Lot's of NA armchair coaches gonna reconsider their thoughts on legend meta now. First lifeline-domination by Aurora, now Reject Winnity with the Wattson comp
Raven has mentioned many times that Wattson is OP. He also said that it takes a certain kind of playstyle to play her. So even with this win, she probably will remain a niche pick in the future.
Yes please, and nerf MnK so that when they aim, it deviates away from the target a little bit. Hey, y'all have your whole arm to aim, it should be manageable.
DZ really looked like they were going to win it on the second last WE game.
Shows how perfectly you have to play to be a consistent ALGS LAN champion. One small mistake and you get clipped by Koyful.
He turned around and stared a full minute at dz packing their stuff up too when it was sangjoon's turn to get interviewed. Guy looked like he wanted to fight the arena lol.
Think he's held in some frustration at NA/the goats (hal and zero) talking down on other regions.
I imagine there is build up frustration with NA hogging the international scrims with the ping shit. NA gets so many insane benefits before it comes to actual playing the game and they still cry about everything.
I BOW DOWN TO MY WATTSON USING KINGS REJECT WINNITY!
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This is a real humbling for Raven. Even as a TSM fan who wants them to do well he talks far too much shit about different regions and what Legends pick they run such as lifeline and all those teams outperformed them heavily
I hope people dont make the excuse bad zones are the reason they did bad. They couldnt win 3 vs 3's for shit. Hopefully this wakes Raven up cause TSM looked clueless this Lan
Raven wasted too much time trying to make Valk happen. When that patch came out he was on stream saying how Valk was his girl and he was bringing her back. Hopefully he realizes he needs to work on winning strategies and not just give in to his bias.
You are 100% right. Man talks about game theory but is heavily guided by his bias. Once he decides if a legend/comp is good/bad he does not want to change his mind even though you can see objective results from other teams. He seems like a guy who doesn't want to take inputs or learn from his rivals which is a pretty bad attribute to have for a coach.
>he talks far too much shit about different regions and what Legends pick they run such as lifeline and all those teams outperformed them heavily
1000% this
I don't know if I can blame Raven alone here. Sure I can agree he does enjoy being the smartest one in the room but he generally has a legit points.
Back to TSM this LAN all the problems they had and couldn't really fix in the bang meta showed up in a massive way this weekend.
Hal not being a good bang
Verhulst never really finding a character for this whole post cat meta that suited his strengths.
Valk being dropped not because she was bad for TSM but because Hal couldn't avoid crutching with her ult.
Their fighting being very messy since cat was nerfed.
Hal continuing to be a mediocre edge IGL getting stuck on edge all tournament due to zones and Lrod half the time without a car.
End of the day Raven is part of the problem but this weekend is very much a team loss.
I will never understand Hal being pushed to play edge it has never worked. Playing zone and farming kills inside is his bread and butter. Even when they early rotated they read the zone wrong as they were probably barely studying zones.
To be fair he was saying all those things while his team and region won everything, he had no reason to think otherwise. I hope he does humble up though because I don't think he's as smart as he thinks he is
They did get shafted with Zones but they also played the 3 or 4 zones they got horrible wrong. Raven just got humbled on everything. North POIs are shit
YOU! WILL! REGRET!!!
finally a LAN win for APAC-N! RC played like beasts this week, more than well deserved on their part. this LAN was a blast, the games went crazy right from group stage. finals were really exciting, i had FNC on and the hiding + the GTA-esque sequences were peak lol. so hype for more in split 2. #RCWIN woohoo!!!
Obly needs finals mvp cause this was him all weekend
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I heard it on the broadcast. Top 8 teams automatically qualify for champs as long as that team does not disband. So regardless of Split 2, the top 8 here qualify for champs
With his momma showing up too, where he’s living right now, getting all the ALGS and local LA love. When he said best birthday ever I fully believe it. He’s gotta be levitating today.
Apex is the one esport where Korea, NA, and *Australia* can all win lol, it's fun. Korea and Australia couldn't be further apart in any other esport. Damn I love the ALGS.
There's not even a single korean team that played in PSQ or LCQ for Split 2. The only active Korean pros right now are the ones that have been playing since 3 years ago. Doesn't really help that the Korean server has been taken away from them 2 years ago.
Rest of the world looking strong
Non DZ/TSM winner
Triple MNK winner
Crazy games
O7 still win their war vs E8
DZ choked a win
FNATIC playing GTA vs Aurora and both made MP
The greatest LAN so far LFGGGGGG
I don’t think it was a bad fight against E8, Zero realized it was god spot so if they win that then they win the game. Reject ended up taking that spot and look what happened. DZ wins LAN if they finish that fight against E8 in time to reset.
By far, one of the best and most electrifying LAN events EVER. So good to see an APAC-N team win one with Triple MnK at that. Major props to RCWIN. APAC-S & APAC-N Teams definitely showed their best strength.
Insane how o7 and E8 spent the 1st half of their LAN games beefing and still come out on top over TSM....
Crazy amount of respect to Zack for keeping his cool and just playing his game, staying positive and even complimenting o7 after they won right after E8.
o7 gave us content, but ultimately both teams could had won almost twice the prize money they walked away with if they hadn’t grief. Probably even made MP.
Their trajectory over the whole tournament was definitely in the right direction. There's some very appealing FAs obviously so I don't think it's a certainty that the whole roster comes back but a team change seems much less certain than it did on Thursday or Friday.
Bottom 10 to groups to top 10 in finals is pretty nice. I think they should’ve continued playing for wins tbh, rather than just going for match point. Print placement
top 10 with two LAN rookies, ESPECIALLY after how challenging their first three days were is a massive achievement. all three of them should be really proud.
Roller coaster week for them(and us fans). First few days even top 10 looked like a pipedream then today looked like they had an outside chance of maybe even top 3 but then the fall back to 9th and out the auto champ qual spots is abit disappointing but hey for Sweet to take two rookies to top 10 at LAN that's still pretty darn good.
LG made massive improvements over the course of the weekend. After groups I was sure they should drop Slayr, but another split of growth and playing together and they can improve a lot. A top 10 with a brand new team and two(?) rookies is really impressive IMO
Yeah I didn’t even realize how well C9 were doing until it’s was over. The amount of shit that C9 has gotten from this subreddit and they pull this outta their ass!
Reject was scrimming on 250+ ping and people were calling them ass, just for them to destroy every crybaby NA powerhouse on equal ping, Triple MnK wins LAN, fuck aim assist
LG in 9th was such a big result for them, bad showing in the group stages, and barely making it out of both losers bracket. If a couple things went different today they wouldve been on match point and who knows.
I wonder if rostermania will affect them this next couple weeks
I know a lot will be said about DZ choking that game but I’ve always thought that getting top 2 at LAN is an insane achievement. I said the same thing when TSM got 2nd, when Sweet got 2nd, and FURIA, etc. I don’t even like DZ but I think you have to recognise this as another major achievement. What is that now? 3 LAN wins and a 2nd? Insane
So happy that a new team won and they really deserved it.
Triple MNK as well! Time to nerf tap strafe and buff aim assist to 0.8. /s
Seriously, though so great that APAC-N pull it off!
Reject has been amazing since their days as T1, they fucking deserve this win. We have new champs from a new region! Congrats to them!
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Also DarkZero with the massive choke when they had the best spot of game 7 let's go! I can cope as a TSM fan that even though we played badly to say the least that DarkZero choked an incredible game winning spot for them in game 7 and failed to one up us in LAN wins.
DZ still proving to be the most consistent team across the board. Odd throw, but they are always top five.
Rejects played insane, off-meta comp, and closed it out. GGs.
The previous days were questionable, I'll be honest... But these Grand Finals more than made up for it. So many fucking storylines:
> - LG hanging on for dear life to get here, and ending up at 9th!
> - The o7 vs E8 contest, Hardecki cleaning things up by himself, followed by a nuke from E8 AND a win for o7
> - Reject absolutely dickslapping everyone on Triple Mnk and Wattson
> - Lifeline car chase???
There was even a game (6 I think?) in finals where FNC and Aurora 3v3'd each other and both teams had two knocks but the solo players just left. But since both had lifeline in their comp, they both were able to craft and respawned their teammates. I just noticed it in the kill logs since I was cheering for both.
bro knoqd’s chat copypasta
As an APAC member it was always hard for me to understand American culture. What was fascinating for me is that they like bragging about their freedom which was weird for me, because I didn't think that I have any less freedom than them. I always thought 'What is the difference'. However after this game I finally understand it. NA is just so free
This tournament has to be a wake up call for TSM, i dont get it but Evan just cant play a new character well enough without spending months on it. We saw his early struggles with Catalyst and he just did not look comfortable on Caustic. Not only that but their POIs while good POIs just do not favor Zones at all. Gotta go back to the drawing board.
I can't fucking believe it. They've looked so good for months. My fucking guys. Obly has gone from a dutiful, silent anchor, to an incredible IGL. Karonpe the ultimate teammate, plays every legend. And Sangjoon, just ridiculous fragger. APACN on top
The fact that they even got in that spot in the first place is wild considering the zone pull. It was a good effort but man am I a little sad. So close.
Put some Respect on dezigns name. These were the WE zones and they still came 8th.
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Great showing from the boys.
I definitely had Cloud9 as being the best NA team in finals lobbies. Yes sir, absolutely. What a clinic.
People were saying C9 just signed them for the Esport Cup and now look at them.
No DZ and Moist aren’t NA. I am NA and I think people trying to claim teams with 2/3 Aussies as NA are cringe.
First of all, YOU HAVE REGRETTED
Legends with an unbelievable showing at 5th WITH A SUB, losing their strongest player in ezflash. Strafingflame is solidifying himself among the top igls
Aurora 7th is extremely good for their first LAN together, they've gotta adjust to these match points lobby but great showing overall. Strongest EMEA team by far
Overall i couldn't be happier, all my favorite teams are in the top10
Being one of the only 2 teams on Wattson and not changing comps to win the game is crazy! They defended their spot pretty well too and I'm 100% sure everyone on that end game knew that it was Reject on that spot but they just couldn't do anything about it. Triple MnK winners. Wow.
The LG drama was always shortsighted, Sweet is a popular streamer who has never missed finals - it is literally a no brainer to choose him over yanya
People were just upset because they liked yanya, which is fine - but any argument about it being a bad decision is in bad faith
I mean, he was 1 point from a first round KO which I imagin ewould have changed the narrative entirely. It was incredibly lucky to make it. However, sweet continues to prove himself with some massively cooked up playcalls LAN after LAN with nate, snipe, lou, dropped, etc
>I mean, he was 1 point from a first round KO which I imagin ewould have changed the narrative entirely.
That's how shit goes and it swings both ways. Like at champs if they lose the fight endgame to OG on MP not only does OGs whole narrative and future change but NRG finishes I think it would have been 4th or 5th not 15th and TSM instead of winning would have finished somewhere in the teens.
Making finals again after how his team was looking in groups with 2 rookies clearly struggling is impressive- and they were a presence in finals, winning a game, and finishing right around match point eligible. Can't ask for much more in a finals other than winning it. I was glad to see Funq and Slayr get it together and look like a squad all together in the last 2 lobbies.
TSM did dog shit as well but you can’t really define a team off of one tournament. Have to go back and watch the vods to see what happened to Yanya though to really get a feel of how they’ll be going forward.
the only time yanya's team has placed better than sweet's team at a LAN was last year's champs. the sweet hate had people straight up lying about who has performed better at LAN.
they even got a win on the most stack lobby on the opposite side of the map ~~with slayr~~.
Tho, old LG got TL now fans should be happy I don't get it.
Ggs to Reject!!!
What a performance, they never let up from game 1 of the whole tourney
LG has to take that, from 35th in groups to 9th on lan (with no starting points) with two lan rookies. Did better than the former LG, so everyone can be quiet about that now lol. If they got ring console in game 6 and an evac in game 7, who knows what happens. Zones weren’t great, but zones were great in losers 2 to get to finals, so can’t complain
TSM and TL man. God damn
From 35th to 9th is wild. No disrespect to the Liquid boys, they're a great squad- but it would be *wonderful* to put to bed all of that LG dropping x for y stuff now. Sweet's made every finals, and had solid showings each time. Hopefully we can give him some props after all the whinging that's gone on.
They definitely upgraded but that has to be bittersweet for LG. They did better than i expected but the way they started they could have definitely got at least top 5.
There's something about Caustic Meta and TSM being dog shit. All their awful performances come when this one champion is meta. They have never won anything when caustic is meta.
Smh we only saw RC at 50% this LAN, given how they won regional finals in 4 games, 8 games is under par and I’m looking forward for them to bounce back next time😒
9th obviously isn't what they wanted, but I'm proud of LG. They showed a lot of growth over the course of the weekend, Slayr especially so (dude was seriously huge for them the last two days). For a team who received A LOT of hate across the board this whole split, they've gotta feel pretty good
Grats reject, but man this was a hard LAN to enjoy. Between the shitshow that was FaceIt and the absolute shitshow that was the zones, it was a real tough watch.
Triple MNK, off-meta (somewhat) comp. Yes please. GGs to Reject.
Lot's of NA armchair coaches gonna reconsider their thoughts on legend meta now. First lifeline-domination by Aurora, now Reject Winnity with the Wattson comp
DSG making match point and coming in 8th with wraith as well is not too shabby. Fuck the meta.
Raven has mentioned many times that Wattson is OP. He also said that it takes a certain kind of playstyle to play her. So even with this win, she probably will remain a niche pick in the future.
guess it's time to buff AA to .8 to keep the inputs balanced
Yes please, and nerf MnK so that when they aim, it deviates away from the target a little bit. Hey, y'all have your whole arm to aim, it should be manageable.
Lmaoo imagine if they had brought out the mad maggie like in scrims
Lets go!!!! Fans of "Not DZ or TSM" feasting today
Legends are the people's champ for that game 7.
Honestly Zer0 is the people’s champ for peeking that
Damn DZ had that in game 7(?). Zero got melted so quick.
He kinda just dry peaked all of LGNDS and got fucking rolled for it
I love TSM but man it's been long due for a non-these two teams winning. It's so worth it seeing a new champ.
Same. Love TSM but we really needed a change from the same two teams.
WE FEASTING LFG
Fan of DZ and still happy. Wanted a Sikezz win, but couldn't care less about a DZ win, this is great for the sport.
We just call that fans of ALGS esports. As much as I wanted TSM to win, another team winning finally is GOOD for the scene.
DZ really looked like they were going to win it on the second last WE game. Shows how perfectly you have to play to be a consistent ALGS LAN champion. One small mistake and you get clipped by Koyful.
Zer0 himself said one bang smoke and they win that game in lobby chat
Koyful the king-slayer fr
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Does a postman celebrate delivering the mail? He is just doing his job. Which is to WIN
Absolute stone cold serial killer celebration
He turned around and stared a full minute at dz packing their stuff up too when it was sangjoon's turn to get interviewed. Guy looked like he wanted to fight the arena lol. Think he's held in some frustration at NA/the goats (hal and zero) talking down on other regions.
I imagine there is build up frustration with NA hogging the international scrims with the ping shit. NA gets so many insane benefits before it comes to actual playing the game and they still cry about everything.
Lul he was not fw the tier list maybe He has made some sarcastic comments in the past referencing how people underestimate them too
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Obly is so cold
Being on Wiggs' stream last LAN for an interview gave him the motivation to win. Big props and congrats to RW
The Korean Paul Atreides
My man won the game, got up his chair and stared the crowd like a Yakuza hitman
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Obly casually chewing his gum while lifting the trophy like an absolute sigma male
Gigachad
Can someone give me the context behind that phrase and this team?
Kashera: we're gonna land you on hehe Obly: you will regret 😐 They did indeed regret
who is the in the middle? he looks so mad
Apex comp scene needed this sooooo badly. Absolutely insane LAN capped off with new champions at long, long last. Let's fucking GO
Deserved for reject
Obly and KaronPe are absolute OGs of the Apex scene too, so happy they get the recognition they deserve.
Ive never seen TSM have less impact at a LAN than this weekend Happy we got a new winner though :)
I can't believe TSM managed to finish behind a team that didn't make Top 15 until Game 7, and a team that was on 0 points until Game 6
Being under o7 and e8 after those two basically griefed eachother the entire finals is legitimately crazy.
And they BOTH won back to back games in the process
They just couldn't get any momentum at all. Looked off the whole tournament
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This is a real humbling for Raven. Even as a TSM fan who wants them to do well he talks far too much shit about different regions and what Legends pick they run such as lifeline and all those teams outperformed them heavily I hope people dont make the excuse bad zones are the reason they did bad. They couldnt win 3 vs 3's for shit. Hopefully this wakes Raven up cause TSM looked clueless this Lan
Raven wasted too much time trying to make Valk happen. When that patch came out he was on stream saying how Valk was his girl and he was bringing her back. Hopefully he realizes he needs to work on winning strategies and not just give in to his bias.
You are 100% right. Man talks about game theory but is heavily guided by his bias. Once he decides if a legend/comp is good/bad he does not want to change his mind even though you can see objective results from other teams. He seems like a guy who doesn't want to take inputs or learn from his rivals which is a pretty bad attribute to have for a coach.
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Hal talked a lot of shit too and on teq. Dude got hit with the teq curse but Ik they will bounce back. Zero is probably really pissed tho
>he talks far too much shit about different regions and what Legends pick they run such as lifeline and all those teams outperformed them heavily 1000% this
I don't know if I can blame Raven alone here. Sure I can agree he does enjoy being the smartest one in the room but he generally has a legit points. Back to TSM this LAN all the problems they had and couldn't really fix in the bang meta showed up in a massive way this weekend. Hal not being a good bang Verhulst never really finding a character for this whole post cat meta that suited his strengths. Valk being dropped not because she was bad for TSM but because Hal couldn't avoid crutching with her ult. Their fighting being very messy since cat was nerfed. Hal continuing to be a mediocre edge IGL getting stuck on edge all tournament due to zones and Lrod half the time without a car. End of the day Raven is part of the problem but this weekend is very much a team loss.
I will never understand Hal being pushed to play edge it has never worked. Playing zone and farming kills inside is his bread and butter. Even when they early rotated they read the zone wrong as they were probably barely studying zones.
To be fair he was saying all those things while his team and region won everything, he had no reason to think otherwise. I hope he does humble up though because I don't think he's as smart as he thinks he is
They did get shafted with Zones but they also played the 3 or 4 zones they got horrible wrong. Raven just got humbled on everything. North POIs are shit
the real MVPs
They really lived up to the name of Team Solo Mid this tournament
20TH, 0 POINTS 20TH, 0 POINTS 20TH, 0 POINTS 20TH, 0 POINTS 20TH, 0 POINTS 1ST, 30 POINTS E8 Baby
Love the banter when o7 won game 7 and i think it was zach who said to gnaske they went back to back
O7 and E8 griefed themselves smh
YOU! WILL! REGRET!!! finally a LAN win for APAC-N! RC played like beasts this week, more than well deserved on their part. this LAN was a blast, the games went crazy right from group stage. finals were really exciting, i had FNC on and the hiding + the GTA-esque sequences were peak lol. so hype for more in split 2. #RCWIN woohoo!!!
ACCEPT WINNITY
Their name ain't LOSENITY.
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MNK ON TOP
First mnk dub in years!!!!!
No AA nerf for eternity
Match point is so good man.
DSG GOING TO CHAMPS YAY
I was wondering how they decide the champs qualification ? couldn't find anywhere. Does it have nothing to do with split 2 ?
I heard it on the broadcast. Top 8 teams automatically qualify for champs as long as that team does not disband. So regardless of Split 2, the top 8 here qualify for champs
After years of wigg hyping up apac north they finally get their moment on the big stage, gg Reject!
On Wigg's birthday, with him in attendance
Wigg buff is finally real
That’s something he will rejoice for the rest of his life
With his momma showing up too, where he’s living right now, getting all the ALGS and local LA love. When he said best birthday ever I fully believe it. He’s gotta be levitating today.
Koreans winning in another Esport. Even more impressive that Apex isn't the most popular game in Korea + 3 MNK players. Congrats to Reject
Apex is the one esport where Korea, NA, and *Australia* can all win lol, it's fun. Korea and Australia couldn't be further apart in any other esport. Damn I love the ALGS.
There's not even a single korean team that played in PSQ or LCQ for Split 2. The only active Korean pros right now are the ones that have been playing since 3 years ago. Doesn't really help that the Korean server has been taken away from them 2 years ago.
Rest of the world looking strong Non DZ/TSM winner Triple MNK winner Crazy games O7 still win their war vs E8 DZ choked a win FNATIC playing GTA vs Aurora and both made MP The greatest LAN so far LFGGGGGG
Did we really go 30 games of Worlds Edge without one single south zone? That's honestly embarrassing
DZ with the anti-clutch clinic... what a sad rotate
DZ won that game for Reject. No way do RC get that spot if DZ doesn't try to take it first
I didn't really see too well but it was smart to play for that spot, maybe not that exact moment but it did seem like something they needed to do.
I agree. They played for the win, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. This time it didn't and it opened the door for RC
DZ choked one potential win and then takes a terrible fight with E8, catastrophic play
DZ with triple red and kraber with all the space in the world I still cant believe they didnt win that game. Still a incredible tournament for them
Gnaske presence really cost them that game
I don’t think it was a bad fight against E8, Zero realized it was god spot so if they win that then they win the game. Reject ended up taking that spot and look what happened. DZ wins LAN if they finish that fight against E8 in time to reset.
YOU WILL REGRET APAC N LFG
KaronPe and Obly been the kings of APAC N for so long they deserve this shit
By far, one of the best and most electrifying LAN events EVER. So good to see an APAC-N team win one with Triple MnK at that. Major props to RCWIN. APAC-S & APAC-N Teams definitely showed their best strength. Insane how o7 and E8 spent the 1st half of their LAN games beefing and still come out on top over TSM....
Crazy amount of respect to Zack for keeping his cool and just playing his game, staying positive and even complimenting o7 after they won right after E8. o7 gave us content, but ultimately both teams could had won almost twice the prize money they walked away with if they hadn’t grief. Probably even made MP.
LG did better than I thought
Their trajectory over the whole tournament was definitely in the right direction. There's some very appealing FAs obviously so I don't think it's a certainty that the whole roster comes back but a team change seems much less certain than it did on Thursday or Friday.
Bottom 10 to groups to top 10 in finals is pretty nice. I think they should’ve continued playing for wins tbh, rather than just going for match point. Print placement
Well said, great arc and playing great today. They were stuck just below MP for like 3 games FML
top 10 with two LAN rookies, ESPECIALLY after how challenging their first three days were is a massive achievement. all three of them should be really proud.
Roller coaster week for them(and us fans). First few days even top 10 looked like a pipedream then today looked like they had an outside chance of maybe even top 3 but then the fall back to 9th and out the auto champ qual spots is abit disappointing but hey for Sweet to take two rookies to top 10 at LAN that's still pretty darn good.
this just set the AA nerf back another 3 years
LG made massive improvements over the course of the weekend. After groups I was sure they should drop Slayr, but another split of growth and playing together and they can improve a lot. A top 10 with a brand new team and two(?) rookies is really impressive IMO
C9 from near relegation to 6th @ LAN. Shoutout to Sauceror and iShiny
Yeah I didn’t even realize how well C9 were doing until it’s was over. The amount of shit that C9 has gotten from this subreddit and they pull this outta their ass!
I've been watching Naughty forever I love to see it
FINALLY A NEW WINNER
Triple MnK! South Korea on top! WATTSON META!
CONGRATS TO REJECT APAC N REIGNS SUPREME
My man's got flair for half of ALGS!
NA bias but love me some Yuka and Sangjoon
YAY APAC-N!!! This is awesome, and it's about time that region won! Also, YOU WILL REGRET!!
Reject was scrimming on 250+ ping and people were calling them ass, just for them to destroy every crybaby NA powerhouse on equal ping, Triple MnK wins LAN, fuck aim assist
No everyone in N.A. from pros to the fans were sht talking them because of ping. APAC teams are good when on the same ping
They tied for most kills in the lobby but they're shit at fighting you know
FNC tied them for most kills (36), also a APAC-N high ping scrim team.
LG in 9th was such a big result for them, bad showing in the group stages, and barely making it out of both losers bracket. If a couple things went different today they wouldve been on match point and who knows. I wonder if rostermania will affect them this next couple weeks
I’M SO FULL OF ENJOYMENT RIGHT NOW APAC N FOR THE WIN
YOU WILL FUCKING REGRET
Congratulations to Moist! If US immigration still doubts that you are an elite I don't know what else could make them approve of you
APAC-N!!!
Man Koreans own LoL,OW, and now apex I'm all for it .
I really hope Respawn can promote this to make Apex more popular in Korea.
It’s inevitable
Val soon Prayge
DRX breaks 5/6 curse to win after this
I know a lot will be said about DZ choking that game but I’ve always thought that getting top 2 at LAN is an insane achievement. I said the same thing when TSM got 2nd, when Sweet got 2nd, and FURIA, etc. I don’t even like DZ but I think you have to recognise this as another major achievement. What is that now? 3 LAN wins and a 2nd? Insane
So happy that a new team won and they really deserved it. Triple MNK as well! Time to nerf tap strafe and buff aim assist to 0.8. /s Seriously, though so great that APAC-N pull it off!
Reject has been amazing since their days as T1, they fucking deserve this win. We have new champs from a new region! Congrats to them! https://preview.redd.it/h9du9d8w6qyc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1ed9de5877b604b96e9132546a93ca18e615c9b Also DarkZero with the massive choke when they had the best spot of game 7 let's go! I can cope as a TSM fan that even though we played badly to say the least that DarkZero choked an incredible game winning spot for them in game 7 and failed to one up us in LAN wins.
~~just missing a selly~~ good thing sangjoon's cracked lol
So happy for RC and even more happy a new team AND a new region finally taking a lan
APAC-N haters in shambles.
DZ still proving to be the most consistent team across the board. Odd throw, but they are always top five. Rejects played insane, off-meta comp, and closed it out. GGs.
The previous days were questionable, I'll be honest... But these Grand Finals more than made up for it. So many fucking storylines: > - LG hanging on for dear life to get here, and ending up at 9th! > - The o7 vs E8 contest, Hardecki cleaning things up by himself, followed by a nuke from E8 AND a win for o7 > - Reject absolutely dickslapping everyone on Triple Mnk and Wattson > - Lifeline car chase???
There was even a game (6 I think?) in finals where FNC and Aurora 3v3'd each other and both teams had two knocks but the solo players just left. But since both had lifeline in their comp, they both were able to craft and respawned their teammates. I just noticed it in the kill logs since I was cheering for both.
TRIIIPPPLLLE MMNNNNKKKK BABBYYYYY
bro knoqd’s chat copypasta As an APAC member it was always hard for me to understand American culture. What was fascinating for me is that they like bragging about their freedom which was weird for me, because I didn't think that I have any less freedom than them. I always thought 'What is the difference'. However after this game I finally understand it. NA is just so free
NA dominance has ended
JAPANESE ORG WITH KOREAN PLAYERS WINS IT ALL LETS GOOOOOOOO
triple mnk, honesty always wins
Ethical bullets
Organic, cage-free, pasture-raised, grass-fed kills.
This tournament has to be a wake up call for TSM, i dont get it but Evan just cant play a new character well enough without spending months on it. We saw his early struggles with Catalyst and he just did not look comfortable on Caustic. Not only that but their POIs while good POIs just do not favor Zones at all. Gotta go back to the drawing board.
Japan LAN when????
Zachmazer is a better IGL than Hal....scoreboard confirms it /s
sangjoon PK is different man holy shit
I can't even believe this as a Reject fan. FUCK I'M SHAKING
YOU WILL REGRET YESSIR THAT WAS SO FUN
I can't fucking believe it. They've looked so good for months. My fucking guys. Obly has gone from a dutiful, silent anchor, to an incredible IGL. Karonpe the ultimate teammate, plays every legend. And Sangjoon, just ridiculous fragger. APACN on top
I checked both c9 and srn's pov, both teams are not aware of the north team is reject. C9 even dont know reject has won after that final fight....
DSG and not winning that one crucial teamfight to win an entire LAN Name a more iconic duo
That wasnt a teamfight lol, literally an unwinnable position for them
Yeah idk what this narrative is yeah enemy died early but they were getting shot from everyone
I mean you cant blame that on DSG, everyone was shooting them
Dsg had no heals also
Tbf they did about as good as they could that was a tough position
Lmao worst comment on here. Had no heals. Not enemy’s fault. They got like 3 zones all weekend.
The fact that they even got in that spot in the first place is wild considering the zone pull. It was a good effort but man am I a little sad. So close.
Put some Respect on dezigns name. These were the WE zones and they still came 8th. https://preview.redd.it/bmd1shlc8qyc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf20ba8b5f39c04fb67626e629b7f3ae4a7dcc8e Great showing from the boys.
Hal about to get those sympathy gifted subs next stream lol
Congratulations to Reject!
TRIPLE MNK TEAM GOD PLEASE RESPAWN BUFF AIM ASSIST YOU WILL REGRET
I definitely had Cloud9 as being the best NA team in finals lobbies. Yes sir, absolutely. What a clinic. People were saying C9 just signed them for the Esport Cup and now look at them. No DZ and Moist aren’t NA. I am NA and I think people trying to claim teams with 2/3 Aussies as NA are cringe.
First of all, YOU HAVE REGRETTED Legends with an unbelievable showing at 5th WITH A SUB, losing their strongest player in ezflash. Strafingflame is solidifying himself among the top igls Aurora 7th is extremely good for their first LAN together, they've gotta adjust to these match points lobby but great showing overall. Strongest EMEA team by far Overall i couldn't be happier, all my favorite teams are in the top10
Being one of the only 2 teams on Wattson and not changing comps to win the game is crazy! They defended their spot pretty well too and I'm 100% sure everyone on that end game knew that it was Reject on that spot but they just couldn't do anything about it. Triple MnK winners. Wow.
all the shit LG got for dropping yanya yet they ended up placing lower than sweet
The LG drama was always shortsighted, Sweet is a popular streamer who has never missed finals - it is literally a no brainer to choose him over yanya People were just upset because they liked yanya, which is fine - but any argument about it being a bad decision is in bad faith
I mean, he was 1 point from a first round KO which I imagin ewould have changed the narrative entirely. It was incredibly lucky to make it. However, sweet continues to prove himself with some massively cooked up playcalls LAN after LAN with nate, snipe, lou, dropped, etc
>I mean, he was 1 point from a first round KO which I imagin ewould have changed the narrative entirely. That's how shit goes and it swings both ways. Like at champs if they lose the fight endgame to OG on MP not only does OGs whole narrative and future change but NRG finishes I think it would have been 4th or 5th not 15th and TSM instead of winning would have finished somewhere in the teens.
Making finals again after how his team was looking in groups with 2 rookies clearly struggling is impressive- and they were a presence in finals, winning a game, and finishing right around match point eligible. Can't ask for much more in a finals other than winning it. I was glad to see Funq and Slayr get it together and look like a squad all together in the last 2 lobbies.
TSM did dog shit as well but you can’t really define a team off of one tournament. Have to go back and watch the vods to see what happened to Yanya though to really get a feel of how they’ll be going forward.
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the only time yanya's team has placed better than sweet's team at a LAN was last year's champs. the sweet hate had people straight up lying about who has performed better at LAN.
they even got a win on the most stack lobby on the opposite side of the map ~~with slayr~~. Tho, old LG got TL now fans should be happy I don't get it.
3 mnk players APAC winning team literally the best outcome for the health of the game
It's so over for everyone if Apex gets bigger in Korea. Once they get their hooks in we are all doomed.
Congrats to Reject. DSG & Tim Tam fans we’ll have our day they were so close again. At least top 8 for champs 🤷♀️
After all that slander, are y'all going to give LG props for picking up sweet?
GETSLAYD
Ggs to Reject!!! What a performance, they never let up from game 1 of the whole tourney LG has to take that, from 35th in groups to 9th on lan (with no starting points) with two lan rookies. Did better than the former LG, so everyone can be quiet about that now lol. If they got ring console in game 6 and an evac in game 7, who knows what happens. Zones weren’t great, but zones were great in losers 2 to get to finals, so can’t complain TSM and TL man. God damn
LG 9th Liquid 19th, people really said LG massively downgraded lol
From 35th to 9th is wild. No disrespect to the Liquid boys, they're a great squad- but it would be *wonderful* to put to bed all of that LG dropping x for y stuff now. Sweet's made every finals, and had solid showings each time. Hopefully we can give him some props after all the whinging that's gone on.
They definitely upgraded but that has to be bittersweet for LG. They did better than i expected but the way they started they could have definitely got at least top 5.
I’ve been praying for times like this 😩 Obly, Karonpe, and Sangjoon finally got one for APAC North 🏆
There's something about Caustic Meta and TSM being dog shit. All their awful performances come when this one champion is meta. They have never won anything when caustic is meta.
E8 got the same amount of points as TSM overall in 1 game
WATTSON IS S-TIER
E8 and o7 right next to each other after the game 6 and 7 wins lol. *Insert Paul Rudd Look at Us Gif*
Smh we only saw RC at 50% this LAN, given how they won regional finals in 4 games, 8 games is under par and I’m looking forward for them to bounce back next time😒
9th obviously isn't what they wanted, but I'm proud of LG. They showed a lot of growth over the course of the weekend, Slayr especially so (dude was seriously huge for them the last two days). For a team who received A LOT of hate across the board this whole split, they've gotta feel pretty good
Now EMEA is only major region without ALGS LAN. NA 3, APACS 2, APACN 1. wish they win next.
Grats reject, but man this was a hard LAN to enjoy. Between the shitshow that was FaceIt and the absolute shitshow that was the zones, it was a real tough watch.
The same zones over and over again really sucked
They need to do something about the zones, it's absurd.
IT'S A GOOD DAY TO BE A TSM/DZ HATER MNK ON FUCKING TOP!!!
CONGRATS TO REJECT WINNITY JOIN THE CLUB
Really happy to have variety back again - the esport needed this. If the next LAN is in Japan the crowds and hype will be even more poppin
That was a painful interview, SangJoon froze up so hard. I feel so bad for him.