Thanks to CLG NA might no longer be synonymous with the shittiest region

Totalis·5/7/2016, 3:23:57 PM·17 votes·2,010 views

And I actually love them for that. At worlds for the past couple years NA has just not shown up. Forget worlds actually, because it was more like every international competition.

Which coined the "NA" meme as a adjective to suggest whatever you did just sucked. It's pretty deeply ingrained right now, so it's unlikely MSI alone will be alone to debunk this, but it's a big start. I might be a C9 fan but thank you so much CLG.

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44 Comments

Rossendale5/8/2016, 10:30:28 AM4 votes

I respect CLG for their determination if anything. I think Darshan's attitude of "We're going to win Worlds" is amazing, this is a team that won't give up until they're very best. I'm an EU supporter but G2's attitude AND performance is a fucking joke.

Slartibartfast5/7/2016, 7:12:04 PM3 votes

Just on a side note: On the EUW servers people tend to write "NA flash" if someones failflashes ;D

DestructoDave5/8/2016, 1:58:41 AM3 votes

NA's problem was always their mindset. They would go in scared of Korean and China teams. Slowly, that has started to chip away. And, they are starting to perform better. At the very top, there is little mechanical difference in League. A challenger in NA would be a challenger in any other region and vice versa. Same reason people like GBM don't come over and just dominate. It just doesnt work like that. NA's teamwork and their confidence has slowly started to build up. And, after showings like this, against the best teams in the world, other teams will start being confident in their play, too.

YCitizenSnipsY5/7/2016, 5:23:45 PM2 votes

Not really, the bracket stage hasn't even started yet. If they get eliminated in there very first Bo5 then yes NA is still shit that is only good at some Bo1 wins.

DREADN0UGHT5/7/2016, 3:57:41 PM2 votes

Same. TSM fan, but CLG is winning my love right now.

SonaTitsAndAss5/7/2016, 3:46:37 PM2 votes

no NA still is the shittyest... the is loads more EU players then NA in the pro scene so na is still classed as the worst

Teslyn5/7/2016, 4:35:33 PM2 votes

i dont like double life and i felt he is a problem.. C9 fan.. but once they dropped him.. CLG is gettingup there

Kal Vas Flam5/9/2016, 11:31:24 AM2 votes

It's the beginning of the end. There will always be some players better than others, and yes KR will probably always have the very best, but secrets of the game are out and slowly every pro team in the world will continue to move closer and closer to equal power rankings.

It's like baseball. You can opt for a Caribbean player who is going to be great because he's played baseball year-round for his entire life. Or you can get a kid out college can teach him for 2-3 years in the minors how to do the same thing. The end result is about the same. The difference is the kid you train is trained to operate the way the organization like to operate. While the pure talent from down south is likely to be more of a loose cannon. For MLB teams it's a matter of how fast they need a player at a given position, with a preference usually on homegrown talent.

I think NA teams are actually hurting themselves by trying to buy the best players from around the world instead of developing their own (Stixxay and Huhi would agree I think). Buying an ace is one thing, but buying your whole team is poor sports management philosophy.

SonicÐeHedgedawg5/10/2016, 10:14:59 AM1 votes

The really good news to me is that C9, IMT and, towards the end of the season, TSM all showed they were serious competition for CLG too, so it's not like we'd just have ONE good team going to worlds either

Totalis5/7/2016, 4:59:10 PM1 votes

I don't know why EU people are downvoting me, this is my praising clg, nothing more >.>

71883083DEL15/8/2016, 5:34:56 AM1 votes

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And I actually love them for that. At worlds for the past couple years NA has just not shown up. Forget worlds actually, because it was more like every international competition.

Which coined the "NA" meme as a adjective to suggest whatever you did just sucked. It's pretty deeply ingrained right now, so it's unlikely MSI alone will be alone to debunk this, but it's a big start. I might be a C9 fan but thank you so much CLG.

https://media4.giphy.com/media/11lzA7LsH1kfpC/200_s.gif

they are proving to other regions that WE can work together! We aren't a bad region, we just aren't watching eachother and getting better at what we are doing wrong

this is why i love NA, the region is so hype and we love winning because of how competitive we are

I love eSports league

Myz5/8/2016, 11:21:31 PM1 votes

In s4, TSM was one of two teams taking a game of Samsung. EU was better than NA in S3 ( arguably only to Gambit, which wasn't really an EU team ) and S5. NA was stronger in S4 and S6 ( for now ), I'm not taking into account S1, because worlds weren't as relevant, there weren't any KR teams and honestly both regions took games off each others in multiples tournaments.

Dukues5/9/2016, 7:20:51 PM1 votes

I don't watch a lot of LCS but damn did I enjoy watching CLGs games. I watched the 2nd CLG v RNG game yesterday and it got me pumped. Since it was a replay I knew they won but I kept watching it like "wtf did I read this wrong? Did they actually lose?". And then your watching the game and all the announcers were doing the same thing they do in other sports when one team is way far ahead. "Yea RNG is just playing better and better each game". RNG this, RNG that, basically the entire time saying CLG did not have a chance. And to be honest I figured they were screwed as well. But then some amazing players and next thing you know the game is over and CLG are the victors. That game alone along with their first game of beating SKT has got me excited to watch the LCS this weekend.

TotalJerk5/10/2016, 8:54:29 AM1 votes

NA never was "the shittiest region". Between the major regions–LMS, LCK, NALCS, LPL, and EULCS–you could say that, but there are far more regions than that.