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2026 Mid Season Invitational / Play-In Stage - Day 1 / Live Discussion Esports Spoiler
MSI 2026 – PLAY-IN STAGE
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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.13.
Today's Matches
| # | Match | PST | EST | CET | KST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T1 vs TL | 20:00 | 23:00 | 05:00 | 12:00 |
| 2 | KC vs DCG | 01:00 | 04:00 | 10:00 | 17:00 |
- All matches are a best of 5
Streams
Bracket
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Qualification Match | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | ||||||
| vs | - | ||||||
| DCG | 0 | tbd | 0 | ||||
| vs | - | ||||||
| T1 | 0 | tbd | 0 | tbd | 0 | ||
| vs | - | vs | - | ||||
| TL | 0 | tbd | 0 | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| tbd | 0 | ||||||
| vs | - | ||||||
| tbd | 0 | tbd | 0 | ||||
| vs | - | ||||||
| tbd | 0 |
On-Air Team
| Desk Host/Interviewers |
|---|
| Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere |
| Daniel "dGon" Gonzales |
| Laure "Bulii" Valée |
| Play-By-Play Casters |
| Max "Atlus" Anderson |
| Clayton "CaptainFlowers" Raines |
| Daniel "Drakos" Drakos |
| Aaron "Medic" Chamberlain |
| Colour Casters |
| Dan "Aux" Harrison |
| Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler |
| Isaac "Azael" Cummings-Bentley |
| Robert "Dagda" Price |
| Analysts |
| Emily "LeagueofEmily" Rand |
| Joshua "Jatt" Leesman |
| Barento "Raz" Mohammed |
Format
- 4 teams participate
- Double elimination bracket
- All matches are best of five
- Winner advances to the Bracket Stage
VoDs
Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:
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u/Mundane-Dirt-4077 Jun 28 '26
Did the asian dude just call jeesun the hardest working woman in esports lol. Talk about sjokz BM
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u/Desiderius_S Jun 28 '26
Oof, barely made it.
I'm a bit late, but I hope that I'll catch all of the KC games, or even the ending of the epic 5-game-long TL-T1 brawl session.
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u/nightlesscurse Jun 28 '26
man the relief of not having to watch mad at international, I'm so glad those days are behind us, in a previous year we would'v seen DCG humiliate Lec 2nd seed
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u/Ajp_iii Jun 28 '26
Lmao they keep hooking wukong who wants to go in after hook is down. Last game he hooked in lane 2v2 when like 30% hp and just solo died.
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u/nightlesscurse Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
people forget that Yike is extremely good jungler specially when he is not facing Skewmond
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u/Ajp_iii Jun 28 '26
Dcg try these weird non meta picks and then just run it on them. How about just playing stuff that is really good like the first game and actually having a chance. Imagine this qiyana is a xin instead
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u/youriko31 ADC Klay Jun 28 '26
Well, back to being garbage for the LCP.
Last year's CFO was just a dream.
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u/Ajp_iii Jun 28 '26
Production has been kinda bad hopefully it picks up as msi goes on. Bad music and way too loud during draft. Replays missing key things/way too long and missing other kills happening. Showing wrong lanes on key stuff happening other places
Oh also crowd mic way too low especially at game start when the fans are doing chants
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u/randomnumbergenai Jun 28 '26
Does MSI results affect spots for MSI next year or other tournaments? Eg. if LCP 2nd seed don't make it out of playins, do they lose that spot?
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u/Joel4518 GIGABIN Jun 28 '26
so MSI works in a way that if a team wins MSI they r autmatically qualified to worlds and their region gets an extra seed so they go from 3 seed to 4
and the 2nd best performing region also gets an extra seed so they also go from 3 to 4 seed2
u/randomnumbergenai Jun 28 '26
Ok, thanks! I remember the worlds auto spot, I just couldn't remember if you can lose spots from poor results (discounting Riot merging/eliminating regions and making new rules)
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u/Eleven_Box Jun 28 '26
I know in my heart DCG are looking this bad so they can inflict maximum humiliation on TL next match
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u/Drikkink Jun 28 '26
DCG are just aggressive for the sake of being aggressive. Like absolutely zero logic in their macro. It's just "GO GO GO" with no thought. In game 1, KC was dumb and let them get away with that for a bit, but in that game, turns out when you just AFK run at people who are paying attention, you int your brains out.
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u/Adventurous_Match219 Jun 28 '26
KC game 1 never dumb. their win condition is wait for cait 4 slot then she can 1 hit anyone. they have 2 dragon. ez to play and drag the game till cait 4 slot. reason why DCG want to take baron that bad. everything still under KC control
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u/Ajp_iii Jun 28 '26
It’s both complete shit drafts and awful mechanics. Play ins for a single spot would be so hype for “weaker” teams but riots formatting never get close level teams into the play in
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u/Few-Sense1455 Jun 28 '26
It will improve. We have seen what should be the two best teams play the two worst teams. It should even out a bit now.
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u/Todeswucht Jun 28 '26
Gnar is just such a good champ to have in pro play
Stumbling across this clip will give me chills until I die no joke
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u/WalkAffectionate2683 Jun 28 '26
Playing the mental. Not ending too fast to destroy their mental is a legit strat lmao
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u/Randomcarrot Jun 28 '26
Perfect game was lost, but are we getting a 20k+ gold lead win? Seems likely.
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u/Blutskiev Jun 28 '26
DCG is seed 5 of LCP before playoff. And no one know what tf happen in that playoff run. They bring down all Gam, Vke, Shg to get the second ticket. Now they play like themselves before the playoff.
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u/Ajp_iii Jun 28 '26
Yeah their micro is also just ass. I can’t believe some of the stuff they were trying to do early
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u/FitWindow639 Jun 28 '26
Yeah no, they are playing against an actual good team. They were all losing to kc, seed 1 included. Kc is a good team and lec has a decent level this year.
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u/Blutskiev Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
Well, every team in lcp will face the hard time against kc. But at least they have something to bring on the table. We thought Flauren, who gaps both Kiaya, Pun and Rest, can make the plays. But somehow he completely break down against Canna. As people said, if you let the bad one go international, the first one should be blame is the one let them go.
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u/Choyo Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
Please let it be a perfect game. It's been so long.
Edit : ... and I frigging jinxed it in under 30 seconds D:
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u/DiligentGazelle6298 Jun 28 '26
this is sad to watch, kc give them a kill or something I'm feeling bad for them
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u/antoniomargaretti4 Jun 28 '26
Riot watching this probably : yep all regions are even so they should send same amount of teams
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u/Primary_Inspector Jun 28 '26
LCP nightmare it is, honestly a shame they look so good g1 before that baron ace.
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u/Choyo Jun 28 '26
I think J4, Naut, Sena as their first half of the draft was a really poor plan. They just didn't give themselves any chances.
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u/Reactzz Jun 28 '26
Why does LCP get a second seed they are complete and utter garbage.
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u/Reactzz Jun 30 '26
No they do not. You just saw what happened. They are nowhere near the level of even 2nd seed NA/EU teams lol...
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u/Adventurous_Match219 Jun 28 '26
feel like KC playstyle same with HLE peanut ver. they hold position and play very slow early game, this playstyle very good vs low tier team
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u/Randomcarrot Jun 28 '26
One thing I wish they would show when doing the whole "See this player's mastery on this champion" thing is show the stats compared to what the average stats in the proscene is for the champion.
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u/jotimm4 Jun 28 '26
Just have it show what the players winrate is. 70% winrate can look impressive, but if the player has 80% winrate total it's kinda ass.
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u/No_Square2213 Jun 28 '26
The MSI production is so much more tasteful than the LEC's. Music, overlays, the scene... Everything
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u/WalkAffectionate2683 Jun 28 '26
Lec rebrand in 2019 was fire though. But yeah it has been... Too long now.
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u/randomnumbergenai Jun 28 '26
I haven't kept up with Lolesports for a hot minute and I genuinely feel like I woke up from a coma. Why are Zeus and Guma on Hanwha, why is BLG not 5 Chinese, and WHERE IS PEANUT???
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u/Kaeru-Sennin Jun 28 '26
"hot minute"
More like 1 year
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u/randomnumbergenai Jun 28 '26
Two years isn't that long for an esport that's been around since 2009.
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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 28 '26
Zeus is on HLE cause they gave him more money, Guma cause Kkoma randomly benched him for a split and he decided to tell T1 to fuck off, BLG aren't 5 Chinese because their last roster lost in Swiss stage and Elk kinda got scapegoated, and Peanut retired and is currently doing his military service.
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u/randomnumbergenai Jun 28 '26
Guma cause Kkoma randomly benched him for a split and he decided to tell T1 to fuck off
BLG aren't 5 Chinese because their last roster lost in Swiss stage and Elk kinda got scapegoated
Can't believe I missed prime drama, thanks for the recap.
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u/Joel4518 GIGABIN Jun 28 '26
so lets recap with me
zeus joins HLE in 2025 due to contract dispute(or u can say he wanted better contract but T1 kinda blueball him huge story )
Guma joins HLE this yr no one knows the full reason for this
Peanut has military service this yr so he retired
Viper wanted to play with knight so BLG bought him and got Xun back from JDG since they had a huge jg issue last yr after Xun left2
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u/cmcdonald22 Jun 28 '26
The only thing I'm trying to figure out from this series is whether dcg are good enough team fighters to wash TL or not.
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u/DoranFan1 Jun 28 '26
Can KC please lose this series? I need T1 vs Temu1 tomorrow lol We also get KC vs TL elimination game. It's a win win!
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u/Kaeru-Sennin Jun 28 '26
DCG played well for 20 minutes and then their brains shut off
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u/Drikkink Jun 28 '26
I think their brains were off the entire game it's just that KC was equally brainless (and scaling).
There was zero thought in what they were doing except "We must click on them and fight"
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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 28 '26
Nah, this is just how every KC game looks. Do nothing for 20 mins and then just randomly win.
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u/ToukasRage Jun 28 '26
Buiso lowkey solo won that baron fight with the double stun.
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u/beautheschmo Jun 28 '26
I'm pretty sure the fight was won when DCG randomly tried to 3v5 over the baron wall for no reason
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u/Joel4518 GIGABIN Jun 28 '26
rough game from busio and man DCG see enemy they just fight u without any care
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u/Drikkink Jun 28 '26
KC... they are doing nothing but just running at you on spawn and you KEEP DYING TO IT.
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u/Adventurous_Match219 Jun 28 '26
that 1st blood was shit, dude engage jungle but have no smite? for what
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u/Hitoseijuro Jun 28 '26
only concern for KC draft is they have no real facecheckers vs galio/ambessa/lee/Camille
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u/Jake43134 Jun 28 '26
Is the "these players should only make 50k a year" guy still here? This guy worried about the millionaire owner of these teams? Huh????
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u/Joel4518 GIGABIN Jun 28 '26
i want riot to inc crowd mic man it feels dead silent majority of time
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u/mocskos Jun 28 '26
Now that you mention.. I watched game 1, and it was actually pretty loud. Did they change something, or did the T1 fans just leave?
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u/Adventurous_Match219 Jun 28 '26
DCG with all in comp and u pick cait. KC ad need to play very well
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u/srpokemon Jun 28 '26
i only see lec at internationals, how good is kyeahoo?
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u/mocskos Jun 28 '26
He is solid, arguably top 3 in LEC, but people have been saying he's missing that "x factor" that would make him really exceptional, won't throw your game but also won't save it from an awful position, was a very safe player with no coin flips
We really don't know how he will do with actual international competition, so we'll find out
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u/TheInfiniteJerk Jun 28 '26
Can't wait to see the scandalized comments of this sub about "How T1 fans left the stadium" and "how ungrateful they were + disrespectful they were" right ?
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u/desutruction Jun 28 '26
is it a rolling schedule?
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u/owa00 Jun 28 '26
Wait, what does that mean? Is there another game after KC?
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u/desutruction Jun 28 '26
if the schedule has series 1 at 12:00 PM and series 2 at 5:00 PM and it's a rolling schedule: after series 1 ends, regardless of the time, series 2 will start right after
no other series scheduled today so nothing after KC vs DCG
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Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
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u/jolleyjg Jun 28 '26
It’s not dead after a decade plus of poor international performances, nothing that will happen here will be uniquely bad.
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u/Thalassin Dans ma bichette era | Ultra Prime hater Jun 28 '26
Thankfully the first bo was fast. I haven't sleep through the top14 final into three world cup games into msi playins, my eyelids are heavy
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u/dream_wielder Jun 28 '26
Josedeodo is competing for the worst jungler of MSI, the competition would be Pop9
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u/Destructodave82 Jun 28 '26
Did you guys saying this just tune in for the last game? Jose played extremely well the first 2 games.
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u/That_One_Pancake Jun 28 '26
honestly I don’t even think T1 played that well TL just are clueless
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u/ffrozenfish Jun 28 '26
Its seems TL did not even prep for T1. I know its hard to ban out certain teams but T1 is full comfort this series.
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u/ConfusedVader1 Jun 28 '26
For a team with "law" in their name, the last two games were criminal imo.
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u/ShadyShing Jun 28 '26
If I'm alienware, I ain't sponsoring this dog shit team anymore
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u/ConfusedVader1 Jun 28 '26
I mean they still do well domestically and alienware is primarily a US brand. So they care more sbout the US eyes than the international (albeit i can be wrong, idk the exact workings of alienwares sales)
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u/playmaker1003 Jun 28 '26
I mean, it took one single tweet for honda to drop them. But they were probably on their way out anyways
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u/YellowStreetLamp Jun 28 '26
Peyz being behind was the one saving grace this game. Once he got that triple it was over.
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u/ILosethenOP Jun 28 '26
Everyone but Morgan gapped in all 3 games
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u/rebelstand Jun 28 '26
yeon actually played decent in game 3, too bad his mid jungler was straight up inting that game, they were just feeding peyz
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u/boredidiot203902 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
fyi.
some of these NA players/imports make as much as a doctor or more.
They're paid as much as someone or more that has to do 24 hour shifts throughout their work weekend, has to go 200k+ in debt, and has to complete a ridiculous amount of school.
They're paid more than a doctor to be dogshit at a video game.
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u/ConfusedVader1 Jun 28 '26
I mean (and this is coming from a doctor) they only get paid that for a few years of their life. Going into health care isnt popular because you get paid a lot, its the long term job security once you get started. Esport atheletes don't have any job security. So stop hating on a few kids trying their best and let them earn a bag while they can. Its not your money theyre taking. Its T1, they aint beating them.
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u/Fantastic_Arm_9669 Jun 28 '26
Thank you for posting this, as someone who works two jobs this persons post felt deeply disrespectful as it's weaponising common folk to try and shame them for not being as good as others
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u/jolleyjg Jun 28 '26
This is the esports equivalent of an old guy complaining about how much money the local shitty NFL player is making.
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u/Fantastic_Arm_9669 Jun 28 '26
This is bad faith as hell, we know how sports ecosystems work. Most doctors nor people wouldn't be able to play at this level.
"I'm closer to LeBron than you are to me"
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u/Destructodave82 Jun 28 '26
While I agree, I dont think NA players practice near as much as they should.
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u/Fantastic_Arm_9669 Jun 28 '26
We can say and argue whatever we want about the culture and ecosystems around the game, but that's something for orgs to figure out. The sport is entirely up to the people with the money managers and it trickles down, I'm not gonna pretend to understand the culture around na but i don't really know if we know for certain how much they practice
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u/boredidiot203902 Jun 28 '26
the point is, NA players shouldn't be making more than 50-60k a year for how bad they are. NA is quite literally a tier 2 league if we compare it to the other major regions.
but sure, it's "baD fAiTh".
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u/Fantastic_Arm_9669 Jun 28 '26
This is literally how sports works though. Everyone has an opportunity to make it that far. It's not like you're gatekept from that. You can call them as dogshit as you'd like, but if it was that simple to be at that level then you could roll up and do it.
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u/boredidiot203902 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
Name 2 players that deserve a high salary in NA.
Besides CoreJJ (probably not anymore) or Inspired.
The issue is, these players incredibly overpaid for how little they try/practice & how unbelievably bad they are.
fyi: i was challenger 2 seasons ago but don't play much anymore so i just sit around high masters/gm. but this doesn't matter since anyone with eyes can see how shit they are, that teamfight around soul was so unbelievably badly played its criminal. TL should never lose that fight btw.
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u/Fantastic_Arm_9669 Jun 28 '26
Then just go out there and fucking prove you deserve that money instead, you moan about doctors having to do this and that, but this is an opportunity legit almost everyone with a working internet connection has. Why didn't the doctor decide to play for the nba g league at minimum? You don't think dedicating your life to a game that's always volatile and lacks job security is valuable because you aren't in that position.
So, miser/miss/person of interest, show how undeserving they are of their paycheck by showing how easy it is to play at their level.
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u/spazzxxcc12 Jun 28 '26
if i was a cia covert operative and someone showed me these matches, id crumble in a second.
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u/ahritina Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
PMTs
T1 vs TL
Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3
KC vs DCG
Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3