League of Legends S2 Regional Spotlight: North America

Team SoloMid, Dignitas, and Counter Logic Gaming took the top spots at the North American Regionals during PAX Prime in Seattle, securing their positions in the Season Two World Championship.

[Strongholder]

Yeah, it may be the case in other formats, but LoL tournaments do operate on a delayed broadcast for the audience and commentators of about 30 seconds. Also I think LoL's demands would be a bit different to something like broodwars, which have a single player commanding lots and lots of different units, rather than the single unit in a LoL game. It would also obviously depend on what available in a specific venue hosting the tournament.

[RoninPain]

TSM shows some real strngth and drive. As a team, they are extremely powerful. All roles worked and practiced tirelessly to perfection. I like how strong every team looks, and this wont be a walk in the park, but im rooting for TSM all the way. BAYLIFE!!

[OneWingedRose]

I'm really looking forward to this.
Can. Not. Wait.

[PaElRa]

WOW omg that soraka turret tanking stategy shared by skarner and the coming out of corki alive was awesome!

[suckieduckie]

i never said we should go to war, i just used history to illustrate the point that mental stress can be more stressful then physical stress.

me personally, i prefer physical stress over mental stress anyday not only because the only physical stress i get i put on myself through exercising and this "stress" is actually the part of a workout that makes you feel satisfied.
mental stress can be much more brutal, like depressions, identity crisis or a relative passing away.

[HunterEdmo]

This world finals is where you will see what your teams are made of. How they perform here will show how good they actually are.

[Sawa]

In response to everyone in this long, recently derailed thread:

Regardless of what the players want, this is a game with fog of war. This is a game where losing track of one person can cost you the game. One of the main reasons Starcraft players have soundproof headsets/booths is so that they aren't fed information (unintentionally) by the crowd or announcers.

[ImFataI]

What are you talking about? All the games I mentioned are playable on consoles. Obviously PvPs are always going to be the biggest but that in no way means that FPSs are dead.

[somerandomnumber]

It's not though because noise plays a huge factor in football games by preventing the offense from hearing audibles that the QB is calling. That is why it is so hard for offenses to play well in Seattle which is the loudest stadium in the NFL.

[ExplodingBumfluff]

you're right but ive been watching them scrim lately and they look strong. Insanely strong. The thing is individually clg have some of the strongest players in the game. Wick'd one of the best top laners, dyrus even said he has an 80% loss rate against him. Then you have froggen, anivia god mode basically, snoopeh is a solid jungler, makes very little mistakes, does his job, yellowpete and krepo are good, not amazing but definitely not bad. They usually own in lane and then throw .

[WarmwaterBliss]

Because it's a sport that has literally been played for thousands of years and is also the most renowned and most played sport in the entire world. Thats why.

[ThemisGaming]

actually some teams have complained about not having proper accommodation while playing. The reason why DotA does it is because they teams wanted it. When you have a sound proof box you aren't forced to wear headphones and you can easily talk with your team. Teams that want the sound proof for league? M5, CLG, NAVI, LGD, OE. ALL of these teams compete in dota probably the reason why they want it for league

[ThemisGaming]

the goal of warding is to place wards is heavy traffic areas. If you have those warded then there is no needed to use an unreliable mechanic like sound. All pros ward, simple as that

[XenonXs]

I WILL be joining this tournament at some point in my 20's

[hershycows]

There needs to be a site(that all the major tournaments work with) that has all of the replays of all major tournament games, and you can "rent" each individual game for idk a buck, so for a best of 3, you pay 3 bucks.

[carlitosvodka]

YOU SHOULD GIVE US MORE OF THESE NEWS!

[Ilovethisaccount]

i got chills down my back watching this

[TheAnthoy]

M5 is awesome, SK too, but the NA teams have been looking amazing and now there are 2 under dog teams coming in, this is going to be awesome

[Bourotte]

Ah, a regular troll, I have to give you a 8/10 though, I really thought you were serious for a second.You win this round sir.

[Tin-Tuc-Online-TV]

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