Do you remember that awkward moment last May? Seconds after SK Telecom T1 (SKT) beat G2 Esports to claim the Mid-Season Invitational 2017 title in the Jeunesse Arena, a young fan appeared on stage and started hugging the players. No one knew who he was, where he came from or if it was part of the victory celebration. A first on any League of...
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The last team to book a spot in the Garena Premier League (GPL) are Kuala Lumpur Hunters (KLH). After two back-to-back victories, Eternity Esports found KLH’s number and took two back in kind. Eventually KLH managed to pull through in game 5 to earn their ticket to Thailand where GPL will be held this year. We caught up with Poon...
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The Kuala Lumpur Hunters (KLH) put up an excellent performance against Eternity esports, finishing with a convincing 3-0 victory on this first day of the The Legends Circuit (TLC): Malaysia summer playoffs 2017. To top it off, KLH Poon ‘Veki’ Kok Sing secured a pentakill in game 3 with a whopping 22 kills as Twitch....
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Even the LMS analysts had no hope for the region. Most teams braced themselves for a 0-8 finish in the Group Stage. Imagine their surprise when M17 took a game off OMG, who had a 6-0 standing for LPL. M17 after earning LMS their first win of the competition In a way, M17’s Day 1 win gave LMS the hope to do well, riding on the wave of their...
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Ahq made their run at Rift Rivals Red 2017 in 3 games. Mid laner Wong ‘Chawy’ Xing-Lei only played the first match against RNG. On Taliyah, he roamed bot for an early first blood and held his own in lane. Despite being up in gold till 30 minutes, RNG’s initiative and team fighting eventually took over. In spring, Chawy was ahq’s starter. However...
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LPL barely took down LMS yesterday to face LCK in the finals today. A battle for regional pride was on the line as all LCK coaches predicted a 3-0 while LPL’s coaches were adamant against that scoreline. SSG vs EDG EDG took a commanding lead from start to finish. While SSG managed to take 7 kills off EDG by the end, Zet finished it all off...
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LMS faced LPL in a battle for supremacy today, as well as the right to face LCK at the finals. Here’s how it all went down. JT vs WE WE spared no effort in quickly banning the Thresh and picking Kalista from Bebe. Both teams went even for the first 20 minutes. But WE eventually pulled ahead by taking Dragons and Barons, finally winning a...
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Flash Wolves bounced back from their loss to SKT T1 and put up a good performance against LPL’s WE today at Rift Rivals Red 2017. We sat down with FW support SwordArt for an exclusive interview. LMS went 2-1 on Day 2 of Rift Rivals. What do you think of the region’s performance? SwordArt: I think all our teams did pretty well today. Definitely...
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The day started off the LCK in the lead with 3 points, followed by LPL at 2 and unexpectedly, LMS with 1 point. M17 vs MVP MVP started the game with a disastrous invade, ceding 2 kills to M17’s Apex. Fortunately for them, M17 was running a late game protect-the-carry composition and required time to scale. MVP managed to claw back the gold lead...
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The first day of Rift Rivals: Red has come and gone. As the top Asian teams clashed, sparks flew and the current standings are as follows: JT vs SSG J Team started the day off with a questionable draft of Kalista-Braum bottom lane when Thresh was still readily available to be picked. This would eventually come back to bite them as they transited...
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Samsung Galaxy is the only LCK team to open Rift Rivals 2017 playing two games. They were against LMS’s J-Team and LPL’s EDG on Day 1. Despite J-Team’s early leads gained by Elise, Renekton and Corki, Samsung kept their cool. CoreJJ’s Tahm Kench denied many kills while Orianna and Varus were happy to wave clear, scale and zone with Rumble in team...
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It is difficult to describe the teams representing LMS at Rift Rivals without the context of first half of the LMS Summer Split. The standings as of now have baffled even veteran LMS analysts. None of the teams at Rift Rivals are at the top of the table. Raising the hopes of LMS? Newly promoted Raise Gaming sits at the top at the table at 6-1,...
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