How a Shot in the Dark Turned League's Greatest Underdogs into Legends
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ค. 2023
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Sometimes the biggest risk you can take is when everyone says your career is over - and you say no.
After a strong start to his League of Legends career, Pray's early success faded, and he joined a team of misfits and rejects: the Rox Tigers.
After a bumpy start, the Tigers rose to being one of the top League of Legends teams in the world, but they couldn't beat one opponent: SKT T1, led by Faker.
And at Worlds 2016, these two teams faced off in a legendary showdown where Pray, after years of being doubted, pulled off one of the most iconic plays in esports history.
He took a shot into the dark, and it all paid off.
Written by: Josh Bury (@throwngauntlet)
Edited by: Matthew Massey
Hosted by: Danny Burke (@lurkey_burke), Sean Wetselaar (@SeanWetselaar) and Andrew Faigal (@brrrning)
Produced by: Keith Capstick (@keithcapstick), Miles Hackett (@miles_hackett), Matthew Massey & Danielle Rosen (@_DanielleRosen)
Graphics & Thumbnail by: William O'Keefe (@magoomagoof) and Bennett Grainger
Production Assistance by: Nicolas Buck, William O'Keefe (@magoomagoof) & Bennett Grainger
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3:23 no more scripted interviews please. it's painfully obvious and off-putting.
Dude I remember watching that arrow with my friends and we screamed when that arrow hit. It was so hype.
It’s really funny how SKT went from calling support MF an accidental pick to banning her in games 4 and 5.
how they can ban a character?
thank you
@@NeoPayneHK in every lol game (draft pick and tournament games) before picking your hero or your champion there is a banning phase where you can ban certain champions that you want (like champions you don't want to play against with or champions that is op for the meta hence why you're banning the champ cause you don't want the risk of the enemy team picking it)
@@therainfrog2512 omg
@@NeoPayneHKomg
I miss those years where they know how to draft properly. But since 2020, they've been drafting poorly like they know Akali and Aatrox was fucking broken that year but they still choose to deal with it.
ROX/KOO Tigers are the best team to not win an international tournament ever and Smeb is one of the best players in history and surely the best to not win internationally. Their story is so epic and sad at the same time, at the time I was rooting for Fnatic or Origen and it was so frustrating to see the Tigers be so good, love that team thats where I started to follow Peanut and why Im a Gen G fan now
real (i am still devastated)
Fax I was so sad
They're so unlucky to be around prime t1
That "The Kraken" was very subtle. I barely noticed it.
Being at this worlds was insane
This is amazing, shedding light on hype plays throughout worlds and showing that there's more to it than just the game. This is why we play moment right here
ROX vs SKT is the greatest BO5 of all time in LoL Esports, any old timer will agree with me on that
Agreed!
for me, a new league player (season 8), the best BO5 I've watched so far in all of League Esports was definitely T1 vs DRX this past worlds finals. What an insane run by DRX and an even better grand finals.
@@TAYDEN_BACCAM but they can't say that because then it doesn't instantly show that they've been addicted to league for a long time
Drx vs t1 was better
@@stormzo6235 no way, watched both rox/skt story line was incredible and the bo5 legendary the zyra peak was so unexpected it completly changed the way people saw meta
i loved the way they play in all series and they were fun to watch even when they lost i still keep looking forward to next game of them.
This was great, and definitely one of your best videos. I wasnt following league around that time, so im going yo go back and watch the Bo5.
On the other side Bengi pull out a legendary step up starting from the bench. This game is a literal masterpiece.
Not a single drop of rum was consumed during this ad.
I LOVE the documentary style of this video. Has to be one of my favourites so far - felt like something professional i was watching on netflix etc. and of a really enjoyable topic. Awesome job guys
Been watching league since S1. I've gone to league events from S2 whole playoffs at LA Live/Galen Center to 2022 Worlds final where Deft and DRX completed the greatest Worlds run ever. However, nothing has ever compared to that one moment at Madison Square Garden during Game 2 of the Rox-SKT series. I still remember asking random people in line at the concessions stand while I was on my way back to my seat if the MF pick was a mistake and how insanely loud the arena got when the Pray Arrow landed. It was at that moment that realized how magical esports can be.
How much do you think the kraken paid to be in this much of the video
Yes
Exactly what I'm thinking lol
love to see you guys get bigger sponsorships
such a great recap and presentation of the logistics
need more type of interview like this
SKT subbing in Bengi for the back half of the series really shows how far ROX pushed them. Def one of the greatest sets of all time
IMO thee greatest BO5 Series in LoL History. It had everything you could of wished of displayed from the 2 best teams at the time
What an amazing video. Really like this direction for the content
they are one of the best story and legend in esports
I like this content format. Good job
Man, League's old days of competitive scene is built different.
Do you reckon this video was sponsored by krakenrum?
Oh wow maybe, good eye, I didn’t even notice, it was very subtle
Don't know.... there's a strange urge to become an alcoholic though....
Obvious
Nah prob not fr
What? Nah, it’s sponsored by Crusty Water ™
Great video guys!! I'm still waiting for this new Kraken format to grow on me...... the "live interview" mixed with the normal Score Esports style video is a bit jarring to me stll. I will keep watching for sure
ROX/KOO Tigers are my 2nd favorite team after SKT T1! It was the best of 5 games ever played in a Worlds! ROX/KOO Tigers couldnt win worlds, but they won the hearts of many viewers around the world!
cant wait for you guys to do a proper video on DRX's amazing run
Peanut remembers this B05 for the Bengi incident
This series was actually PraY career vs Beng1 career. I miss these players.
That Miss fortune support pick was in celebrity showmatch in the Philippines, it was supposed to be double adc. I was shocked that time that they pick that for worlds lol
got me choked up man, i loved ROX tigers
Worlds just doesn't hit the same anymore, that stretch from 2014 - 2019 will forever be the peak
minus the ardent censer meta. God that shit was boring.
tbh worlds 2022 was pretty good. edg vs drx, dwg vs geng, and t1 vs drx were all great series
@@jimbobuckets2757 The games were incredible but idk the hype just doesn't feel there, just my opinion
@@phoenixflamegames1 Still got some damn good series outta that worlds, plus the storyline of SKT was awesome
It’s okay to have the wrong opinion.
I remember bengi was the jungler lck era and up against top tier players was the hype of all rox and SG
Never I'm my life ever seen an interview feel soo scripted
Great Video, I feel like the transition from „normal video“ to interview style feels a bit clunky regarding pacing. I would also improve on lighting, the talents are not very well lit all the time.
But I’m looking forward seeing more of the style in a more polished way 💪🏼
I've never seen them do this style of video before. Well I have, but I've never seen it merged with their more-recent documentary style. I'm guessing it's just growing pains.
I remember that live moment. I've tried that every game maybe to hot a cross map arrow 1 out of 10
Man smeb man I love all of that team
i remember watching this live it was nuts as an skt fan even in game 1 rox felt off in a good way like they were about to show something nuts and they did game 2-5 of this series just went off the rails 2 mf support games kkoma forgetting about ashe and opening nidalee then scrappy fights in game 5 this series will probably never be topped closest will get is ig vs kt then drx vs t1
Great story, but you missed the GREATEST hidden detail about that arrow. Duke WAS recalling. He STOPPED, MOVED, and started channeling teleport. He stepped RIGHT into it. The arrow was already on it's way. It's an incredible moment.
is anyone else kinda put off by the random tentacle that just pops up every now and then?
score esports simply does not fail to impress respect to you guys and big thanks for commentanting my favourite professional esports player PraY
Rox/Ge/KOO Tiger is Never a dark horse cause they are always powerhouse team not just because Korea Dominates the scene at that time but they are one of the candidate to lift the trophy every year and they can always head to head to the best SKT line up
damn kinda wanna get a drink rn
really cool series ngl
with the current happenings in T1 now, i had a thought where's easyhoon when you need him
THAT ARROW WILL LIVE IN INFAMY!!!!!
This video made me buy a bottle of Kraken.
If Peanut wins Worlds this year and finally one of the Rox Tigers career ends with a worlds win
Peanut is DeMarcus cousins. Joined the winning team the next year just to lose
I remember this game with insta-lock MF.. After that game, every f*cking game has MF support..😂
i guess he prayed for that shot to hit
It's always bittersweet that Rox couldn't get it done at Worlds.
Product placement completely ruins the flow of the video time and time again
Couldn’t agree more, I dont mind a 1 minute segment that I can skip if I want to but this product placement is so unbelievably cringe in this video.
Agreed
I need to know the recipe for the drink y'all are having
I’m really kraving some kraken now. I think I’m gonna go get some. I never had it before
my man loooking clean. glow up
This feels like btk vs blck international in m3 btw this is ml
Seems more like a Krakenrum video to be honest with how the video gets interrupted every 1 minute and 30 seconds or so. Everytime i see that tentacle that takes up at least a third of the screen, it really ruins the viewing experience.
The product is just everywhere, Icons, logos, the product itself, heck even the setting itself seems to be sponsored as well. Adding stiff conversations about the video as if saying "hey this isn't an interruption coz we're still talking about the topic" just makes it even worse coz everyone is getting distracted by everything else that's on the screen.
Just awful.
I kinda like this kind of video setting. I thought i was gonna hate it cause it's not like the usual format but i am really enjoying it rn
I hope you guys are working on some kind of story regarding Faker’s carpal tunnel issue. I’ve tried basic googling and having a hard time finding out anything aside from 2 weeks off.. but it sounds like it’s just to assess the injury. I’m worried last year was Fakers last worlds ever and forced retirement might be ahead of him :/
Bro if they replace him fully with that other guy imma be so mad i been rockin the name poby for like 3 years now
Who decided it was the night for a Dark and Stormy?
Dat 2016 arrow haha
I FUCKIN LOVE KRAKEN RUM
MF SUP & that Arrow is nut in that match. I'm not hype anymore after that match in same tournament. It's ... INSANE!
BTH, it still my TOP 5 Match of my all time I'm watched.
what is their beverage they are drinking'? looks interesting to make
All these product placement will never bother me!
...I said as I looked up where to buy Kraken Whiskey.
Why did this video make me so emotional? Haha
Because they did a damn good job at Story telling
The tigers is the 2nd best team in history. It is sad and also magical that they exist at the same time that the best team in history. They where that only team that faced the gods as equals
i have this strange craving for Kraken spiced rum, why?
Funny thing is it's just one caster minion left with onehit life
Big Bengi diff.
Okay we get it you're sponsered holy f
OMG is like rox
This match has been milked by TheScore so much it is already bleeding.
Rox brought out the pocket MF. Then SKT responded by bringing out Faker's 3rd Summoner. Bengi lol
Waiting for a Video on Tekken 7 nations cup and how Pakistani Tekken conquered the world
So when is the MSI video about JDG coming out? Just coz they aren't as popular as Korean teams doesn't mean they don't deserve a video when it was one of the best MSI format and one of the most dominant runs. Give them the credit and exposure to popularity that they deserve instead of making new Faker video for every change that happens or reusing past content with new narratives.
Why would you make a video no T1 toes' sucker will watch ?
because JDG is a chinese team with korean players
Nothing special about it, they legit have the best players in every role
Am I the only one who thinks the placement of the table is weird? Just at the end of a walkway
back when SKT/T1 could see the problem and actually ban them. meanwhile T1 in the present - see the problem ignores it or see the problem and think way outside the box and not ban it. it’s not that complicated ban the champ just like banning mf here. if skt didn’t ban mf it would have been rox in the finals.
13:21 You're welcome
hahhaha why everyone making stank faces when they take a sip
Nah DRX vs T1 is the best underdog match in LOL history. Play in team which had to face EDG, GENG and finally T1. BO5 and they actually pulled the upset.😅
why did bengi retired :(
And now innovation is 0
Heimer support and the adc support meta tho
@@TimTimothy11 that was not innovation that was the most op shit of the day
@@DiabloTommaso they were pocket picks and counters to op supports at the time
To me this bo5 could've been great if rox had some other champion under their sleeves. The moment skt banned mf they were done and didn't know what to do. And to me it shows they lacked preparation. To be fair league pro meta is pretty much stale and many pros don't know how to play other champions than meta but still I think having a deep champion pool should be the standard in a pro team after all they are paid to play nothing else but league.
ROX are just paper rex but lol
Any LPL or LCK teams are not underdogs, the actual underdogs are the Western teams that got eliminated at groups
Krepo the creep...
Do you think this video is sponsored by Kraken?
how horrible they're advertising the Rum my gosh worst than a Michael bay movie
IDK whats more stiff , the Script or the 3 Guys Reading it😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Its Not giving Polished or Professional at all , Yeah we had to go Cringe to the max at the end... yall rlly trynna elevate but fall off instead
fuck this hypocrisy on money partnership like these, can you guys just not try to not hide it like this at the very least ?
This fake conversation on the couch was cringe, rest of the video was good. Don't act the scrip, just have a conversation....
The story was great however the over the top product placement was so horrifically distracting it killed the video for me.
Current T1 coach and players should set thier ego aside comeback view this and learn how to draft
I'm so early it feels illegal 😳
Nice video but... I think there's another video about T1 that this channel should talk about LMAO. T1's going mayday right now and some people might need some coverage
I hate rum even more after watching this
The podcast like setting is just bad. Just the simple old way was great compared to this. This just pauses the whole excitement instantly.