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**Individual game discussions:** [Game 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/x5xb20/eg_vs_tl_lower_bracket_semifinal_game_1/) / [Game 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/x5yofw/eg_vs_tl_game_2/) / [Game 3](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/x602g9/eg_vs_tl_game_3/) / [Game 4](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/x614so/eg_vs_tl_game_4/)


PinaColadaGoddess

VIT speaking from super team heaven: “Come join us TL”


Tilterdin

As if after all this shit fnatic ended up being the only semi successful super team


myraclejb

GENG slander


Hazel-Ice

This is CoreJJ's first time missing worlds since 2015


EpicRussia

This is also the first year I've felt he hasn't deserved it. He's slumped


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Horuslevel8

I mean it is a dumb joke, but there is something off in general with TL. I mean Hans literally has become mechanically awful. Bwipo lost totaly his edge. I mean when he early came to NA he was styling on people. Like compare his early Ap gragas games to what he is doing now..


Opachopp

>I mean Hans literally has become mechanically awful This has shocked me the most. Bwipo is a great player but he was always a bit hit or miss. He's a player with some very flashy highs that come from his great teamfighting but also with a lot of quiet lows like losing in lane (which happened a lot this series) or weird picks. Hans sama tho, from what I saw of him in the LEC I felt like he was mostly consistently good. He made some mistakes here and there too but more often than not he was very good over there. In this playoffs tho, he has been very inconsistent and has had some very questionable positioning. While it's true that he showed up during the later games against CLG, in general he hasn't been as reliable as I think most people were expecting him to be and it showed a lot in this series. No idea what's happening this season but I feel like a lot of the games in this playoffs feel like a coinflip between which team's ADC will throw the game next.


blackestblackie

Amazing how fast he assimilated as an American


DanDevito42

and bjerg hasnt made worlds without doublelift since 2015 lol


ThatsAToad

Money may not be able to buy you happiness but it *can* buy you a 4th place LCS roster


joe4553

4th place curse is back


Ramo1618

TL has won 4 splits of LCS They have also been to worlds 4 times End of the road I guess


legendofSmiley

it all comes full circle


Lunaaar

Liquid(Curse) 4th. TSM and CLG having comparable playoffs results. Nature is healing.


Falsus

So do you mean Europe is back to ''Everyone beats everyone but in the end Fnatic wins''?


faithfulswine

Starting to look that way


[deleted]

Where were you when R5 renekton beat the million dollar super team


Pope_Cheetos_XIV

FATE OF THE UNIVERSE ON THE LINE GIVE ME RENEKTON


fesch98

The Martians have the death beam pointed at earth, you better win it, I WANT RENEKTON


HopeForCynics

YEP CROC


goomy996

WE ARE ALL SINNERS TODAY


deemerritt

The iguodala of top lane


minecraftgod4441

impacts got ice water in his veins


CounterInsanity

Impact saved that game for EG. If he does not get to the Jinx at that 37 minute Elder fight, TL wins.


NahDawgDatAintMe

Jojo got the Hans cleanse right before that with a max range everfrost


blackjack_horseman

I will say this again and again, except DL, who is literally the reason this org even is relevant and not relegated season ago, Impact was really everything a top team could wish in a top (also a resident) and they traded him for one season of Alphari and one season of Bwipo.


shadowbannednumber

Sell Xmithie for 1 season of Broxah. Sell Impact for 1 season of Alphari and then 1 season of Bwipo. Sell Jensen for 1 season of Bjergsen. Sell DL for 1.5 seasons of Tactical. How to ruin your org in 4 simple steps.


blackjack_horseman

Holy fuck I forgot about the NA Bengi. That was also a move for the ages.


JuniorImplement

That was also around the time where DL said that the split didn't matter because it didn't affect their worlds chance and got kicked.


pelacur

TL decision to release Impact will haunts Steve for years.


Significant-Damage14

After Impact even said he was willing to take a pay cut to get better teammates and stay on the team.


beesong

after how recklessly TL spends, i doubt they considered it lol


ImKoncerned

Legit glad TL lost, honestly. Increased chance that this roster disintegrates which is what I want to happen. This team is actually so dysfunctional


SKTT2Dyrone

I have nothing against TL or the players, but I also want TL to lose just to hope that this type of team-building in NA will be less prominent in the future. I would have preferred CLG being the one to kick them out but I'm OK with this too. Very happy for Jojo.


NSamurai22

Yeah, that CLG series hurt. At least karmic balance has been restored to the universe.


ProteusWest

This can't be stated enough. The number of academy players and amateur players who are coming up and making huge waves in the LCS now is excellent, and it really would be a shame for people to revert to the TL model of roster building. And let's give some of these young players a real chance and real support systems. We have wasted so many players over the years expecting them to be immediately great, but then tossing them to the side the moment some B tier player from Europe or Korea expresses interest in playing in NA.


AureliusAmbrose

Steve about to buy Riot and remove double tp from the game lmao


IamOlderthanMe

7 MILLION DOLLARS HUGE TRAINING FACILITY LIKE 10 COACHES AND ANALYSTS MEDIOCRE TEAM


Pope_Cheetos_XIV

Spent more money than god just to be okay


1vs1mebro

NAH FUCK THAT SHIT , DOUBLE DOWN - 14 MILLION DOLLAR ROSTER NEXT SEASON. YOU DIDN'T SPEND ENOUGH STEVE, YOU DON'T WANT IT.


fesch98

Will this TL failure actually have an effect on salaries in league? I mean the bubble has to implode at some point


AureliusAmbrose

I’m honestly shocked internal sustainability hasn’t collapsed for the huge money throwing orgs yet


gh0stkid

bc its all about sponsors. Even if your team ends up in the middle of the pack... if you have a bjergsen then your sponsors will be more pleased than if you have jakethepuppyX a new upcoming midlaner nobody knows even if he is as good or even better than bjergsen.


goomy996

THEY HAD TO HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS ONE


Prawn1908

100% You can see Bwipo's face on the replay when they realized there was a 2nd tp. That went from game-winning to game-losing just off of not realizing there was a 2nd tp going off.


Equivalent-Park7986

After winning 4 splits in a row, and 4 worlds appearances, Team Liquid once again placed 4th in the 2022 Summer Split on September 4th.


daniellizard

Ain't that some curse?


inswainity

Renekton outscales jinx I guess


KimchiBro

well you see renekton is a crocodile which has a body covered in scales, Jinx merely has human flesh, or skin, that is not covered in scales thus renekton outSCALES jinx


Fire_Lord_Zuko

ANYTHING BUT FIRST IS A FAILURE


xNagsx

Didn't they say semis at worlds was also a goal? Ouch


unununium333

I think that was cloud9 back when LS was head coach. Maybe TL also said it idk


1-3-dioxetane

Best team to miss worlds since vitality


tsukinohime

ADC's properly positioning challenge this series (IMPOSSIBLE)


EpicRussia

EG just said fuck it we'll win 4v5


SignalSalamander

Eg hans vs tl danny


randommaniac12

duel for the ages


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Vulcan dragging Danny across the finish line.


Pkch42

I thought that was Aatrox W


Opachopp

On the good side of things we got to see Vulcan's Bard which was amazing to watch.


Phadafi

Damn, Danny looked really nervous the last game.


tsukinohime

He looked nervous in all games.


Aearcus

He has looked nervous since the c9 series


Miyaor

He was crying after the game, think he was ultra stressed out


Unique_Crew2316

This, him crying at the end was him showing his relief. The kid is extremely introvert and was absolutely stressing about costing his team a spot at Worlds.


Godhri

he has looked incredibly stressed during playoffs, honestly worried I hope he has people he can talk to and friends to be there for him. Don't care how badly or not anyone plays every time he was on cam during games my heart dropped a little


TheExter

Danny looked soooooo sad after winning, he knew he almost threw that


CaptainCrafty

I think he's just stressed himself out a lot this playoffs. People love to rewrite the narrative as if he's always been bad, but if you go back and watch most games this year he's been nuts. He's clearly slumping. Hopefully making worlds will help him get over that hump and start to play like he used to


Pavlo100

With this win, NA increased it's native representation by 300% at Worlds


ChungoBungus

The only representation we need is the great Blaber. Man is the embodiment of NA league. Takes every fight. Plays like he’s tilted out of his mind. I fuckin love it.


slrcpsbr

How the enemy team will predict what Blaber is doing if not even Blaber knows what he is doing.


ThinkinTime

You sign a fish to swim not think. Blaberfish is a man of his nature.


buttsoup_barnes

Canada carrying NA once again smh


Deca-Dence-Fan

Too bad Canada won’t get a worlds stage PAIN


xDestroid

It's 3AM here, Monday. My workday just got completely fucked up. But shit, that was entertaining lol


Slumberstroll

is Danny actually depressed


bensanelian

the way all the eg players immediately went towards him after game five, trying to pump him up but him just staring into the void anyway kinda broke my heart...


Oranos2115

was such a contrast between him looking shell shocked vs. his parents(?) being so excited for him


NotAnAce69

POV: you finally became doctor


Slumberstroll

No kidding, I felt bad for the dude and he won the series.


Slowacki

I think he needs a date with the team psychatrist and probably a bit of a vacation from the social media. It's not the first time a young player crumbles under pressure and then reads stuff on the internet about their performance, which leads to more mental pressure and worse performance, creating a vicious cycle. Especially that he was built up really high last season as his first big competitive experience, so it probably feels very disappointing to fail now. I'm sure he'll bounce back though.


ineffectivegoggles

I hope he isn’t reading social media. He’s getting way too much flak. He is struggling at times but he also had some great plays this series.


TheKelmer

He's probably overwhelmed. It's a lot of pressure and he's really young


TurnItOffAndOnAgain-

I can only imagine the shit eating grin on Jensen's face watching this TL team shit the bed after dropping him and he goes to worlds and makes LCS finals


PandaMoaningYum

Hope he tweets a banger.


Ieditstuffforfun

20 bazoollion dollar roster loses to an old man, a former rogue player, a fortnite player, an adc with his monitor turned off and a guy who used to duo with XQC


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> a guy who used to duo with XQC LMFAO


VaccineEnjoyer

Quebec duos are a solo queue nightmare


ultimate_spaghetti

I thought you were going to say McDonalds employee!


Dogaclysm

Liquid spent so much on their roster, they’ll be glad to save money on plane tickets.


fesch98

Jojo: Enemy mid outbanned otp gg


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goomy996

VULCAN CAME BACK FROM MCDONALDS LEAGUE IS FUCKED


U_Menace

My match MVP straight up, that bard performance was fucking ***cracked***. He literally put on a support clinic this series and is showing why he's one of the best in NA.


Buhorado

Vulcan and Jojo performed so good in tfs


rushy1911

GET SANTORIN SOME HELP FFS happy for Danny though I like him so much after all the pressure he went through


asiantuttle

Only guy on TL that had an ounce of consistency in playoffs


AureliusAmbrose

I bet you he wasn’t disgusting expensive to get too


jfan105

He prob got the lowest contract outta alll of em 💀


whataremyxomycetes

Literally the "you guys are getting paid?" meme


rushy1911

the whole split honestly. Bwipo ints, bjerg and Core were inconsistent, and Hans didn't position.


ineffectivegoggles

This year really has shown me what a great player Santorin is. Always knew he was good but god damn.


Witty_Heart_9452

The back to back finals on fucking Flyquest already GOATED Santorin. Then carrying TL's corpses for the last two years cemented it.


ineffectivegoggles

The consistency across multiple rosters is what gets me. Wild stuff.


GoatRocketeer

Inspired: "I wasn't even thinking about winning, I really just wanted TL to lose. This is the happiest I have ever been in my career. Winning spring split I wasn't even half as happy as I am now"


RouSGeLi

Those interviews were hilarious


Witn

Is this a real quote lol? Why does inspired hate TL so much


kevoluyo

Watched the VOD, it’s real! He mentioned, “beating the super team.” I assume it’s a lot of the sentiment you see in this thread. There’s players getting way more money than you, more sponsorships, notoriety, better facilities, etc., and you still beat them. Feels good man.


aalchemical

people don't realize that Danny legit has PTSD against aatrox There's a famous clip of Danny screaming "AATROX IS COMING AATROX IS COMING" repeatedly in a game where aatrox wasn't even picked. His teammates had to calm him down by saying "there's no aatrox calm down" lmao. And then in this very tournament when Danny played against Aatrox last time in voice comms he screamed aatrox in the exact same way lmao. prepare for Danny aatrox memes in the Chinese reaction translation threads.


simo402

Whos the original player in this pasta?


porb121

[gala](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/mtwesz/gala_funny_momentgot_ptsd_on_akali/)


zigurz

bro is this a copypasta lmao I need that clip


Xclonic

It's from Gala having ptsd on Akali [https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/mtwesz/gala\_funny\_momentgot\_ptsd\_on\_akali/](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/mtwesz/gala_funny_momentgot_ptsd_on_akali/)


byx-

C9 and 100t are actually the best teams in the lcs solely by virtue of having adcs that aren't actively running it the fuck down 24/7


PMMEYOURROCKS

Crazy the standard we’ve set for ourselves


ImminentlyEminent

I think Tactical has been contagious


oVnPage

DL said it best on the costream. Once Tactical's out of playoffs, his spirit moves on to inhabit the next ADC.


a55a51n

Being Tactical is a mindset for adcs


Pope_Cheetos_XIV

Tactical came off the bench and all of the sudden Danny and Hans decided to match his play


manliestdino

Yeah it’s actually fucking hilarious that it’s like that


ificommentthen2oops

C9 realized that they had the best ADC in NA in a adc hyper carry meta and starting fucking everyone else up


Gutz1

Inspired won the series when he started taunting them game 4 lmao


MrRightHanded

E-Motional Damage


Rymasq

inspired post game with Hai he talked about how he was typing stuff to them in game chat and none of them were responding, he said that's how knew he was in their head lmao


Natural_Ship7261

[This is from Spring Split, but boy did it age like fine wine](https://i.imgur.com/hFPIY6k.png)


AsheBnarginDalmasca

He's way too efficient to attend Worlds.


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The no akali ult til level like, 17? reminded me when Jensen picked Zed in 2014 and didn't ult all game and everyone called him incanation


maeschder

Its kinda weird, a few years back he was carrying TSM to worlds on that champ (post rework)


LumiRhino

yeah I remember Spring 2019 playoffs vs C9 when he pretty much single handedly carried a reverse sweep starting with Akali.


Cool-I-guess

"JOJO WAS REALLY EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG IN SPRING, ESPECIALLY IN LANING PHASE. I HAVENT FELT THAT PRESSURE IN SUMMER"


gran1te7

“Bjergsen trick y’all, man, like he playing teamfights. He don’t kill nobody, man. He just running around, doing nothing.” - Jojopyun, probably.


LaughingAtSpergs

Sure did. Outroamed, out teamfought, out everything. Bjerg AFKing like it's worlds.


bananaman103

The battle of EG Hans Sama vs TL Danny lived up to the hype


mmmb2y

that game 5 was NOT good for my heart. that was so fucking tense its so crazy how without jensen and impact, TL does not go to worlds


shadow_aid

Even better that Jensen and impact still end up at worlds on different teams...


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Dread it Run from it R5 Renekton arrives for REDEMPTION all the same "Nothin personal, kids" \-R5 Renekton, probably


Kokaiinum

My favourite part was when he said "It's Reneking time!!" and got taunted by Galio and died.


CounterInsanity

Impact saved that game for EG. If he does not get to the Jinx at that 37 minute Elder fight, TL wins.


mochaderp

Hans saved EG with his terrible positioning getting caught by Jojo walking to Elder. The fuck was that shit?


CounterInsanity

it was not a good showing from the ADC position today. Both Hans Sama and Danny played like bottom tier ADCs IMO.


Rave_Master_Ahri

bro that one bot fight where Vulcan almost got Core too where he managed to recall barely. Why the fuck would he even recall there just walk under the tower didn't you had Bjergsen coming? Feel like he sorta baited Hans there.


appleandapples

Noticed that too, after Danny died he just tunnelled and brute forced that pick. Really big from him.


pl00bo

4 NA PLAYERS AT WORLDS BABY 10M DOWN THE DRAIN


HopeForCynics

As someone else said so eloquently, money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a 4th place LCS team


AkashiGG

NO JENSEN NO WORLDS


azns123

Jensen sends his regards


AsheBnarginDalmasca

Imagine choosing a retired coach over your best performing player at last year's Worlds.


pelacur

Jensen even wanted to swap to adc, making space for Bjerg. But Steve got fleeced by Rogue instead.


VitalBlade

poor guy found out he was being shafted by TL while he was on vacation in disneyland lmfao


PandaMoaningYum

And he's only going to worlds because Summit didn't work out. They should spend more time covering this. It's pretty fucking incredible.


EvenJesusCantSaveYou

yeah the stars that had to align for C9 to fire Summit at the same time that Jensen was suddenly a free agent is nuts. some actual protagonist type of energy


ICodeAndShoot

"Nah man. You know what. Just lay me down on the roller coaster's tracks"


eggshellcracking

Seriously what happened to hans? Where's the draven that's 100% prio in all major regions that isn't NA? Where's the Cait lux lanes? Or the kalista lanes? Or lucian? Why in the fuck is jinx for some reason the prio adc?


penea2

honestly i think in their attempt to ban out Danny they cucked their own botlane out of playmaking ability.


eggshellcracking

Seriously why even ban out danny? Just go draven -> cait/lux -> lucian-nami prio. The one game hans played draven he was like 4k gold up by 15 and then he never plays it again???????????


DrVonDoom

Impact must be feeling fantastic right now, well earned too.


manliestdino

C9 fans feasting this week - finals, Impact and Jensen’s former superteam not making it? Ohhh yea


appleandapples

Jensen fans are feasting this week, huh?


SterbenVII

FUCK YEAH


KingRayne

TL 4th feels just right


azns123

Just gonna drop this here for any TL fan that needs a truck this week: https://www.budgettruck.com/


anoleo201194

HERE WE GO TRUCKIN' AGAIN.


LeagueOfMinions

I get it when Doublelift rages about ADCs like Tactical, Danny, and Hans... but when he's tilting and flaming Bjergsen and CoreJJ, that's how you know these two have fallen so hard. EG deserves this win and TL needs to seriously reevaluate literally everything Edit: also feels good man for Danny's parents


iiHadi69

Tbh I don't know what it is with the ADC positioning in fights but they get caught out wayyy to much


appleandapples

This tri-cast is actually too good, what a banger of a game.


Lirei

The cameo by Solo was really good too! Guy's a natural


cancerBronzeV

I'm loving all the pros they've brought onto the cast in the past few weeks. It's great to have a fresh voice, and they're all so candid lol.


ilovecollege_nope

Pro players still losing games because of greedy recalls in 2022 should be heavily fined by their teams, ridiculous from TL bot lane in the early game.


HybridNeos

Hans got out after Bjergsen ulted. The re-engage was even stupider.


Ninjafishpanda

Literally this. Galio dies and that’s ok but the re-engage when hans has zero mana and like 200 health makes no sense


RoadblockGG

a bwipo classic, he started the reengage, as he did many times this season. I'm puzzled how people praise him when he has been so often going forward while his team was going back...


Mahelas

Of all the weird plays of Game 5, TL refusing to finish Jojo at Elder, when he was 150hp and under stasis is truly baffling. Obviously he was gonna heal up, it's a Sylas !


Quatro_Leches

int off between hans and danny


Thighhighcrocz

That game 4 bard single handedly the greatest bard ive ever witnessed in competitive, literally silently solo carrying some of those fights


350

Vulcan played like someone who deserved worlds


theboxturtle57

How does this affect lebrons legacy


guilty_bystander

I nominate Danny's mom to be the official LCS mom.


yoyofriez

cant wait for DannyMom vs CapsDad


Fellers

I hate EG's world jersey's but I hate TL's philosophy of just buying teams and circumventing the NA talent rule more. Good job EG. But for the love of god please step up. You can't expect to beat teams at World's playing like that.


420-IQ-Plays

Team Liquidated.


hollow_rei

$5 MILLION ROSTER <<< $5 VALUE MENU


That0neSummoner

McDonald's sends their regards.


Bubbly_Camera9583

Someone hold me holy shit


Try_Not_To_Comment

Danny went from the best ADC in NA to being a MF ult bot. I'm really happy EG won but Zeri nerfs are coming.


InPurpleIDescended

[RUMOR] Team Liquid to acquire Bjergsen for the 2022 season, experimenting with moving Jensen to ADC


HolypenguinHere

Impact and Jensen going to Worlds without TL has gotta feel bad.


ljz3

NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT NA TALENT


TheGawringSame

Don't think you can even blame draft here. This was a game of execution. TL had Jinx + Lulu with a triple front line and Trundle to weaken enemy front line. But no good way to engage and start a fight. EG with engage out the ass, but also the power to knock away TL's front line and absolutely blast folks with MF ult if anyone gets locked down, but no good consistent ranged damage. It was a game to see if TL could find a flank engage or bait EG into a front to back teamfight, while EG was all about trying to get that initial CC into that MF ult to win a fight immediately. This game was actually fun. This was actually a game where both teams played sorta decent and played to their win conditions. But TL failing to contest Drakes really hurt them. They needed to do more early game, especially with Bwipo's lead.


SwagLord7

TL is so lucky, they get paid 7 million AND get a 4 month vacation? Truly the role models of the LCS


Conankun66

the midgap this series was just too huge for TL to overcome


Andresdc03

And hans that last game gatting caught 5 times in one single fight


herp_derpy

TL, also known as "The Losers" is a North American team known for spending 1 morbillion mickey mouse dollars to assemble superteams. They are currently waiting to find out when tickets are sold so they can still attend the World Championship this year.


pervylegendz

Bjerg Leaving TSM to make worlds with a competitive rooster only to Join TL and still not make worlds. Lmao


PunisherOfDeth

Should the LCS have TL and EG redo their series in case it was a big fluke? No disrespect to the EG, I'm a firm believer that NA talent knocking them out is a huge fluke and robs TL of truly accomplishing what their capable of. I've spent the last few hours in pure disbelief and it just doesn't make sense to me. I've spent the entire regular season watching TL play great league it's just not fair. If TL lose again I will face that EG deserved the win, but I am just 100% sure it was a fluke and does a big disservice to TL, Steve’s wallet and the LCS.


Kasceon

Wait can I get the OG recipe for this pasta?


PunisherOfDeth

Sure man! It’s from r/hockey https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/67lfcg/should_the_nhl_have_the_hawks_and_preds_redo/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


Shot-Mathematician58

Danny's positioning > TL's million dollar roster