Team Liquid newest member..... The Return of ?

III BAKURYU III ·Jan 6, 2017·1 votes·1,164 views

Former Counter Logic Gaming Mid laner Link is back! It's been 2 years or so since we've seen him play and while everyone will talk/mention the 20 page essay meme etc I'm actually happy to see him back as a FAN. I'm excited mainly because I'v watched him play since 2013 for a total of 5 splits so for a better part of 3 years, and while he might not be a top 10 Western Mid now in my opinion he was a Top 10 back in the day as far as Western Mids go.
He now joins Team Liquid as a sub behind Goldenglue which is ok, I can see where TL is coming from but at the same time they know and mostly everyone knows that Goldenglue just isn't as good as they hope he is or possibly become he just isn't sadly and they will soon find that out during the span of the Spring split.

Video below, if you don't feel comfortable pressing the link just type in ( Liquid LOL the Return on youtube) , Have a good One!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sDz_sCjefw

11 Comments

GeminiRuneJan 6, 20172 votes

I swear I watched that earlier and I was face frozen the entire time. In the back of my mind I was just thinking, "Are....you...kidding me?"

Link was one of my favored players to watch back when I was actually a diehard fan of teams/players (RIP my Curse days - LMQ murdered the last of it). I didn't necessarily rate and evaluate teams back then either. Lets just say this news definitely stirs up the preparation for a pre-split evaluation I plan on doing...only slightly and probably only for Team Liquid.

III BAKURYU III Jan 6, 20171 votes

Yeah honestly I too was surprised when I saw the video. I was sure he wasn't ever coming back because of the whole "essay" thing but as a fan I'm glad he's back. I don't think it will make me go back to my predictions on TL or the Split as a whole because he'll be a sub and NA just don't ever really sub players out until it's too late. Like if TL starts off at 0-2 out of 18 series they won't sub him in they will wait until they're like 0-10 or something.
I would need to see the schedule to see who TL faces back with Goldenglue I don't think they will be good but with Link he has a history of tilting sure but he has a history of actually performing at times something Goldenglue hasn't done yet and he's been in the scene for what feels like 4 years now.

Miror BJan 6, 20171 votes

Not entirely surprised by this news as I had heard rumors that TL was "in the market" for some mid-lane backup (from what I had heard though they were in talks with AlexIch joining their org instead). While I don't think him being a sub on the team matters too much (let's not forget that teams have "honor subs" all the time, like with regi being one for TSM), him playing a series vs clg could make some news.

III BAKURYU III Jan 6, 20171 votes

I would pay to watch Link vs CLG ! Yeah the subs are cool and all but NA doesn't know when or how to use subs at the right time. They only use team subs when the team plays bad which is like... duh but at the same time you don't see X team whose good at split pushing and your starting 5 aren't really good split pushers so you switch out your starting top for your sub top who can match the split pushing etc.
A good example of this was SKT vs OG back in WORLDS. Like who subs out Faker... FAKER of all people ? SKT does and 1 of the main reasons why is because OG played a very slow paced game and built around Xpeke( he wasn't the main carry tho) but SKT knew Easyhoon was the better slower paced Mid than Faker so they made the switch and 0-3 happened.
NA you won't see that type of thinking happen.

Miror BJan 6, 20171 votes

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Yeah, subs in NA follow one of two things nowadays: they're either "honor subs" (this guy was on our team in the past/did really really well, so we're gonna list him as a sub to show that he's always a valued member of our team) or "emergency subs" (we're under the impression that this guy might fail massively, here's our insurance). In the case of this one though, it's apparently now the latter as TL wants to use both in what is looking like a faker/easyhoon thing, which will definitely shake things up quite a bit on account of the fact that both have massive weaknesses to exploit (link not playing competitively in 2 years, and goldenglue still trying to transition his solo-queue-god skill to the stage). Article is at the bottom if you wanna take a gander, NA is getting somewhat interesting though even if there are only really 2 and a half "top tier" teams right now.

http://www.thescoreesports.com/lol/news/12531-link-to-share-duties-with-goldenglue-on-liquid-s-starting-roster

dakm102Jan 7, 20171 votes

What I am super excited about is how there are now a bunch of home-grown mid laners being chosen rather than importing them. We have goldenglue, link, and Hai so it will be super interesting. not to mention how hype it will be that we have two of the old time mids back in link and hai :D. its just gonna be such a fun split to watch and I feel like a lot of teams COULD go off and win it. I am not saying it is likely for some but I just think that all the teams have so much potential to just go nuts. we have Pheonix 1 with the possible new ryu/inori power duo in the early game, we got the return of the old C9 players in flyquest, we got team liquid who looked ok against Samsung, and along with it we have the return of dignitas. gonna be hype af. also bakyru I wanna apologize for past accusations of hating on riot :D. realized that I was being a bit defensive of them and that I wasn't really paying attention to what you were actually saying I just saw "production isn't that good" or somethin like that and I was like "WTF HE IS TRASHING ON RIOT WTF" so sorry bout that :D

III BAKURYU III Jan 7, 20171 votes

I'm excited as well. A blast from the past you might say eh?

The 1 thing that annoys me is the visa issues for certain teams/players such as ( Looper - Chaser - Ssumday - Arrow - Ryu ) etc. I know these players are going to miss X amount of games because of it because history has shown in the past.

" Also Bakuryu I wanna apologize for past accusations of hating on riot :D. realized that I was being a bit defensive of them and that I wasn't really paying attention to what you were actually saying I just saw "production isn't that good" or somethin like that and I was like "WTF HE IS TRASHING ON RIOT WTF" so sorry bout that :D "

I don't remember what I said so..............RIP however if someone apologizes I would be a fool and an idiot not to accept it so apology accepted ! However I will admit whatever I said I was most likely not paying attention as well so I"m sorry as well.

hotarseJan 7, 20171 votes

Oh Link! Turn back while you still can! This'll be the final nail in the coffin. and that quote, "Everybody loves piglet, everybody loves playing with piglet..." talk about trying to frame something knowing full well that piglet isn't exactly a team player. Boy oh boy, I really hope Link writes 100 pages at the end of his liquid days, though I'm sure he got a very special contract designed to prevent such a thing... which means he'll be facing a lawsuit at the end of it. I can't wait. Let the curse continue!

III BAKURYU III Jan 7, 20171 votes

C'mon man Team Liquid will be fine I mean I'm not saying TL will be the 6th seed going into Playoffs as well to eliminate TSM in the first round or nothing.

MarijumanaJan 9, 20171 votes

As a CLG fan since day 1, I warn you TL fans, you're in for a world of hurt in the midlane.

Also a novel when his poor play forces him to be removed but that's neither here nor there...

III BAKURYU III Jan 10, 20171 votes

True like I said above this post, Link has a history but looking at Link or Goldenglue I would pick Link because at least Link has shown in the past some of his potential while Goldenglue hasn't ever been good.