I asked a long-time NA fan about League of Legends, and this is what he told me…

A long, long time ago

I can still remember how TheOddOne used to make me smile

And I knew if I watched his streams

That I could make the dankest memes

And maybe I’d be happy for a while



But in New York I first did shiver

When Blaze attacked and made me quiver

For NA a dark day

I couldn’t believe their play



I can’t remember if I cried

When I watched the gaping skill divide

I knew the gap was far too wide

The day that NA died



So bye, bye to NA’s apple pie

We got one team to the quarters but the brackets ran dry

And them Samsung boys were making Impact top die

Singin’ this’ll be the day we miss Hai

This’ll be the day we miss Hai



Did you watch Huhi with glee

And do you have faith in CLG

If the Hotshot tells you so?

Now do you believe in Aphromoo?

Can warding help his team get blue?

And can he teach us how to make leads grow?



Well I know that we’re in love with Sven

‘Cause we cheered for his Lee Sin again

He flash kicked ADCs

Man, I knew those plays were a tease



It was the Royal team that made us cucks

With some pink brush warding and a lack of fucks

But I knew losing truly sucks

The day that NA died



I started singin’ bye, bye to NA’s apple pie

We got one team to the quarters but the brackets ran dry

Them Samsung boys were making Impact top die

Singin’ this’ll be the day we miss Hai

This’ll be the day we miss Hai



Now for six years we’ve been on our own

And we grow fat on a Fox’s loan

But that’s not how it used to be

When the owner drew cards of blue and red

In a play he’d rather left unsaid

And a team that gave us freeLG



Oh, and while we called LS a clown

The Dane was solo killed by Crown

The lead would not return

No game win would we earn



And while Double read a book on war

The fanboys chanted like before

And we played like that GrossieGore

The day that NA died



We were singin’ bye, bye to NA’s apple pie

We got one team to the quarters but the brackets ran dry

Them Samsung boys were making Impact top die

Singin’ this’ll be the day we miss Hai

This’ll be the day we miss Hai



Dreaming, screaming hoping for redeeming

The fans flew off from SF steaming

One team left and falling fast

They landed stranded out of gas

The players tried for a gambled Cass

With the Reapered in the backstage face aghast



Now Chicago was the final tomb

While the Asians walked into the room

We all got up and booed

Oh, but we never got so screwed



‘Cause the players tried to take the Rift

The Samsung men cut them adrift

Do you recall a match as swift?

The day that NA died



We started singin’ bye, bye to NA’s apple pie

We got one team to the quarters but the brackets ran dry

Them Samsung boys were making Impact top die

Singin’ this’ll be the day we miss Hai

This’ll be the day we miss Hai



Oh, and there we were all in disgrace

A generation losing face

With no time left to start again

So come on, Jack see Impact, Jack C9

Jack’s Rush sat on a stream online

‘Cause sponsors are an owner’s only friend



Oh, and as I watched their burning base

The Syndra shot balls at his face

No Jensen born a Dane

Could win that Faker’s lane



And as the games stretched deep into the night

To right our continental plight

I saw Monte laughing with delight

The day that NA died



We were singin’ bye, bye to NA’s apple pie

We got one team to the quarters but the brackets ran dry

Them Samsung boys were making Impact top die

Singin’ this’ll be the day we miss Hai

This’ll be the day we miss Hai



I saw the guy we could accuse

And I asked him for some tiebreak news

But Phreak just tweeted and turned away

I watched games back from season one

Where I’d held the hope we could have won

But the casters said Fnatic took the day



And on the web, the children screamed

The adults groaned and the Euros memed

Too many words were spoken

The fanboys all were broken



And the three men I admire most

The QT, Dom, and Scarra’s ghost

They played on Twitch streams for the host

The day that NA died



And they were singin’ bye, bye to NA’s apple pie

We got one team to the quarters but the brackets ran dry

And them Samsung boys were making Impact top die

Singin’ this’ll be the day we miss Hai

This’ll be the day we miss Hai



They were singin’ bye, bye to NA’s apple pie

We got one team to the quarters but the brackets ran dry

Them Samsung boys were making Impact top die

Singin’ this’ll be the day we miss Hai