NA LCS 2016 Spring Split Schedule

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Do joke. Mr Dihn has some deep ass pockets to drop yellowstar out of the european sky he was shining in.

tsm will destroy clg -2016 lamleburk

Maybe next week

They don't look very strong with Huhi. I think they'll be good at first but once the other teams start learning how to work together they'll start to fall a couple of spots. By the time worlds is coming up, this roster simply won't cut it. They have a carry top and a good mid game shot caller. Mean while NRG has a carry mid, carry top, and carry AD, Immortals have a super good top/jungle duo with no glaring weak points (wildturtle is dodgy, but i think he'll be better than stixxay), C9 will absolute wreck them with the super good mid and jungle, and against C9 CLG's shot calling will be useless. Let's not even talk about TSM, they're roster looks extremely good right now, I hate TSM but atm it looks like they might be #1 in the league by worlds.

I think you have a good point there. I don't know about CLG but TSM and C9 will for sure. I'm not sure on CLG because even after IEM San Jose they haven't named a ADC yet and if Stixxay isn't their ADC after that I don't like their chances.

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At least in the spring you have to go with TSM, C9, and CLG. They are the only teams that appear to have any real experience playing together in LCS-level play. In summer I can see Immortals or maybe NRG doing well enough to earn a spot to worlds. But I think 2016 is going to belong to TSM, at least in NA. They've put together a roster of basically the best English-speaking players at mid, adc, and support. Jungle and top just need to hold down the fort, but since when has that not worked for TSM?

That said, there's still some time before the first game. New talent is going to have to show up, because a lot of the established talent seems to have left. I'm excited to see what happens.

Mostly agreeing with this... Although if you watched Hauntzer at IEM, he looked pretty darn good. Love Dyrus but I think TSM top is a definite upgrade. Im not sold on their JG but we will see...

I've always wondered if they will ever switch to that type of format. Coaches in traditional sports get to talk to their players while they are playing but that doesn't happen in eSports. I wonder if they will ever allow a 6th person to spectate the game (with only their own team's vision turned on) and help with strategizing. It would make for a very different experience but it might be kind of cool, you never know.

With all the free agents out there, I'm sorta hoping TiP looks to the challenger series and picks out the gems from there (Shrimp/Mancloud/the bot-lane from that one non-c9t challenger team that didn't make the eulcs could round out their roster quite nicely).

As for C9, them going out and actually acquiring a dedicated support in BFF makes me think they're probably gonna use him and put Hai into some sort of coaching role. While Gate (ironically enough with TiP) did prove that mid-laners can be decent supports, the patches have changed the role in such a way as it might be easier to just have an expert in that role.

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I think you're forgetting TSM. You know you're doing good when Hauntzer is the worst player on your team, I'd call them the deepest roster atm (as much as I hate to say it) TSM specifically out class C9 in the support role and the top role. C9 will inter chance between weak mechanical support with god tier shotcalling and strong mechanical support with mediocre shot calling. But then they have gods in the jungle and in the mid lane.

Immortals, NRG, RNG and Echo Fox all interest me with their rosters. All have potential to be top tier. C9 and TSM we already know will be top of the league, those rosters look amazing, but RNG/NRG/IMT/Echo will probably entirely depend on how their challenger players are moulded in the LCS, with the exception of IMT. I'm going to predict NRG>IMT>Fox>RNG, but that can easily be wrong. The NRG vs IMT matchup specifically is really interesting; If you look at the spread, Top goes even, Jungle goes to IMT, mid lane goes to NRG, ADC to NRG, and Support to NRG. Because of the meta i think a bot carry style will be better, but as you can see i think it will be a very close matchup.

Also, i think Echo should pick up shrimp. If they dont ill be pretty disappointed. But then again, i can't be any less disappointed than when CLG neglected to pick up Froggen. I think CLG and TL will fall a couple of spots this next split, seems like they lost the off season.

Nope, I didn't forget about them. While Hauntzer does add something unusual to TSM, I would not be surprised if they finish in 5th or 6th only because of how good the top teams are. You're also forgetting that C9 somehow got better in the preseason by picking up the best JG in NA, to add to their already deep (korean-like?) roster.

Should note as well, I really don't care which team Shrimp plays for as long as him/rush go at it in at least one game. While him playing on TiP against rush would arguably the best (as it'd be him playing against him on his former team), the actual battle transcends variables and is something I've been wanting to see ever since Coast made it to the NALCS back in september/october.

Yeah, I followed up with esportspedia or lolpedia or whatever came up first on Google.

I can't believe Nien went (was sent?) packing and is now doing Korean boot camp. He's come so close to A-list so often and I'm always 50-50 on whether he'll pull through in the end. It's a fascinating case.

NRG is actually owned by the partial owners of the Sacramento Kings and Echo Fox is owned by Rick Fox who used to be a professional NBA player for the Lakers. Since the Kings and the Lakers have an NBA rivalry I decided NRG and Echo Fox will be rivals lol

I have not heard it was 1 million. I know Team Coast (NRG) spot was bought for 1 Million

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Retired NBA player, former actor, and (I think) current NBA analyst bought out Gravity for $1 million.

He tipped over his couch... and there was Gravity. :P