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Yea I mostly feel bad for the EU teams and fans. They are getting gutted. I almost feel like EU LCS should just dissolve, add another 6 teams to NA and just call it the LCS. Have divisions like NFL to enable more teams to goto world's.

This will be a shit year for EU and then when franchising comes it's either going to suffer getting players or gut some established NA teams.
 

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Hmm, I got level 32 just now and didn't get a capsule. The exp seems wonky, tho. Didn't pay attention to how much I got from the game but i'm like 30% to level 33 now and I didn't even think the game was going to be enough to get me to 32 in the first place.
 

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Yea, you level up pretty quickly. I wanna say ive been leveling up every 8-10 games. At first, at level 30, each level is about 2500 xp, and you get like 500 from first win, and 100-200 per game, i think?
So, if you play 4 a day, youll get 1400xp each day with the quest and normal xp.
If you play 10, you get like 1900xp.
 

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Oh, peanut joined Longzhou. Reunited with gorilla and pray from the ROX lineup. However, im not convinced it will work. Kuro was such an important piece because of how flexible and low resource he was. Everything revolved around what peanut wanted to do early game. Not sure Bdd can do that. Khan can probably play similar to how smeb did. Winning his lane and helping pressure enemy jungle.
But, maybe peanut's time on SKT has given him a new dimension he can play well. We will see.
 

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Well, I was mostly right so far (not that it wasn't pretty obvious) and Biofrost joined CLG since aphro is officially leaving. There was really only two potential outcomes there, Aphro stays and Bio goes to 100T, or Aphro leaves (I'm guessing either to 100T or he's gonna retire/take a break to just stream) and Bio replaced. Also, reignover joined CLG. Reignover is a 'better' xmithie style jungler if he's playing well. However, overall that doesn't look very strong on paper, but CLG seems to get more out of it's players then many other teams. They do lots of interesting training that I think other teams don't. Hand-eye coordination exercises and such. Biggest question mark is who can fill Aphro's shotcalling shoes.

Svenskeren went to C9, which seems like a decent fit for him to go back to his aggressive carry style. Or, he might burn out completely like most ex-TSM junglers. We'll see.

Barring some import or rookie I'm not aware of, I think the bot lane for 100 Thieves is gonna be Codysun/Aphromoo. It's the only adc/support slots not determined yet for an LCS team, and they need two domestic players. They already used both import slots on Ssumday/Ryu. Everywhere else has someone solid in at least one spot. Like, Aphro would be an upgrade over lemonnation for golden guardians, for example. But, I'm not sure they'll sign a 2nd player and keep both contracts. Unless they move him to their substitute squad and he works more as a coach/analyst.


In EU news (not that anyone cares, amirite?), Splyce signing Odoamne, Xerxe, Nisqy and Kasing to go with Kobbe who stayed. Considering how the top teams lost a lot of talent (G2 and H2k both currently in shambles) that roster looks pretty solid in comparison. Fnatic is odds on favorite to be the best team currently, having kept 4 players and replacing jesiz with hylissang, which is a big upgrade on paper, while everyone else seems to have gotten worse. No one else looks particularly close right now, but can never be sure how everyone will work together and adapt to DRASTICALLY different meta with new runes.

Heck, Schalke04 looks pretty good right now, with a roster consisting of Vizicasci, Pridestalker, Nukeduck, Upset and Vander. I know nothing about Upset, but he doesn't need to be the carry with Vizi/Nuke/Pridestalker, and Vander is a very smart support/shotcaller.

H2k fans are in for a rough split I'm guessing. Pr0lly leaving was potentially the biggest blow, but then their 3 best players (odo, jankos and Febiven) leaving on top of that was a death blow. I'd be very impressed if they put together something good in the wake of that. G2 as well, Hjarnan/Wadid is no Zven/Mithy, and while Trick has fallen off, he still had experience with Perkz.
edit: Forgot Wunder signed with them, so their top is an upgrade at least. Expect was never anything special, but he played his role well. If they re-tool their strategy to focus on Perkz and Wunder, that might work. If this is where Jankos ends up, that could be something. It'd only be a slight overall downgrade from their previous roster. Bot is worse, mid is same, top is an upgrade and jungle is roughly same but different style.
 

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Thanks for the update, I've only been keeping updated on the main LoL news that hits top of reddit, so TSM/CLG/C9 mainly. I'm so surprised that Sven is on C9... such a downgrade for them. I can't imagine C9 being too competitive. I'm also torn on CLG.
Hard to say it, because it's TL... but TSM/TL are my 2 top dogs right now. IMO TSM actually improved their 3 slots and TL certainly has upgraded. But it's TL... they have to be 4th, right?

First few weeks will be fun because right now it's really anyone's game... once we see how the teams are gelling will be the true test.
 

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If C9 gets the 'good' sven back, they arent bad at all. The best version of sven is probably better then contractz last year and Licorice has a very high ceiling from what ive heard. He has shown potential without the support and coaching system of C9, so maybe they take him to another level.

That said, yea, they dont look as flashy as some of the other 'super teams' that formed. However, how often do those super teams seem to crash n burn? Something to be said for c9 having 3 of the same players from last split and their entire support system.
 

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Probably the first season of NA LCS I'm hyped for out of the last two or three. The permanence that franchising brings will make it nice to be a fan of a team instead of the players, now to see what brand tickles my fancy.
 

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In the same boat, will start regularly watching again now that they are heading back to best of 1 instead of 3, plus I need to see if TSM/Liquid implode before NA gets another korean boot jammed up their ass.
 

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I know they didn't make finals or anything but I really liked C9's team in 2017 even as a long-time C9 fanboy. Not a fan of Sven but we'll see.
 

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If TL doesnt work, that shows you how good the IMT coach was. I mean, maybe flame fits their style better then impact, or doublelift's shot calling conflicts with xmithie/olleh's, but those seem like small hurdles compared to the raw talent upgrade. They should be a top 4 team at least, being 3/5th of last years IMT.

Their new facility looks like its gonna be pretty boss as well. Im certainly rooting for them to do well for once, especially since they finally dropped toxic piglet.

Right now, my fav teams are TSM, TL and i think EF (especially if they get huni, and mainly just for rick fox). Would like to see rick help dardoch mature out of being a toxic shit hole hopefully, tho i wouldnt be surprised if they dump him halfway through the season as well. That'll be the death knell in his lcs career if it happens though. Maybe a challenger team or last place lcs team gambles on him, but being dropped by 4 different orgs is crystal clear on where the problem lies.
 

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Y'know, actually the more i look at all the rosters.. there's an intereting storyline to any of them being good. Im kinda just rooting for NA to be better in general, dont care who is on top.

I mean, even a team that looks weak in comparison, such as GG, would have an intriguing story if it happened. Hai's shot calling letting some of those players (lourlo/matt) reach their full potential.

Or, a return to early reignover on CLG and chanc for bio's mechanics to shine.

Redemption for zig and arrow on optic.

Meteos returning to form on 100t with qualty players in top/mid.

Lira not being handicapped by a moronic top laner AND having a strong mid in febiven on CG.

Every team has someone/something im rooting for.
 

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Started watching LOL streams again and I was inspired to play for the first time in a year or two. Played Vlad top and went 0/7/4, it's about what I expected. Was just a normal game and my team was real cool that when I told them it had been some time since my last game. I don't really have the time to get good at this game again (not that I was good before), but I plan on playing a few times a week,
 

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Awesome:

I started playing some League again and am pumped for the new season. Franchising (hopefully) makes a big impact, only downside is the bottom teams have less to worry about & fight for.
 

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Season 8 Officially starts tomorrow. Ranked just got closed for Maintenance. The Pros start on Saturday this should be a fun season, I like the changes from when I last played, though I do miss Jungle Flame Torch Udyr. My Season 8 Goal is Gold.
 

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Did 2 placements just now thinking the trolls would be in school/etc. since it's early afternoon and boy was I wrong. First game wasn't much trolling, just bad people. 2nd game I had a teemo who took tele/smite top and afk'd in bushes and fed and a lucian adc who took teleport and inted. Teemo had 8 cs at 13 minutes and lucian had 38 or something when the game ended at 20ish minutes.
 

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Did 2 placements just now thinking the trolls would be in school/etc. since it's early afternoon and boy was I wrong. First game wasn't much trolling, just bad people. 2nd game I had a teemo who took tele/smite top and afk'd in bushes and fed and a lucian adc who took teleport and inted. Teemo had 8 cs at 13 minutes and lucian had 38 or something when the game ended at 20ish minutes.

Are you suggesting you couldn’t carry that? Get good.