Bias in Casting
Can we please stop putting one team up on a pedestal and constantly bashing every other team. No matter how the game is played SKT is always praised through mistakes, losses, poor decisions, and bad individual performance. I just finished the SKT/BBQ and the SKT/SSG games tonight....during the BBQ game they were entirely disrespectful during every instance of the game, Tempt (BBQ mid) a quadra at one point due to poor positioning and engage by SKT, do they praise them at all for doing a good job? No. They only point out that peanut was able to get the drag during the entire fight and saying that they fell right into SKT's trap during the whole ordeal, they didn't fall into a trap; they played well and they showed very good coordination and exploited weaknesses in SKT's decisions. The SSG game was even worse, SSG beat them very handily in 2 back to back game and there was almost zero praise given for them, eveything they said about them winning was followed by: SKT just got back from MSI, they had no time to prepare, they had jet lag (1 week after returning from MSI), they weren't top notch, the meta is different. First of all, they have plenty of time to play on the new patch while at MSI to practice and see meta changes, second, a week is all this new patch has been out, so hasn't everyone else had the same amount of time to prepare for it?? Stop making excuses for why the caster favored team is still better than a team that just destroyed them TWICE. If any members on SKT die and make mistakes it's never an outplay, it's only ever a mistake from them, how hard is it to give credit where credit is due? The most annoying part of the whole series was one comment as Huni outplayed the opposing top laner (I can't recall which game it was) it was very, very close but Huni got the last hit, and their comment was "it should be written on his tombstone that he was almost good enough and that he almost made it." How do we ever expect anyone to do well against this team when not only are they having to play against a very, very skilled team, but also anytime they do good and win it's never because of their own skill, decisions, or playmaking abilities, it's another excuse for SKT, truly ridiculous excuses. SKT is an amazing team, the most dominant we have ever seen and maybe the most dominant that will ever be, but the bias shown in favor of them at every chance leaves little hope for any team going against them seeing as how they will never truly get the credit they deserve. When a player in the game refuses to acknowledge their mistakes as a reason for their loss, we call them toxic. When a person refuses to give any constructive criticism about the current world champions, we make them a caster.