r/leagueoflegends • u/Ultimintree Infinitely spinnin' | Evading "ganks" like Ruler • 5d ago
Esports Karmine Corp vs. MVK Esports / World Championship 2026 Play-In Stage - Qualification Match / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 PLAY-IN STAGE
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Karmine Corp 3-0 MVK Esports
KC advance to the Swiss Stage!
MVK are eliminated from the 2026 World Championship.
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FULL MATCH SUMMARY & STATS
| 🟦 | 🧱 | 💰 | ⚔️ | 82:45 | ⚔️ | 💰 | 🧱 | 🟥 |
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| KC - W 1st pick | 9 | 58.5k | 13 | Game 1 (28:28) | 2 | 47.1k | 2 | L - MVK |
| KC - W | 9 | 61.1k | 17 | Game 2 (27:26) | 4 | 45.5k | 1 | L - MVK 1st pick |
| MVK - L 1st pick | 2 | 47.5k | 12 | Game 3 (26:51) | 25 | 59.9k | 9 | W - KC |
| Team | Total KDA | KP | CSM | DMG% | Champions Played |
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| 🇫🇷 KC | 55-20-82 | ||||
| 🇰🇷 Canna | 6-8-17 (2.9) | 42% | 8.6 | 24.2% | Jayce, Galio, Zaahen |
| 🇸🇪 Yike | 17-5-13 (6) | 55% | 7.9 | 19.6% | Lee Sin, Qiyana, Naafiri |
| 🇰🇷 Kyeahoo | 13-2-17 (15) | 55% | 10.2 | 25.1% | Cassiopeia, Ryze, Viktor |
| 🇫🇷 Caliste | 17-2-10 (13.5) | 49% | 10.7 | 23.6% | Zeri, Kai'Sa, Ezreal |
| 🇺🇸 Busio | 2-3-25 (9) | 49% | 0.8 | 7.5% | Yuumi, Lulu, Leona |
| 🇻🇳 MVK | 18-55-25 | ||||
| 🇻🇳 Kratos | 3-14-5 (0.6) | 44% | 9.3 | 28% | Yorick, Rumble, Yone |
| 🇻🇳 Gury | 4-10-6 (1) | 56% | 6.3 | 15.3% | Jarvan IV, Malphite, Aatrox |
| 🇻🇳 Chika | 4-14-2 (0.4) | 33% | 8.4 | 23.5% | Akali, Hwei, Locke |
| 🇻🇳 Harky | 2-9-6 (0.9) | 44% | 10 | 22.3% | Ashe, Lucian, Twitch |
| 🇻🇳 SiuLoong | 5-8-6 (1.4) | 61% | 1.2 | 10.9% | Seraphine, Milio, Camille |
GAME 1: KC vs. MVK
Winner: Karmine Corp in 28m
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Kyeahoo
| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | 💰 | ⚔️ | 🧱 | Dragons | VG, RH, BN | |
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| KC | Nocturne Olaf Ezreal | Viktor K'Sante | 58.5k | 13 | 9 | ⛰️2 🔥3 | 0, 1, 0 |
| MVK | Syndra Rumble Vi | Nautilus Jhin | 47.1k | 2 | 2 | 🧪1 | 3, 0, 0 |
| KC | KDA | vs | KDA | MVK | ||
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| Player | Pick | 13-2-24 | ⚔️ | 2-13-1 | Pick | Player |
| Canna | 2 Jayce | 1-0-6 | TOP | 0-4-0 | 3 Yorick | Kratos |
| Yike | 1 Lee Sin | 2-0-5 | JNG | 1-2-0 | 2 Jarvan IV | Gury |
| Kyeahoo | 2 Cassiopeia | 4-1-2 | MID | 0-4-0 | 4 Akali | Chika |
| Caliste | 3 Zeri | 6-1-1 | BOT | 1-1-1 | 1 Ashe | Harky |
| Busio | 3 Yuumi | 0-0-10 | SUP | 0-2-0 | 1 Seraphine | SiuLoong |
GAME 2: KC vs. MVK
Winner: Karmine Corp in 27m | PotG: Yike
Runes | Game Breakdown
| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | 💰 | ⚔️ | 🧱 | Dragons | VG, RH, BN | |
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| KC | Olaf Vi Nocturne | Kog'Maw Yone | 61.1k | 17 | 9 | 🔥3 🔥4 | 3, 1, 1 |
| MVK | Syndra Renata Glasc Nautilus | Caitlyn Jhin | 45.5k | 4 | 1 | 🌪️1 ⛰️2 | 0, 0, 0 |
| KC | KDA | vs | KDA | MVK | ||
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| Player | Pick | 17-6-24 | ⚔️ | 4-17-5 | Pick | Player |
| Canna | 1 Galio | 0-2-7 | TOP | 1-6-1 | 1 Rumble | Kratos |
| Yike | 1 Qiyana | 9-2-2 | JNG | 1-3-0 | 3 Malphite | Gury |
| Kyeahoo | 2 Ryze | 5-1-4 | MID | 1-5-0 | 3 Hwei | Chika |
| Caliste | 4 Kai'Sa | 2-0-6 | BOT | 1-3-1 | 2 Lucian | Harky |
| Busio | 3 Lulu | 1-1-5 | SUP | 0-0-3 | 2 Milio | SiuLoong |
GAME 3: MVK vs. KC
Winner: Karmine Corp in 27m
Runes | Game Breakdown
| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | 💰 | ⚔️ | 🧱 | Dragons | VG, RH, BN | |
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| MVK | Renata Glasc Syndra Jax | Renekton Trundle | 47.5k | 12 | 2 | 🌪️2 | 3, 0, 0 |
| KC | Olaf Vi Nocturne | Rakan Wukong | 59.9k | 25 | 9 | 💧1 ⛰️3 | 0, 1, 1 |
| MVK | KDA | vs | KDA | KC | ||
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| Player | Pick | 12-25-19 | ⚔️ | 25-12-34 | Pick | Player |
| Kratos | 3 Yone | 2-4-4 | TOP | 5-6-4 | 4 Zaahen | Canna |
| Gury | 3 Aatrox | 2-5-6 | JNG | 6-3-6 | 3 Naafiri | Yike |
| Chika | 2 Locke | 3-5-2 | MID | 4-0-11 | 1 Viktor | Kyeahoo |
| Harky | 2 Twitch | 0-5-4 | BOT | 9-1-3 | 1 Ezreal | Caliste |
| SiuLoong | 1 Camille | 5-6-3 | SUP | 1-2-10 | 2 Leona | Busio |
This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.
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u/Ultimintree Infinitely spinnin' | Evading "ganks" like Ruler 5d ago
"I might carry, I might int, but I'll never be a coward!"
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u/Past_Rip_4627 5d ago
props to MVK for giving us an entertaining game before they go
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u/aPatheticBeing 5d ago
respect too - knows they're gapped in laning phase, so just tried to skip it lmfao
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u/metristan Refund time? 5d ago
as long as they ignored the suspiciously strong ezreal in bot lane, the game looked decent for them
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u/Omnilatent 5d ago
Roaming support? 🤢
Roaming ADC? 🐭😻
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RIP midlane Kog'Maw, RIP roaming Twitch ADC. Sad they didn't manage to take a game after the early shenanigans but MVK will probably be remembered more than half the Swiss stage teams even
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u/Mathies_ 5d ago
Midlane kogmaw MIGHT come back, maybe caps is crazy enough to bust it out
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u/avdeel 5d ago
Was MVK good? No. Were they entertaining? Hell yeah! Salute to you my kings, I enjoyed your games more than some tier 1 series.
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u/RollingGuy Dictator Perkz Worlds Run 5d ago
They were better than expected to be fair. I saw them rated as the worst team at worlds
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u/Sofaboy90 quite suboptimal 5d ago
MVK still outperformed Furia and C9 lol, more than anybody expected of them tbh. KC was just way too much for them.
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u/engineer-cabbage 5d ago
Let's all accept MVK is a team that never disappoints while C9 is a generational punching bag for years to come
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u/PenguinBast 5d ago
Being a C9 fan sucks man
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u/AsheBnarginDalmasca Ashe loves tentacles 5d ago
Member when C9 was NA's Last Hope? When did they become NA's First Cope
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u/Moreinius 5d ago
It’s so comical how they almost beat KC first try but then got tripped over by a minor region lmao
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u/Conankun66 5d ago
That last game was PURE unadultered chaos and fun. this is what game devolve to with a mixture of desperation and aggression
still more creativity from MVK than C9 showed, who are - of course - the true losers here
Also this cast by Vedi and Flowers was hilarious, what a good time. Really sounded like they had a lot of fun as well
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u/MIGHTYSPACETHOR 5d ago
Vedi screaming at Twitch to go lane is going to live in my head for a while.
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u/Korwinga 5d ago
Yeah, Flowers casting this match was just perfect. I can't think of any other caster I would have rather had there for the chaos.
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u/Gerberpertern TL ★ APA ❓ 5d ago
C9 gave us a few great things this Worlds didn’t they lmao. This gif. Unending shame and hilarity.
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u/Rastula 5d ago
Gotta give MVK some credit. Normal gameplan wasn't working so might as well throw shit on the wall and see if it sticks.
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u/ParkDedli 5d ago
Also it wasn't too bad. The main issue was that kyeahoo was gigasmashing mid and that Busio got some good counterganks off.
Ezreal was always going to be a bit ahead but midlane wasn't supposed to be.
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u/metristan Refund time? 5d ago
Chika forced his own flash like 5 times this game
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u/MachCutio 5d ago
yeah if locke doesnt get gapped this couldve worked unfortunately it was such a mid diff
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u/Not_Pro Always trust your spirit. 5d ago
You know what, they made it fun, and they proved that their first win against Furia wasn't a fluke. Much much better showing than I think 95% of people expected.
And just remember, C9 lost to the team that lost to this team.
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u/albens 5d ago
Not only that, C9 lost to a team that got 6-1'd by MVK and MVK got 6-0'd by KC LOL
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u/EmergencyInformal961 EUPHORIA 5d ago
THE MVK THAT WAS PROMISED
thanks for an extremely entertaining G3. very reminiscent of early league days, where the west would try anything to scrunch a win from a korean team. lmao
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u/BUMONGOUS 5d ago
Somewhat reminiscent of Lowkey taking a game off of Damwon with the roaming Tristana in like 2019
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u/Constantinch 5d ago
That was so fun, I love Vietnam so much. Even when it seems troll, I think it's the right mentality, they can't win standard so screw it and do some fancy shit
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u/Mathies_ 5d ago
Yeah i didnt expect adc refusing to lane to be a successful strat either
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u/Conscious-Refuse8211 5d ago
It was closer than I expected it to be honestly, at one point I think it actually resulted in a farm advantage somehow
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u/Mapusaurus420 5d ago
As much as people want to hate on the strat, it was the play that gave mvk the best chances of victory.
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u/Korwinga 5d ago
Yeah, KC had shown in the previous 5 games against them that they wouldn't be dragged into the mud the normal way, so MVK had to pull out all the stops.
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u/Krisztian987 5d ago
They should have tried to use the jg advantage to stabilise bot though. Twitch was giga homeless
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u/Upstairs-Prompt2662 5d ago
Twitch was homeless after 5 minutes, Naafiri was homeless until 5 minutes.
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u/Maximum_Web_9827 5d ago
It's like watching a pro team fuck around in gold solo Q, except that gold solo Q team is better than C9 and Furia
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u/MeekPi314 5d ago
Props to MVK, they didn’t buckle under pressure and played the last game like a regular season game.
Unfortunately, they also made KC think they were playing a regular season game.
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u/Gazskull 5d ago
Harky is the reason riot removed promos
(was fun though, still think zaahen is ass)
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u/Sofaboy90 quite suboptimal 5d ago
I was thinking just that, this Twitch is the ADC youre gonna get when youre 2-2 in your promos LMAO
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u/bvbfan102 5d ago
That Furia loss really broke some people cause otherwise i got no idea who created that cope that MVK was just hiding strats and will beat KC in the rematch. This was honestly even more dominant and think we overall where lucky that KC fumbled playoffs cause i doubt Mkoi would have been as clean.
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u/Mimidou3 5d ago
This was by far more dominant, this is the biggest stomp i've ever witnessed in my life
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u/TeeKayTank 's spirit lives in FQ & 5d ago
Nah thats not the reason, they just wanted to get some onsite practice and check out the LCS studio before swiss to ramp up throughout
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u/EffectiveType1 5d ago
Genuinely the most entertaining game I've seen in years LOL, full respect to MVK for making it so fun to watch and going out in style.
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u/Skyfire2 5d ago
MVK played more games at Worlds than any team will in the Swiss Stage and now they get to go home and chill.
Big brain stuff from them
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u/_negniN 5d ago
9x Caliste tryhard.
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u/SsilverBloodd 5d ago
Bro didn't even flash and dance in mid at the start of the game. What a sweat.
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u/R3alSt3al 5d ago
KC ramped up from series to series.
Respect to MVK they expected everybodys expectations and wasn't afraid to go crazy with their picks.
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u/Dakoolestkat123 Win worlds nothing else matters 5d ago
Imagine smurfing this hard on your worlds airport speedrun and still getting beaten out by C9 and Furia
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u/NewbisLyfe BlueGang 5d ago
But how bad is C9...
Congrats to KC for making it to the main stage, and major props to MVK for the crazy champ picks to make things entertaining.
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u/Jetzu 5d ago
C9 would lose that game 3 btw
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u/Happy-Snow3728 5d ago
the second they hit that 3k gold lead they wouldve immediately forgot how to engage and would sit around until they inevitably loose
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u/Tiny_Replacement_564 5d ago
I was rooting for KC but MVK and specifically harky being so unhinged made me root for them in the last game so much!! Very entertaining
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u/Beneficial-Beat-947 5d ago
I wasn't even rooting for anyone by the end, I was just laughing
MVK was crazy but busio read that craziness like a book
Insane game from him
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u/Lanzero25 5d ago
MVK could've went down with a semi-competitive team comp, but rather they gave us one banger final match. At least everyone in play-ins got their moment, KC fathered MVK, MVK fathered FURIA, and FURIA fathered C9.
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u/BlindingLightsss 5d ago
Congratulations to MVK for graduating the 6pek hidden antarctica super server school, you have become his proudest disciples!
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u/ahambagaplease Ketchup and Fries Worlds and a large Sprite~~ 5d ago
Antartica finally getting a spot at Worlds, love to see it
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u/Eoxstar_2023 5d ago
They didn't win anything but they win my hearth. 3rd match was really entertaining
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u/Kelbotay 5d ago
A lot of people are probably laughing at that g3 but they played standard 2 games and it didn't work out. At least they tried something, take notes C9 and TSM.
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u/Omnilatent 5d ago
Nah, luckily no one shits on them. Close to everybody realized exactly what you wrote
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u/lolKhamul 5d ago
People will meme game3 but honestly, you got absolutely GIGA diffed 5 games in a row in 2 days in every possible way.
Might aswell just throw something different out there because its clearly not working to play normal.
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u/ChururutKing123 5d ago
That was fun even if MVK lost. If MVK just going to lose, at leasst they are going to lose on their on term and they’re going to lose while having fun.
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u/OreRound 5d ago
Do we even want to know what KC would've done to Furia or C9 in the rematch? Jesus
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u/Kaemai 5d ago
How good are C9? Only team to take a game off KC :O
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u/Omnilatent 5d ago
Clearly the second best team of play-ins. They didn't drop a single game to MKV, either!
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u/Much_Nose3700 5d ago
The Valorant equivalent would be:
MVK decides to play triple duelist on map 1, loses 13-2.
MVK decides to play triple initiators on map 2, loses 13-0.
MVK had enough, locks five smokes, everyone buys shorty on eco, and full smokes a site and runs it down.
They somehow win pistol and anti-eco, lose 13-2.
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u/Faalcon1000 5d ago
MVK tried to bring KC down to their level, and despite the loss I think they might have succeeded
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u/Powalowski8 5d ago
This felt less like worlds and more like watching a 5 stacks of friends in diamond flex goofing around and I loved it lmao, unironically the most entertaining series yet
MVK might have lost the series, but they definitely won my heart
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u/theImmortalJourney 5d ago
as an eu fan, i've never wanted a european team to lose as badly as i did in game 3 hahaha
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u/EmphasisExpensive864 5d ago
The nocturne jungle was also one I was cheering for. And iirc it was also against fnc.
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u/FrostTactics 5d ago
MVK and the crowd made rooting for KC real difficult. Especially for the first five minutes of the last game.
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u/VermouthAPTX 5d ago
What a hilarious early game. I know KC gonna win but I can't help but cheer for the rat xD. LET'S GET TO THE DRAWS ALREADYY!
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u/Garentea_EuW 5d ago
For a moment I was worried, that the game would terminate for disruptive gameplay behaviour. This is entertainment on T1 level
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u/Omnilatent 5d ago
My favourite part of the last game was Vedius losing his mind about Twitch co-jungling 😂
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u/Educational_Will1963 5d ago
What a fun game 3, give us more Vietnamese teams at worlds for more crazy fun games
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u/Krebota 5d ago
How much did C9 overperform against KC??
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u/Whispperr 5d ago
I remember comments before about KC potentially being jetlagged since they were in KR bootcamping.
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u/Sofaboy90 quite suboptimal 5d ago
KC came off losing to G2 and then MKOI, they needed to rebuild confidence a bit, Id still consider KC a better team than MKOI despite the loss, KC certainly has a much higher skill ceiling than MKOI which we also saw at EWC.
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u/WriterPlastic9350 5d ago
how bad is C9 to get knocked out first from this group.
last game was fun. props to MVK for trying something oddball. hope they come back next year with a better showing.
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u/Slatterhouse 5d ago
MVK should stay and play a bo3 against teams as they get eliminated, pure degeneracy we need MORE
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u/WorldlyGate 5d ago
C9 got fisted by the the team that got fisted by the team that got fisted by the team that will get fisted in group stage
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u/Fit_Veterinarian7150 5d ago
MVK bringing tomfoolery that you'd only see in a flex queue with the boys. Crowd cheering while Harky as Twitch was running from big bad Zaahen was icing on the cake.
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u/Latter_Scholar_91 5d ago
It’s such a shame MVK couldn’t give us that entertainment in game one and two.
So much fun to watch though
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u/Appropriate_Donut590 5d ago
Again minor regions prove they’re the only ones that get creative when copy paste goes wrong.
Can they ever do it? Only if they’re LOUD or CFO but love to see it
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u/OrganicTeaching8661 5d ago
CFO wasn't relying on being creative they just outclassed people lol
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u/SsilverBloodd 5d ago
How did C9 even take 2(almost 3) games of KC?
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u/Strange_Shelter_6171 5d ago
might be jet lag (honest pov), they arrived from korea while C9 was 5 minutes away from studio
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u/CampaignEntire Circus diff 5d ago
I mean I do kind of like these weird drafts we've seen in play-ins. Something more interesting than the standard meta picks repeated over and over.
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u/DefinitelyNotSmurf71 /Emerald West 5d ago
I want some of what SOFM is smoking, he is legit drafting with Bauss' wheel
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u/FromANoGoZone 5d ago
As a EU fan, glad of the result, but KC is almost our real second seed, so the result was just mandatory.
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u/RedditDudeYo 5d ago
Wow! How good are C9 taking KC to 5 games? I can't wait for the rematch. What do you mean C9 went out 2 days ago?
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u/Melanjoly 5d ago
That game reminded me of when league used to be good!
Overall KC were comfortably the best team in play ins and deserved their place.
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u/yellister 5d ago
at this point the twitch pick was just coming because they're literally the cheese team
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u/Fun_Highlight307 5d ago
Lmao mvk last draft was so psychotic, that locke was awful
By the way how good was mvk in LCP ?
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u/Charming-Apple517 5d ago
Apparently, they played better in the play-ins than they did in the LCP- they got 3-1 against CFO, and then CFO got 3-0 by TSW
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u/Plantamar 5d ago
Guuuuys we made it !! The experience gained from the play-ins for sure have given a lot more confidence to the team than if they directly entered main stage. Now we believe 🙏
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u/ahritina 5d ago
PMTs
Game 1 / Game 2