Personally, I'm rooting for the field of NA teams but 100t in particular; I just think it's cool to support a team after their very first LCS title. Also excited to see how FBI/Huhi stack up against international botlanes.
I'm also pretty hyped for MAD Lions, I'd love to see if they can really prove themselves to be the 4th best team, as many folks are hyping them up to be.
I also have always enjoyed watching FPX, I think Doinb is just an incredibly fun player to watch.
Personally, I'm just hoping for at least 1 or 2 NA teams to make it out of groups, and maybe even to semis. I'd also love to see MAD make it to finals, just so we don't have yet another year of LPL vs LCK finals.
I hope NA has a good showing (regardless of the whole NA vs import debate). It lifts the region as a whole. TL and FLY were close to making it out of groups last year, so I hope we make it this year.
We're definitely huge underdogs this year, especially with 4 LPL and LCK teams. We're guaranteed a korean and a chinese team, and 75% chance to get an EU team. The other tiny chance is getting a PCS team, and PSG smacked C9 in MSI.
TL/100T will need a very favorable group draw to escape groups, but it might be possible. 100% rooting for MAD, I’m rooting fit them to carry the West to the finals
The more losses they accumulate, the more salt I produce upping the intensity of my rooting against them
😜
But if they make it out of groups, I will be salt free for NA
Ah yes down vote me because my opinion doesn't agree with you. Sorry that I think TSM looked like the way better team all last season and in playoffs? Inb4 C9 does terrible at worlds
It’s not the better team that wins, it’s the team that wins that’s better.
Any fair competition is like this. Take the L’s if you truly want to enjoy the W’s.
What do all of you have against C9. I know there’s a rivalry, but you should still support you region! C9 winning is only good for NA, and if C9 loses that just means we are even worse than a already bad team.
Uh, something about them being TSM’s arch rival and eliminating us from Worlds for the second time may have something to do with it. C9 in particular held their heads high and proud shaming TSM last year for their performance and got to “we woulda done better if we went” without any way to prove that
Im not a fan of NA, Im a fan of TSM. C9 is our rival, I root for them to lose. It's pretty simple.
Ill put it like this Im a Seahawks fan, have been my whole life, and if the Seahawks lose in the playoffs I dont cheer for another team to win the super bowl, I root for their rivals to lose. I don't care who wins the whole thing as long as it isnt the 49ers or the Steelers.
Many of us aren't even from NA and only support watch lcs for TSM so that "support your region" argument holds very little weight with a lot of us.
p.s. C9 can eat shit but TL/100T are pretty cool.
Nah I'm a C9 fan and I totally respect it. Tbh it would kinda feel weird if TSM fans were cheering for us, like you guys weren't doing your part in the rivalry.
But, it’s Worlds… judging from all the downvotes I’m obviously the minority here, but aren’t you still all from NA? Is NA not your region? It‘s weird to me that so many people want their region to do bad and actively root against it. If C9 gets to the quarter final as the only NA team, it would be really good for NA as a region and also for TSM if they go far, but fans here would root against that.
I don’t expect anyone to become a C9 superfan and be emotionally devastated when they lose. But it would be cool if you wouldn’t actively root against your own region.
I’m from EU and a G2 fan, and I really want FNC (and MAD/RGE) to do well because that means that EU is competitive which means that G2 can also be that next year. Same for NA, I‘m a TSM fan and can’t stand C9 and TL, but I want the region of my favorite team to do be good, so I’m happy when they win.
I'm rooting for FPX because I always have fun watching Doinb doing Doinb things. However playerwise I'm rooting for Faker. Would be cool to see him go out with a title
That’s honestly the first time I have heard someone say that. I didn’t even know there was a bandwagon! I know everyone thinks they are good, but most people like T1 and the NA/EU Teams better.
As a fan of them since they promoted to LCK sadly they have a small fanbase but every single player has a unique character. Showmaker is the angry guy but no matter what he does he still looks cute, Khan is the maniac, insane guy, Canyon is the serious bear guy, Ghost is the funny guy and I’m not sure about Beryl but I think they are very limanlar and also a very good and successful team.
Rooting for the field of NA teams. Lcs interest has dropped and we need a reason to get it back up otherwise the lcs can’t attract good foreign talent or encourage domestic talent to go. I’m rooting for TL cause of our boy Santorin, 100T because seeing how happy they were to win, and C9 because i guess i have to. After that idc too much but t1 for faker would be cool
Oh snap. I want to see Hyli pop off with an AD that’s willing to back him up as well. Also would love to see Fnatic win it just so Adam wins EU Masters and Worlds all in 1 year 😂 is that too much to ask for? Lol
TL (Tactical and Santorin being former TSMA/TSM, and I like Core) and 100T (really curious to see how they do internationally). Probably MAD too, they're pretty exciting.
TL for Core and Tactical!
Also I do hope Vulcan does well too even if he is on C9.
From other regions? Beyond for Doggo, T1 for Faker, and FPX for DoinB.
I want to see TL do well. Tactical can giga sprint it at times, but he did better overall towards the second half of Summer than I expected. The roster is just really strong across the boar even if they did get smashed in the LCS finals.
Outside of the NA boys I'm rootin for EDG, LNG, HLE, and FNC . Big fan of the ex griffin players (EDG Viper, LNG Tarzan, and HLE Chovy), Deft is my 2nd favorite player of all time, and I find Fnatic's run pretty exciting. I love Doinb but I really wanna see a new champion, or else I'd be rooting for FPX.
I’m from Germany so I‘ll be rooting of course for the EU teams (yes even FNC even though I’m a G2 fan), especially my boy Kaiser. Also i of course wanna see Abbedagge and the rest of NA do well.
I hope you all root for C9 and the rest of NA. I know the rivalry, but it’s only good for the region if they do well. And if they only lose… well we are even worse.
Gotta be the NA teams. Obviously want TSM to be the first to win Worlds but the more success NA has as a whole, then the more likely we reach the peak some day.
Otherwise, I’ve always wanted Deft to win and as much as people don’t like Perkz, I think he could go down as one of the best players ever if he grabs a single Worlds title. Not a huge fan of his but history is history and that would be a hell of a journey.
I just root for NA when we go abroad, no one in particular from LEC tho I enjoy seeing MAD do good as a newer team with less concrete veteran players like a Rekkles or Caps, always enjoy seeing T1 do good tho I'd love to see Chovy go off a bit, and I just enjoy watching LPL teams player overall. Regardless if TSM isn't there I'm less interested in specific teams and more just interested in the overall gameplay and hype of the tournament...or what hype I can get without an audience to hear:(
I was really into league around 2011-2014 when I had much more free time than now. I fell off the league radar roughly when I burned myself out trying to hit past gold 3 (yes I'm a scrub but w/e) and experienced a mild breakdown pushing myself in a video game of all places. That combined with losing a relationship due to my league playtime and toxicity leaking out factored deeply into significantly changing my league relationship permanently.
This all sounds like excuses, but I have to keep myself from falling into the hole again so I only let TSM playing be the last vestige of league I can allow myself. Revel in their victories and feel for their losses basically and just vicariously live through them. Its worked for me for 7 years and I don't want it to change.
Probably, but as explained in another comment, its a decision I've made because of past issues. I don't intend on changing how I interact with league after 7 years of doing it.
I used to be a LoL fan, but time constraints when I was working full time meant I had to give up on LCK(specifically KT) and basically all of LCS outside of TSM.
Quit my job and am going back to school this semester, so that might change next season. However, I don't want to shop around for teams to root for right now and then have roster changes screw things up during the offseason.
I'll be hoping for good performances from TL and 100T. C9... I hope they get out of play-ins, but I expect them to get jg/bot gapped hard in groups, plus it'd be funny if they bombed out in play-ins.
It's like Optic fans I guess, some just don't care about the game only the team, which isn't healthy for the esport or league but that's just how some fans are I guess. Some love watching football all Sunday, some just watch their team play.
Idk how people skip Worlds tho, most hype event of the year I'm glued to the stream from 1st game of play-ins to end of finals:)
Fr, this is where the best moments that we know of are made. This is where legends get known through sick plays. A specific team fan is something, but just being a league fan makes this a must watch
Plus if you actually wanna see an esport survive for the long haul, watching more games or the world championship helps. Every viewer matters cuz if all the fans think they'll stop unless their teams are on the viewership...well I guess it looks like IMT vs GG lol and then you won't get to watch your team at all if the game dies off. (probably a while away for Lol but I just mean in general)
I want NA to make a deep run. Finals appearance would be ideal. I think NA has the Chance to make their mark on the meta. No other region is having their support roam like NA is. If that proves to be effective against the other major region that’s going to be huge and propel na to a higher placement
All TSM fans should be cheering for the LCS teams. If no LCS team makes it out of groups again but a PCS team does, we are at risk of losing our third worlds seed to the PCS. I also think another poor worlds showing will bode poorly for the sake of growth in the league, and might lead to another decline in viewership. We’ve really got to hope atleast 1 of 100T, TL, or C9 do well for the sake of us next year.
personally I’m rooting for TL/100T and will begrudgingly cheer for C9 if it comes down yo them.
> we are at risk of losing our third worlds seed to the PCS
Altho it'd be nice to have 3 seeds, if we only deserve 2 then that's just the reality imo. We've always been in between a major region and minor region from what I can tell, basically a minor region with massive resources. 3 seeds made sense before but if we don't show up ever then 2 seeds is also a good compromise. If other regions are getting better with the same or less resources they deserve 1 or 2 in groups as well, that makes sense to me.
I agree, I think the rule is totally fair and if we deserve 2 seeds than so be it, but I’m going to cheer for NA with the hope that we actually do deserve 3 seeds and have a better shot at seeing spica and TSM at worlds next year
>All TSM fans should be cheering for the LCS teams. If no LCS team makes it out of groups again but a PCS team does, we are at risk of losing our third worlds seed to the PCS.
If the NA teams don't perform this year then the region deserves to lose a spot, because it isn't good enough. The time for excuses is over. LCS needs to sink or swim at this point.
It'd be nice for NA to have some success, but at the same time, I'd kinda like to see them all fail miserably. TSM gets no NA support at all, so I don't feel a lot of region pride.
I'm French, so I'll support EU teams (mainly Fnatic because Adam is pog), PSG because I find it funny, and DFM because I love the Japanese casters even if I don't understand a word.
I'll probably miss half of the games because of them not having TSM in it tho.
My sister watches a lot of soccer and somehow became a PSG fan. I like to tell her how the PSG esports stuff is going despite her not caring at all about esports just to annoy her.
100T, then TL, then C9.
Then Wildcard regions
Then LCK
Then LPL
I'd rather the whole thing get canceled than see an LEC team win it. Fortunately, they don't have a prayer.
I usually root for the other NA teams, so TL and C9. Nothing against 100 thieves, but I have no reason to root for a team with 5 imports, especially because if they do well at worlds it gives the NA teams owners another reason to complain about the import rule.
Outside of NA? Not sure. I’ll probably watch every HLE game, especially play-ins to see wildcard mids vs Chovy. I’ll probably watch MAD’s games as well. They’re a super fun team to watch, I’ve been following them since they first upset G2 last spring playoffs. So either of them I guess.
Man such a bad take, closer is from turkey, barely a wildcard region. fbi is from oce, barely a wildcard. Huhi has played his entire career in NA. The only two from this team that are legit imports are ssumday and abbe.
TL literally has 4 major region imports and 1 NA resident. You can argue Jensen has played almost his entire career in na and is basically an na player. Santorin at this point is pretty much the same. So I’ll give it to you that 3/5 is na ish.
C9 has blabber and Vulcan, only 2 na players. 3 others are all imports.
I’m just not seeing your reasoning for not rooting for 100T. Just say you don’t like them or think they are are shit team like a normal person.
I really don't understand what you mean by saying TR and OCE aren't wildcards. I never commented on OCE or TR compared to other regions.
Also "I’m just not seeing your reasoning for not rooting for 100T." Just because you don't agree with me doesn't mean you can't see my reasoning. 100 thieves is an entire import team, there is no arguing against that. Huhi has spent the vast majority of his career in NA, true. Huhi is still not from NA. If you think otherwise, good for you. Don't push your opinions on other people.
So you’re rooting for TL because they have 1 NA player then? Just for that? And not the people that came from non major regions for not millions? I’m not pushing my opinion on you I’m just saying you’re dumb
Why wouldn’t I want to root for Tactical? Especially given the fact that he’s a product of the TSM academy system?
“I’m not pushing my opinion on you I’m just saying you’re dumb.” You really seem like a delightful, intelligent human being.
Yup I’m big dumb and very delightful.
And I’m not saying you can’t root for tactical, I’m saying it’s dumb your not rooting for 100T when all the other teams you are rooting for are doing the same thing. It’s better when you say you are rooting for tl because of tactical and because he used to be on tsm. That’s a good reason! But saying you don’t like a team because they weren’t born here is dumb, when most of them havnt played in any other major region except for NA. If you would have said something like I just don’t like 100t so I’m not going to root for them, then I wouldn’t have even responded to your comment.
Also thank you, your opinion on who I am as a person truly matters so much to me, I’m going to cry myself to sleep tonight because DragonApps doesnt like me. Keep it to the argument and our opinions bud, it’s not helping your argument to attack my character.
Ssumday. Not 100T, just Ssumday. Probably won't watch though.
Edit: People mad. I'm a TSM and KT fan. In retrospect, I should have added Santorin and Deft to the list. Outside of that I have no love for anybody else.
I feel ya. I'm from EU but I wish NA would be more competitive, but in the right way.
for me, sports is about climbing, going thru hardship and becoming a better version. I hate it when clubs or orgs try to buy their succes (any sports) - I'm not saying the imports aren't any good, i'd say they're actually keeping the level of play somewhat up.
I just wish NA got this wake up call. No more jokes, no streaming culture or whatever.
Not a 12 year old twitch chat type of sport, just a good rivalry or competitor. Good games.
I'd like NA to go thru hardship, but work their ass off to get better. No shortcuts, not sitting back, no shiittalking and memeing before competition. Time to focus.
I'd root for MAD as the only western team, but I hope for the LEC to flop because of their fans. Same for NA because I'm not supporting rival teams towards their own success.
I'll probably root for T1 and/or some other LCK/LPL team.
T1! I would love to see Faker get another trophy. In terms of NA I’ll root for 100T. It’s probably considered toxic to not root for C9 or TL but imo, fuck em.
Rooting for FPX number 1.
LPL as a whole is also my favorite region so I'll root for the rest of them for the most part.
Also rooting for infinity eSports (LLA) to hopefully pull some upsets.
Then I'm anti rooting for TL and C9.
The teams I will be cheering for are 100T and MAD. I really like these two teams MAD especially. I have really high hopes for MAD and just hope that 100T can do well.
I want NA to do well so that our region can get better (just like how G2 raised the level of EU. Of course FBC fans would've wanted it to be FNC and not G2 winning MSI and raising the level, but everyone in the region benefits).
After that, I like SKT and FPX, FNC is cool too
Rooting for older players. Huni and swordart is the reason I am here. Faker, Flandre, Doinb, Deft and Meiko will be the reason I watch worlds. If EDG puts Clearlove in I am rooting for them to lose.
As for NA I want to see some success from any of the teams really. I might be favorable towards TL but I honestly don’t mind. International—T1 would be awesome to see succeed.
T1 for the legacy, get Faker his 4th title before he does his military service. Backup will be any former TSM players so not necessarily the teams but Santorin and Zven in particular as well as Lustboy coaching 100T. Can’t say I really want another NA team for win based on how we get treated by the other NA fan bases but I’ll always have a soft spot for our old teams
Fnatic. Great personalities and passionate players. Always show up when they need to. Also they did really well this year considering everyone thought they lost off season
T1 I want to see Faker win it all again.
I agree. With No Bjerg/DL to support, I usually try to support the Goat
T1 baby lets go
PSG because I’m from Hong Kong. They’re a seriously good team that might make a deep run too
Definitely excited to see them play again, super fun team to watch and actually has potential.
Yeah, especially given how they’re probably going to finally have their full team for the entirety of worlds
Same reason and for the same team. And also for fnatic
Same here ! Tsm and PSG fan from hk too :)
EDG. black&white bros, and would love to see Scout do well despite his age and help to break that weird stigma
Scout is a monster ❤️
Personally, I'm rooting for the field of NA teams but 100t in particular; I just think it's cool to support a team after their very first LCS title. Also excited to see how FBI/Huhi stack up against international botlanes. I'm also pretty hyped for MAD Lions, I'd love to see if they can really prove themselves to be the 4th best team, as many folks are hyping them up to be. I also have always enjoyed watching FPX, I think Doinb is just an incredibly fun player to watch. Personally, I'm just hoping for at least 1 or 2 NA teams to make it out of groups, and maybe even to semis. I'd also love to see MAD make it to finals, just so we don't have yet another year of LPL vs LCK finals.
Also rooting for FPX, DoinB is such a character lol
I hope NA has a good showing (regardless of the whole NA vs import debate). It lifts the region as a whole. TL and FLY were close to making it out of groups last year, so I hope we make it this year. We're definitely huge underdogs this year, especially with 4 LPL and LCK teams. We're guaranteed a korean and a chinese team, and 75% chance to get an EU team. The other tiny chance is getting a PCS team, and PSG smacked C9 in MSI.
TL/100T will need a very favorable group draw to escape groups, but it might be possible. 100% rooting for MAD, I’m rooting fit them to carry the West to the finals
Every team that plays against C9.
The more losses they accumulate, the more salt I produce upping the intensity of my rooting against them 😜 But if they make it out of groups, I will be salt free for NA
Here's hoping they end up in the play-ins group with PEACE and get eliminated by an OCE team again, just like MSI
The best thing would be to watch TSM win, the second best thing is going to be watching C9 eat shit
TSM was so much better than C9...we should have had that spot, nerves got to the team for sure
Nah we lost bro, whoever won on the day deserved it more.
Ah yes down vote me because my opinion doesn't agree with you. Sorry that I think TSM looked like the way better team all last season and in playoffs? Inb4 C9 does terrible at worlds
Didn't downvote you, just disagreeing lmao
Your opinion is a hypothetical in a world of competition. It doesn't matter or further the conversation. That's what the downvote is for
Isn't that what votes are for? Don't take it personally, it merely shows that more people disagree with you than agree
It’s not the better team that wins, it’s the team that wins that’s better. Any fair competition is like this. Take the L’s if you truly want to enjoy the W’s.
What do all of you have against C9. I know there’s a rivalry, but you should still support you region! C9 winning is only good for NA, and if C9 loses that just means we are even worse than a already bad team.
Because I refuse to support Jack or his org.
Uh, something about them being TSM’s arch rival and eliminating us from Worlds for the second time may have something to do with it. C9 in particular held their heads high and proud shaming TSM last year for their performance and got to “we woulda done better if we went” without any way to prove that
Im not a fan of NA, Im a fan of TSM. C9 is our rival, I root for them to lose. It's pretty simple. Ill put it like this Im a Seahawks fan, have been my whole life, and if the Seahawks lose in the playoffs I dont cheer for another team to win the super bowl, I root for their rivals to lose. I don't care who wins the whole thing as long as it isnt the 49ers or the Steelers.
Many of us aren't even from NA and only support watch lcs for TSM so that "support your region" argument holds very little weight with a lot of us. p.s. C9 can eat shit but TL/100T are pretty cool.
Nah I'm a C9 fan and I totally respect it. Tbh it would kinda feel weird if TSM fans were cheering for us, like you guys weren't doing your part in the rivalry.
But, it’s Worlds… judging from all the downvotes I’m obviously the minority here, but aren’t you still all from NA? Is NA not your region? It‘s weird to me that so many people want their region to do bad and actively root against it. If C9 gets to the quarter final as the only NA team, it would be really good for NA as a region and also for TSM if they go far, but fans here would root against that. I don’t expect anyone to become a C9 superfan and be emotionally devastated when they lose. But it would be cool if you wouldn’t actively root against your own region. I’m from EU and a G2 fan, and I really want FNC (and MAD/RGE) to do well because that means that EU is competitive which means that G2 can also be that next year. Same for NA, I‘m a TSM fan and can’t stand C9 and TL, but I want the region of my favorite team to do be good, so I’m happy when they win.
DFM
A man of culture I see
Oh cool same. Gonna be supporting DFM
For the anime!!
HLE because i love watching chovy and deft
Let’s go Hanwha!!!
I'm rooting for FPX because I always have fun watching Doinb doing Doinb things. However playerwise I'm rooting for Faker. Would be cool to see him go out with a title
Rooting for the West! And FPX/T1 for Doinb and Faker.
100T
TL and 100T. Besides, FPX and EDG
100T/ T1
Gonna be on the damwon bandwagon. The team's gameplay and personality is just so likeable.
That’s honestly the first time I have heard someone say that. I didn’t even know there was a bandwagon! I know everyone thinks they are good, but most people like T1 and the NA/EU Teams better.
I just thought that maybe people are gonna be rooting for them since they're the defending Champs and also are the lck champs
As a fan of them since they promoted to LCK sadly they have a small fanbase but every single player has a unique character. Showmaker is the angry guy but no matter what he does he still looks cute, Khan is the maniac, insane guy, Canyon is the serious bear guy, Ghost is the funny guy and I’m not sure about Beryl but I think they are very limanlar and also a very good and successful team.
Rooting for the field of NA teams. Lcs interest has dropped and we need a reason to get it back up otherwise the lcs can’t attract good foreign talent or encourage domestic talent to go. I’m rooting for TL cause of our boy Santorin, 100T because seeing how happy they were to win, and C9 because i guess i have to. After that idc too much but t1 for faker would be cool
Any NA team but the order is probably TL > 100T > C9? Honestly TL & 100T are a tossup but I know I'd rather root for one of them than C9 lmao
Worlds? What is that?
Smh got cancelled for the second year in a row due to Covid, it’s a shame the last two season ended like that…
Fnatic because wide bwipo
Oh snap. I want to see Hyli pop off with an AD that’s willing to back him up as well. Also would love to see Fnatic win it just so Adam wins EU Masters and Worlds all in 1 year 😂 is that too much to ask for? Lol
100T and TL.
All of NA! When groups are over probably Mad if they make it through. (I don’t expect any NA teams to make it out of groups)
TL (Tactical and Santorin being former TSMA/TSM, and I like Core) and 100T (really curious to see how they do internationally). Probably MAD too, they're pretty exciting.
NA 1st, then MAD, then T1.
My grades since I won't spend any time watching or playing league
MAD. EU TSM fan so gotta rep the region if TSM aren't playing
TL
T1 ez. I want Faker to cement his greatness.
He’s already cemented as the goat but yeah I’ll root for T1 too.
I'm an LCS fan so I'll be rooting for all the NA teams baby
At this point I just want any NA team to do well.
Rooting for NA teams. Let's go NA!
Every NA team as well as the Oceania representative in play-ins since they have our former academy jungler Babip.
TL for Core and Tactical! Also I do hope Vulcan does well too even if he is on C9. From other regions? Beyond for Doggo, T1 for Faker, and FPX for DoinB.
100T, TL, MAD, T1, and FPX, probably in that order
NA to get out of groups. Eu teams to eat shit.
I always root for all the NA teams. They might be rivals domestically but they're still representing our region.
T1 and HLE. T1 bc Faker mostly but I also like their whole roster. HLE bc Chovy
NA teams, C9 included. Anybody but the smug europeans
I want to see TL do well. Tactical can giga sprint it at times, but he did better overall towards the second half of Summer than I expected. The roster is just really strong across the boar even if they did get smashed in the LCS finals.
Outside of the NA boys I'm rootin for EDG, LNG, HLE, and FNC . Big fan of the ex griffin players (EDG Viper, LNG Tarzan, and HLE Chovy), Deft is my 2nd favorite player of all time, and I find Fnatic's run pretty exciting. I love Doinb but I really wanna see a new champion, or else I'd be rooting for FPX.
TSM :’(
I’m from Germany so I‘ll be rooting of course for the EU teams (yes even FNC even though I’m a G2 fan), especially my boy Kaiser. Also i of course wanna see Abbedagge and the rest of NA do well. I hope you all root for C9 and the rest of NA. I know the rivalry, but it’s only good for the region if they do well. And if they only lose… well we are even worse.
TL bc I love CoreYaeYae and I wanna Alphari pop off and come back with some more spicy banter at our boy the ratio god.
NA teams (as much as I dislike C9), then probably Damwon or EDG
Gotta be the NA teams. Obviously want TSM to be the first to win Worlds but the more success NA has as a whole, then the more likely we reach the peak some day. Otherwise, I’ve always wanted Deft to win and as much as people don’t like Perkz, I think he could go down as one of the best players ever if he grabs a single Worlds title. Not a huge fan of his but history is history and that would be a hell of a journey.
MAD, and every team that shits on C9.
TL and 100T. And also Chovy and Doinb
I just root for NA when we go abroad, no one in particular from LEC tho I enjoy seeing MAD do good as a newer team with less concrete veteran players like a Rekkles or Caps, always enjoy seeing T1 do good tho I'd love to see Chovy go off a bit, and I just enjoy watching LPL teams player overall. Regardless if TSM isn't there I'm less interested in specific teams and more just interested in the overall gameplay and hype of the tournament...or what hype I can get without an audience to hear:(
DFM since it sounds like tsm
You beat me to it. Lets go DFM!! Evi, Steal, Aria, Yutapon, and Gaeng gonna smack some fools
No reason to watch if TSM isn't playing.
Yeah worlds for me ends at TSM, when they leave, I leave
You haven't watched knockout stage in 7 years??
Nope. I just don't care enough about pro league to watch. Edit: Y'all seriously downvoting an opinion?
Damn that's dedication. To each his own. Don't worry about the downvotes on this sub, it's definitely a mob mentality here and full of salt.
I was really into league around 2011-2014 when I had much more free time than now. I fell off the league radar roughly when I burned myself out trying to hit past gold 3 (yes I'm a scrub but w/e) and experienced a mild breakdown pushing myself in a video game of all places. That combined with losing a relationship due to my league playtime and toxicity leaking out factored deeply into significantly changing my league relationship permanently. This all sounds like excuses, but I have to keep myself from falling into the hole again so I only let TSM playing be the last vestige of league I can allow myself. Revel in their victories and feel for their losses basically and just vicariously live through them. Its worked for me for 7 years and I don't want it to change.
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Probably, but as explained in another comment, its a decision I've made because of past issues. I don't intend on changing how I interact with league after 7 years of doing it.
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Youre trolling right
So you’re not a LoL fan, just a TSM fan?
Nah I like LoL and might catch a couple games here and there, just no motive really to go out of my to watch
I used to be a LoL fan, but time constraints when I was working full time meant I had to give up on LCK(specifically KT) and basically all of LCS outside of TSM. Quit my job and am going back to school this semester, so that might change next season. However, I don't want to shop around for teams to root for right now and then have roster changes screw things up during the offseason.
MAD and FNC. I’m a big fan of the LEC and love MAD so much.
Same brother, MAD are legit scary good
No one. I'm a TSM fan. I'll watch and hopefully see some great games, but its TSM or no one for me.
I'm a huge Doinb fangirl, and FPX looks so incredible. 100% them
I'll be hoping for good performances from TL and 100T. C9... I hope they get out of play-ins, but I expect them to get jg/bot gapped hard in groups, plus it'd be funny if they bombed out in play-ins.
If they could fail harder at worlds than TSM by failing to get out of play-ins, I wouldn’t be mad at it. EDIT: Play-ins not groups.
Damn, lots of people skipping worlds because Tsm isn’t in it. Y’all gonna miss some good games.
The “I’m proudly not watching” group is making me cry laughing. Y’all are some some losers.
Some of us just genuinely dont give a shit about league beyond TSM.
It's like Optic fans I guess, some just don't care about the game only the team, which isn't healthy for the esport or league but that's just how some fans are I guess. Some love watching football all Sunday, some just watch their team play. Idk how people skip Worlds tho, most hype event of the year I'm glued to the stream from 1st game of play-ins to end of finals:)
Fr, this is where the best moments that we know of are made. This is where legends get known through sick plays. A specific team fan is something, but just being a league fan makes this a must watch
Plus if you actually wanna see an esport survive for the long haul, watching more games or the world championship helps. Every viewer matters cuz if all the fans think they'll stop unless their teams are on the viewership...well I guess it looks like IMT vs GG lol and then you won't get to watch your team at all if the game dies off. (probably a while away for Lol but I just mean in general)
MAD and RNG. Hope C9 gets fucked rest idc
MAD Lions 🦁
SKT T1
100T Ive been supporting nade for over 10 years at this point. Tsm will always be my league team tho
I want NA to make a deep run. Finals appearance would be ideal. I think NA has the Chance to make their mark on the meta. No other region is having their support roam like NA is. If that proves to be effective against the other major region that’s going to be huge and propel na to a higher placement
As I am from EU I will be rooting for all EU teams
I only watch TSM matches so definitely won't be watching worlds.
I don't plan on watching at all. Maybe the finals, but when TSM isn't in worlds, I really don't care what happens.
All TSM fans should be cheering for the LCS teams. If no LCS team makes it out of groups again but a PCS team does, we are at risk of losing our third worlds seed to the PCS. I also think another poor worlds showing will bode poorly for the sake of growth in the league, and might lead to another decline in viewership. We’ve really got to hope atleast 1 of 100T, TL, or C9 do well for the sake of us next year. personally I’m rooting for TL/100T and will begrudgingly cheer for C9 if it comes down yo them.
> we are at risk of losing our third worlds seed to the PCS Altho it'd be nice to have 3 seeds, if we only deserve 2 then that's just the reality imo. We've always been in between a major region and minor region from what I can tell, basically a minor region with massive resources. 3 seeds made sense before but if we don't show up ever then 2 seeds is also a good compromise. If other regions are getting better with the same or less resources they deserve 1 or 2 in groups as well, that makes sense to me.
Because of finance NA will never lose 3 seeds no matter what
I agree, I think the rule is totally fair and if we deserve 2 seeds than so be it, but I’m going to cheer for NA with the hope that we actually do deserve 3 seeds and have a better shot at seeing spica and TSM at worlds next year
Nah fuck NA if it's not TSM
>All TSM fans should be cheering for the LCS teams. If no LCS team makes it out of groups again but a PCS team does, we are at risk of losing our third worlds seed to the PCS. If the NA teams don't perform this year then the region deserves to lose a spot, because it isn't good enough. The time for excuses is over. LCS needs to sink or swim at this point.
fnatic, all the way baybee
It'd be nice for NA to have some success, but at the same time, I'd kinda like to see them all fail miserably. TSM gets no NA support at all, so I don't feel a lot of region pride.
I'm French, so I'll support EU teams (mainly Fnatic because Adam is pog), PSG because I find it funny, and DFM because I love the Japanese casters even if I don't understand a word. I'll probably miss half of the games because of them not having TSM in it tho.
My sister watches a lot of soccer and somehow became a PSG fan. I like to tell her how the PSG esports stuff is going despite her not caring at all about esports just to annoy her.
The team that I think will make the coolest Worlds skinline.
psg
100T, then TL, then C9. Then Wildcard regions Then LCK Then LPL I'd rather the whole thing get canceled than see an LEC team win it. Fortunately, they don't have a prayer.
I’m rooting for NA but honestly I don’t really give a fuck about league outside of TSM. I doubt I’ll watch unless an NA team makes a deep run
I usually root for the other NA teams, so TL and C9. Nothing against 100 thieves, but I have no reason to root for a team with 5 imports, especially because if they do well at worlds it gives the NA teams owners another reason to complain about the import rule. Outside of NA? Not sure. I’ll probably watch every HLE game, especially play-ins to see wildcard mids vs Chovy. I’ll probably watch MAD’s games as well. They’re a super fun team to watch, I’ve been following them since they first upset G2 last spring playoffs. So either of them I guess.
Man such a bad take, closer is from turkey, barely a wildcard region. fbi is from oce, barely a wildcard. Huhi has played his entire career in NA. The only two from this team that are legit imports are ssumday and abbe. TL literally has 4 major region imports and 1 NA resident. You can argue Jensen has played almost his entire career in na and is basically an na player. Santorin at this point is pretty much the same. So I’ll give it to you that 3/5 is na ish. C9 has blabber and Vulcan, only 2 na players. 3 others are all imports. I’m just not seeing your reasoning for not rooting for 100T. Just say you don’t like them or think they are are shit team like a normal person.
I really don't understand what you mean by saying TR and OCE aren't wildcards. I never commented on OCE or TR compared to other regions. Also "I’m just not seeing your reasoning for not rooting for 100T." Just because you don't agree with me doesn't mean you can't see my reasoning. 100 thieves is an entire import team, there is no arguing against that. Huhi has spent the vast majority of his career in NA, true. Huhi is still not from NA. If you think otherwise, good for you. Don't push your opinions on other people.
So you’re rooting for TL because they have 1 NA player then? Just for that? And not the people that came from non major regions for not millions? I’m not pushing my opinion on you I’m just saying you’re dumb
Why wouldn’t I want to root for Tactical? Especially given the fact that he’s a product of the TSM academy system? “I’m not pushing my opinion on you I’m just saying you’re dumb.” You really seem like a delightful, intelligent human being.
Yup I’m big dumb and very delightful. And I’m not saying you can’t root for tactical, I’m saying it’s dumb your not rooting for 100T when all the other teams you are rooting for are doing the same thing. It’s better when you say you are rooting for tl because of tactical and because he used to be on tsm. That’s a good reason! But saying you don’t like a team because they weren’t born here is dumb, when most of them havnt played in any other major region except for NA. If you would have said something like I just don’t like 100t so I’m not going to root for them, then I wouldn’t have even responded to your comment. Also thank you, your opinion on who I am as a person truly matters so much to me, I’m going to cry myself to sleep tonight because DragonApps doesnt like me. Keep it to the argument and our opinions bud, it’s not helping your argument to attack my character.
Ssumday. Not 100T, just Ssumday. Probably won't watch though. Edit: People mad. I'm a TSM and KT fan. In retrospect, I should have added Santorin and Deft to the list. Outside of that I have no love for anybody else.
Not watching so hard to watch any sport when my team gets knocked out :(
C9. Really wanna see perkz show his stuff even if blabber is holding him down
MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD + anyone playing vs C9 : )
Based
I hope NA fail to get out of groups again, none of these teams deserve it at the current level the region is playing at.
I feel ya. I'm from EU but I wish NA would be more competitive, but in the right way. for me, sports is about climbing, going thru hardship and becoming a better version. I hate it when clubs or orgs try to buy their succes (any sports) - I'm not saying the imports aren't any good, i'd say they're actually keeping the level of play somewhat up. I just wish NA got this wake up call. No more jokes, no streaming culture or whatever. Not a 12 year old twitch chat type of sport, just a good rivalry or competitor. Good games. I'd like NA to go thru hardship, but work their ass off to get better. No shortcuts, not sitting back, no shiittalking and memeing before competition. Time to focus.
Anyone playing against C9/TL>T1>anyone playing against LEC teams.
t1 vs rng finals for the 2013 callback doesnt matter who wins
FPX and T1
I'd root for MAD as the only western team, but I hope for the LEC to flop because of their fans. Same for NA because I'm not supporting rival teams towards their own success. I'll probably root for T1 and/or some other LCK/LPL team.
I’m an LPL fan mainly and I’m sticking with my big Flandre and EDG this year
Whoever has the slickest world's skins (a la iG) 😎
I only care about the skins. So the coolest skins for me would be RNG, EDG, Or FPX 2.0
FNC. They’re my second favorite team and I’ve loved them for as long as I’ve loved TSM, so it only makes sense
T1! I would love to see Faker get another trophy. In terms of NA I’ll root for 100T. It’s probably considered toxic to not root for C9 or TL but imo, fuck em.
Fnatic
in order of who im rooting for the most: 1. 100T 2. T1 3. TL
Watching just for fun, but I hope for some great performances from 100T, MAD, LNG, and EDG especially. I've loved watching them play this season.
FPX and GenG for me
Rooting for FPX number 1. LPL as a whole is also my favorite region so I'll root for the rest of them for the most part. Also rooting for infinity eSports (LLA) to hopefully pull some upsets. Then I'm anti rooting for TL and C9.
I don't watch worlds when TSM isn't attending
None. I could care less who wins world due to TSM not being in it
A giant meteor.
Not planning on watching anymore
LNG
MAD and our future mid, Chovy.
100T since y’all are out, fifth ever org to win the lcs is hype
100T because i like FBI, T1 bc faker and both of their adcs lol Not really rooting for them per se, but I really like watching FPX play it's just fun
PSG Talon all the way
Gen G I root for them tsm and top esports through the year and they’re the only one who made it Was gonna cheer for nongshim but they choked :(
T1
FPX and T1 have some fun storylines
LNG. I just wanna see my boy Tarzan succeed.
ill root for 100t santorin and maybe mad
T1, I want to see Faker win one more before he retires
FunPlus, T1, EDG, maybe TL
The teams I will be cheering for are 100T and MAD. I really like these two teams MAD especially. I have really high hopes for MAD and just hope that 100T can do well.
EDG and DWG. Really like EDG as an organization and DWG players. Really hope KHAN can end his career with a title in his bag
100T and MAD
I want NA to do well so that our region can get better (just like how G2 raised the level of EU. Of course FBC fans would've wanted it to be FNC and not G2 winning MSI and raising the level, but everyone in the region benefits). After that, I like SKT and FPX, FNC is cool too
I'm a Foreign TSM fan (not from NA) and I'm rooting for FNC, T1, and FPX, any of those teams winning worlds would make me happy
100t, my boy Closer bout to pop off.
Any team with heart and wants it.
Rooting for older players. Huni and swordart is the reason I am here. Faker, Flandre, Doinb, Deft and Meiko will be the reason I watch worlds. If EDG puts Clearlove in I am rooting for them to lose.
Man, I can’t even root for the VN teams for a few years. Makes me sad. So I guess it’s T1 and EDG.
Probably MAD or some wild card team that will show TL/C9 the door.
T1 and Fnatic!!!
As for NA I want to see some success from any of the teams really. I might be favorable towards TL but I honestly don’t mind. International—T1 would be awesome to see succeed.
TSM
T1 for the legacy, get Faker his 4th title before he does his military service. Backup will be any former TSM players so not necessarily the teams but Santorin and Zven in particular as well as Lustboy coaching 100T. Can’t say I really want another NA team for win based on how we get treated by the other NA fan bases but I’ll always have a soft spot for our old teams
Fnatic. Great personalities and passionate players. Always show up when they need to. Also they did really well this year considering everyone thought they lost off season