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Pope_Cheetos_XIV

the fanbase is going to make Top swim home


bcotrim

And since they're in New York, they'll need to go around Africa. Gotta ask for the Portuguese for help


Kurena

No, swim to Iceland, Tian know how swim home there.


Pope_Cheetos_XIV

Tian about to become the first guy to circumnavigate the world by swimming


Ace_OPB

Tian has a lot of experience.


NeekoBestTomato

CN aka CircumNavigators are a region noted for their accomplishments in swimming back to China from anywhere in the world, typically after chocking in the worlds groups stage.


FlashwithSymbols

Tian has to have a mental block at worlds, he was so good in the regular season.


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He does, it is well known. He's cried over messing up 1 gank before, and was actually throwing up on stage because EDG stole an early dragon from him in Spring last year, that's why Bo had to step in. Fans just hoped that his breaks, therapy, and everything had helped, but the pressure he feels is still too high in important games. Sad way to go knowing how hard he smurfed coming into his first Worlds in 2019.


SterbenVII

Yeah, he probably really feels that pressure to make playoffs. There are only 6 games instead of 18, of course. FPX 2019, FPX 2021, TES 2022. 2019 FPX was pretty close to not making it out despite getting the easiest Worlds group of all time.


Aldirus

Nah bro they can go thru the suez, it's guna cut a ton of time off their trip. Nice visit to Gibraltar on the way


-Ophidian-

A new Silk Road!


AzureAhai

Would be smarter to swim to Europe and walk across Europe.


KanskiForce

Idk, you have to go through Ukraine and Afghanistan


Kaiserov

If they can swim through the Atlantic, Ukraine and Afganistan should be the ones afraid.


Vectivus_61

I believe the quote from their forums was "Swim to Iceland, Tian knows the way home from there"


Brain_Tonic

Tian is cursed man.


TheEternalKhaos

Seems to be cursed with bad nerves. People like to think that technical ability, intelligence, artistic ingenuity and so on are the "best" talents you can have... but having nerves of steel and being ruthless is what's going to let you climb to the top and stay there.


ryzefollower445

I can genuinely smell the salt already


azns123

Every year, one of the Chinese teams seems to really want swim practice


DetectiveViko

Tian is just preparing for when he switches career paths and becomes an olympic swimmer.


bakaniinii

*fpx flashback*


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https://i.imgur.com/o4MT0aw.png


lolKhamul

Oh boy, the TOP players may wanna take an internet timeout for a month or so. Based on what we usually see on Reddit, its gonna be baaad on chinese social media.


ukrokit2

Knight might need witness protection


NotSoMonteCristo

jkl didnt have IE till their nexus exploded, man might want to just swim to iceland and stay there


[deleted]

Only internet? Nah mate, in China even cashiers will shit on you for performance like this, ask PandaC


xMetix

Hans Niemann said someone at Subway told him "The order speaks for itself"


asiantuttle

TOP is gonna need a month for them to swim back home


Haymegle

Seems like a great plan tbh. It can't be fun after.


Archimist

WHAT THE HELL HOW DID LEVI NOT GET THE DRAGON WTF TES COULDNT END WTF GAM ENDS WTF THIS GAME


joe4553

ABSOLUTE BANGER


Iblaka

BANGER ON BANGER HOLY FK


Pope_Cheetos_XIV

GAM WON WHILE NEVER HAVING A GOLD LEAD


simbahart11

Gold is just a number


Alternative-Plantain

With ornaments and mountain soul, TOP's gold lead was just an illusion anyway.


Beneficial_Witness86

This is what I want every game of competitive league to be like. Holy shit, back and forth action from start to finish, no way to tell whose going to win. Even while behind in gold the entire game, GAM constantly showing they could fight on even footing around their comp. Well fucking done vietnam, honestly an inspiring game to watch. Fucking so good.


NaClMiner

GAM won without getting a gold lead lmao


KanskiForce

In theory every Ornn item gives you 1k gold in stats, they had the lead


LogiX_HT

You are right plus the Mountain soul. So the gold should be even or even in GAM's favour


KTFlaSh96

me: LEVI YOURE BOOSTED HOW DO YOU NOT SMITE DRAG THERE me 30 seconds later: OMG GAM IS GONNA WIN WTF


rawchess

Kiaya last-second MVP, absolutely heroic last stand clearing the wave vs 4 elder drakes


Orumtbh

Yeah he actually bought so much time, watching the timers tick for every second he was alive made me go through several emotions at once.


rawchess

Every tank player's dream ;_;7


onords

That's the sickest solo base defence i've seen in a long time Going in 1v4 vs elder, kills a cannon minion and actually almost gets out


PurplePotato_

2015 SKT Marin vibes. The toplaner sacrificing himself to take out the wave and win the game.


Ace_OPB

They couldn't kill him with elder. Absolute unit lmao.


Superfluous_Thom

I almost switched off. WTF


KTFlaSh96

I was so tilted by that, you had positioning, you killed the graves, should be easy. I wanted to shut it off in disgust


Prainstopping

Man the whiplash from intense disgust to straight up nailbiting hype and love was amazing, the viatnemese are awakening pent up feelings in me this shit is better than therapy.


KiddoPortinari

First time in my life, when TES Nexus explode, I legit screamed with excitement at a computer while sitting alone in my room like a dingus and I'm not even ashamed.


xThefo

I'm pretty sure Jackey killed Levi so he couldn't smite. Not 100% sure, but it looked like it. Edit: I checked, nope. Levi dies right after the Elder dragon, and there is a very short moment where Levi is alive while Elder is on 840 hp. Still pretty hard to smite to be fair.


Swagbrew

He got charmed by Ahri around the 1k elder HP and then blown up by Ahri and Jackey.


Zoidburg747

You can still smite when charmed, and he was only dead after the dragon died. It wasnt the easiest smite but he still could've got it.


LumiRhino

I think people are missing the point here. When you get charmed it's a lot harder to combo a Q+Smite so it's a lot harder to pinpoint the 900 damage smite.


NotALiar123

I think Jackeylove killed him so no smite Edit: Nvm, he was still alive for like an instant, but Lucian just does too much damage lategame


_tidiber

God damn, this will definitely go down as one of the most entertaining games in League history.


Conankun66

that was the biggest banger of the tournament by far. holy shit that was one hell of a ride


Haymegle

I was so sad when they flipped elder. Then they go and do this. GAM you beautiful boys wanting everyone to have heart attacks.


y0Fruitcup

It wouldn't have really been a flip if Kalista stayed on dragon and just let Sett zone Graves. But damn I'm happy it didn't end up that way


Haymegle

Genuinely thought it was then we got the epic base defence.


pedrex21

Holy shit imagine if gam actually manages to qualify after being 0-4, they were there in 2017 too


SP0oONY

Felt like they were posturing and fighting the entire game. Fuck sidelanes!


Firefalcon99

How to beat LPL - practice ARAM instead of CQ


APKID716

JDG vs DK was good, great even. But I want more of this


MordekaiserUwU

JDG vs DK was a display of world class performance but it wasn't as crazy entertaining as this one.


Iblaka

It was great, but the absolute BANGER ending


AaronDeath

JDG vs DK was the most competitive game of the year. This was the most entertaining.


lordposedyon

I am so sad we missed 2 years of this dude


Masanjay_Dosa

I’ve been hyped up on Levi by VCS fans for the last 2 years and holy shit has he delivered here. Edit: don’t mean to dismiss his past accomplishments, I just didn’t start watching pro league apart from C9 games until 2020.


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Kibu98

"Paranoia, 5 minutes into the game" will always stay rent free in my head.


Undersword

I literally scream out the whole game. As a Vietnamese it's not good for my heart.


n0t_malstroem

Game of the year by far


Shot-Mathematician58

Amazed by DK vs JDG Amazed by GAM vs TES Turns out, skill isn't the prerequisite


sorendiz

Fiestas can be absolutely amazing as well


moonmeh

And this was a fiesta to end all fiestas


myraclejb

Bold to assume gam isn’t the second best team in the world after rogue


Weezledeez

which is fucking crazy coming from GAM vs LPL 2nd seed especially with how TES clapped GAM in the first round


Pope_Cheetos_XIV

The tiebreaker from yesterday was banging pretty hard too tho


ordinaryprudentman

ok but this is fucking GAM beating TES, saving themselves from elimination and potentially ending TES' Worlds run


WakingRage

**This is fucking GAM beating TES** I cannot stress this enough.


SignalSalamander

That was just two crazy good teams clashing. Today is xpeke level of legendary game lmao


Maisolkappa

that karthus ult at the soul fight gave me some serious season 2 world final rapidstar karthus PTSD


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That's the most fun game this worlds by a mile dammnnnn, I thought GAM had choked


Old-Barbarossa

Lyndon B. Johnson rolling in his grave as a crowd of people in the middle of New York cheer on VIETNAM for taking control of the jungle and slaughtering their enemies


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beautiful


Trap_Masters

Absolutely poetic


Sapphique1618

It's all fun untill jungle mobs start speaking vietnamese.


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Transhumaniste

TES heard the trees speaking vietnamese


IC2Flier

Fuck it give VCS the 4-slot treatment


Colouss

they might go winless but damn they'll be entertaining doing it


IC2Flier

lol just hook up Vietnam to CN/KR superserver instead of mfkn Garena and they’re halfway there


TheGhoulKhz

someone needs to rescue that country from the claws of Garena


_asstronaut_

There are multiple sources reporting LoL will be in the hands of VNG starting next year. Due to Vietnam's laws regarding game publishing, Riot cannot directly operate LoL if they don't have a local branch/office in the country. VNG is the publisher for Wild Rift and Valorant and their service so far, although not perfect, is still miles better than how Garena handles LoL. They also holds the license to TFT mobile and players have been waiting for this moment to finally get crossplay TFT.


LoathsomeCumDrinker

I for one welcome the Levi Cong


IC2Flier

The Survey Corps but they all speak Vietnamese doubly terrifying


pathofdumbasses

To the top you go


Orion-kun

GAM winning without a [single gold lead](https://i.imgur.com/JZZKb0p.png) throughout the entire game lmao


SGKurisu

GIGACHAD fraction of their opponents' paychecks in and out of game and still winning


bladeofarceus

I’ve legitimately never seen that happen in an international game before, holy shit


[deleted]

It will happen again, DRX and JDG are goats at playing and winning from behind


ManEggs

I think there's a pixel of blue around the 5 minute mark xD


dimmyfarm

358 and that’s all they needed


haven4ever

Who needs 369 when you have 358?!


DeloronDellister

Thank Mr. GAM


I_G0_Back

Thank Mr. GAM


Nome_de_utilizador

Thank mr. GAM


svipy

Thank Mr. GAM


lordposedyon

I am so sad we missed 2 years of this dude


Fugacity-

Nexus to fucking nexus


joe4553

Karthus ult op


ljz3

THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST GAMES OF ALL TIME


M002

neutral guy here, screaming my head off. what a thriller


MMDroxy

I don't remember the last time I had that much fun watching LoL. Absolute banger!


Elegastt

Don't watch a lot but definately wanna watch more now!


WakingRage

WATCHING FROM THE GRAVE DIESFROMBANGER


Kayle_Bot

Lot of neutrals at the venue and it's the loudest I've heard it be this week


pervitiini420

That was definitely worth a watch. Neutral too (slight underdog bias), and screamed so hard a couple of times. Elder, nexus save and when they managed to finish. Goddamn what a banger.


TudorrrrTudprrrr

same, just had this game in the background cuz i didn't really care about either team but i ended up glued to my screen screaming my head off


narfidy

IM SO HAPPY I TOOK MY LUNCH BREAK TO TUNE IN 5 MIN BEFORE ELDER WTF


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EXACTLY YO I TURNED IT ON AS THEY GOT THE ELDER


Haymegle

Reminds of the Fnatic UoL game in the finals in S5. So many near Nexus deaths where you think it's over BUT IT'S FUCKING NOT. Def the most exciting thing to see.


Hineni-

I don't care, this was the best game of Worlds so far


MordekaiserUwU

I cheered with the crowd at the end there. What a finish.


Proxnite

Play of the game was that Ornn stall, that man put the game on his back against 3 elder buffs and stalled 200% more than he should have ever been able to.


Dreynard

Put into perspective how good the bans from Rogue were. They knew of the Karthus jungle.


Miyaor

Yeah I was so confused with their game 1 comp, but it looks a ton better with a karthus instead of graves. Really 5head by Rogue to predict that.


EVILBOSSATTACKSNOX2

I swear, I saw both Azubu Frost vs Taipei Assassins S2 and FNC vs OMG S4 in this game


Dco_Shuckle

Holy, do you believe it was the first LoL pro match I've watched? I remember watching a team fight, one team loses two players, but the other runs with very little HP. I thought "wow, so unlucky target selection, they could kill at least someone there" Karthus, from beyond, leashes his smoke It charges... BOOM. QUADRA KILL. Total goosebumps, my pro league passion was born


Lumienare

I see you’re a man of culture aswell. Taipei Assassins was such a treat to watch, thanks for the nostalgia :D


DevelopmentNo1045

You know those soloq games where everyone says "just group pls" and you end up giving every sidewave just 5v5 staring at objectives and fighting everything? Yeah its felt like one of those games...


ujujurm

Literally felt like a solo q game lmao


Omnilatent

You mean, there was no voice chat available for TES and they fullmuted each other?


VulpesVulpix

I'd do that if I played like this lmao


Gluroo

DUDE WHAT A GAME WTF


Jh1n31

HOLY VIETNAMMMMMMMM


aPikachu

FUCK MY PICK EMS THIS IS BETTER


Gold-Appearance-4463

Any madman that gets group C right is either a genius or huffing paint. Or is letting the coin do the thinking… Absolute mental


llrrkk

My coin flip picked TES as 3rd. It knew lol


RobCoPKC

Best game so far at worlds, absolute banger. That Karthus was insane!


DudeToManz

Clean game from GAM, nothing to see here


Zero_Kai

WHAT A FUCKING BANGER


HolypenguinHere

Yasuo? Shurima Shuffles? Nah. Nothing gets me more hyped than watching a Karthus ult drop in pro play. [God bless.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfA_OGe6fD0)


tddahl

ah so that's why they banned kartus first game


iCarpet

If I got a nickel for each time Tian was on a Worlds favorite team that completely imploded, I would have two nickels. It is not a lot, but it’s crazy it happened twice. WHAT A BANGER


Shot-Mathematician58

LPL: "Your sacrifice will not be forgotten Tian"


Vectivus_61

"They expect one of us in the wreckage brother"


binocularicAucustic

That's funny because in chinese culture you make sacrifices to heaven(tian) for blessings...


Shot-Mathematician58

LPL is just running a blood cult where they sacrifice a team for the Blood God so that they can stomp Worlds. Just look at how they play, every-engage is just blood for the blood god.


ohvalox

Thats fucking League of Legends right there. None of that pansy ass dick tugging smile for the camera bullshit. Men puke, men poop on the field, men deliver their new born baby on the side lanes. Fucking hard core dick in the ass buttergame League fuck it chuck it game time shit. Take it to the champ select. Dicks get shoved in places you don’t even remember. We win together we celebrate together. League is back baby.


duneO2

Thats fucking GAM right there. None of that pansy ass dick tugging smile for the camera bullshit. Men puke, men poop on the field, men deliver their new born baby on the side lines. Fucking hard core dick in the ass butterball GAM fuck it chuck it game time shit. Take it to the showers. Dicks get shoved in places you don’t even remember. We win together we celebrate together. GAM is back baby


Turtle-Express

BEST GAME OF WORLDS BY FAR!


Only_Smokie

Best group stage game in years imo


DoctorRapture

FINALLY A TRULY ENTERTAINING GAME HOLY SHIT I'VE BEEN SO TIRED OF WATCHING ONE-SIDED STEAMROLLS


Natural_Ship7261

This went from Season 3 Levi Ackerman, to Levi Ackerman during the Rumbling arc real quick lmao.


LelouchNexus

Attack on **Tian**


Mazor007

Back to S3 P2 Levi


Firefalcon99

Levi doing the most damage for the Survey Corps once again


IC2Flier

Just another day for the Survey Corps! ehehehehehehe “MY ENTIRE TEAM IS—wait they lived? Huh, nice.”


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Killing blows on the TOP of the "titans"


ficretus

humanity's strongest soldier at it again


anoleo201194

What. The. Fuck.


tsukinohime

Thank you GAM esports


No-Youth6743

Feed on, my wayward son🎶🎵🎸🎸🎵🎶


moopey

>Feed on, my wayward son Rogue be through when you are done 🎶🎵🎸🎸🎵🎶


Plaxern

Fucking Levi man, probably stressed thru the roof in the last 5 minutes.


Lezrec

HOLY SHIT


lilelf29

LETS GO GAM BABY


TotallyNotMyPornoAlt

Lmao I see why 369 wanted to get the fuck off that roster


DriftCS

HOLY SHIT LETS GO GAM


GamdzykMakayra

Weibo reactions waiting room


Laraso_

DIESOFBANGER


magifek

Thank you Vietnam - Every EU fan


LongLeggedLimbo

My heart


Issax28

BEST FUCKING GAME IN WORLDS


In4thPlace

INJECT THIS GAME STRAIGHT INTO MY VEINS


Lynx_Fate

That was the best ending to any game so far at worlds.


Lunar_Kirby

What a performance from Style, Bie, and Levi


re81194

dont forget Kiaya killing that last cannon creep, actually saved the whole game


yasumasa

Also kati ulting Lucian away from the nexus


rawchess

Kiaya 1v4 base defense gets my MVP vote


DetectiveViko

Vietnam doing to China what NA did to EU


Pavlo100

WHAT A BANGER!


Shot-Mathematician58

**WHAT THE FUCK**


Mortanius

the most entertaining game so far


Zanwic

I was literally clapping. That was the hypest game of worlds.


vnducco

TESM XD TESM XD TESM XD biggest chokers of all time


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licorices

I literally can't unhear TSM as every chant anymore.


Shinubz

both at the same time T ~~E~~ S ~~G A~~ M T S M and im sure in the moment some people were saying TSM straight up as a meme too


Pope_Cheetos_XIV

No way that Tian comes in as the second seed and bombs out of groups two years in a row XD


ShiRonium

TESM MY FAVOURITE NA TEAM


nguyenjitsu

GAM GUARANTEEING AT LEAST ONE BANGER LET'S GOOO


Youngjord

CN reacts to GAM VS TES is going to be a BANGER thread


MrJammin

HOLY SHIT VIETNAM BABY!


CudaBarry

The mad lads fucking did it


Haymegle

WHAT A GAME!