With TSM winning, the floundering CLG going in on points and IMT the most likely to take the Gauntlet (barring another choke/massive upset), there's just nobody from this region who won't fold like a single playing card in the brackets stage again, is there?
TheSequelsRBad1 votesMaybe I am buying into the hype to much, but I think NA has the best chance of not embarrassing themselves this year over any other worlds.
TSM looks like the best NA team ever right now, CLG a little more iffy, and Cloud9 or Immortals both look like respectable teams.
Like we aren't going to win Worlds, but I am pretty excited about our chances this time around.
FlashNeko1 votesMaybe I am buying into the hype to much, but I think NA has the best chance of not embarrassing themselves this year over any other worlds.
TSM looks like the best NA team ever right now, CLG a little more iffy, and Cloud9 or Immortals both look like respectable teams.
Like we aren't going to win Worlds, but I am pretty excited about our chances this time around.
The thing with TSM I've noticed (and for the sake of wanting to actually be objective in this case, trying to keep my own personal feeling of dislike for the organization at bay), is that they seem to put a bigger priority on being the #1 NA Brand over actually preparing for any sort of international competition.
This is why they've been able to keep so many other NA teams down for so long but will flounder hard in international competition nine times out of ten. And for all their talk about internal changes, those priorities don't seem to have meaningfully changed at all, so I'm expecting the same results in the end.
CLG... oy, I have no idea why they collapsed so hard but their chances don't seem good. I mean, there have been moments where it seems like they're going to make a recovery and then they relapse. And again, unless they find an answer between now and Worlds, I don't expect that to change.
IMT (again, putting my own personal feelings for the team aside) MIGHT make a go of it... but that's only if they can keep Huni and WildTurtle under control. To the organization's credit, they hired excellent babysitters for those two but even in NA it's been noticed that if you keep Reignover and Adrian under enough pressure they can't reign in their respective wards, which leads to said wards tilting pretty hard. And you KNOW the higher-level competition will be able to hyper focus those weakpoints extra hard.
C9... is a team I want to like. I've been a fan ever since they first came into the LCS and, if I had to say any one team was MY team, it would be them. But Holy Alistar is there no middle ground with them. They either do well or get rekt. And unfortunately, the latter seems to be happening a lot more often than not.
Gixia1 votesThe thing with TSM I've noticed (and for the sake of wanting to actually be objective in this case, trying to keep my own personal feeling of dislike for the organization at bay), is that they seem to put a bigger priority on being the #1 NA Brand over actually preparing for any sort of international competition.
I actually don't feel this is a true statement. Yes, last year TSM sucked total ass, but the year before that they actually did well. They did make it out of Groups, and though they lost in quarterfinals, the team they lost to was SSW, who went on to win the whole thing, so it's at least a respectable opponent to lose to. Not only that, but they also managed to take a game in that series too, which doesn't sound that impressive until you remember that SSW only lost two games total that whole tournament, with the other loss being in the finals.
xTropicalPenguin1 voteshell no dude the actual competition will be between eu, china and korea
Smart Kitty1 votesI doubt IMT will beat C9 in the gauntlet. Also, the teams look alot better than last year imo, except maybe CLG, if anything we have a better chance this year, the main problem is just SKT being #2 seed.
oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 voteshave they banned the Korean and Chinese teams from worlds?
no?
well yea NA has no chance... i dont even know why the call it "worlds"
Kempachi Taichou1 votesCLG showed they can play at worlds during the spring split. TSM definitely has the ability to hang with the competition at worlds.
and they're both going.
IMT has potential. C9 I'm less confident about. NV and TL don't belong.
III BAKURYU III 1 votesWould have to look at the Group stage drawings later down the road.
LCK(KOREA)
X SK Telecom T1 are and always will be a contender as long as Faker is on the team. Yet they showed that they can bleed during MSI and LCK playoffs.
X Rox Tigers are the strongest Team going into worlds and would not be surprised if they win Worlds 2016-17.
EU(EUROPE)
X G2 are a much improved team from the Spring split G2 as the players can understand each other instead of Trick having to communicate with Emperor not to mention Zven and Mithy are 10X better than Emperor and Hybrid. However if G2 gets in a 0-2 or 1-3 hole expect the "Vacation memes to tilt them"
X H2K depends on Forgiven as he isn't the most calm player in the world and has tilt in the past and been benched/suspended numerous times before about flaming teammates.
LPL(CHINA) EDWARD GAMING each year the casters pick EDG to be the favorites to be in the Worlds Finals and each year they get eliminated early in the first round of the Playoffs at Worlds and even tho they get beyond the group stage they always seem to look weak doing so. However this year I do expect EDG to make it to the Finals. Really depends on Deft and if he can not cry after a defeat once he does it's over for which ever team Deft is on. ROYAL NEVER GIVES UP each week RNG looks weaker and weaker(TO ME). They remind me of LMQ and how they always want to fight 24/7 not to mention teams will not just allow UZI to just farm for 50 mins and will punish RNG into making mistakes for objectives or just play up losing objectives so UZI can can 700 cs to eventually getting focused late game.
LMS( ?) Flash wolves WOW this team is a power house didn't expect much from them back in 2015 but since they showed their true colors they have been exciting to watch out of all the potential upsets I'm picking the Flash Wolves to eliminate a heavy favorites at Worlds.
NA( NA) TEAM SOLOMID The camp Bjergsen or the Bjergsen and 4 wards as teammates memes are GONE I see nothing but objective style play from TSM and to be honest I see the same thing from COUNTER LOGIC GAMING I see great shotcalling from Aphromoo and this is the best chance for NA for WORLDS! # BELIEVE