There's a lot talk at the moment about the future of EU LCS teams. With North American teams finding new wealth, it's only a matter of time until Europe's talent pool is sniped again.

Yet,every year Europe ends up out-performing their American counterparts while South Korea dominate overall.

So what is success for a European team? Most fans were content with Misfits coming close to defeating SK Telecom T1 but that isn't enough for Nubar 'Maxlore' Sarafian.

Misfits defied expectations when they reached the quarter finals of the World Championships

Nobody expected Misfits to reach the EU LCS final, nobody expected Misfits to escape their Worlds Group, nobody expected them to challenge SKT but they did.

They pushed SKT to their limits and even took a 2-1 lead in the series. Sadly, the South Koreans were able to recompose themselves and scrape through to victory. It is the only time a western team has pushed SKT to a final fifth game at Worlds.

European fans were elated with Misfits' performance as they continued to supposedly punch above their weight. But Maxlore says coming close isn't enough: 'In terms of team-play, we under-performed. I know I sound harsh but I strongly believed that we would win the whole tournament. We were a fantastic team and we are all world class players.'

And Maxlore also holds him self to a high standard: 'I always have in the back of my mind that I want to be the best player in the world, I know I’m not there yet but that’s my overall aspiration. Next year, like every year, I want to win everything. Not just Worlds, I want to go to all these international events: All Stars, MSI, even Rift Rivals.

'I love competition and I hate losing. I’m not a bad loser, where I cry and blame everyone else after a defeat, I just hate it. Every time I lose, it motivates me further. When I lost in playoffs against G2 it was really bad for me, I never again want to see confetti go over my face while I sit there thinking about how we lost.

At the quarters they came agonisingly close to shocking SKT but were sadly knocked out

'That motivated me more for Worlds but then the same thing happened and it felt even worse, I’m going to make sure that doesn’t repeat next year.'

You could feel Misfits' confidence in their quarter final performance, they dared to do what most wouldn't again SKT - break the meta and play risky. Most teams freeze under the pressure of facing the three-time world champions and play with extra caution.

However, that isn't Misfits' style, Maxlore said they went into that series with no fear: 'For me at least personally, I strongly believed that we would win. I didn’t just think it, I knew it, if you know what I mean.

'I wasn’t really too worried because they had shown clear weaknesses and we had clear strengths. It was a good match-up for us since they were weak early and we were really strong early compared to every other team at Worlds.

'We had a lot of trust in Ignar on the different supports and everyone on the team had trust in me and PoE in making up for the lack of Ardent Censer and we trusted in our own style. We trusted we would snowball the early game when every other team was scared of playing early-focussed compositions.'

It was a sensational performance by Misfits but their jungler Maxlore was left wanting more

Before joining Misfits, Maxlore lived in a separate house from his teammates at Roccat. He says moving into the Misfits gaming house was made seamless by the organisation's infrastructure and helped with team morale: 'I knew personally I had what it takes to do really good at Worlds and after I joined Misfits I realised that the team had a lot of potential. The org is fantastic and do a lot to make sure the players are successful.

'Everything was really smooth. It was the first time I had a cook live with us and make us three meals a day so it was really easy if I ever got hungry I could just ask for some eggs.

'I could focus more on myself instead of having to think I need to go buy food so I can cook or eat or I need to do the washing after cooking. I didn’t have to worry about any of that which was fantastic and the coaching staff were really good at seeing a problem and talking about it - I thought the communication was great.

'It was really cool that I could interact with my teammates more, we had more space so we would play board games all the time and had a TV so we could watch stuff together. It was really good for team bonding and it’s good in sport to know people personally so you remember they’re people as well not just machines, because sometimes you can forget that when someone makes a mistake or has a weakness.'

While Maxlore may not be satisfied with the results, he enjoyed the journey and love playing with his team. He admitted he doesn't know if the team will stay together but won't hold it against anyone who moves elsewhere: 'There’s no bad feelings if anyone leaves because they’re all great people and I’m happy to have played with them.'

There are already rumours of Ignar leaving after comments he made on Twitch, there's no doubt the entire Misfits roster will be on the radar of other teams. Wherever Maxlore himself ends up, it will be with a team that he believes is genuinely good enough to not only challenge, but take down the world's best.