*Wakes up*
*9am*
*Sees All-Star is on*
*Sees EU is down 1 game against NA*
So not only are they having to deal with the language barriers but they're also playing since like 8AM GMT[EDIT: +1, forgot daylight savings]? [Probobly 9~10am their local times so it's not *as* bad as if they were UK admittedly.
Swear this thing is set up in a way to make EU as much at a disadvantage as possible.
Don't know what happened Game 1 though.
Commentators: *Gambit... I mean EU LCS*
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EDIT: Oh LORD EDWard and Yellowpete played awfully. I only saw game 2, but let's see...
1: Just before the first inhib fell and then SoaZ and Alex did their hero play, when Requiem was falling down: EDWard had ult. No-one else was in danger except Diamondprox. EDWard was there, in range. He had mana.
He. Didn't. Ult. Diamondprox.
He. Let. Diamondprox. Die.
If Diamond hadn't have died, regardless of EDWard getting hooked afterwards and also dying [And then Yellow also getting caught], I highly doubt NA would have pushed that hard and taken that much if Diamond was alive, or even chased at all. Especially since Homeguard was a factor. [And if they DID push and Diamond was still alive, instead of taking an Inhib as a counter, it would have been game] And especially since Depth Charge, Requiem, Trueshot Barrage and The Box were all used. [Not sure if Dominus was used, didn't look]
Just to stress how stupid this error is, even a under level 30 player knows if you have a heal, and your ally is about to die from a Karthus Ult... YOU HEAL THE ALLY.
He didn't even self-ult when he got caught to buy some time with the knockup either. Which lead to them being able to catch Yellowpete too. He died with his Ultimate still up.
2: Yellowpete farming botlane alone. He is farming ahead of his minion line, in fact, behind the enemy minion line. Needless to say, he gets hooked and dies. Isn't it like Rule #1 against hooks to keep minions between you and the hook? It wasn't even a hook from the brush either, but Yellow didn't even react.
3: Yellowpete and Ed go to ward[?] the enemy jungle. There is no vision. Yellowpete walks in front of Edward, and therefor walks right into a Nautilus hook, getting them both killed [Whereas if EDward was in front he would have been hooked, and Yellow could have ulted and got away whie Lulu held them up], and costing EU a Baron.
Why send the ADC to facecheck when the support is right behind him <_<
4: Final teamfight. Scarra is dead. Alex Ich not reacting to Doublelift jumping over the blue golem wall? Fine. He can't follow him anyway, and he's holding off everyone else.
Meanwhile, Yellowpete is at the blue side's golem/baron enterence. He could have easily turned around and killed Doublelift, Doublelift would have easily lost against Yellowpete's build, simply because of the difference in AA damage.
What does Yellowpete do instead? Starts hitting Dyrus and Saint. Who are both pure tank. They're not even on him, the other four are keeping them off. Scarra is already dead.
While Doublelift decides to start hitting Yellowpete. Yellowpete doesn't even react until he's at about 200 HP, Doublelift has lifestealed back his 35% HP Alex Ich got from him, gets off one shot, and then gets into his GA. Que Doublelift Penta. It's not like Yellowpete wasn't in range to retaliate against Ezreal beating on him. Varus HAS MORE RANGE.
Seriously. Yellowpete and EDWard played awfully. In all honesty, I wouldn't have made half the mistakes EDWard did that game. And I know he can do better. I'VE PLAYED AGAINST HIM AND GOT MY REAR HANDED TO ME. I'm not a better player than him, but I can honestly say he played so badly that I wouldn't have made some of the errors he did. [Although if I wouldn't have made other errors is another story]
Also these are just the mistakes that stand out in my mind after a good 2~3 hours later. I'm sure there were others as well.
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On the other hand, props to Alex Ich. Family Committments eat into practise and all, while being camped, and while still making plays and making Scarra look bad. SoaZ also did well, just the 'ol Dyrus case. He'll get flak because he didn't 'carry the team' or make awesome plays, but he wasn't bad. He did what he needed to, and was consistent.
[Seriously I find it hilarious when people blame Dyrus for TSM's losses. TSM was bad before Dyrus, then they won everything. Dyrus isn't the playmaker, that's Oddone, Dyrus isn't the carry, that's Regi and Wildturtle. Dyrus plays the tanks and isn't a gloryhog. He does what he does. Like Chaox.]
