Immortals Worlds Letdown

ChompyWulf·Nov 24, 2017·1 votes·351 views

OK, so was thinking, and have a slight theory about Immortals having a total meltdown their final day.

Their second set of group games all were on the 12th of October. After a start that saw them weather a fed Rekkles for a solid comeback against FNC, a steady win over the wild GAM, and even showing a good match for the majority of their first game with Longzhu, Immortals crashed hard. None of their next four games really looked like they were clicking together or even showing any of their individual potential. At the time I largely chalked it up to NA failing in Worlds as usual. Not long thereafter the leak of their denied franchise overshadowed any analysis about their Worlds trip.

Fast forward to now with official news about franchises and such. Immortals has released a couple videos, one of which shows Noah talking with the team after being knocked out of Worlds, urging them to have fun with the players around them and enjoy what's left of the experience, because they don't know if they will be there together again.

Does anyone else wonder if perhaps the team or players found out about the denied entry to the LCS before their group games were done? I'm not trying to blame anyone with Riot, or excuse just plain bad play from IMT, but I wonder if perhaps this was part of their big breakdown.

3 Comments

hotarseNov 25, 20171 votes

I'm pretty sure the team knew by then that they were out of the LCS. I also think that it affected their performance negatively.

The LexerNov 25, 20171 votes

I don't think the LCS franchising applications were denied until after the group stage though.

ChompyWulfNov 25, 20171 votes

There was a six day gap between Immortals play and the first leak report. Gotta figure there was a gap between the leak to the writer and the writer doing some work digging and comparing article, so leak happened at least a day before. It's possible that someone leaked the news very quickly after a decision had been rendered. It's also possible that because a couple Esports reporters said they had been hearing rumors, that for all their non-disclosure, Riot is terrible at confidentiality and rumors were flying like mad the week before. So many staffers, people out enjoying a kinda work vacation in another country, it's very possible the rumors spread fast and early.

It's a relatively minor detail now, but I would be curious to know if it came out mid groups and if that affected their play.