jensen made me pretty disappointed. TSM not getting a jungler and instead getting Broken Blade is an odd move. I'm not a fan of Grig but we'll see how it works out. I enjoyed Akaadian but he hasn't really broken out into a solid player just yet.
In general the roster changes in NA dont look that impressive.
Looking at EU, they have added a lot of rookies that are almost all doing really well while the older players are struggling. So overall the teams definitely have improved. Same is even more true with Korea.
And NA looks mostly like reshuffling and sidegrading. And there are like 4 good Koreans that have been added to the league but it seems like less improvement than in the other leagues.
On January 27 2019 07:49 chipmonklord17 wrote: I'm glad at least Jensen will admit that game was sloppy even if the broadcast team wants to suck their dicks
On January 27 2019 07:49 chipmonklord17 wrote: I'm glad at least Jensen will admit that game was sloppy even if the broadcast team wants to suck their dicks
I mean what else is new? lol
I expected the broadcast to wait more than a single game to suck them off. Like they looked good don't get me wrong, but that wasn't nearly as dominant as just the audio would let you believe
2nd game is a lot more interesting imo, I think even if TL somehow lost most people would still think TL was the better team. Where TSM vs 100T will tell us a lot about the team strengths
On January 27 2019 07:58 Slusher wrote: 2nd game is a lot more interesting imo, I think even if TL somehow lost most people would still think TL was the better team. Where TSM vs 100T will tell us a lot about the team strengths
I just really want to see how well Bang comes in for 100T. They are now my second team I like to root for.
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