I hope they'll drop out, and I'll celebrate if they do. Hotshot will hopefully continue to work on his team (as a manager, a job he does very well) and maybe become a streamer not unlike Dan Dinh. Aphro might finally go back to AD (such a waste to play the - at the time - second best AD carry NA as a support) and Link will surely find another team. Couldn't care any less for Chauster/DLift. Oh, and Jiji eliminating CLG from the LCS would be an extra serving of karmic revenge. Go Azure!
Edit: Realistically, only Quantic and maybe Velocity have a shot at qualification. Quantic should make it, Velocity will probably give us a close series against MRN. Dig and CLG by all means should stomp their series 3-0, their opponents just aren't on the same level considering infrastructure and experience (and, especially in Dig's case, skill)
I hope they'll drop out, and I'll celebrate if they do. Hotshot will hopefully continue to work on his team (as a manager, a job he does very well) and maybe become a streamer not unlike Dan Dinh. Aphro might finally go back to AD (such a waste to play the - at the time - second best AD carry NA as a support) and Link will surely find another team. Couldn't care any less for Chauster/DLift. Oh, and Jiji eliminating CLG from the LCS would be an extra serving of karmic revenge. Go Azure!
On May 08 2013 01:48 BrownBear wrote: I predict none of the amateur teams get in, calling it now. The NA scene just doesn't have the depth.
It wouldn't shock me if 2 or 3 teams got in... as much as I want to think Dignitas is immune to dropping out, they've looked terrible the last month or so. I'm rooting for CLG to get knocked out.
On May 08 2013 01:48 BrownBear wrote: I predict none of the amateur teams get in, calling it now. The NA scene just doesn't have the depth.
It wouldn't shock me if 2 or 3 teams got in... as much as I want to think Dignitas is immune to dropping out, they've looked terrible the last month or so. I'm rooting for CLG to get knocked out.
Dig has been awful, but look at who they're facing: Either Fidelis, who I've never seen before, or Team Summon, whos main claim to fame is that they have L0CUST. If Dig drops a Bo5 to either of these teams, I will be supremely shocked.
As far as CLG goes, I like the non-Chaulift members of CLG too much to root for Chaulift getting booted out.
Hopefully Azure Cats beats CLG. That's the only thing I really care about.
Apart from that, hopefully Dignitas and Marn don't drop out. Don't care about complexity at all, so they should drop out so that we get some new blood. Quantic would be my prefered team to defeat them.
On May 08 2013 05:32 Shikyo wrote: Hopefully Azure Cats beats CLG. That's the only thing I really care about.
Apart from that, hopefully Dignitas and Marn don't drop out. Don't care about complexity at all, so they should drop out so that we get some new blood. Quantic would be my prefered team to defeat them.
Basically the same. I think there's a decent chance I'll get exactly what I want, but who knows.
On May 08 2013 01:48 BrownBear wrote: I predict none of the amateur teams get in, calling it now. The NA scene just doesn't have the depth.
Quantic is really good imo. They're by far the best amateur team. Velocity looks good too although I dunno how good they'll do since their mid laner is so new to the team.
Azure cats are probably the most overrated team of the amateur circuit. They didn't even qualify on LAN. So much hype because it's jiji and everyone who isn't a CLG fan is an anti-CLG fan. Will be really funny if they fall flat on their faces. Like they're worse than Quantic, Velocity, Curse Academy, and probably Team Summon if they had full roster (but too many underaged kids).
Dignitas has by far the easiest route to qualifying though. I don't think either of the teams they're against stand any chance. Team Summon might be capable of doing it but 2/5s of their players can't compete in the LCS so they're gonna be playing with two subs.
Honestly, Quantic is a heavy favorite to make it to the next LCS. Not too sure about the other brackets. Most likely, all the incumbent LCS teams are solid favorites outside of complexity of course.
On May 08 2013 06:52 Capriccioso wrote: Honestly, Quantic is a heavy favorite to make it to the next LCS. Not too sure about the other brackets. Most likely, all the incumbent LCS teams are solid favorites outside of complexity of course.
Quantic and Velocity are the only two teams that I'm pretty confident are gonna meet LCS teams.
Azure and Team Summon have a very good chance of losing their first round but people want to see jiji vs CLG and L0CUST vs Dignitas so bad that they're hyping them up. I don't know much about Fidelis but Summon is playing these without two of their starters and Doublebuff has just as much talent as Azure Cats imo.
On May 08 2013 01:48 BrownBear wrote: I predict none of the amateur teams get in, calling it now. The NA scene just doesn't have the depth.
I agree with this completely. At first I'd think the only team that doesn't stand a chance of staying in LCS would be complexity, but with their recent newer pick ups they stand a much better chance now. Also, you have to remember it's a Bo5, maybe a lesser team could squeak out a win in a Bo1 and possibly even a Bo3, but I don't see it happening with a Bo5.
I hope they'll drop out, and I'll celebrate if they do. Hotshot will hopefully continue to work on his team (as a manager, a job he does very well) and maybe become a streamer not unlike Dan Dinh. Aphro might finally go back to AD (such a waste to play the - at the time - second best AD carry NA as a support) and Link will surely find another team. Couldn't care any less for Chauster/DLift. Oh, and Jiji eliminating CLG from the LCS would be an extra serving of karmic revenge. Go Azure!
x2 on this post. That is all.
Over/under on everyone who doesn't like chausterlift making a "watching dreams die" crack at them if CLG loses.