--- C9 vs EG ---
Boo hoo, boring C9 roll-face. Most impressive move from EG: Snoopeh's interview 30 seconds post-game. That is one classy dude that we may all aspire to be like. Don't believe me? What, exactly, would any of us say into a microphone after getting beat up in the face in LoL? Yeah that's what I thought. Even in the pre-game interview with Dyrus, when Phreak asked him how the loss from the previous day was being digested, Dyrus was still bitter about it, and couldn't say much more than how much things sucked, in his ever-present Dyrus way. Snoopeh, on the other hand, is clear, articulate, and even educational. We all learned something from that loss.
--- TSM vs Crs ---
Zac is back, but TSM proves plain better at team fight. I'm not sure who is calling the shots now - Xspecial? Bjergsen? But their focus in team fights is obviously better than Crs's. It looks a lot like Crs is running around in the fight going "what are we doing?" while TSM is just mowing people down steadily.
--- CST vs CLG ---
Quick aside: Leblanc was shown early by CST, and I was talking to my friend who has mained Leblanc for a long time now. Of all champs, the most frustrating for him to lane against is Galio, so I was rooting for that. Do you remember Galio? He had a lot of MR and poke, and an awesome engage. I don't know about his ratios anymore, but his kit was solid. But I suppose Vayne, Alistar, and Orianna, are all comfort champs for CLG.
The game went exactly as I expected after watching picks and bans. Too much comfort for CLG - Dexter was even on Elise. Steady mow-down. Is it worth watching the whole game to hear Phreak yell: "BALL DELIVERY COW"?
--- Dig vs XDG ---
Usually I like these teams, but they banned out the most entertaining champs right off the bat: LeBlanc, Pantheon, Lee Sin, Kassadin, Elise, Annie. And as soon as the Lulu pick comes out for XDG, I have serious misgivings. They are proven right. XDG gets run over. Important thing to note: Zuna's tendency to get too far out was bad as an ADC, and is still bad as a support.
--- SGD vs BCM ---
Three more great games, full of crazy fights at every turn. They've finally hit a sweet spot of teams being closely equal in skill, but not so professional as to avoid team fights. You know what I'm talking about? Pro teams know that chaotic team fights come down to more luck than skill, and they avoid them. Even in big mash ups, they disengage quickly and cleanly. Non-pro level teams will just stick in a fight until they win or go out in a blaze of glory, much like the rest of us in soloQ. It's just like football - at pros, there's a lot of subtle maneuvering and planning and defense. In college, it's much more a crazy pile of chaos and scoring and superb-looking individual plays.
More new picks out of the collegiate scene, thank goodness. I can't even recall the last time I saw Kassadin v Zed in the mid lane.
Game two features a Blitzcrank on BCM, so it's even more of a don't-look-away kind of game. And, Kobe makes the Kha'Zix noise at the end.
Game three has support Blitz v support Veigar, when was the last time you saw that.
