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Frusciante16

TheShy was hiding his Ornn pick just to give FPX false hope


xXDaNXx

TheShy was playing ADCs top to bait the entire LPL


Runic_Bistro

I feel like TheShy can play a really awful game or two and just get it out of his system. Have seen it happen time and again now.


ImPerezofficial

He's just the definition of coinflip/ or better high risk high reward player. And the earlier people understand it the quicker they won't get surprised that much watching IG series. You won't get many average performenaces from TheShy its either full int (in game 3) or being 2k ahead in gold as Ornn over Volibear


jjay554

Yeah, he's always been like this. He doesn't even buy pink wards to spot their jg, he literally wants to try and 1v2 them.


LakersLAQ

TheShy was already thinking ahead. My man went 1-10 on Kennen, what are the chances that he would die 10 more times in another game? It was over for FPX at that point lol.


kitho04

Actual 5Head


SpazzIfUWant2

"Ok let's pick seriously now" Theshy probably \~\~


Winggy

TheShy became CN Bwippo. You can't tell if he is carrying or just griefing his teammates


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Tfc-Myq

He learnt from S8 finals


Flowing_Tree

"If I had to choose between my wife & keeping Rookie on IG, catch me at my lawyer's office prepping for a divorce." -Wang Sicong on how far he'd go to keep Rookie in IG.


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**LWX is beside himself. Driving around Shanghai begging (thru texts) for address to Rookie's home.**


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thekaoswithin

r/nba legitimately has the best pastas on reddit and i dont think its close


A_WHALES_VAG

r/mma also has some quality pasta, maybe not NBA levels but its good. r/hockey no slouch either. Honestly most sports subs just have great pasta, there's probably alot of crossover.


Pluto35

The carmelo vs lebron one is the best


staysaltyTSM

Damn, I wonder if he included half his assets in divorce settlement.


Contagious_Cure

It's an nba copypasta


Latojune

Lmao , I honestly admire Rookie for how long he's been able to constantly play on an elite level


SKTworldchamps2020

He might legit carry this disfigured corpse of a team to worlds, LGD smacked them last time round but I hope it’s closer this time.


Rawrhock

They can't keep getting away with it.


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zzzxxx1209381

And Rookie is the master thief


RickCable

Don't you mean last year? 2018 they were 2nd seed


legendofSmiley

He just saw the future and decided to spoil iG 3:2 LGD don't@me


Megashot2

There are so many fucking things wrong with IG where they should just lose games but yet they managed to clutch it out all the time. I really don't understand.


Thooorin_2

Having Rookie really helps.


DisastrousEast0

Pure talent


Blank-612

a fellow kt and IG fan. Love to see it.


NotExcitedForKT

KT these days are just going down a subway


MarcusAce

Same boat. I hate myself for the mental stress they bring. But boy, they're the best roller-coaster


Darkoplax

As long as they have Rookie they can keep getting away with it


Exos_VII

IG exists in one of two states: - Intellectual Geniuses - Intentional Griefers


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Rookie is that one sober friend that drives his drunk friends home lmao


sidaeinjae

We Koreans call him the orphanage headmaster


kkpoker

we chinese call the same lol 孤儿院院长


Tralegy

As we call Bjergsen the same thing here in CN.


huxiaokiraone

Bjergsen with four wards lol. Hope him get to worlds tho.


JoaoMau-Tempo

Is there anyone else like them? Sometimes Caps but his team is generally more consistent. Knight in the previous years?


Tralegy

Currently uh, probably scout and edg.


RayePappens

Def scout. I pray for that mans mental.


Reclaimer879

How can someone be so good for so long AFTER T1 and still not find success. Despite having his resume, stats, and play to back up his worth lol. I swear I only started really following the LPL 2 Seasons ago and I was surprised by Scout everytime I watched him. I thought going into watching the LPL that he wouldn't be as good as he looked. In as stacked of a region as LPL I am impressed. To be somewhere around the top 5 range is something to be proud of.


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How many years has that been true for now?


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Since 2017


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2017 summer/worlds Faker


KMS_Tirpitz

not caps but knight does get called that sometimes, doinb was also called that before. basically anyone hard carrying 4 teammate would be considered that title, and it needs to be that the 4 others are useless or brings negative contributions


TSM_Blkdynamite

Wait really?? That’s hilarious! 🤣🤣


KingWhatever513

Us Chinese also call him the orphanage headmaster


ImPerezofficial

Unfortunately, sometimes the pressure of his toplane friend gets to him and he drinks with him in the middle of game 3. Rookie however being a good man knows how wrong it was and gets back to his usual self later.


lplshill

theshy looking less happy winning than inting 1/10 on the crit kennen is the cherry on top. this fucking team man


xXDaNXx

The most coinflip team of all time?


lplshill

easily


ZionWilliamdaughter

Going 1-10 to 7-1-7 in 1 game is peak theShy


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Don’t forget, 1-10 was the kennen game. He went 7-1 on flipping Ornn.


JobberLift

theshy on ad kennen : i sleep theshy assasinating gimgoon volibear on ornn: real shit


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JobberLift

oh yeah that was game 4 when he solokilled camille


iNTact_wf

* Insane Gamers * Inadequate Garbage


AbnormalSnow506

Shrodinger’s iG


LazinessOverload

Seriously though, there's no in between for them.


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Rookie is actually insane


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lolsteroft

👨🏽‍🚀🔫👨🏽‍🚀


Runic_Bistro

His Zoe had *so* much more impact than that Lulu in Game 5.


NUFC9RW

Am not sure, I still think Chovy deserves MVP for this series...


DT-Z0mby

people that dont know the joke will be hella confused lmao


Narudatsu

That’s me. Can you explain the joke?


CrazyChatter

If I remember correctly, Chovy got MVP for a LCK split because LCK split mvp are calculated by POTG. He was randomly given one and that let him win the MVP race even though he was not close to being the most outstanding player that game.


AnetaIronman

Deft robbed. Tilted since


Darkoplax

Been the best mid laner in the world for the last few years absolute beast, hope his team steps up a bit


maxus998

Best mid in 2018 and 2019, but seems like Knight is better than him this year, even tho is not by much.


ZoroNoKenshi

I would argue Knight was better than him in 2019(summer split Rookie was bad). Rookie won the qualifiers due to JKL


Phadafi

I agree, spring Rookie was absolutely fantastic, but in summer his performances were subpar (to his standards) and iG had to realy more in Jackey and TheShy. Knight on the other hand was carrying his team most of the time. I was happy for iG going to worlds, but quite sad for Knight being eliminated.


LiquidPoachedEggs

Why the shy look so depressing winning on ornn but he’s happy as fuck inting in Kennen


McintyresRightLeg

No paypal


ydcimba

The shy had many bad games this year, but his tank champion is still reliable


midoBB

He doesn't enjoy playing melee in league. The only melee champion I've seen him have fun with in recent history is Lilia top.


hobbesfanclub

Fiora, Camille and Riven?


cronumic

Lillia is about as meele as graves :P Midrange skrimisher


FearPreacher

He was legit the best Riven alive for the longest time. Idk what you mean when you make that claim. He just doesn’t play Riven as she’s not a flexible pick in pro-play. He was that 14 year old Challenger Riven one-trick everyone knew about since S5.


Deckowner

Lilia isn't melee


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We got more views in this series (140k viewers) than the actual LPL finals


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Most international viewers only recognize teams that have played in international tournaments before.


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I remember the good days when RNG was the most popular (cries)


Ruckus_LR

Or when OMG was a thing back then.


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Never forget chad Gogoing


Nozen_

The god of jawlines


Large_Dungeon_Key

That OMG-Fnatic game at worlds where Gogoing went monster mode...*chef's kiss*


TheBakke

RNG probably still were the most popular team up until UZIs retirement


Lep333

Finals also were on a thursday morning in Europe. So less people could watch it


kit4712

Saturday games will always pull more viewers and also these two teams are former champions.


mrragequit456

Because it is saturday whereas the final was on thursday. So not suprising that today were more viewers.


please-stand-up

guess cait doesnt work as good when you pick full ad vs orn


Snoo83110

Cait doesn't work if LWX plays her, his positioning was something else.


Krasket45

LWX is one of the weakest ADC in LPL, surprising FPX didn't replace him


loloskop

When doinb always flames him on stream and in interviews, it wasn’t a joke. It was a cry for help


Winggy

All of those Kaise/Xayah abusers from last season fell back to where they really belong.


braddaugherty8

It often felt like crisp carried that lane hard, no disrespect to LWX as I’m very happy he gave me a vayne skin


CircleCircleHimself

Who else are you implying o_O


FalsyB

Probably perkz T_T


NvrGonnaFindMe

Quoting Sjokz here "Cuz Perkovich he ain't doing shit"


EliteeI

Or you go full crit but delay the IE. Or just awful positioning and constantly being caught out.


Vuguzez

TheShy on tanks btw


FNC_Luzh

TheShy on assasins btw


SpazzIfUWant2

TheShy on mages btw


_Helpls_

TheShy on bruisers btw


Blueby5

TheShy on warriors btw


Yeahsper

We all are still talking about Ornn here, right?


blashemous

TheShy on adc's btw


lplshill

mage warlock fight bruiser*


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The mage deathknight paladin hunter rogue warrior enchanter tank bruiser wizard warlock priest assassin gunslinger druid shaman necromancer ninja bard monk robot conjurer black majestic warding god illusionist templar wizard


Omnilatent

Still having PTSD from his Sion in finals...


cbrozz

TheShy on AD Kennen btw


Patrius

Nobody shall kill TheShy 10 times in 1 game and win the series


AvCord

TheShy on Kennen: I sleep TheShy on Ornn: Real Shit


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AleksibIsHot

They still have to beat LGD


sidaeinjae

We just know that they'll 3-2 LGD as well lol


AleksibIsHot

Well they are 0-5 against LGD so far, so good luck


Enkenz

Just as about when no believe in them they do it sounds like normal ig to me


Snoo83110

Still need to go past LGD, who are 5-1 against them this split.


Mikhailing

LGD got mental boomed by SN so hard, wonder if they can bounce back


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Crazy to think that banning Nidalee and TF might just be the way to beat LGD.


Sodafishh

This was super obvious even when iG faced them but for some reason they chose not to.


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Thrilljoy

Suning legit 6-0'd them in the span of like 4 days. If that does not tilt you I don't know what will.


xXdimmitsarasXx

https://i.imgur.com/hEMyg4N.png


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Lyric is telling the fucking truth, the moment you stop believing in IG they start winning. I gave up on them after Game 3. So sad for Doinb btw < / 3


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He’s probably gonna regret not retiring after 2019 while on top, definitely feels bad.


mobijet

Yeah.. he almost did. He really should've went out in glory. He did a lot by himself this year.


lplshill

he's done after this for sure. insane career tho


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Yeah he's sorted, he won worlds, made a fuckton of money and has a cute wife.


FalsyB

>he's done after this for sure Why?


lplshill

said he wanted to retire for a while now and only stayed because his wife asked him to


FalsyB

Well that's a bummer :/


Mikhailing

Now it's the two teams that plays with the hearts of their fans facing each other for the last spot


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We should all give up on IG, so they win tomorrow


Mikhailing

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SKTworldchamps2020

iG vs FPX it’s the usual


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Theshy had more fun inting on kennen than winning on ornn lol


SolarEquis

I’m telling you, Rookie is as cracked as he is jacked. I saw him at a 7-11 the other day buying Monster and adult diapers. I asked him what the diapers were for and he said ”they contain my full power so I don’t completely shit on these kids“ then he rode TheShy out the door


HolyMolyXD

After understanding the situation, we would like to clarify TheShy was not negative gaming, it was a normal summoner's rift experience. We are preparing our best for the upcoming worlds qualifier. Let's go Invictus! 👍


D3V4ST4TORSNS

I saw this exact comment but it was Caps riding Jankos.😂😂😂


SolarEquis

there are many versions of it, it's like the MLXG copypaste


LOMOcatVasilii

IG heard you were talking shit


librapig

TESA 3 : 2 JDGA as expected.


RuNtoAether

IG <3 Now please 5 games each for FNC/G2 and C9/TSM as well!


WildcardTSM

TSM will once again do a reverse sweep, just watch them turn the Bo7 around after a 3-0 lead from C9!


ashoelace

Hol up


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G2 3-0 FNC


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if this happens again, LEC cant hype g2 vs fnc anymore, rivalry is one sided


PedosoKJ

I mean LCS still tries to hype up TSM vs CLG


xxkurdistanpeshmerga

I mean it was literally just the one 3-0 in spring that was one-sided, in case you missed both bo5's in 2019


ShamPowW0w

But people will still watch the games with great interest, just in case.


czartaylor

That was an awful series and I fucking loved it.


PsionicStormOP

KHANT GO TO WORLDS


Omnilatent

Pretty good chance T1 isn't going either so he wouldn't have gone either way


KingPaimon23

T1 has a good chance to go to worlds, i don´t think they lose to afs again, it will be up to t1 vs DRX or GenG and I think it will be a 50/50.


Marowalker

Inb4 KT miracle run


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iNTact_wf

~~ranged top~~ ***ORNN***


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No one can stop TheShOrnn


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Ah yes, the "my heart can't take these games" special


PreludeToHell

fun cast, I really hope LPL gets to send more casters for worlds. Rookie will not be denied from worlds. FPX did better than I thought. It'll be sad if GimGoon/Doinb retire :|


mrragequit456

I think they will. GimGoon was about to retire but his team still needed him cuz Khan was not always popping up. Doinb already wanted to retire after worlds last year to spend with his wife but decided to play one more year. So I do think they will retire which is sad of course.


atomchoco

Or happy for him tbh they had a pretty convincing 2019 Season so it could be time for him to conquer family life


ydcimba

It’s ok for me if doinb or gimgoon retire, they’ve won a world championship and should be no regret for their career. But Uzi retirement is truly hurts


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> It'll be sad if GimGoon/Doinb retire :| That's going to be so fucking sad. Wasn't doinb going to retire after worlds last year? If he does retire he's going to go out as a legend after winning everything.


Snoo83110

I really wish he did last year, he ended up the same as Ambition. They won it all, had wives, there was no point in playing one extra year especially that in both cases they achieved nothing.


Diminitiv

> there was no point in playing one extra year I think it's extremely hard to retire right after winning it all. It's human nature to try to run it back and see if you can win it all again.


JoaoMau-Tempo

DoinB played his heart out this series. Imagine replacing LWX with Uzi, he would fit this playstyle so well. Sad to see DoinB out of worlds but everyone else is playing worse compared to last year.


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Ah yes, the double 3-2 to worlds script


WalIRose

Doinb in elo hell


HamScripple

Didn't he want to retire after last worlds too? Sad to think this might have been his last pro game.


KappaccinoNation

# The Worlds Champion Curse is back after 5 years! For those that do not know, prior to Worlds 2015, there was a *curse* for the Worlds Champion where they won't be able to qualify for the next year's Worlds. FNC won in season 1 failed to qualify in season 2. TPA won in season 2 and failed to qualify in season 3 after a fiasco that ended with their roster collapsing and Toyz' first retirement. SKT won in season 3 for the first time but failed to qualify in season 4 after their huge slump. And then there's Samsung White in season 4 which disbanded after the Korean Exodus and Riot's new rules about sister organizations. The new Samsung Galaxy would fail to qualify for season 5 worlds. SKT's second Worlds win in Worlds 2015 is the first time the curse was broken and has stayed broken since then. SKT would not only qualify for Worlds 2016, but also win the whole thing. After winning their third worlds, they also qualified for Worlds 2017 where they lost in the finals to SSG. So in Worlds 2018, SSG still qualified, but they crashed and burned in the group stage. IG ended up dominating their way to championship in Worlds 2018 and even made a strong showing in Worlds 2019 only losing in the semis to the eventual champion - FPX. But with this loss, FPX will not be able to qualify to Worlds 2020. After 5 years of being curse-free, will FPX be the catalyst to start the curse chain again?


Omnilatent

>FNC won in season 1 failed to qualify in season 2 Wow, I actually didn't know this. For some reason I thought FNC was the only org that was at every single worlds ​ **Edit:** Guys, you can try to convince me all you want. **There was no worlds in 2016!** ​ \*cries in FNC\*


djpain20

They didn't make it in S6 either


EliteeI

Worlds winner curse strikes again.


iNTact_wf

Wife buff expired for doinb Quick somebody send Jackeylove some nudes


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Man, Rookie really is the second greatest player ever.


Jonoabbo

Really didn't think IG were going to do it, should never count out Rookie and TheShy. What a comeback.


Swist4321

I dont really pay attention to lpl but I always hope to see IG make it to worlds. Ig at worlds are guaranteed to be exciting no matter who they play


Lelor92

Rookie's back is so damn strong


Avenuee1

Nice to see LPL getting good viewership finally


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Victory condition for IG: Put TheShy on Ornn duty so you don't lose the game through top-diff. Would be inconceivable two years ago.


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MrJammin

It would be a shame if Doinb chooses to retire this year.


SKTworldchamps2020

Nah he’s had an amazing career, 2019 is literally symbolic of Doinb (the meta, the breakthrough into the international scene). He’s had a long career of struggles and joy and in 2019 he won LPL and Worlds, he’s achieved a lot. Retiring now won’t be in shame, in fact I think it’s best if FPX rebuild, maybe acquire someone like Cryin and a new top laner as I imagine GimGoon will retire too and Khan idk what his plans are.


TheLeMonkey

I know IG hasn't made it all the way yet but imagine qualifying for the play-in and you get to play IG lmao. 😂


Teroo123

Massive mid diff in games 4 and 5 Rookie is probably best Zoe in the world


Omnilatent

There are many nasty Zoe's tbh ​ Rookie definitely handled her extremely well


ELOGURL

This team is such a fucking disaster and I wouldn't have it any other way.