Alright, I guess I havent used this for a long time, havent had the time nor energy to actually make a longer and more thoughtful post due to how we bootcamped and practised for worlds. Regardless, as you probably know, we were unable to beat Samsung White in the best of 5 quarter finals series. Even though the odds were against us, dissapointment and sadness prevails for now as our hopes of getting to the most prestigious stage has been cut short, and we now begin our offseason. Samsung White has been our main Korean scrim partner in our Korean bootcamp prior to the announcement of groups and throughout our stay in Taipei. The reason why they scrimmed us and we scrimmed them so much even after the announcement of a possible quarterfinals face-up (one team finishes first, other team finishes 2nd) is because we were both convinced of one another to end up first in our groups, a promise we couldnt hold due to our loss versus SK that excluded us from a tiebreaker game against Starhorn Royal Club. Nevertheless, spirits were kept up as high as possible even though SSW is arguably the best team in Korea, and we had a lot of trouble versus them in our scrim sets. In the end however, they came in more prepared, as their approach to the early game - Level 1s and lane swap - caught us offguard and we were unable to come out evenly out of the early game in the first 2 games (3 buffs for dandy - only 1 for me). The last 2 games however, in which we were able to identify our issues and made adaptations in the right directions, were actually quite competitive, something most people wouldnt even have predicted beforehand. To talk a bit about my individual matchup - Dandy - he felt a lot scarier in scrims, where he single handedly won games whenever only one summoner was burned on any lane. His gank pathing and mechanical prowess are unmatched by any western jungler. Playing versus him reminded me of playing Diamondprox back in season 2: you feel weak, outmatched and outclassed, but analyzing his steps and thought processes allows you to exceed your boundaries and helps you push your limits. Even though he didnt feel as strong as he did in scrims, games 2 and 4 were more or less a glimpse of his ability. I havent admired anyone for a long time to the extent I admire Dandy, I am glad I was able to practise versus him for tons of games, and it really showed me how to become a better player. Who knows. If we made the right adaptations earlier, it would have well been a 5 game series. If we didnt lose to SK we may have well made it to semis. But what-Ifs are too hypothetical, so Ill just wrap this up for now. TL; DR; SSW was the better team, I admire them but Im happy for our progress and quarterfinals accomplishment. Thanks for the support everyone.
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 04:15:47 +0000
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