Raven Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 (edited) [spoiler=2014 Worlds theme "Warriors," by Imagine Dragons.] [spoiler=Live stream: Preview Show, games from groups A and B.] Twitch live stream: http://www.twitch.tv/riotgames Just ignore the madlibs thing if you're gonna watch the preview show. They've confirmed they're not going anywhere near that shit again. Edited September 18, 2014 by Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyWalk Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 nice am i gonna see the same 30 champions in rotation for the past 3 years again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 i think some of the newer champions will see play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyWalk Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 so 35? funny how riot had a better balancing system when they were pumping out champions fortnightly rather than half yearly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 The problem with pumping out 20 champions a year was the fact that there's already 121 champions, and that right now is a good number. Also there's nothing you can really do about certain champs being flavour of the month. As nerfs and buffs happen, champions fall in and out of favour. Even if it wasn't one champion, it would definitely be another champion. So IMO there's no point in complaining about such things. The pro players are obviously going to pick the champions that give them the edge to win, because winning is what it's about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyWalk Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 (edited) There are obvious characters that stay out of the nerf and buff cycle which I was (sarcastically) complaining about, sure they might get one every 10 months but they aren't exactly going anywhere with it. Special mention goes to Sion, Malphite, Zilean, Galio, Mordekaiser and Brand. I stopped playing around March after playing since the release of Shen though so I'm out of the loop, gameplay got stale and I stopped being in contact with my friends. Admittedly I was mildly excited when people started running bruisers at bottom and rotating when top got pushed Edited September 18, 2014 by Alb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 Around March was when the tank toplane meta was running rampant. Right now Maokai is quite popular, in the top lane of all places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyWalk Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Thank god he's not popping out of the jungle from Vi ult ranges anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 (edited) Tristana is a hotly contested ADC, Hardly anyone uses Caitlyn, Lucian is still picked but not half as much as before thanks to nerfs, Twitch and Corki are also used a lot, and Jinx in certain team compositions that can keep her safe. Anyway the first 2 games of today have come and gone. Just gonna copy things from Reddit because why type it out? Group A: Edward Gaming (China) vs Samsung White (South Korea) Winner: Samsung White Group B: Team SoloMid (North America) vs SK Gaming (Europe) Winner: Team SoloMid Edited September 18, 2014 by Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionfruit Cappuccino Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 But whats the prize money like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 $1,000,000 for the winning team. Other teams also are awarded various amounts of prize money depending on their final position in the tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 (edited) Group A: Dark Passage (Wildcard; Turkey) vs ahq eSports Club (Southeast Asia) Winner: ahq eSports Club Edited September 18, 2014 by Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 (edited) Also more on the tournament format and prize pool:Format16 TeamsThree teams from NA, EU, Korea, and ChinaTwo teams from Taiwan or SEATwo global wild cardsThe teams are divided into 4 groups of 4Top two teams of each group advance to the Bracket Stage. Prize Pool2,130,000 USD (Approximately 1,594,443 EUR) is spread among the teams as follows: Edited September 18, 2014 by Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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