League of Legends (aka: Where Did My Week Go?)

[Midgeorge]

The Fnatic vs Cloud 9 quarterfinal match is on right now

GOOOOOO FNATIC

Game 1: 24:09

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I was going to post at 22:22 that this match was SOOOOO even, but then something happened at 23 mins, then 24. Still kind of even but GOOOO FNATIC!

Game 1 result:

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That was INTENSE but Fnatic came out on top! Going with their signature style where they maneuver around the map so well in order to take more than C9 could. They played incredibly. Before 23 minutes it could have gone either way, but after that they just got facerolled. Picks and bans were bad from Cloud 9, however, all of Hai's champions being taken away and Kassadin being first picked from xPeke. Hai went with Gragas, which wasn't very impressive at all. In teamfights Cloud 9 went WAY too aggressive trying to take down the low health targets, and the way Fnatic moved around in the last fight was so good. Meteos and balls tried to dive right into the back but Meteos just ended up getting CC'd and killed whilst Balls just didn't have the damage. Hai landed a spectacular Explosive Casket at the end, but Meteos and Balls were already dead, so nothing came from it.

Fnatic are just SO smart with their movements, but I think C9 can still put up a fight if they don't get bummed out from the loss. Can't wait for Game 2.

Game 2: 30:00

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Again, very very even at the moment, but C9 is pulling ahead ever so slightly. Teamfights are always 3-2, 4-3, 2-1, so Fnatic are still far from being out of this match. Tower advantage and dragon advantages still in C9's hands but Fnatic are damn smart with their picks. Great game so far.

Game 2 Result

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GAME 3 GAME 3 GAME 3

Jesus christ I don't want to wait 10 minutes for this game to start. I hope Fnatic will take it, but C9 played very very well throughout this one. Glad to see balls destroy people with Rumble again, but if Fnatic play their signature style in Game 3, C9 will get destroyed.

Game 3:

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26 - 2 in favor of Fnatic. Cyanide got a Level 1 double kill on Sneaky and Lemonnation and every lane basically fucked them for the entire game. Yellowstar is a fantastic Leona player, hitting every single ultimate that wasn't flashed out of, and every Q as well. If Fnatic play as well as this in their next game against OMG/Royal then they've got a really good chance of winning worlds. Well played and well co-ordinated.

EU > NA proven

[Deebs]

Woo Cloud 9!

[Midgeorge]

Originally Posted by Dream Breaker

Woo Cloud 9!

[Deebs]

I'm sad.

However, I'm glad Fnatic is continuing on. Besides CLG.eu, they're my favorite European team. Too bad these guys couldn't have played further down the bracket.

[deoxys]

METEOS IS STILL MY HUSBANDO ;_____________________;

[Midgeorge]

My bets are on Fnatic & SKT going to the grand final.

[Midgeorge]

Fnatic... :'(

[Midgeorge]

ARE YOU SEEING THIS INTRO TO WORLDS

THERE'S A FUCKIN ORCHESTRA

OMG

[M. M.]

I don't know how many of you guys still play/have played but I'm pretty proud of this.

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[Toyo]

Holy carp, MM. Grats!

I'll just chill over here at level 14.

[Sneaze]

Good job MM!

I really need to keep playing and hit 30. =x

[Toyo]

I either need more mid champs or try to avoid people forcing me into Annie.

I literally only play Support and Mid because nobody else wants to. ._.

[Sneaze]

Teammates trying to tell me where to play annoys me. If I pick Zyra and want to play mid and specifically pick mid before anyone else I seriously am not going to give a flying fuck if people usually play bot with her. I'm going to laugh as I trainroll over the unfortunate bastard that got paired up against a Zyra in mid and doesn't have proper backup without calling someone from another lane.

[Toyo]

I'm playing a match as not-Annie! Nothing can make me happier.

RAMMUS'S POWERBALL+HOMEGUARD GOOOOOOO :3

[McSweeney]

Really good job getting Plat. Looks like I'm no longer the strongest player here (I quit after Gold III). Maybe I'll get back into it and try to catch up once I get tired of Civ 5. You can be the captain of the upnetwork team if we ever get it off the ground.

Originally Posted by Tyoyo3131

I either need more mid champs or try to avoid people forcing me into Annie.

I literally only play Support and Mid because nobody else wants to. ._.

Whoa, nobody wants to play mid?! That's usually the first position people call in my games. If you're first pick, it's usually best to not pick mid or top, because they're the roles that can most easily be counterpicked, but people do it anyway because they want their precious solo lane (everyone's convinced that they can carry if they don't have to rely on teammates).

[Toyo]

Surprisingly enough, in the lower levels, nobody wants to be alone; Even when somebody wants to jungle, the top lane (alternative reading: Garen player) whines because they don't want to be alone. Which also means I can't even jungle. Poor Amumu, I still love you. ;-;

[M. M.]

You guys should add me, I'll play with anyone, I just don't like playing on my own. I'm down to help you guys learn the game.

And I can understand the Civ 5 addiction. It's such a good game but man does it take up a ton of time.

[Deebs]

Originally Posted by Dream Breaker

Oh cool. You NA guys should add me. Zragan, lvl 30.

Posting this up again since I'm playing more often.

[Midgeorge]

In professional news, Bjergsen from NiP has moved over to TSM, and Reginald has stepped down to become a coach.

Pros:
- Bjergsen is godlike

Cons:
- Bjergsen has to live in the same house as Reginald, thats pretty terrible

[Whimsy]

Originally Posted by Tyoyo3131

I either need more mid champs or try to avoid people forcing me into Annie.

I literally only play Support and Mid because nobody else wants to. ._.

Why would you not want to play Annie? She's fun and adorable!

In other news, I have only recently started playing LoL. Currently 'Maining' Annie and Garen.
Garen... completely surprised me on how easy/good he is yesterday.

[Sneaze]

I have four characters I alternate between. Those being Zyra, Soraka, Katarina, and Ashe. I'm still trying to learn Katarina, though... =/

I love Soraka, she's so hilariously tanky sometimes, even without her heals. With them, well, she just doesn't die... granted she doesn't dish out much either, but she's just so good at support.

[Toyo]

Yes but it gets REALLY annoying having to play her all the time. "maining" Annie, Rammus, and Soraka. Also playing Amumu in the jungle as much as I can, but people tend to go "NO WE'RE DUO TOPPING". People learn how to lane by yourselves >.>

Also, I think the most annoying thing is people locking the second they enter a game. Especially when two people do, and they're both Marksmen or whatever, because they whine at each other and it all goes really bad really quickly. In this situation, as terrible as I may be for doing it, I tend to just exit the game because I am not willing to spend 40 minutes dealing with that shenanigans.

[Gemini Spark]

So I finally got Fizz and Zyra (plus Tundra Fizz and Haunted Zyra... ORCAS!), and I'm really liking how they're performing so far. I've played as them a few times before I unlocked them, but Zyra's become a comfort-zone champ for me by now despite the recent nerf to her, and Fizz... he's a better killer than Kassadin is. I've had much better luck with him than Kass now that I know how to use his E correctly (before, I would always cast E twice, so I never figured out the benefit of casting E once). Plus with my build going Nashor's Tooth after I get Fizz's core items, it's another proc I can use with my Q to make him that much more lethal.

[Whimsy]

I think I'm getting the hang of Garen now.
I mean it's not hard; all you do is SPIN TO WIN.
And the item build is coming together - Boots into Sunfire Cape into something into that Armor into Frozen Mallet.
There's this weapon I want to put into that something slot I just don't remember what it was :P

[Toyo]

I'm learning Ziggs. Hexplosives woooo~

On the other hand, he's a bit awkward to play at first. Any people here who have played Ziggs before have any tips?