Thoughts on Xpecial being benched

Good for TL, he was the weakest link in the team compared to his competition - I'm not sold on Quas at all, as I think he is really overrated and overall a bad player, but general top lane talent level in NA is really bad, so he is decent relatively to competition -

I hope Xpecial can go to play for what is actually a lower tier team than TL which have a weaker support than him (like Dignitas or T8) and help them with his experience + working as a sort of gatekeeper for new supports coming to NA scene, something along the lines of "if you can't beat Xpecial you don't deserve to be in LCS"

well the whole team is done, piglet left also..

Good. He sucks and talks too much shit.

Yeah he just renewed his contract lol there was some leak before but they were wrong just like they were wrong about IWD and Xpecial. One of the main reasons for Xpecial being benched is because of Piglet.

Ale I think you have some interesting thoughts about Xpecial. I could see him on those teams but I also think KiWi will stick around on Dig for a while. T8 is selling their spot too....so whoever replaces them maybe? Or the team that replaces TiP.

Piglet is the kind of player you build a team around. I get he is real prone to tilt but he is still mechanically solid and can carry hard, and did carry hard towards the end of the year. Xpecial, as much as I enjoyed watcing him play, got caught out way too much and was inconsistent. The blame for the late season struggles cannot be fully placed on him, but they do lie partially there at the least.

I am pulling big for TL next season, they're my boys. I think Quas is only getting better and more confident as time wears on. Dominate will play to the level of the rest of the team. If the carries are carrying, Dom will be lights out. If its going rough, Dom will be caught out. Fenix, seeing how fast he improved last year alone should continue to improve and I hope to see some huge plays next year. I wouldn't mind seeing (if at all possible) BunnyFuFuu coming to TL. I think he's calm and cool headed enough to keep Piglet off tilt. Xpecial would tilt just as hard with Piglet if they lost lane and it would be impossible to come back. I think BunnyFuFuu would keep that from happening. That being said, I doubt Gravity will give up BunnyFufuu, but you never know.

As far as Xpecial goes, could be maybe become a top laner? I know there are a couple teams looking for top laners (TSM and T8 come to mind). I imagine TSM wouldn't take him back but if TSM gets a top laner of an already existing team, then there's another opening still.

TL going to suck next year. Worst then this year.

Ale, I don't think C9 will move Lemon to coach. Lemon has said himself that he is super passive aggressive and this obviously not a good trait for a coach. I think Lemon would make a great analyst for the team though if he does retire. I would love to see Cloud 9 pick up a better support though. I think Lemon is really holding them back.