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6 thoughts going into Rio de Janeiro

Riot·5/9/2017, 6:59:45 PM·0 votes·8,425 views

Here's this week's 10 thoughts from @MeanMisterKien!

MSI resumes on Wednesday, May 10 at 11 am PT as Europe's G2 Esports takes on the reigning champs -- Korea's SK Telecom T1. Every year fans from each region trash talk and boast ahead of major international tournaments. Can anyone dethrone Korea? NA? More like N/A. EU? More like EUlogy. And so on and so forth. The time has finally come for our first look at which region has evolved the most since the 2016 World Championship. 

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16 Comments

Reaxetion5/9/2017, 8:20:24 PM2 votes

I never am happy to have to place my hope in TSM, but hey, I'm an NA fanboy. Lets go TSM!

TrollFan015/9/2017, 8:42:45 PM2 votes

PLOT TWIST! Both Kkoma and Steak's mothers have the same name!

EngineeredUrMum5/9/2017, 9:21:30 PM2 votes

IMO TSM is coming into this pretty underrated. First two games vs GAB they were making mistakes they never made in LCS so I felt like they underpreformed/understimated as TSM often does.

Also, the hype for FW is mostly baseless. We really have not had anything to judge their skill off of since worlds last year, where they were considered on the same level as TSM. I think TSM has a very good shot at taking the #2 spot.

Chikorotix5/9/2017, 10:01:34 PM2 votes

SKT > FW > W/E = G2 > GAM = TSM

BlackHairedGirl5/9/2017, 11:56:23 PM2 votes

Yep, long live the kings.

woodvsmurph5/10/2017, 5:57:40 AM2 votes

After how strongly GAM beat SUP, I think we can safely say tsm had a much tougher opponent to make it to group stages. Sadly, this does not excuse tsm's weak performance. They have a shot to make it somewhere in this tournament, but they need to get it together. Much as most people are blaming Svenskern, I actually beg to differ. He hasn't been much worse than any of the rest of the team despite what people say, and hating on one guy or trying to place all the blame on him isn't going to help anyone. They all need to look to themselves and ask "how can I do better (for my teammates)?". GAM could pull off some nice upsets. I think they are actually similar in style to many Chinese teams and UOL. Flashwolves could really make it far - if they can overcome THEIR weakness - any team not from Korea. They have the ability to take it to brawl like the LPL's best but with a macro and calculated decision-making/shotcalling like that of LCK. WE - nobody expects a ton from China based on their region's recent performances at international events. I think these guys stand a solid shot of changing that. G2 - feel free to prove me wrong, but once again, I think people are overrating Europe. If they make quarterfinals, it's off the back of unusually poor play by their opponents rather than off their skill. SKT just state the team name... it speaks for itself.

Lifespiker5/12/2017, 3:54:27 PM1 votes

This tournament has the same problem that the NBA finals have right now: literally nothing actually matters because we all know the final outcome. It all comes down to figuring out which team gets to get slaughtered by SKT in the finals, and that's not really all that fun in my opinion. Superstars are great for a while, but then they start to stranglehold the sport and I don't think that's healthy. Unfortunately there's no fix for this short of waiting it out.

SmilesDAbomb5/12/2017, 12:24:23 PM1 votes

Hehe xd

SpeedWobble5/10/2017, 4:45:32 AM1 votes

My first thought... When does the NA summer split start? 'Murica!