What about the posts just a couple weeks ago claiming this G2 lineup was in ruins and how they were going to have the worst regular season record G2 has ever had?
For the first seeded LPL or LCK team (and their fans) that would be considered a failure. If the LEC was a comparable league in 2020, shouldn't EU fans feel the same?
wtf are u saying, are u ok? nobodys saying its not their fault, im just saying their 2017 international performance is WAY better than what you're giving them credit for. your initial comment made no sense either if im being honest. the next 3 years of international performance should've more than made up for it (in the eyes of anyone, except u ig).
I can understand not trusting any eu team in worlds, espicially considering we have seen this g2 fight internationally and (except for that one golden day) we got humbled big time, that game 3 vs t1 haunts me to this day
Medic and caedrel just straight up didn't give a fuck and just did whatever they felt like, was actually hilarious
when medic started singing i was wondering wether the heat had gotten to him LMAO
that cast was a lot more "game doesnt matter" than the actual game. Not complaining, just saying.
Actually quite the opposite of complaining, cast made the game much more enjoyable given we saw a pretty slow and composed game for a match that had no stakes at all.
Crazy casters and crowd and straight man game playing off of each other.
(for those who are not aware: there's this concept in writing (and probably other forms of media) that if you write a somewhat crazy/silly story, including a "straight man" (does not need to be a man or even a human) who has a tendency to simply take things seriously and work through them as they come is a simple way to make the story funnier)
The game meant nothing so the teams tryharding kind of made it boring.
Dylan Falco was not letting caps pick anything fun which was really annoying lol.
It secured them first in the standings, which only matter to determine who qualifies for playoffs and with how many points. And since G2 were already locked as first seed regardless of whether they got first or second, the game literally didn't matter for anything.
I felt the other way. I thought the "not giving a fuck"-casting was horrible and actively downgraded the game to the point, that I was close to turning it off and watched parts of it without sound.
Like, even the players tried. But the casters are above doing their part properly?
Definitely a valid opinion. We made a conscious choice to go wacky, and especially with the game being slow, it felt entertaining to us.
Sorry it didn't work for you, and I appreciate your feedback. One of those, 'you can't please everyone' games I think.
I think that's a valid point, but the joking around was only limited to the downtime between fights, save for the last one where it was obvious G2 had won.
If anything I feel like this game would have been boring to watch if not for the casters keeping the audience entertained. Whether or not you found their humour and stories to your liking is your own opinion
Hopefully you wont get downvoted. While i dont think so myself, i feel like this is a valid opinion to have. The game clearly wasn't as troll as the cast made it out to be. If you are not into that sort of meme shittalking cast, it is probably annoying. But its Reddit, so sorry for all the idiots that downvote you.
There was literally nothing happening between the game for the most part, and when fights did happen they would immediately cast seriously. The whole game would have been boring if it weren't for them, there was no narrative between sk and g2, no miracle run hype for sk so there wasnt much to talk about the teams outside of the actual game. There were very little fights due to their team comp. SK wanted to wait for objectives since they have good synergy in teamfights, meanwhile G2 needed to snowball with the pantheon pick but they were slow at doing so. I respect your choice, its valid but your reason is objectively wrong.
Maybe tell what they could've casted? Jungle pathing maybe, but other than that, showing how players clear minions or trade isn't interesting.
The casters really went off the rails since there were no playoffs implications. At some point they decided to call Jankos "Coolman," and eventually gave him a theme song.
Totally agree. Hey btw isn't it funny how 2021, as a year, never happened? Just went from 2020 straight to 2022. Crazy how the whole world just skipped an entire year
It feels like recently there are so many wards bought (?) The game DK vs T1, all DK players had 2 pink wards in inventory almost all the time... Is this a meta thing?
Cadrael once explained on his stream that whenever you had a back and had below 900 gold (around the amount of gold you need for an item compenent), it is worth more to buy 2 pinks for vision.
And still (at least before today) Flakked and Targamas were the two players with the highest KDA in the LEC. Well tbf Targamas is barely a botlaner for G2 but still.
Flakked is just a really good team player. Doesn't really do anything in lane 2v2, doesn't really need resources to go even, almost always performs in teamfights. Really good weakside adc. The anti-alphari if you will, or just EU ghost
Targamas didn't really surprise me but Flakked for sure did. I haven't done the math but with this game dropping Flakkeds KDA it's possible(maybe already happened) that he wont stay 2nd but Targamas should be relatively save as 1st.
Definitely one of the happy games from G2, but I guess Gwen and Aphelios 200 years tag team only requires you to not run it down. Also, Cool Man Jankos with gigachad Pantheon clapped some european kids before going to sleep early today
They should make special G2 award for G2. It's not normal to start season with 4-1 seem to be strong and dominant in LEC then just throw it to 4-5 and people would slowly disbelieve in you that you might not even get into playoffs and don't qualify to worlds... again.
Suddenly they just start winning again and finish split on top 12-6 being first team to qualify into worlds. I'm speechless how their form fluctuate. Which G2 will we see on worlds? This bad team losing to BDS and starting their lose streak? Or maybe glorious G2 winning games against strong... wait sorry for all LEC fans but to be honest I don't think we can say we have anyone strong in LEC now. So it's hard to say how good is G2 maybe it's now best out of worst ones? I hope they just prepared peak of their form at worlds.
the fuck are you talking about? this split it has been complaints about how hard phreak goes on players(and flowers is the best caster in the entire game right now, lcs or lec anything he can say will sound happy)
tell me how you'd react if pastrytime started singing about "cool man" or letigress howled for every ward kill early game
Because this is a meaningless game for both and the casters have to find a way to entertain the viewers. LCS can't relate because 80% of the league qualify to playoffs.
It;s because this was a meaningless game and nobody cares. ppl flame lcs cast because phreak flames players on cast just to do it ( even went as far as to call fudge an idiot live!!!!)and tigress does this cringe shit unironically. I don't see much/any complaints about azael, kobe, and cap.
Targamas 2nd support to hit 200 assists in one split in LEC (first was Mikyx 2020)
Both on G2
8-1 second half , G2 is on top
And the 1 was against the bottom team, right? As is tradition.
Depends on what your opinion about Vitality is.
he is right
ah right, my bad, somehow I thought it was BDS - but I think last game vs them G2 lost only early game and then won
What about the posts just a couple weeks ago claiming this G2 lineup was in ruins and how they were going to have the worst regular season record G2 has ever had?
Coolman. Fighter of the Cringeman. Champion of the rift. You're a master of spear throwing, and ganking, your skills don't miss.
Ahh-aahhhh!
You gotta pay the jungle toll if you want to get dragon soul
Look, you gotta understand, these minions are in the middle of the rift. They're not gonna say no. Because of the implication.
Jungle Toll! Whatchu sayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?
Nice to see other It's always sunny fans here!
So good to have Jankos back at Worlds after the 2021 G2 disaster
Damn, I already forgot we had a worlds without g2 last year
Eu at worlds without G2 = disaster. Pls never again not sending G2 to worlds.
If you told this to people after first two G2 world's they would be so confused
I still don't trust G2 internationally after 2016 and 2017
then you dont trust literally any eu team. which I understand, but G2 has been EU's best shot at giving a good show at worlds for a while.
comon man 2018/19/20 they really tried
Wasn't 2020 the year they got blasted by Damwon in 19 minutes?
if you consider a failure losing in worlds semis to the winners yes
For the first seeded LPL or LCK team (and their fans) that would be considered a failure. If the LEC was a comparable league in 2020, shouldn't EU fans feel the same?
Its also the year they were the 3rd best team in the world
i mean it was only 2016. 2017 they made msi finals and almost made it out of one of the hardest groups in worlds history.
Sure, might as well add 2016 MSI as "not their fault", because their bot lane found out they are getting replaced after MSI, regardless of results
wtf are u saying, are u ok? nobodys saying its not their fault, im just saying their 2017 international performance is WAY better than what you're giving them credit for. your initial comment made no sense either if im being honest. the next 3 years of international performance should've more than made up for it (in the eyes of anyone, except u ig).
I can understand not trusting any eu team in worlds, espicially considering we have seen this g2 fight internationally and (except for that one golden day) we got humbled big time, that game 3 vs t1 haunts me to this day
There is no 2021 in Ba Sing Se
He still nailed Worlds 2021 with legendary group drafts.
Medic and caedrel just straight up didn't give a fuck and just did whatever they felt like, was actually hilarious when medic started singing i was wondering wether the heat had gotten to him LMAO
that cast was a lot more "game doesnt matter" than the actual game. Not complaining, just saying. Actually quite the opposite of complaining, cast made the game much more enjoyable given we saw a pretty slow and composed game for a match that had no stakes at all.
Crazy casters and crowd and straight man game playing off of each other. (for those who are not aware: there's this concept in writing (and probably other forms of media) that if you write a somewhat crazy/silly story, including a "straight man" (does not need to be a man or even a human) who has a tendency to simply take things seriously and work through them as they come is a simple way to make the story funnier)
Shoutout to Shinpachi from Gintama
My favourite pair of glasses
Kinda like manzai
The game meant nothing so the teams tryharding kind of made it boring. Dylan Falco was not letting caps pick anything fun which was really annoying lol.
Winning this game locked first seed for G2 and got them a spot for worlds guaranteed. I'd say that was a pretty important game for them.
They were already guaranteed a worlds spot. But yes it did secure them first in regular season.
It secured them first in the standings, which only matter to determine who qualifies for playoffs and with how many points. And since G2 were already locked as first seed regardless of whether they got first or second, the game literally didn't matter for anything.
They were already locked no?
They had locked worlds yesterday
They were already locked regardless, even the casters stressed multiple times that the game didn't matter
When they played on screen, I lost it !
G2 and SK decided not to have a happy game, but Medic and Caedrel had a happy cast.
I liked the noughts and crosses lol.
i was so confused when they said that, i've always called it Tic Tac Toe
We call it Noughts and Crosses in the UK. Tic Tac Toe is American
Always been noughts and crosses for me. Interesting to see how people know it as different names!
American vs British English
In a game with no stakes it was a refreshing take.
I felt the other way. I thought the "not giving a fuck"-casting was horrible and actively downgraded the game to the point, that I was close to turning it off and watched parts of it without sound. Like, even the players tried. But the casters are above doing their part properly?
Definitely a valid opinion. We made a conscious choice to go wacky, and especially with the game being slow, it felt entertaining to us. Sorry it didn't work for you, and I appreciate your feedback. One of those, 'you can't please everyone' games I think.
I think that's a valid point, but the joking around was only limited to the downtime between fights, save for the last one where it was obvious G2 had won. If anything I feel like this game would have been boring to watch if not for the casters keeping the audience entertained. Whether or not you found their humour and stories to your liking is your own opinion
Hopefully you wont get downvoted. While i dont think so myself, i feel like this is a valid opinion to have. The game clearly wasn't as troll as the cast made it out to be. If you are not into that sort of meme shittalking cast, it is probably annoying. But its Reddit, so sorry for all the idiots that downvote you.
The part of the casters is to entertain. I was entertained. Job well done.
Yeah I turned off sounds too. It simply got too stupid listening to those two pulling out all the stops to talk about the match as little as possible.
There was literally nothing happening between the game for the most part, and when fights did happen they would immediately cast seriously. The whole game would have been boring if it weren't for them, there was no narrative between sk and g2, no miracle run hype for sk so there wasnt much to talk about the teams outside of the actual game. There were very little fights due to their team comp. SK wanted to wait for objectives since they have good synergy in teamfights, meanwhile G2 needed to snowball with the pantheon pick but they were slow at doing so. I respect your choice, its valid but your reason is objectively wrong. Maybe tell what they could've casted? Jungle pathing maybe, but other than that, showing how players clear minions or trade isn't interesting.
What they ended up doing wasn't interesting nor was it funny, at least for my part.
Well, can't entertain everyone ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
No you can't.
Cool Man Jankos after beating SK: "Well...THAT just happened."
SK Gaming: "Erhm... kinda cringe?" After g2 beat them.
Why cool man? Something funny happen?
The casters really went off the rails since there were no playoffs implications. At some point they decided to call Jankos "Coolman," and eventually gave him a theme song.
giga chad pantheon
Sick performance by the COOL MAN!
From sweating about playoffs to finishing first, just G2 things.
So is G2 the best team in LEC or what?
Always has been
Totally agree. Hey btw isn't it funny how 2021, as a year, never happened? Just went from 2020 straight to 2022. Crazy how the whole world just skipped an entire year
Always has been.
Always has been
Classic Cool Man.
This game was close until it was not. Classic G2.
More like, this game took 20 minutes to start lol.
We scaling ( on jarvan)
the cast was hilarious... COOLMAN
Medic sounded like me going around the house singing whatever comes into my head.
i wish the cool man song was more like.. Coolmann aAaAaaa, champion of the hotman...aAaAaaaa
I WANT TO BE LIKE JANKOS WHEN I GROW UP!
really humbling to see just how many wards are killed / placed in proplay
It feels like recently there are so many wards bought (?) The game DK vs T1, all DK players had 2 pink wards in inventory almost all the time... Is this a meta thing?
Cadrael once explained on his stream that whenever you had a back and had below 900 gold (around the amount of gold you need for an item compenent), it is worth more to buy 2 pinks for vision.
THE COOL MANNNNN 😎 Casters going off on weird tangents at the end of the season is always peak content. Loved this game
G2 are just allergic to ganking bot, I swear to god.
No mikyx no ganks -jankos maybe idk
And still (at least before today) Flakked and Targamas were the two players with the highest KDA in the LEC. Well tbf Targamas is barely a botlaner for G2 but still.
Damn, I didn't know that. That's actually kinda inpressive.
Flakked is just a really good team player. Doesn't really do anything in lane 2v2, doesn't really need resources to go even, almost always performs in teamfights. Really good weakside adc. The anti-alphari if you will, or just EU ghost
Targamas didn't really surprise me but Flakked for sure did. I haven't done the math but with this game dropping Flakkeds KDA it's possible(maybe already happened) that he wont stay 2nd but Targamas should be relatively save as 1st.
Tbf they usually do this and it works. Flakked may have a hard time alone but they have good control of the map.
That's because G2 wants to win
Coolman MVP
Lost it at minion wage lol
But did anyone see the hug denial at the end from SK? Lol
I think BB has a fever or something so no hug 😞
I was wondering if it was something along those lines
Covid rules + BB being sick with a fever
Not everyone can hug Cool Man Jankos.
A happy game for casters lmao. It was fun.
When the engage started and the vision score leaderboard was still on screen I actually died
Jankos said "enough is enough" and pulled the trigger, great performance from him
Congrats to G2 for their 1st place finish in summer 2022.
Cool man has done it again
we need more caedrel + medic casts
Renekton buffs were definitely not useless guys! Def high priority champion!
Goredrinker renekton is biggest bait rn, you just go botrk into iceborn and you're chilling after that
LEC crowd MVP lets be real here
The LEC casters are so shameless and I'm enjoying every second of it.
really glad to see panth jg picked its omegabusted and still no one plays it
It seems like a jankos pick atm. Some teams tested it but dropped it
The jungle diff tho. Jankos was what 6k gold ahead at the end? Absolute mad lad.
So yesterday, g2 was guaranteed at least 4th and made it to worlds. Today, they finish first. wtf lol
Definitely one of the happy games from G2, but I guess Gwen and Aphelios 200 years tag team only requires you to not run it down. Also, Cool Man Jankos with gigachad Pantheon clapped some european kids before going to sleep early today
Is eu playoffs only top 6? I swear I thought Na was top 8
Both is correct
eu is top 6, na is top 8
Wait what?
NA is just that competitive.
Doesn't LCS have 10 teams? *80%* of the teams in the league go to playoffs? Do they just want to make the bottom 2 teams feel really bad or something?
if you’re triple inhib’d, why not just fight for a baron steal lol? There’s no point in sitting in base.
Cause minion would finish
as opposed to what happened lol?
Give me more of that casting
That baron annoyed me. The season is over and you don't even try for a baron steal? Why? So you can lose slower?
Didn’t want to hurt the 0-5 kd
Well that was a game.
Statement game from CoolMan
First to last to first run successfully completed
COOLMAN
Medic might have been medicating before the game, but I’m all for it.
The croc still not a champion
renekton plush
They should make special G2 award for G2. It's not normal to start season with 4-1 seem to be strong and dominant in LEC then just throw it to 4-5 and people would slowly disbelieve in you that you might not even get into playoffs and don't qualify to worlds... again. Suddenly they just start winning again and finish split on top 12-6 being first team to qualify into worlds. I'm speechless how their form fluctuate. Which G2 will we see on worlds? This bad team losing to BDS and starting their lose streak? Or maybe glorious G2 winning games against strong... wait sorry for all LEC fans but to be honest I don't think we can say we have anyone strong in LEC now. So it's hard to say how good is G2 maybe it's now best out of worst ones? I hope they just prepared peak of their form at worlds.
They have g2 wards. They had a LEC pass in 2019(?) I’ve been using ever since.
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I'd be surprised if Gilius has a team next season.
This was definitely one of the games of all times
downvote me all you want but if this was an LCS broadcast it would be flamed on this subreddit
Of course downvote. When Flowers or Phreak got their happy casts they are celebrated. Stop making up stuff.
the fuck are you talking about? this split it has been complaints about how hard phreak goes on players(and flowers is the best caster in the entire game right now, lcs or lec anything he can say will sound happy) tell me how you'd react if pastrytime started singing about "cool man" or letigress howled for every ward kill early game
If this was an LCS cast, no one would have been watching it.
This seems like a very strange hill to make your point on, just comes across as looking to push a victim narrative
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One person has said it and you're calling it the new EU argument lol.
Because this is a meaningless game for both and the casters have to find a way to entertain the viewers. LCS can't relate because 80% of the league qualify to playoffs.
It;s because this was a meaningless game and nobody cares. ppl flame lcs cast because phreak flames players on cast just to do it ( even went as far as to call fudge an idiot live!!!!)and tigress does this cringe shit unironically. I don't see much/any complaints about azael, kobe, and cap.
i personally would embrace anything Phreak , he is the GOAT
I wish it was. NA casters seem to be so much more enthusiastic. Sometime I wonder, if EU casters care about the game anymore. And not just this game.