※ SKT T1 vs. MVP



- Before Match & Draft -

▶ What? Faker, Bang and Wolf all aren’t playing? This ain’t a rookie exhibition game!

└ Are they thinking that MVP is an easy opponent?

└ The current SKT is neck-to-neck with MVP even if they play all their starting members.

└ The lineup is too arrogant.

└ They sent the national team member to the bench LOL

└ What are y’all talking about? They’re all starting members!

└└ LOL



▶ It’s gonna be hard playing Nasus into Dr.Mundo…

└ Who’s going to kill that Mundo? Camille? Vladimir?

└ How’s the Reddit reaction?

└└ They’re frantic saying that’s not SKT T1

└ I’m a Nasus main, and he can’t beat Dr.Mundo.

└ It feels like they’ve lost already.



- Game 1 -

▶ The early game isn’t as bad as I thought.

└ Whatever happens in the early game isn’t weird.

└ Aaand Blossom INTing. Why in the world did he dive?

└ SKT back to their original form…

└ Just as expected…



▶ We don’t know yet. Today’s SKT is different from before.

└ I’ve only seen the two teams losing so it’s really hard to imagine any of them win.

└ What?? Why is SKT winning?

└ So the REAL starting members are different.

└ Why is the rookies’ teamwork better than the starting members’ teamwork?



▶ What?? Why are they winning? Why is SKT winning??

└ Leo is really good. It’s not like SKT. I’m really impressed.

└ What’s with that Nasus? One head-smash kills the opponent?

└└ He has a nuke at the end of his stick.



▶ Today SKT is reborn as SKT T2.

└ The first win of this season for SKT goes like this…

└ Where are all the original members?

└└ They’re in rehab.

└ That was such a satisfying win. Then again, it could be just that MVP was bad.

└ If this goes well against strong teams, they have hope.

- Game 2 -

▶ MVP got hit once and returned to the original style.

└ It seemed like both teams didn’t know what they were doing in Game 1 and MVP lost. LOL.

└ What’s Faker doing?

└└ Probably doing the dishes.

└ They’re really good. Why were they hiding their true strength?



▶ Blossom or Thal seem to be better than before, too.

└ Before, they had to do what the others told them to do.

└ Faker should be breaking those dishes…

└ Their performance is really touching.

└ But MVP is making a comeback?



▶What? Why is MVP winning now?

└ That’s all anticipated by the awesome head coach kkOma. Don’t worry.

└└ His plan is to make MVP think that they’ll win if they pick a marksman like before and counter them in Game 3. Don’t worry.

└ Let’s go, main members!

└ I’m an MVP fan and everyone is talking about SKT… I can’t even cheer.

└└ You must be here because you’re thinking that MVP will win.

└└└ They’re winning now, you know.



▶ So this is their REAL starting lineup… But where’s Blank?

└ That’s a different matter.

└ SKT lost this game. That’s alright. This was well fought as the REAL members.

- Game 3 -



▶ What are they thinking with that draft?

└ Kalista??

└ Kalista-Thresh is a traditional duo, but it’s way back in the past…

└ That’s an ancient comp…

└ I can’t predict how this game will go at all.

└ Only these two teams are picking marksmen… Maybe because it’s a match between the underdogs.



▶ The underdog matchup is always fun.

└ Isn’t Faker done with the dishes yet?

└└ Too many dishes. All the players ate today.

└ How are they fighting?? They’re fighting like crazy but no one’s dying.

▶ Well… MVP is better at teamfights than a ‘new’ team.

└ Are they really first string members?

└└ It seems like they’re back to being the second string.

└└└ Then is Faker, Bang and Wolf third string?

└ I knew it from the beginning, when the last ranked team is playing rookies…

└ When will they get their first win…



▶ Do you think it would have been different if it was Faker?

└ Do you think it would be? The problem isn’t at mid.

└└ I think mid is also a problem.

└ The little guys lack experience.



▶ Wow… Why does MVP look like Kingzone? LOL

└ All the MVP members are making super plays.

└ ADD is playing awesome.

└└ It looked like he was playing Malphite.

└ kkOma, you were wrong.

└ They’re not being able to focus their damage. They need to kill the damage dealers, not the tanks.



▶ Sigh… What was I expecting.

└ I think they’ll lose to Kongdoo from last season.

└ How did they win Game 1?

└ The telecom derby teams were like the LOL Clasico, but now both teams are fighting to get out of relegation.

└ So now SKT proved that they’ll lose even if they change their members.





※ Gen.G vs HLE

- Game 1 -

▶ Heimerdinger???

└ The ultimate weapon… He’s finally here…

└ Is Heimerdinger any good??

└└ Do you think they’ll use him if he isn’t? HLE isn’t stupid.

└ We’ll see after this game.

└ Why? What? I ran home after work when I heard Heimerdinger appeared.



▶ Please lose, Hanwha… Die a horrible death…

└ ???

└└ I’m gonna play ranked today and I really don’t wanna see Heimerdinger.

└└└ Aha…

└ It seems like they’re gonna lose. Don’t worry.

└ Please..



▶ I think Heimerdinger is just wrong.

└ The national team ADC is too good.

└ They’re all being hit by Ezreal too much, and doing nothing.

└ And it’s hard to get even close to him because Tahm Kench is guarding him like a shadow.

└ All lanes were destroyed in the laning phase. Even Darius is dying.



▶ Gen.G is really good. They’re playing like they played at Worlds last year.

└ They make the least mistakes.

└ Heimerdinger… Didn’t even have a chance to shine…

└ There’s a core difference at top lane.



▶ Head coach Shin Tae-yong, are you looking? This is what a ‘national representative’ is.

└ Patriot team Gen.G…

└└ It would have been perfect if Kevin Chou was Korean.

└└└ He wasn’t???

└└└└ No.

└└└└└ I thought he was related to Sin-soo Choo.

※ Note: Shin Tae-yong is the manager of the Korean national football team at the 2018 World Cup.



▶ HLE isn’t a bad team, but they look like comedians playing against Gen.G.

└ Gen.G’s team play is really good. They have less damage dealt but they win the teamfight.

└└ The kill score is 9-4 and Heimerdinger is 0/0/1. There’s a problem there.

└ The national team ADC, carrying with an ADC at a period when the ADCs are the weakest…





- Game 2 -

▶ Gen.G changed a player? MONG? Who’s MONG?

└ He looks really familiar…

└ He’s CoreJJ without glasses.

└└ OMG, two CoreJJs?

└ And they’re letting Ruler play Ezreal again… NVM. They’re taking Kai’Sa.

└ …. What? 3 support + Smite Kai’Sa??

└└ Rumor says that it’s a foreign product of civilization.



▶ Lava is at bottom lane…

└ If it’s Smite Kai’Sa, it’s normal…

└ They probably don’t have much practice with that, do you think it’ll work against national team members?

└ And they’re getting smashed. LOL.

└ The skillshots….



▶ Why is Lulu’s CS like that? Is it Ramadan for her?

└ She’s on a hunger strike. LOL

└ Lulu: “Let me live!!”

└ It seems like Ruler is better than Uzi.

└ Gen.G has rarely lost lane at bottom… So arrogant of them; a duo that hasn’t played lane together taking on the national team bot duo.



▶ There should be so much pressure on Kai’Sa there…

└ If this was a solo ranked game, it’s Kai’Sa’s fault whether they win or lose.

└ It’s like a team project at college.

(Kai’Sa collects a quadra-kill.)

└ Huh??

└ ?????????

└ And a A+ for that Kai’Sa on the team project!!



▶ What are we gonna do? LOL

└ We were making fun of them and a hard carry from Kai’Sa.

└ Sole wage-earner of the household, Kai’Sa.

└ The global gold difference gap is still big, but Kai’Sa scaled so well….

└ That Kai’Sa was grown with the starving effort of Lulu…



▶ What in the world is that? She’s so strong…

└ Sangyoon’s best game of his life.

└└ Not only Sangyoon, the best game ever for Kai’Sa.

└ Wow. How is that so strong. It nearly doesn’t make sense.

└ Riot, is this intended too?

└ She has done everything alone. LOL.

└ I thought it was progressive party vs conservative party but suddenly, a dictator appeared.

▶ NERF ADCs!!!!

└ LOL!!!

▶ ???: Coach, can’t we have a Sangyoon too?

└ We could have had 30 Sangyoons if you weren’t here.

▶ Garen… You should have had a daughter.





- Game 3 -

▶ I’m getting lost after seeing such a sensational game.

└ Now, I can’t be satisfied if it isn’t an extremely strong marksman champion.



▶ Doesn’t it seem like Gen.G’s performance is shaking?

└ Yup. Gen.G is like a bubble waiting to be popped.

└ After seeing their performance?

└ We need expectation management…



▶ It looks like Ruler is using a helper.

└ Gen.G for the LCK Summer Champions!

└ I think they’re better than Worlds 2017. I think they’ll become the best team ever for this split.



▶ So you whiny ADCs. Why are you being so whiny? It’s still really good!

└ Ezreal never dies whatever the meta is…

▶ I wouldn’t have believed if it was earlier this year… This team played a more interesting match than KT did.





▶ HLE is getting the best treatment ever in the history of the LCK, but they’re only performing like this??

└ Aren’t they doing good enough?

└ The guy that’s getting $300K salary isn’t doing well either.



▶ Is Ruler better than Deft of 2017?

└ Stop raising my expectations!





