Best pro players NA (stats)?

Systemdemon·3/24/2016, 4:08:43 AM·1 votes·613 views

Ok so, an exfriend (he turned into a twat) of mine is under the misconception SK is superior in all proplay in general. Yes perhaps many incredibly players in a lot of games have been from SK - and skt t1 are gods, but I know for a fact that some of the best stats are in NA....

So someone who follows this type of thing please aid me in this argument - "NA is a joke, I'm moving to Korea to learn from the best". Though this is actually really petty this kid needs to wake up and realize he simply is bad at league and improve by accepting that.... Also it's a decent thread idea.

If anyone knows please list the best stats of NA players, if they rival SK players - Bonus points. [slayer-jinx-catface]

4 Comments

maxaroni1183/24/2016, 4:24:04 AM1 votes

to be honest, korea has shown themselves to be more proficient in partaking in objectives and cs

recently TSM lost to Renegades because they left the waves down bot and top and gave REN free gold from towers and Koreans dont normally do that

also Korean teams tend to close out games really well and have rocky early game skirmishes

btw SK is shit right now

u can tell him that cuz they lost to fucking Jin Air Gaming, Afreeca Freeze, and another team i forget

lol ur ex friend is just a bandwagon

i love tsm always (even tho they suck fucking ass)

foinhas3/24/2016, 11:17:27 AM1 votes

You can't compare stats cross-region.

DestructoDave3/24/2016, 11:59:29 PM1 votes

Individual player-wise, there are strong NA players. Even Koreans say so. Its not in individual mechanics that Western players suffer. Even in one of the recent translated threads on Reddit, a Korean analyst says that there are some Western players with superior mechanics. Its team play where Western teams falter. A lot of it has to do with the culture, and the fact Western players simply don't take it as serious. That was mentioned in the same translation, and is true. Most NA players are legit in it for the money. Streaming, etc. This really isn't the same mindset for most Korean players.

So when it comes down to it individually, there are very strong playes in NA that you could honestly plug onto international teams and they would perform more than admirably. Its just the actual team play itself where NA talent suffers. There is some belief that NA players simply lack mechanical skill in video games and thats far from the truth. There are games and there have been games, where the best players in the world were NA. Like say, Rapha from Quake.(Which, Ironically, is a solo player game. 1v1 duels.)

I mean hell, Hai was in Challenger in Korea. You know, that guy who they say has terrible mechanics and sucks. He made it to challenger when he was still a mid-laner for C9. And he was considered one of the worst mechanical mid-laners in the West. So, you have to realize this is a team game. Individual talent alone does not win games.