Wrapping Up Worlds Groups; Quarterfinals Preview - Summoning Insight S4E24 (feat. Nelson Sng)

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  • Summoning Insight is the premier League of Legends esports talk show and podcast.
    Join MonteCristo and Thorin with guest Nelson Sng, coach for G2, as they discuss the end of the 2021 Worlds Group Stage, the Worlds meta, FPX flopping in groups, Cloud9's miracle run, the dominance of LCK teams, tournament favorites, and more.
    Summoning Insight will be increasing the frequency of shows during the 2021 League of Legends World Championship, so be sure to catch the show live on the Insight on Esports Twitch channel.
    This episode was filmed on October 19th, 2021.
    Come join the Insight on Esports Discord for in-depth discussion across esports: / discord
    0:00:00 - Initial thoughts on Group Stage
    0:07:52 - Assessing Perkz + lack of shoulder content
    0:22:35 - Nelson intro + FPX
    0:37:11 - Format woes
    0:46:05 - Rogue
    0:56:26 - Team Liquid
    1:07:48 - More issues with the format
    1:13:29 - LNG
    1:17:50 - EDG vs RNG
    1:31:10 - T1 vs HLE
    1:43:43 - Cloud9 vs Gen.G
    1:58:21 - Player nicknames + 2021 Dade Award
    2:15:45 - Fnatic and the "Bwiplonger"
    2:30:01 - Predictions
    2:46:46 - "Bugs" becoming "features"
    2:51:42 - Unpatched LoL
    2:55:55 - Physical books vs audiobooks
    2:58:03 - Favorite audio content
    3:00:25 - Esports players at a renaissance fair
    3:01:49 - Favorite Metal Gear Solid game
    3:02:49 - Another esports horror story
    3:05:17 - Magical realism literature
    3:06:57 - Updates to Thorin's Western GOAT rankings
    3:11:34 - What game are you the best at?
    3:13:46 - Worst person you've met in esports
    3:18:25 - Effects of strong Worlds performances by western teams
    3:20:23 - How much did the Jatt dilemma affect TL?
    3:23:35 - Physical grog coins
    #LoLWorlds
    #LoLEsports
    #LoLPodcast
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  • @disturbed1734
    @disturbed1734 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I just want to see one year where Dade presents the Dade award to the deserving player.

  • @ArchioxID
    @ArchioxID 2 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    It's incredible that the two most knowledgeable league experts, that have not worked with league directly in years, still provide a better and more entertaining show with an unscripted zoom show than the proffesional employed league casters. Keep up the good work guys!

    • @jonepoint3658
      @jonepoint3658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yeah this show has been shitting on every riot product for years

    • @NT-ng6xy
      @NT-ng6xy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I think it all comes down to the personality and also experience. They are just so good at establishing narratives and exposing their own ideas, never afraid to speak their mind. As a hardcore league fan, I've always selfishly wished Monte to come back and Thorin to make an appearance in an official broadcast.

    • @tomwilsonkeys
      @tomwilsonkeys 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So true

    • @maximilienlemeledo8214
      @maximilienlemeledo8214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The mad thing is that most major league have insane content creation team (LEC, LCK, LPL) but each worlds, who is taking over ? That's right ! The production team of the worst major league broadcast: the LCS. Now the official broadcast is unfortunately really serious, bland and forgettable. And it's a shame because those people have talent, but it's untapped...

    • @Runningitsendingit
      @Runningitsendingit 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NT-ng6xy it’s mad because Thoorin was actually meant to cast/be on the desk for the LPL a few years back, before riot global for wind of it screwed him out of the gig. Would’ve been amazing to see

  • @AverageSneedEnjoyer
    @AverageSneedEnjoyer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Those little 3min segments during TI10 were amazing. Iconic moments from games, background stories, tales from Dota's past. Crazy that the LoL broadcast has nothing of interest going on other than the games.

    • @srenbruun2066
      @srenbruun2066 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      M su

    • @AONTrappy
      @AONTrappy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well they gotta slide in their ad breaks for that revenue man.

  • @markusnilsson6800
    @markusnilsson6800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Crazy to me that they havent been bringing up anything about the rivalries. Perkz vs Damwon, Nuguri vs FPX, Perkz vs FPX, EDG vs T1, RNG vs FNC without Rekkles and Uzi, CoreJJ vs Gen.G. SO much to create hype with

    • @GEM4sta
      @GEM4sta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      RNG vs FNC without Rekkles and Uzi... Yeah, what a hype story line, you should go work for Riot!

    • @markusnilsson6800
      @markusnilsson6800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@GEM4sta How they always were the backbone for the orgs and how the orgs succeded even after both of them leaving, i think its quite interesting atleast!

    • @acsu96
      @acsu96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I know what you mean...i saw a video posted on twitter of corejj and ruler before i remembered oh right this group has a world's winning botlane playing against each other again....

    • @emceemikey
      @emceemikey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The casters talk about these things all the time

    • @BenignViewer
      @BenignViewer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@HappyroosterYT This ^. They need to make feature content about these match-ups and the history _prior_ to the actual match, so that people *actually tune in* to watch the casters talk about it. It's useless just having the casters talk about it during the match, if no one is interested in watching the match in the first place.

  • @seangill2522
    @seangill2522 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I am sort of shocked they didn't mention "the unkillable demon king" when talking about nicknames. Thats definitely the best one in League.

    • @pace1190
      @pace1190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      it aint a single player but Rush Hour (DL/Aphro on CLG) was elite

    • @OMAR-vk9pi
      @OMAR-vk9pi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Na that one is cringe af

    • @fbiagent6456
      @fbiagent6456 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was the korean casters and viewers that gave faker the unkillable demon king, which is a really cringe nickname and tradition.

    • @seangill2522
      @seangill2522 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fbiagent6456 i believe it was actually a Chinese player who first said it, or maybe another korean.

    • @dwgreen108
      @dwgreen108 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@fbiagent6456 That started when the mid laner from OMG, COOL, referred to Faker as "the unkillable demon king" (in Chinese) during 2013 Worlds.

  • @TheRavager777
    @TheRavager777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I had been waiting for Thorin's take on the Bwiplonger, absolute classic!

  • @AARon11414
    @AARon11414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This kind of useful insight Nelson provides into what’s going on with Chinese teams isn’t discussed on the English-speaking broadcast.
    The only thing I can imagine is that this is because the Reddit mob would think Lyric or whoever was providing that information was just stanning for Chinese teams. There would be hate threads about how the broadcast favored China and Chinese teams, all varieties of non-sequiturs included.
    But I wish there were people on broadcast discussing the issues FPX has always had, the fact that this EDG lineup is quite new - coaches included. This could even toss over to commentary about how DK’s head coach (Kkoma) and lineup are extremely experienced at international competitions, for many of the players dating back to 2019.
    Again, on an English-speaking broadcast, even if the broadcasters wanted to talk more about eastern teams (I’m thinking of Raz, Lyric, the LCK casters, and Emily, for example), it wouldn’t work, probably, not just because their audience may not show interest in those topics, but because their audience might actually pitch a toddler-fit that their broadcast isn’t western-centric enough, charges of “egregious bias” included.

  • @diogobarreto1013
    @diogobarreto1013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I remember they called EDG iBoy as Fishman (cuz of his eyes), Ning as Lying(after he backstabbed his friend) and GodV as GoldV(whenever he did bad). They also nickname champions, for example Lucian is Obama.

  • @MomsDrunkAgain...
    @MomsDrunkAgain... 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It surprised Monte forgot to mention Perkz role swapping and making worlds semis 4 times in a row. Assuming they beat Gen.g. (C9 fan)

    • @Jkoihm
      @Jkoihm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He did mention role swap, go listen again.

    • @Akuiko
      @Akuiko 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jkoihm was just gonna comment that as well

  • @BrunoVilelaTic
    @BrunoVilelaTic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have been waiting for a video like this. Great content! Thank you both!

  • @MrGetownedLP
    @MrGetownedLP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So hype to watch this. Already love your guys takes on the lack of storyline coverage from Riots end. There's so many features you can do its crazy man I guess the ambition isn't there, what else could it be?

  • @maurienvy
    @maurienvy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I have a slightly different take on why Bwipo did the tweetlonger. He started it off by saying that he hurted his girlfriend, and the procceeds to talk abour how great she is and how much she helped. The tone of the tweetlonger made me feel like she is going to ditch Bwipo anyways, but she put in the effort to support him while he was at worlds.
    So the tweetlonger feels ( to me ) like a poor attempt from Bwipo to not lose his girlfriend, and the way he figured to do so was talk up how good she is.
    Even though he indirectly dissed his entire team, it sounds to me like it was a byproduct of his desperate apology attempt.

    • @m4ng4n
      @m4ng4n 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      he cheated on her?

    • @janisarbidans8931
      @janisarbidans8931 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I also feel that was the case and thats why you shouldnt write shit like that in twitlongers or you shouldnt write anything like that period. Like no kidding but if i was lena my vagina would dry up faster than water in sahara reading that crap and i have done some stupid shit in my teenage years myself.

  • @corpse6193
    @corpse6193 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    19:55 Imagine putting out a compilation of all the players saying that Cloud9 and Rogue have no chance right before the tiebreaker for 2nd in group A. This has a potential to be hype as fuck

  • @Discoverablelzy
    @Discoverablelzy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Pretty sure they called Ning, "Naruto" and JKL, "Sasuke". Remember that from the LPL regular season IG v TES, aka "Great Ninja War" pre-match hype and memes

    • @diogobarreto1013
      @diogobarreto1013 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They also called Doublelift Sasuke because of what happened with his brother.

  • @TheJodalorn
    @TheJodalorn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That bit about the player nicknames had me in tears, thorin took no prisoners hahahha

  • @NotASummoner
    @NotASummoner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thoorin on fire in this episode. Banger episode.

  • @demondude15
    @demondude15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the Huk reference from Thorin! i appreciated that one big man!

  • @sarazam7396
    @sarazam7396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The broadcast also needs to add background to the players. Bjerg had an interview about how he was bullied and it brought everyone around him. Huanfeng had the article written by not Riot about how he grew up in poverty and his father sent him a tiny amount of money. These stories made everyone like these players and cheer for them, make them invested in the players.

  • @darkmasterlord57
    @darkmasterlord57 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What’s sad is Riot USED to do feature pieces but they just stopped for some reason it makes no damn sense

  • @Habeev07
    @Habeev07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    THE BOYS DID IT. NA and EU 3rd seeds taking out the LPL 2nd seed! NA is battle tested on 70 ping. They drafted a little tankier and more cc at times. Also cared about stacking drakes which is huge regardless of what people say because it's denying enemy stats. Insane how C9 and MAD actually managed to win while drafting for extreme mobility to counter the full team fight comps of GENG/LNG and FPX. C9 and MAD were regarded as best team fighting team in NA/EU so I shouldn't be as surprised; but in quarters you need hard cc and at least 2 tanks per draft the later worlds tend to go historically. Heck Cait, Kog'Maw, Twitch, Jinx, Xayah are just waiting to be brought out for those full scaling front to back standard team fights we historically have gotten. This year could be lot more varied. Already 88 unique champs I think. Its basically "ardent meta" but also a bruiser top tower meta. Love how games can last 25-55 mins no problem.

  • @tkpipo
    @tkpipo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love the fact that Thoorin has to explain simple finance to fans, because of a bad meme

  • @kurobara3
    @kurobara3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I will say that games like counterstrike and Starcraft do have different maps even if they dont patch stuff in game the maps effect the game.

  • @epicfapbattlesofhistory607
    @epicfapbattlesofhistory607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Here's a few nicknames for ya, take 'em or leave 'em.
    Rekkles: the Queen ("King" for production) of K/D/A.
    Jensen: the Prodigal Son.
    Bjergsen: the American Upender.
    Upset: Triplelift.
    SwordArt: the Bionicle Man.
    Rookie: the Korean Salieri.
    Theshy: Dr. Heckle and Mr. Shyde; alternatively, Dr. Disrespect, because he doesn't give a fuck about your team or even his own.
    Huni: the Clown Prince of Crime.

  • @QuixoticCosmos
    @QuixoticCosmos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I think another good time to test the format is MSI. Please riot just see how double elimination works

    • @Gurpreet-sv5zg
      @Gurpreet-sv5zg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please no. MSI is already garbage enough. Just retire that format and make it some world cup format.

  • @XemnasTM
    @XemnasTM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The last cool nickname Korea gave out was dubbing Hyli as "The Mad Professor"

  • @maskedriderkiva1
    @maskedriderkiva1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This podcast is awesome, not only Do I learn about the history of esport. I also learn about history of the world LOL. Just a suggestion, perhaps during the off season. You guys can do a segment about 10-15 min on giving each iconic league player a nickname or new nickname. Eg faker is unkillable demon king (quite long for a nickname)
    EDIT:English

  • @NewWorldSinner
    @NewWorldSinner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    14:00 Not just different team mates BUT. TWO DIFFERENT ROLES

  • @macsaeki
    @macsaeki 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    after watching worlds this past weekend, looks like monte was right on the money.

  • @Habeev07
    @Habeev07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    STANDARDIZE THE FORMAT!!!

  • @Zetsubou0
    @Zetsubou0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some potential nicknames, perkz “the puppeteer”, forgiven “the forbidden one”, Caps “the unpredictable meister”, The peak of mount Shys reference to TheShy and Shy.

  • @Diya-dg6ur
    @Diya-dg6ur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    i meannn as a fan, its fun to over react during post game discussions..................dont think fans should get shit over that...not making any type of opinion and discussing it after seeing a game would be kinda boring i feel like....

    • @abirmahmud2242
      @abirmahmud2242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      what are you on about, only thorin gets to shit talk everyone

    • @GEM4sta
      @GEM4sta 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "hm, looks like we rolled badly on our 9 x 30% Winrate, hope we roll better next round robin!"
      They literally want the "when NA loses I think to myself "no"" meme

    • @brandonwalker5011
      @brandonwalker5011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i meannn as a viewer of Thorin, its fun to watch Thorin shit on fans for over reacting.................dont think Thorin should get shit over that.....not seeing Thorin make any kind of jokes about stupid fan takes would be kinda boring i feel like....

    • @Diya-dg6ur
      @Diya-dg6ur 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brandonwalker5011 thorin wasnt the one who did it

  • @haitharu
    @haitharu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    the format was indeed grueling for the players for sure but wasnt that due to the schedule not having time since they moved it to iceland at the last moment and so forth?

  • @brabhamF1
    @brabhamF1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All I am saying is that we were this close to Montes dream QF. Rogue vs Korean Rogue (aka GEN.G).

  • @airstyles1989
    @airstyles1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Xiaohu's have a lot of nick names. e.g. 春之虎帝
    Tiger Emperor of the Spring, as he always wins in spring and won LPL titles. (And 2 MSI)
    He's also referred to as 虎大将军 (Grand General Tiger)
    When XiaoLongBao was with them, they're the Dragon/Tiger Combo, which hold cultural and pop culture significance to East Asia as a while as Tiger are seen to be a ferocious match to the mythical Dragon. There's even the popular Chinese mange, "Dragon Tiger Gate" which can be use as reference.
    I'm surprise Nelson didn't bring any of it up.

  • @HoodieOfLegends
    @HoodieOfLegends 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    cap larssen was a crazy playmaker and clutched out very dire situations for rge, 2021 worlds larssen was a breathtaking player

  • @leeammagno2393
    @leeammagno2393 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The score eSports holy war let's go!!!!!!!

  • @timplaxstar
    @timplaxstar 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As for nicknames we have jizuke as the Italian stallion.
    For bjergsen, we have a name for his teammates 4 wards

  • @ims0ul
    @ims0ul 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The double elimination bracket, dont they use it in valorant?!?

  • @Slacktionman
    @Slacktionman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    What did they even get Nelson on for if hes just gonna be silent the majority of the time

    • @lukasimic8325
      @lukasimic8325 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They didnt rly let him speak

    • @twiceseventeen
      @twiceseventeen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And whenever he talks he's just mumbling the whole time

    • @Jkoihm
      @Jkoihm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Singapore English is cringe, and no one can compete with monte n thorins broadcasting style with great mics.

  • @Gibbysaurio
    @Gibbysaurio 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Isn't Tian playing through a wrist injury?

  • @coybackus7665
    @coybackus7665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Jensen is fire. Perkz is the western GOAT. at this point it's no debate. i fell in love with the man when he carried Hjarnan and Whadid.

    • @gerbo8018
      @gerbo8018 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Really ? Perks has major consistency issues.
      For the last 4-6 seasons he started out really bad. Sure his playoff/worlds performances are amazing. But ... what comes before that ...

    • @OMAR-vk9pi
      @OMAR-vk9pi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gerbo8018 winning when it counts? Case closed

    • @jazeroliversy673
      @jazeroliversy673 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gerbo8018 inconsistent but wins when it counts. I think that’s better. He’s the most decorated western player in history.

    • @gerbo8018
      @gerbo8018 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jazeroliversy673 I tought this was about a goat not about the most prizes.

    • @jazeroliversy673
      @jazeroliversy673 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gerbo8018 idk, who’d you put above him

  • @alienobserver7220
    @alienobserver7220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    2:25:57 I mean, from the fans' perspective, what's wrong in that they want LEC to have as many quality teams as possbile. Of course, they want to see high level of gameplay and EU to be strong as a region overall, also in order to compete internationally and to have a chance for a title. For that you need a top talent to stay in Europe. Yes, for Carlos that may not be beneficial to sell good players to other European teams if his only goal was to win LEC. However he openly said that he wants G2 to win Worlds, so it should be obvious that he needs a strong opposition. If he would weaken other teams, G2 would face the same problem that all top teams from LCS always complain about, that they aren't pushed enough in the region, that's why it's hard for them to compete internationally. LEC as a whole has been facing the same problem for a very long time now, which is the constant dilution of top talent; yes, new rookies are brought in every year, but it's hard to expect them to fill the void after players like Perkz or Alphari. The region is getting weaker in that sense.
    That's how things look like for the average LEC fan.

    • @Tovigonbar
      @Tovigonbar 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also, if they do not want to sell their players to top teams, and their players end up having to play 2 years on a short team, then surely there will be no gide players who will play for g2 as it could also happen to them? 🤔

    • @maeschder
      @maeschder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah Thorin was completely strawmanning all the fans here.

    • @gerbo8018
      @gerbo8018 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@maeschder He does that often. Its because he reads the worst reddit takes and then thinks that its the average fan.

  • @vondo560
    @vondo560 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very clever leroy Jenkins reference

  • @Haedrix
    @Haedrix 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    re: "where is the content?!" @ ~18min - Riot probably did less content this year because someone said "why spend money creating content when we could make money selling the ad space between games?" The ads were obnoxious this year. Couldn't even escape it while watching the games with all of the redbull baron power play, mastercard mythic item purchases, cisco network plugs, etc.

  • @Scarxful
    @Scarxful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    tbf murica is looking even more devided than europe rn...

    • @GEM4sta
      @GEM4sta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tbf it's arguably more diverse... Our problems are mostly race relations, EU countries are mostly just white

  • @eshanthaperera
    @eshanthaperera 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I enjoy Thorin content as much as the next guy, but honestly, Thorin and Monte's dedication to kiss Perkz's ass in every single video they do is genuinely admirable lmao.
    Not saying I completely disagree, but you really can't deny the bias.

  • @pastrie42
    @pastrie42 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I like groups being best of 1's. I love that anything can happen. That's what competition is. Then the teams need to do a series after that. It's a good system. I think you make good points though

    • @liborsysel2234
      @liborsysel2234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bo1 is awfull. Yeah weak teams could upset, but then u might get weaker team into quaters...

    • @bertlife7142
      @bertlife7142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@liborsysel2234 At that point though if you follow this arguement to it's logical conclusion there will literally be no upsets ever. Say for example Riot got rid of Bo1's and inserted a losers bracket into Worlds... in this case one of the top 3 or so teams going into the event would win every single time. If you give the best teams in the World too many chances then they will win every single time.
      Just look at the UCL. Even though smaller teams can make runs, they will never win it because the format is not that punishing. Compare this to the NFL, which has single elimination, and upsets happen much more frequently.
      In short, you have a choice. Do you want the winner to be pre-determined as 1 of around 3 of the best teams every year, or do you want more upsets and shocks, but less clean gameplay.
      I prefer the latter but I can see why people prefer the former.

    • @smaldor
      @smaldor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bertlife7142 I would prefer the best teams to always win...Also, upsets can STILL happen in bo3/5. bad day, bad mental from the better team etc. But as someone who wants to see the best always, I want the best teams at the top every time.

    • @badbunny371
      @badbunny371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@smaldor maybe in the fiesta called dota but not in league, a clear better team will always win.

  • @alienobserver7220
    @alienobserver7220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:26:38 Yeah, I haven't been paying attention to social media or anything, but if fans really think that way, that's stupid. I'm glad Nukeduck replaced Czekolad; he was just not good enough. The question is: what did he show in try-outs that made him seem ready for LEC, maybe we will see him in the future, but for the time being he seems like a very limited player.
    Oh, and I agree that Bean is not an LEC level player yet, at least to me he didn't look convincing enough. As far as I know he also wasn't the driving force for Fnatic Rising last split.

    • @gerbo8018
      @gerbo8018 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tbh i havn't seen him play in fnc rising. But at least i had the impression in worlds that he could keep his own against players in worlds. Ofc that is with Hilly at his side.
      It all depends on how you want to use your adc in the team. I don't see him carrying at this point so i wouldn't use him as the main carry.
      Tbh i wouldn't get him for a team myself but if your in a bind he could be an option (if your a lower team)

    • @Dardobul
      @Dardobul 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Coach of XL said that the main issue with czecholad was that he didn't listen or play well with his team

  • @MusicHound18
    @MusicHound18 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    wait....didnt both of them write off all the na teams the last episode, and on the jungle show with dom... like both monte and thorin were like well na speedrun again... lol

  • @alexclay388
    @alexclay388 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    TLDR: xmithie should be on the western GOAT list around 10th place.
    I'm much more of a lol community lurker than poster commenter, but i felt this needed to be said given it came up in the post show questions.
    xmithie is the best jungler to ever play in NA and has the experience and the titles to be on the list in a similar tier to Bjergsen.
    I understand others might discount his many victories as he wasn't the main player on his championship rosters for the most part,
    BUT
    He is the only NA player to make MSI finals twice and he did it on two enitrely different teams.
    And I think its fair to say he was the best player on the CLG 2016 roster which won spring LCS and came in second in groups at MSI (best showing of any western team in groups at msi) and won a best of 5 against Flash Wolves to make the finals.
    2016 CLG roster
    Top: Darshan
    JG: Xmithie
    Mid: huhi
    Bot: stixxay
    Support: aphromoo

  • @christmastimelor790
    @christmastimelor790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Should have asked what the Chinese nickname for Doublelift was, surely they had one for him after so long.

  • @jontravolta4404
    @jontravolta4404 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best podcast in esports

  • @roachdoggjr4648
    @roachdoggjr4648 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Not sure if they forgot or just didn't bother to mention, but Faker pretty early on was given the nickname "Unkillable Demon King". Dunno if I'd say it's a great nickname but it's something.

  • @Monotheist137
    @Monotheist137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good rant about defending Perkz. I feel like everyone is just jelous of money or something to be honest.

  • @Thomas-rc7cm
    @Thomas-rc7cm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Opium war description was pretty spot on as well, just took a Chinese history class.

  • @alleythegood
    @alleythegood 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best part is 1:59:14, wait for it

  • @Akhorne
    @Akhorne 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm so glad hearing Thorin call out that bullshit about Perks "11 million dollar ult/flash/etc.." There's a couple retired pros who were doing the same thing, it wasn't just casters. Because I'm supposed to believe doubleairport seriously played better with all the money he made.

  • @jecht3
    @jecht3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cant believe the metal gear slander. Stop the Cap. That series is the goat.

  • @pace1190
    @pace1190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Riots too busy cancelling a Valorant On-LAN tournament while fucking over Aussies stranded in the States to make any feature content :>

    • @pace1190
      @pace1190 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      + about the nickname segment, my nickname for Perkz based off the old 90s Croatian NBA star has always been "Drazen Perkovic" even back in S6 purely because it fit so well
      and looking from S6 Perkz to S11 Perkz, fucking hell he really did grow *right* into that nickname and become EUs GOAT and then go onto making a new standalone legacy in America, shits uncanny

  • @_ketosucks1355
    @_ketosucks1355 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thoorin roasting Phreak LUL

    • @Habeev07
      @Habeev07 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He likes him in all honesty it was a loving roast. He's our asshole.

  • @AliagaAyin
    @AliagaAyin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    DK are the favorites, but, MAD got them to 5 games at msi, its not impossible

    • @ericyin2810
      @ericyin2810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mad looks worse in the round robin relative to their MSI run, meanwhile DK looks way more dominant right now than their MSI run. MAD always pulls off the unexpected though, so its always on the table.

    • @Gurpreet-sv5zg
      @Gurpreet-sv5zg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice take. 3-0. Now you will learn why it's idiotic to take an MSI format with an entirely different patch and trying to extrapolate to worlds.

  • @bobjoe2627
    @bobjoe2627 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    “Oof” - Nelson

  • @Lizard1582
    @Lizard1582 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    pre-game dragon order is needed

  • @SirKobrias
    @SirKobrias 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Perkz has Uma Jan

  • @toddyw5330
    @toddyw5330 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm a Chinese, obviously Nelson only knows the nick names of players from two years ago. How could he say Viper doesn’t have a nick name? And no one in China calls Luka emperor Perkz nor king Perkz, we usually call him ‘a P’ or ‘PZI’

  • @Habeev07
    @Habeev07 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I could balance the game. I would make 2 small patches per year. small ones. there is a middle ground.

  • @plutone220696
    @plutone220696 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don't Chinese teams have their home stadiums? Can't they run Worlds at one of those so we can have a format that isn't ass backwards?

  • @ja5140
    @ja5140 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If faker the eastern GOAT is unkillable demon king, then the clear name for PERKZ the western goat should be the indomitable spirit king. Two sides of the goat coin.

  • @dominicholder7323
    @dominicholder7323 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    But Monte.. Perkz has a Nickname... He was called Babayaga in Europe.

  • @genovaz
    @genovaz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did thorin just completely misrepresent the idea of an investment?

  • @efghabcd4687
    @efghabcd4687 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok. So, Doinb won the dade award

  • @MidsummerNightScream
    @MidsummerNightScream 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glad i'm not the only one that hates KD/A. It has nothing to do with the game and the music is really obnoxious computer generated crap that plays after every match

  • @JoshuaFoy
    @JoshuaFoy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hol up thorin Zeke is worth the money, at least on my fantasy team....

  • @WiseAlbatross
    @WiseAlbatross 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If C9 make Finals, Im buying a C9 jersey.

  • @ChristianKrillz
    @ChristianKrillz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I prefer Uma Jan

  • @XxILikePie03
    @XxILikePie03 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:01:20 KING OF SNEAKERS

  • @actuallynot135
    @actuallynot135 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The "Emperor" in CN is not a good one.we call knight "Emperor K", we call Ning"Emperor shoes". because they are bad

  • @bluebroadcast8008
    @bluebroadcast8008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    world champion ning actually predicted today c9 and mad (NA 3./EU 1. seed) to win over geng and damwon (korean 1. and 2. seed). i think he is smart:)

    • @nathanharris8896
      @nathanharris8896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh wow. MAD over DWG is a bold take.

    • @Gurpreet-sv5zg
      @Gurpreet-sv5zg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tell me how good was Ning prediction. Ning was on the dot right PepeLaugh

  • @zeal514
    @zeal514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lol, I love Phreak. He did actually talk shit to dunk on swordart & TSM.

    • @JamesIdentity
      @JamesIdentity 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Phreak is the most boring and cringeworthy caster of all the riot employees.

    • @Gurpreet-sv5zg
      @Gurpreet-sv5zg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JamesIdentity LEC cast like to have a word with you.

  • @dislexyc
    @dislexyc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If I had to chose a game, I'd panic, say sueca and then call a friend who knows what they're doing to carry my ass
    If that's not allowed, then it'd be TicTac toe. I can't lose so I can't be killed

  • @simonxiao7242
    @simonxiao7242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My worse scenario for this worlds final would be
    Geng win c9 then beat the lpl
    Then Mad lion beat damwon for t1.. then lose to t1
    And at Last faker get his sweet revenge for 2016 against geng then retired.
    Fk that.. don't let faker retired 🤣

  • @OnlyBush
    @OnlyBush 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    not gonna lie montecristo looking hella cute

  • @victors5619
    @victors5619 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Give me the coin!

  • @DMOND-qg2cg
    @DMOND-qg2cg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    kinda sad how hard nelson had to be carried by thorin and monte. he rly isnt a talkshow guy

  • @Thomas-rc7cm
    @Thomas-rc7cm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this guest is pretty quiet. jitters maybe. Thoorin having to coax words out of him

  • @adrian.tabirca
    @adrian.tabirca 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @InsightOnEsports Narratives are pretty weak because Riot is using the LCS's production model and not LEC's model. Boring as fuck and full shitty commercials ('RedBull Baron Power Play etc.')

  • @alleythegood
    @alleythegood 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Personally I hope monte grows out his facial hair forever

  • @doge4855
    @doge4855 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Enjoyed the EP! The guest Nilson was hard to listen to. He doesn't provide much insight and seems unable to articulate his thoughts.. no hate.

  • @klatez
    @klatez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nelson: "BDD is not humaniod"
    Thankfully not, Humanoid doesn't afk in mid for 30mins and get flame horizoned...

    • @Gurpreet-sv5zg
      @Gurpreet-sv5zg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Watches quarterfinal where Humanoid gets gapped in lane and PVE the entire early game while taking all the resources. Thank god BDD isn't some EU trash.

    • @badbunny371
      @badbunny371 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      you're right humanoid is even worse than bdd

  • @thestoebz
    @thestoebz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Funny hearing Montecristo talk about overreacting when he did just that with NA

    • @alienobserver7220
      @alienobserver7220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I feel like Monte has so many head-scratcher takes as of late, some of them are ridiculous.

    • @mnns9634
      @mnns9634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      His “overreaction” you are speaking of is very interesting to me. What was an overreaction about how na played week 1 lmfao it was pathetic. Also looking ahead at the other matches for na after week 1 it didn’t look great but I’ll let u rewrite reality 😂.

    • @thestoebz
      @thestoebz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mnns9634 yikes you okay man? Na did just as well if not better than EU. So does EUW suck?

    • @johnkiin219
      @johnkiin219 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thestoebz Well i think EUW are worst without G2. G2 was always the exception, they were a very good team that just happened to be from EUW. Na overperformed, but im not surprised out of the NA teams, C9 made it through

    • @thestoebz
      @thestoebz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@johnkiin219 sure. G2 looked shitty most of the year. Just like na. I'm not an NA fan just being honest. Na did better at Worlds this year

  • @DCzero50
    @DCzero50 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My kid in 2040: daddy tell me the story of how NA won worlds
    Me: well it all started when they killed that gorilla

  • @ornnenjoyer8211
    @ornnenjoyer8211 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Let me provide the Khantext

  • @sunkoolee5424
    @sunkoolee5424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I couldn't agree more that riot sucks pushing narratives and contents.
    American still know nothing about making narrative and contents in E-sports.
    When I watch worlds in English it's so terrible. Boring, Wrong analysis, No theme, Circle jerking...
    God! I miss OGN so much although Korean casters yet some how create funny narratives.
    E sports scenes are dying because greedy American game companies who want to dominate pro gaming.

  • @triggerbutton9208
    @triggerbutton9208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    But you clowns said Khan is absolute garbage smurfing in dogshit LCK means litterally nothing. While EU toplaners are Morgan level at best

  • @patrickbidwell6799
    @patrickbidwell6799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Is it suspicious to anyone else that almost all the western teams played better week 2? Its almost like NA isn't that bad, and when they get just as much practice as asian teams, they win.

  • @kennyedgar21
    @kennyedgar21 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Score eSports holy war pls

  • @MrAntwan301
    @MrAntwan301 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When Thoorin speaks his Scottish accident rises steadily

    • @andreaskroknes4407
      @andreaskroknes4407 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Scottish?!

    • @loxi9
      @loxi9 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hes from northern england friend

    • @MrAntwan301
      @MrAntwan301 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No shit?? My American is showing I'm so sorry! I've only been an on and off listener of Duncan but since season 3, and I just mistakenly have always thought that accent is Scottish XD Y'all get 2 free American stereotypes on me!

  • @zero_wing_
    @zero_wing_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow Nelson was so boring on this.

  • @XecushonerSmough
    @XecushonerSmough 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    nuguri should of opened duolingo lmao

  • @omadta5798
    @omadta5798 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the difference between jensen and perkzu is jsut, Perkz doesnt choke. Jensen has only one mode and thats called choking when it matters most. thsi year tiebreaker again.

    • @ethangilworth7891
      @ethangilworth7891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He played great that game though. Also Jensen and Perkz have really different play styles so not sure how you can say that’s the only difference between the two of them. Also Jensen is the single most successful player on the international stage in the history of NA so not really much of a choker is he

    • @omadta5798
      @omadta5798 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ethangilworth7891 He literally was the reason they started falling behind in the tiebreaker. as far as I know its not a very good play to walki up mid without a minioin wave against a Zoe and MF and die. cause your whole team to then die aswell. like thats jsut bad in the most important moment. that was simply not clutch.
      What does playstyle matter if somebody is clutch or not? Jensen simply isnt clutch in the most important moments. otherwise he wouldnt have died and given up the lead of TL in this tiebreaker or he wouldnt have gotten absolutly stomped in the msi finals.
      you cant compare him to perkz, his worse in every aspect. and he doesnt even understand how to radle a team behind him together.

    • @notitle5846
      @notitle5846 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ethangilworth7891 Week 1 Jensen Irelia?