How the faithful have been rewarded. Underdog stories are always magical, but it feels the best to have it be a team that you've supported. It was feeling like T1 vs DRX for me tbh. Dhokla fan since the Optic days (my favorite player in the LCS). El Contracto rising up to show what he's got after his long career. Christian Palafox showing up in so much of the playoffs, was incredibly clutch for the team and showcases what NA talent has to offer. FBI winning again. In my eyes, a very underestimated player in a lot of the community's eyes, just because he's from OCE, "doesn't have personality" or people just don't know him very well. Showed up big today, extremely clean, got a Finals MVP and proved everyone wrong. And finally Ignar, a massive career resurgence as well, swimming through the shit with teams like IMT, DIG and academy, before finally proving what he has to offer as well. Flashbacks to Misfits vs SKT for him. I'm just so incredibly proud of everyone on the team, even the coaches despite all the memes. Practically no one expected this result, with the overwhelming amount of C9 fans and TL fans. Feels good to prove that giants can be toppled and stories like this are possible from time to time. Dhokla on top, NRG on top. Life is good! 😊
i only started watching lcs summer 2022, and CLG was the reason for it. Watching these guys play was so entertaining. I haven't stopped smiling since yesterday. They played so well as a team. Everyone looked amazing. I am so proud and beyond happy for them. Well deserved win!!!
Yeah, it hurt to see them lose especially when it feels like they could have played a bit better, but NRG was just so good today and in the playoffs in general. Also, as a long time C9 fan, it warmed my heart to see Contractz get emotional after this huge win ❤
@@JohnnyRamRod Theres a difference between respect and 'root for'. You dont root for a rival. Rivals are rivals for a reasn, unless you're a bandwagon fan who dont actually feel it. Its like Real Madrid fans never root for Messi or Barca to get anything.
Everyone trolls NRG for their amount of coaches, but if this is the result I'd imagine teams will quickly start realizing they can hire a whole team of supplement coaches for the cost of some of these increasingly expensive imports.
Completely agree. NRG is the first to realize that hard work trumps skill if the skill doesn't work hard. They went with a coaching structure that is very similar to a traditional sports team, and I think everyone else in the LCS will start to realize why.
Yes! The structure of multiple coaches could be a great thing for e-sports teams like league where there are multiple roles and positioning tactics during team fights. Could make the high tier players become top tier players when it comes to teamfights which matter the most.
thank godness lol their entire team besides berserker are replaceable. blabber is not a good jungler maybe in NA sure but overall man gets gapped easily. Fudge and zven are overrated especially fudge for someone who hasn't been able to actually be great vs top laners of other regions is too full of himself.
Teamwork vs skill this series, and teamwork won. Seemed like nrg were the only ones making plays early game, even when they didn't work. And in late game teamfighting they were clean, always on the same page and all targeting the correct person in the split second opportunities
@@samuelehrhardt3732 individual skill. C9 aren't lacking in that regard -- emenes got so far ahead this game from that. But it didn't matter later when, past 15 min, NRG never let him have time alone with anyone, always bringing at least 1-2 extra men to stunlock him before he could use his skill and lead. The power of friendship!
@@MinteeMusic really? I'd consider everyone but emenes on C9 to have been top 3 in role for pretty much the entirety of their LCS careers, while NRG really only has FBI and ignar. Dhokla, palafox, and contractz have all been bouncing around academy and random lcs teams for years, definitely not what I'd consider 'all-star talent' if I saw their names on paper.
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Gratz NRG. Good luck at Worlds. Cloud 9 is still in search of a mid laner. Honestly they should sub emenes out in worlds for anything if it is allowed. Not that it will matter. I hope emenes proves me wrong. Mithy is a very average drafter also.
All the C9 fans needing a scape goat and blaming emenes he played great last split and had the entire PNC arena chanting his name (I was there) the better team won. Emenes isn't the problem as a whole.
Wanted C9 to get their 3rd in a row and cement themselves as one of the greatest orgs. They were just a bit too cocky this playoff round. They did not look as good as summer playoffs but their attitude was just as high. I hope they have confidence going into worlds, because they need confidence going against the top regions or they will 💯 get blown away.
they were always super cocky and arrogant - the crazy thing is that some of their most arrogant players (like Zven) aren't even necessarily the best at their role, the whole org didn't feel like those great orgs from the past, C9 always seemed like they were a decently good team on par with other good teams and then just had berserker - only that berserker despite winning them all those championships isn't actually the cocky one in the group...NRG highlighted the difference just after the game in the interviews, they were so happy and not afraid to show it, didn't shit on anybody, didn't even lose a single word about C9 or anything, just expressed pure joy and shed tears
>implying NA isn't going to get blown out of Worlds just like last year We're not a competitive region, we're a monetized region. In order to make NA more internationally competitive, we'd have to get out of the BO1 format for the regular season and play more games -- but that decreased viewership and therefore ad revenue, so Riot sold NA out and last year's result speaks for itself.
@@johnkirk1772 yeah this really showed how much of this team is Blaber and Berzerker….. fudge and Zven are so fucking cocky for being EU average aka NA top tier…. Emenes seems a fine lad…. I think he just lets the hype take him and listens to calls he should not.
@@saranghae1saranghaethe fuck is worlds? This was the end of NAs season ….. that’s it….. I know LPL,LCK, and EU do that thing in the autumn …… but has NA ever shown up to that?!? Must be thinking of another region bro!
brooooo wtf lol this dude is actually using KT Tape to play a video game, what a day to be alive🤣🤣🤣. The placement of the tape nothing to do with his hands either 🤡
The played poorly all playoffs tbh. I think it was Huhi that said, c9 just do nothing all game until berserker gets a double/triple at dragon. Honestly feels pretty accurate.
This playoff format will continue to be garbage and a disadvantage for the winners bracket until the team from the loser bracket has to win the series twice. Playing in the losers bracket you are able to play more games and you even play a series the day before meaning you are already basically warmed up and use to the big stage. It just seems so weird that by not losing a series you are basically penalized with extended time off and no margin for error
Exactly. They are 1-1 in series but NRG gets the championship for some reason. It used to be double elimination where they would play another series. Idk why they decided to change that an reward the lower bracket team.
On the flip side, the winning team gets to observe how the other teams play and prepare. They can also rest up a bit more. I think there’s negatives and positives on both sides.
@@KOHUNIT I can't think of any other reason except their team being on the bad end of it. Every other upper bracket team got a second chance. Why does C9 not get one for beating everyone until the end?
From a competitive integrity standpoint it's annoying, but it makes perfect sense from a production value standpoint. If the finals were double elimination, a LOT fewer people would care to watch, since you can just assume c9 would win. And if they don't, then ppl would be able to tune in for finals round 2 -- it would get rid of all the "winner takes all" tension from the first series if NRG had to win twice.
Spoil Blocker 🎉
L to yaaa
"O'ye of little faith, WHY DO YOU DOUBT." Idk why but that was a badass call to me.
Matthew 14:31
God tier call literally
How the faithful have been rewarded. Underdog stories are always magical, but it feels the best to have it be a team that you've supported. It was feeling like T1 vs DRX for me tbh. Dhokla fan since the Optic days (my favorite player in the LCS). El Contracto rising up to show what he's got after his long career. Christian Palafox showing up in so much of the playoffs, was incredibly clutch for the team and showcases what NA talent has to offer. FBI winning again. In my eyes, a very underestimated player in a lot of the community's eyes, just because he's from OCE, "doesn't have personality" or people just don't know him very well. Showed up big today, extremely clean, got a Finals MVP and proved everyone wrong. And finally Ignar, a massive career resurgence as well, swimming through the shit with teams like IMT, DIG and academy, before finally proving what he has to offer as well. Flashbacks to Misfits vs SKT for him. I'm just so incredibly proud of everyone on the team, even the coaches despite all the memes. Practically no one expected this result, with the overwhelming amount of C9 fans and TL fans. Feels good to prove that giants can be toppled and stories like this are possible from time to time. Dhokla on top, NRG on top. Life is good! 😊
True fan right here
Tldr
Exactly 👍👍👍👍👍
well written review!
i only started watching lcs summer 2022, and CLG was the reason for it. Watching these guys play was so entertaining. I haven't stopped smiling since yesterday. They played so well as a team. Everyone looked amazing. I am so proud and beyond happy for them. Well deserved win!!!
It's crazy no one is talking about how long ignar has been trying to win in the lcs
Massive and long time C9 fan here. GG’s to NRG! They deserve it and it’s honestly so cool to see them win! C9 gotta get back on that grind now.
Good reality check for C9 ahead of worlds I think. Hopefully this will push them to be even better
Yeah, it hurt to see them lose especially when it feels like they could have played a bit better, but NRG was just so good today and in the playoffs in general. Also, as a long time C9 fan, it warmed my heart to see Contractz get emotional after this huge win ❤
Just came from the center, it was electrifying to see live, I wanted C9 to avenge TL, but NRG really played their hearts out. GG to the champions
You don’t root for C9 if you want avenge TL. Lol. They are rivals. At least TL knows they lost to the champs, so its better.
I was there too, was a fun event, I WON THE BUCKET!
@@youngbae5187 it's because they're rivals I respect them but do you
@@JohnnyRamRod Theres a difference between respect and 'root for'. You dont root for a rival. Rivals are rivals for a reasn, unless you're a bandwagon fan who dont actually feel it. Its like Real Madrid fans never root for Messi or Barca to get anything.
@@youngbae5187C9 fan Malding
Everyone trolls NRG for their amount of coaches, but if this is the result I'd imagine teams will quickly start realizing they can hire a whole team of supplement coaches for the cost of some of these increasingly expensive imports.
Completely agree. NRG is the first to realize that hard work trumps skill if the skill doesn't work hard. They went with a coaching structure that is very similar to a traditional sports team, and I think everyone else in the LCS will start to realize why.
Yes! The structure of multiple coaches could be a great thing for e-sports teams like league where there are multiple roles and positioning tactics during team fights. Could make the high tier players become top tier players when it comes to teamfights which matter the most.
The power of friendship wins at last!!!🎉🎉🎉
Underrated.
So glad we dont have to suffer through another year of c9 boasting their own egos and fatboyfudge talking about how awesome they are.
thank godness lol their entire team besides berserker are replaceable. blabber is not a good jungler maybe in NA sure but overall man gets gapped easily. Fudge and zven are overrated especially fudge for someone who hasn't been able to actually be great vs top laners of other regions is too full of himself.
@@evilkingster Totally Agree with you.
just wait. if Jojo joins C9 next year, the slurp will begin again. NA cheerleaders (casters/analysts) will restart the C9 ARE GODS narrative up again.
100% agree with you@@evilkingster
Good times!
C9 got fkn HUMBLED . God bless
Fudge and Zven got humbled….. Blaber still the best jungles in NA…. He’s just got a cocksure ass hat for a toplaner.
@@Gus-n9ublaber was gapped. Did you watch the series?
@@Gus-n9u Blaber got GAPPED are you blind LOL
@@999dawnfm Blaber didn't get gapped his solo lanes and support are fucking sprinting it
@@samuelehrhardt3732 blaber got gapped guy by a landslide even on his undefeated champ
More proof C9 relies so much on Bzerker to clutch a late game fight to win
so happy for contractz edit: and palafox, one of the few NA mids that has always been around and didn't stop grinding (along with insanity)
As a TL fan, im not even mad. We won more games against the Champs than C9 did, and we lost to the best
TL vs NRG was the actual finals
4/0/0 Yone at 17min ends up 4/5/3 is just not ok
NA Yone
Bro thought he was Chovy for real
Mid gap
Everything about Emenes is not okay.
Emenes biggest feeder in NA. Dude had such an advantage and chooses to build the worst mythic possible
LETS FUCKING GOOOOO!!!!! SO HYPE FOR THE BOYS. NEW ORG BUT THE FAITH REMAINS
24:13 and 30:15 when speaker wants to rap XD
Teamwork vs skill this series, and teamwork won. Seemed like nrg were the only ones making plays early game, even when they didn't work. And in late game teamfighting they were clean, always on the same page and all targeting the correct person in the split second opportunities
skill? C9 literally handicapping themselves with Emenes and Zven
@@samuelehrhardt3732 individual skill. C9 aren't lacking in that regard -- emenes got so far ahead this game from that. But it didn't matter later when, past 15 min, NRG never let him have time alone with anyone, always bringing at least 1-2 extra men to stunlock him before he could use his skill and lead. The power of friendship!
They don’t outclass NRG that hard in terms of skill either tho
@@MinteeMusic really? I'd consider everyone but emenes on C9 to have been top 3 in role for pretty much the entirety of their LCS careers, while NRG really only has FBI and ignar. Dhokla, palafox, and contractz have all been bouncing around academy and random lcs teams for years, definitely not what I'd consider 'all-star talent' if I saw their names on paper.
Ngl that was a fun serie
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Big Dhokes grinded to be a champion
Was zven saving his R for next game at 22:00?
The speed of the commentator at 24:14!!
What chroma is that for yone
Yone ult into Renata ult would have won C9 the game at 42:44
Who is the player named Channeling? They're pretty good
Is the mythic on yone good? Seems so troll
Good on paper but honestly infinity edge was better here, especially when Emenes was supposed to be their carry and he went with a support item
I knew c9 would lose when they wanted Emenes to be the win-con. He looked terrible this series.
He was terrible in every series, berserker carried him to victory.
brings me great joy to see these arrogant c9 players lose, GG NGR!!
Does anyone know what the victory theme is?
Wow. Just wow.
Honestly NRG playstyle best matchup againat c9. If they went against TL they would be the champs most likely.
@blakemilliken1255think they are saying if c9 vs TL c9 wins
@@harrisonsloan6036 NRG beat C9 and TL. But copium C9 fans say IF and only IF they play TL they champs. Lol. Such a lame excuse.
The clg double tp comes back
Gratz NRG. Good luck at Worlds. Cloud 9 is still in search of a mid laner. Honestly they should sub emenes out in worlds for anything if it is allowed. Not that it will matter. I hope emenes proves me wrong. Mithy is a very average drafter also.
All the C9 fans needing a scape goat and blaming emenes he played great last split and had the entire PNC arena chanting his name (I was there) the better team won. Emenes isn't the problem as a whole.
Are they piping crowd noise? Lol
Arrogance got rekted! I m so happy for that
Nrg~~~❤
so wholesome
After watching ZEUS rumble, I am feeling this is a bronze rumble
Wanted C9 to get their 3rd in a row and cement themselves as one of the greatest orgs. They were just a bit too cocky this playoff round. They did not look as good as summer playoffs but their attitude was just as high. I hope they have confidence going into worlds, because they need confidence going against the top regions or they will 💯 get blown away.
they were always super cocky and arrogant - the crazy thing is that some of their most arrogant players (like Zven) aren't even necessarily the best at their role, the whole org didn't feel like those great orgs from the past, C9 always seemed like they were a decently good team on par with other good teams and then just had berserker - only that berserker despite winning them all those championships isn't actually the cocky one in the group...NRG highlighted the difference just after the game in the interviews, they were so happy and not afraid to show it, didn't shit on anybody, didn't even lose a single word about C9 or anything, just expressed pure joy and shed tears
>implying NA isn't going to get blown out of Worlds just like last year
We're not a competitive region, we're a monetized region. In order to make NA more internationally competitive, we'd have to get out of the BO1 format for the regular season and play more games -- but that decreased viewership and therefore ad revenue, so Riot sold NA out and last year's result speaks for itself.
Bro, it's going to be 0-6 like last time. Chill.
@@johnkirk1772 yeah this really showed how much of this team is Blaber and Berzerker….. fudge and Zven are so fucking cocky for being EU average aka NA top tier…. Emenes seems a fine lad…. I think he just lets the hype take him and listens to calls he should not.
@@saranghae1saranghaethe fuck is worlds? This was the end of NAs season ….. that’s it….. I know LPL,LCK, and EU do that thing in the autumn …… but has NA ever shown up to that?!? Must be thinking of another region bro!
Emenes needs to go. I think Palafox or Jojopyun on C9 would look good. Emenes was definitely the weak point on C9 all split.
a draven walks into melee range of jax....
man this rumble is litterly me in wood 8
44:38
brooooo wtf lol this dude is actually using KT Tape to play a video game, what a day to be alive🤣🤣🤣. The placement of the tape nothing to do with his hands either 🤡
so glad C9 lost.
C9 played so bad today.... so many small mistakes every game.
The played poorly all playoffs tbh. I think it was Huhi that said, c9 just do nothing all game until berserker gets a double/triple at dragon. Honestly feels pretty accurate.
How do you fuck up playing Annie?!?!?!?!
C9 no midlane this saison
Well let's see how worlds gose
CLG!!!!
Nami is Contractz waifu is why he hovers her
Is it just me or is Emenes the worst player on C9? Been watching c9 only recently and he has seemed like the weak link
Big draft dif....
Rumble and support so usless in fight.
Draven can't dps du to his support and top unable to cover him...
LEC draft vs NA draft no wonder!
top and adc feeders in c9 team, they can get better players if they hire somebody from iron rank
i will never approve of the NRG org, but i am happy that palafaker and big dhokes took the title
TSM!!!
I haven't watched LCS in years but man C9's ADC SUCKS royally.
They dogged us all season 🙃
gg NRG
Stop picking draven in tournament its so easy to kill ...look t1 pick draven and easy to get top of draven head with jax
C9 LOOK TILTED ASF
Spoiler blocker
Damonte diff
I hate getting cucked teemo all, the, time!
Lmfao. NA man... clown central
ContractZ won a championship, the state of NA
Nrg winners
Trash blaber on loose
seems like a script to push new team but im prob wrong
stop the steal 2.0
The old script sucked anyways.
This playoff format will continue to be garbage and a disadvantage for the winners bracket until the team from the loser bracket has to win the series twice. Playing in the losers bracket you are able to play more games and you even play a series the day before meaning you are already basically warmed up and use to the big stage. It just seems so weird that by not losing a series you are basically penalized with extended time off and no margin for error
Exactly. They are 1-1 in series but NRG gets the championship for some reason. It used to be double elimination where they would play another series. Idk why they decided to change that an reward the lower bracket team.
@@Chugchugpickles its funny because its the exact opposite at worlds and people hate it too.
On the flip side, the winning team gets to observe how the other teams play and prepare. They can also rest up a bit more. I think there’s negatives and positives on both sides.
@@KOHUNIT I can't think of any other reason except their team being on the bad end of it. Every other upper bracket team got a second chance. Why does C9 not get one for beating everyone until the end?
From a competitive integrity standpoint it's annoying, but it makes perfect sense from a production value standpoint. If the finals were double elimination, a LOT fewer people would care to watch, since you can just assume c9 would win. And if they don't, then ppl would be able to tune in for finals round 2 -- it would get rid of all the "winner takes all" tension from the first series if NRG had to win twice.
HOW CAN THEY ALLOW JAX TO NRG AFTER GETTING 2-0D BY HIM
LMFAO Berserker got caught so many times.
zven is possibly the worst support in lcs