TiP Gate swapped roles, not removed from support role and no support on team

skidmarkmania·7/26/2015, 8:23:39 PM·3 votes·1,779 views

Hey! So I noticed something yesterday and submitted a Feedback report about it, then thought today it'd be good to visit the forums.

Week 9 of NA LCS: TiP XiaoWeiXiao has been suspended, TiP Gate has moved up from SUPPORT to MID and TiP Adrian was brought back onto the team as the Support. I figured teams would adjust appropriately and move Gate from the support role to the mid role or flex because his label changed from "support" to "mid". But that was not the case, potentially allowing for three mid laners on a team because Gate was allowed to stay in the SUPPORT slot of a fantasy team and STILL gain points AS a MID laner.

Now it might just be me but I feel like this is a little unfair, because now a team has an "extra" flex spot outside of the singular flex spot and its co-lane on the team (a team can have two of one lane on its team; one in the 5-man team role and one in the flex spot). In my example, their flex wasn't even played so it might seem like it balances out because they are down a player, but regardless, for a carry laner to be allowed in the support role, which is NOT normally allowed to be made (could allow for like 5 mid laners on one team), allows for more points for that team without even having all of the necessary roles even needed to PLAY Fantasy League.

TL;DR, TiP Gate was relabeled to "mid" from "support", was allowed to STAY in the Support role (with no support on the Fantasy Roster) and still gain points as a Mid laner.

Thanks for reading!

Skid

2 Comments

skidmarkmania7/26/2015, 11:23:30 PM1 votes

and with this TL v TiP game having Gate in Fantasy Support as a Mid is even more unfair. effectively 3+ carries and no support means unequal advantage.