--- Dignitas vs Evil Geniuses ---
I recommend this game ... if you enjoy enormous beatdowns. It was good live, because the audience didn't know it was coming until it was too late. Neither did Dignitas, I guess! During picks and bans (which, if you're like me, you skip a lot of the time in the vod's) EG showed Thresh and Gragas picks early. Dig responded with Zigs and Trundle, but then EG moved Gragas to top lane and took Zed. Zed vs Zigs midlane just snowballed really fast in EG's favor, and everything collapsed from there.
--- TSM vs CST ---
Early entertainment by both teams - nothing to lose or gain for them, I guess, being so far apart in the standings. The voting public gave CST only 6% chance to win, so they're basically playing with house money and so there was silly-bordering-on-ludicrous early engagement and jungle invade. Do not try that at home, kids.
Anyhow, great game of early fights, they're everywhere. These days, you see a lot of disengaging and poke-comps from EU and OGN. Not the good old US-of-A. All in, all the time. Just fight until you die. It's more entertaining, at least. As CST pulls ahead in a few of these fights, the chants of "TSM! TSM! TSM!" fade away into awkward silence, punctuated by the two or three staunch CST supporters shouting encouragement.
A interesting game full of greater-than-usual excitement, all the way to the end. Highly recommended.
--- C9 vs CRS ---
This one went more as you would expect. A roll-face in favor of C9.
--- CLG vs XDG ---
This one was also a roll. CLG looked really solid, or maybe it was the last-minute switchup in XDG, moving Zuna to the support role. These two teams are moving in opposite directions, luckily for CLG fans.
--- BCM vs QM ---
Actually, these were pretty good games. And it went to a third match in best of three.
--- SD vs UB ---
SD kind of dominated both games, but the second game ran Teemo top, so that is always worth a watch. Global taunt is apparently still a thing! I repeat if you're not paying attention: There was a SuperTeemo top lane in the second game of this matchup, and he DOMINATED. There was this amazing double kill at one point that you will not want to miss.
