6 years...

I've watched and waited for 6 years. I fell into the hype train this year, which is my own fault. I mean all the Korean teams made it out of groups. I just get left with this feeling of hopelessness. Why should I even keep watching at this point? Now remember I want to see NA win; I am from California, USA. I respect the other teams. I think the whole na vs. eu thing is dumb. At this point we can all just sit back and say none of that matters. At its core the argument is not over who is better, it is over who is worse. That is a terrible feeling, knowing no matter how good you are in your region, your just a speed bump to Korea? I remember the casters saying how good TSM was at closing out games and how average game times were impressive out of that squad. While closing out a game is an important attribute, I think it is a greater commentary on how na as a region falls short on playing a game out on the loosing side. I never like to surrender, but I work full time, have a 2 year old daughter and a wife (they drain time too man...). A loosing game can sometimes warrant a surrender if we are getting trashed. Sounds legit, but I know I should keep playing it out to get better. From my experience, when a few kills goes the other way people start pointing fingers and the salt factory opens for business. It's ridiculous and it only gets worse each year. I can not help but wonder if this is how competitive scrims happen. I mean there will not be the salt, but do they play it out and fight it out with 100% or do they just surrender and get in as many scrims as possible? I do not know.
For 6 years I have watched and waited for NA to win. The level of play was more even is this worlds than ever before, I know because I've seen them all. That is awesome, except the level of execution for all non-Korean teams is bewildering. They throw out regions into chaos. TSM did not look like TSM, CLG was outplayed as well as C9. For me the raw talent of TSM is great, but the coordination and team play was abysmal. I do not understand. As for the hype, I felt like I was told there was a hot pool party with topless women. However when I got there i find out its a 110 F day, there is a kitty pool in the corner and sun stroked grannies all around with EMTs putting leads on their exposed torso's. Yea all the parts of the story are there, I was not lied to, but it is not at all what I had expected or was lead to believe. Honestly I do not see NA having a better shot than this one for a while, or until the game looses popularity and good players up and leave. I can tell you one thing, I will not be watching league anymore. It is not because I think any region sucks or blah blah, I just know the outcome. Korea is killing the scene because they are just that much better. I feel embarrassed for my teams and I feel embarrassed for believing the hype. I bet a lot of us feel that way too. I feel riot should be worried because I brought like 20 people into this game and we are all disenchanted. Hopefully for them we are just an isolated case.

6 years... and NA has not won worlds. Feels bad.