So, is NA > EU or is EU > NA based off of this worlds?

JavelinJoe·10/24/2016, 2:46:36 AM·2 votes·8,566 views

It is honestly hard to tell IMO. Sure EU got farther, but they didnt have to face a Korean team in the group stage with H2K, and the Korean teams got first in all 3 groups, all 3 held semi final spots and Korea now holds both final spots too. EU technically won more games (10/25 vs 9/21 for NA, this is all games played from both stages), but again they played more games and 2 of their teams only had 1 win. Every NA team placed higher than 2/3 EU teams, but H2K placed higher than any NA team. H2k faced Albus Nox Luna in the quarter finals, a team who has never been there before (players maybe but as this team no), while NA faced SSG, a team who may win worlds and has only dropped just 1 game overall (to TSM no less). So who was/is better this year?

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III BAKURYU III 10/24/2016, 5:00:30 AM9 votes

At this point who gives a s$it anymore.
Yes Eu H2K faced Albus a team that 2-0 CLG but still a much weaker team than say SSG-SKT-ROX. H2K got 3-0 same as C9 by SSG but the games were much closer in the H2K vs SSG series that's for sure.
Yes NA was much better than EU, Yes Eu made it further than NA did this year and also in years past as well as NA has never made it to Semi-Finals without getting a free bye past Group stage like in S1 and 2. NA and EU can talk about who is better till the sun comes up but at the end of the day both regions are complete garbage.

HeeroTX10/24/2016, 2:54:18 PM5 votes

Korea is the clear #1, and... https://leighonline.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/ricky-bobby.png?w=625

MunchCrunchLunch10/24/2016, 4:01:12 AM4 votes

h2k had an easy going. but both were terrible

NA=EU .both equally shitty. nobody did anything impressive. there were no "highlight plays".

Smart Kitty10/24/2016, 4:11:42 AM4 votes

There's no choice for =

MagicFlyingLlama10/24/2016, 3:13:59 AM2 votes

What is EU.

Yooba10/24/2016, 3:17:03 AM2 votes

EUW Diamond V = NA Masters.

Also, NA best players are from EU. I find that hilarious.

Could not care10/24/2016, 3:55:54 AM2 votes

Both got shat on by KR, so... does it even matter.

Requiemsfire10/24/2016, 4:13:36 AM2 votes

C9 and TSM had really tough match ups to play against.

I would say H2K is probably one of the weaker teams not just because they didn't perform well against SSG but how it really went down, by the third match you could easily tell that H2K was crushed mentally and were unable to adapt to Samsung's playstyle so virtually had no chance of overcoming them. When the ball was easily in H2K's court at the start of a game they fumbled considerably chasing down kills but with almost nothing to show for it which is something ANX succeeded at when they were pit against the Rox tigers.

R7 Factor10/24/2016, 1:02:25 PM2 votes

NA is better because NA has the head to head wins, (Did EU even win 1 game against an NA team?)

DeadMex6/30/2017, 5:41:00 PM2 votes

EU is better.

Region wise EU's Bronze is NA's silver, EU's Diamond is NA's Masters. Easy.

LCS, EU still dominates NA LCS.

2017 MSI, NA couldn't even make it past group stages while EU made it to finals and finalised themselves as the 2nd best region, while NA considered the level on WC. Even in World 16, 2 EU teams were knocked out 1 remaining yet that one team was able to get to semi's while all NA teams were knocked out in groups.

Lightwork.

TheSequelsRBad10/24/2016, 3:38:33 AM1 votes

NA=EU

Kal Vas Flam10/24/2016, 6:49:43 PM1 votes

NA and EU are pretty much dead even in terms of talent. Maybe a slight edge to NA only because EU was missing some talent (that I'm sure will be filled before next year).

UKP LK10/24/2016, 11:27:05 PM1 votes

Whatever at least non NA team went home with only 1 win and the rest r lost like EU first seed. Just saying man just saying

DeadTrannies10/25/2016, 12:30:46 AM1 votes

Well I mean there's not much of an argument here comparing EU to NA because EU has lost every game since msi to NA; 10/10 troll though a lot of people thought you were serious.

BigBellBrute10/24/2016, 6:53:35 AM1 votes

Well let's look at head to head.

NAsummer winnner >EU last chance qualifier 2-0. NA points qualifier>EUSummer Winner 2-0 NA 4 EU Zero. NA>>>>EU.

NA last chance qualifier did not play EU points qualifier Both played the same common opponent and both got swept 3-0.
So there's no real difference there. The only reason H2k got further than C9 is the former got the cushy draw.

Colombo1610/25/2016, 2:38:36 AM1 votes

To be honest, a couple of years down the line, no one is going to look at the schedule, they'll just remember that EU made it to semis while NA didn't.