Hey, thoughts on Tl facing Tsm today; there was a big if here, "if" Tl would lose the series they would go into relegation, 3rd game seemed the most scripted/paid for by Tl in order to avoid that. Am i the only one sharing this opinion on this? I'm not a pro player by any means but even for me this was fishy to say at best, it's common to sell games(soccer) for ex. Why let it also happen here?
Yeah I think this is scripted by both TSM and TL owner
Reginald being a nice guy prolly told his team to lose on purpose while making it look serious
Hauntzer didn't play serious and also Bjergsen, you can tell this was plan
Quite an assumption conviction by you guys here, even wihtout any form of proof. Top teams loose vs low teams often enough. It simply happens. Even Skt lsot a game at worlds to a team, that didnt even make it past the group stage. Tsm lost last split vs P1. Schalke got perfect season in Eu challenger, then lost 3-1 to the 4th place team in challenger. Such things happen, people underperform, and/or the other team plays very well.
What you guys make out of it without anything but your gut feeling to back you up, is disgusting.
it hadn´t been half as much of a throw as DIG yesterday...so either you claim them to be rigged aswell or just acceppt that Dlift actually had a great day and smashed TSM. Not really the first uset ever happening to TSM.
I think you are correct, TSM threw 3rd game,
This way TL dosen't go to Regulaiton
and after the split I bet Doublelift is back on TSM and they get rid of Turtle.
Accept I think this hurts Turtle's confidence going into playoffs, especially since D-Lift smashed. And now the team is thinking, "what if we had DoubleLift". And then maybe they think ahead wistfully to next split and not focus on playoffs here. Also, where does Turtle go when D-Lift comes back? And why would he keep his mouth shut about this 'conspiracy' when he's out of the team next split? Are we gonna see a Link style letter from him? Or did the other 4 players go over his head with the "throw"?
Deebeesteevee: Dude. I gave you like a small fortune for double, and we ain't getting ship! Regidud: Sorry dude. I like the money you gave me so I guess maybe we'll go easy on you in your match against us. Deebeesteevee: It's the least you could do. Regidudd: But if you get playoffs and you play us because of this match, you have to take it easy on us (lame laughter) Deebeesteevee: We can't even make playoffs now. The best we can hope for is out of relegations. Regiduddd: Oh yeah. (snickers, turns to oddone and tells him he knew this) But you'll at least get a tattoo of TSM after we do this favor for you. Deebeesteevee: Uh, are you serious? Regidudddd: (laughs lamely and turns to oddone) He thinks I'm being serious. Deebeesteevee: Alright, so we cool for the games? Regiduddddd: Yeah. We're cool. Or are we? (snickers some more) DBCTV: Dude, not funny. Regidud: Aight, aight. JK... but seriously!
(After game 2) DBCTV picks up the phone and calls Regi DBCTV: What the hell was that!? Regidud: Don't worry. (laughter) It was one game. Did you see Piglet? Omigad it was hilarious! DBCTV: Don't lose the plot for the next game. Regidid: Dude. Don't worry. It's set. Like Diggy and Curse. DBCTV: Good. Don't forget all that money in your pockets came from me. Regidod: Dude. Relax. It's all good. (turns to oddone and shakes his head) This guy. (hangs up phone)
DBCTV: Hai, yo. I know you're super cool and everything. Just how cool would you be if I dropped this briefcase full of cash at your feet. Hai: You know, the things is, Steve, I understand where you're coming from. But I got a little something called personal integrity. It means doing what is right even if it isn't easy. DBCTV: (looking irritated) Don't give me... Hai. You know if you don't take it, I can always go to the others. Hai: Yeah, you're right. You could. But I got faith in my team. I know they'll do the right thing, the same way they have faith in my shotcalls. DBCTV: The right thing would be to take the money. Think about yourself. Do you think your wrists are going to hold out for much longer? Do you really think you have a future in this league? Give me a break. Hai: You know, you can look at it that way. But the way I see it is, if I take your dirty money, then I'm losing a part of myself. And that part of myself is more valuable than money. DBCTV: Fine, we'll see what Altec has to say. Hai: Altec? That guy could do his best to throw the game and we'd still win. DBCTV: You're right. This stupid Meta. Hai: Yeah, blame the meta. If only the Meta was more ADC friendly like it was at the end of the last season. Then you'd look like a genious for keeping Piglet (mumbles ...rather than the idiot that you are) DBCTV: What's that? Hai: Nothing. I was just thinking to myself. DBCTV: Well, I guess I can respect your decision. Just know that if you ever need any favors in the future, you're dead to me. Hai: Alright, well, that's up to you. Take care. (to himself) Totally bodied that fool.
I think that TSM threw int yo help keep TL out of relegation and so that TL owner would owe Reggie and these 2 of the 3 oldest orgs could leverage Riot.
Theoretically, it is possible. EUnited and GCU both look good in the promotion tournament, and the fact that Regi already sent DL over to TL to take them out of relegation slots makes it seem certain that TSM wants TL in LCS. TSM likely also knew that they had almost nothing to play for. C9 would only take the top seed if C9 won both of their games (which they did, but it really seemed unlikely at the start of the week), and if TSM lost both of theirs (which seems possible now, last game is P1). TSM must have felt pretty safe in their top seed, somewhat rightfully, and therefore had nothing to play for, so they helped out TL to get them out of relegation slots.
So I could see it. I don't expect that there's money on the table, at least not a direct payment, but I think there could have been a bit of scripting involved.
