Map Awareness S02E14

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00:00Hello everyone, I'm Moon, and welcome to another episode of Map Awareness.

00:13It's an exciting time right now with all of the upcoming changes and post-tournament

00:16discussions, so let's get to it!

00:18Today we'll be discussing CLG vs TSM finals, RNG dragon changes, and challenger team confirmations

00:23and rumors.

00:24Two splits in a row, CLG is victorious against TSM and take first place.

00:28However, this time around, quite a few changes had been made.

00:31And now for the most obvious roster change, long-time CLG member Doublelift was removed

00:36from the team and accepted an offer to play for TSM, making the final roster of CLG and

00:40Spring Split champions Darshan, Xmithie, Hoohee, Stixay, and Aphromoo.

00:46The TSM roster is Hanser, Svenskeren, Bjergsen, Doublelift, and Yellowstar.

00:52The teams did not disappoint all of the hype around the matches and delivered a full-on

00:55best of five.

00:56In a post-game interview with Hoohee, he mentioned how excited he was to play Echo, stating,

01:00Actually, I was so happy to play mid-echo, finally, because one of my favorite champions

01:04is Echo.

01:05In scrims, I was going off on Echo, so people were really confident with my Echo, Hoohee,

01:09explains.

01:10But one day Darshan said, Tank Echo is OP, therefore no reason to play him mid.

01:13I'm sorry, Hoohee, but I gotta play Tank Echo top.

01:16And it's like, alright, that's all yours then.

01:18And then today, we randomly came to the series and Darshan was like, if you pick mid-echo,

01:22I'll play Poppy.

01:23And I was like, really?

01:24It made me really happy.

01:26However, in the final game of five, CLG made an incredibly risky decision, having him play

01:30Lulu, who he hadn't played in weeks.

01:33His statement on the matter was, I didn't play Lulu for like three weeks.

01:36My team, they only play good around Lulu, so basically game five, I felt pretty useless.

01:41Because I was just screaming, Stixxay, you can go in, I'm shielding you.

01:44Stixxay, back up, I don't have my ult.

01:46I was doing no damage and praying we were going to win.

01:48I was confident with Stixxay even before who he continued, but now I'm even more confident

01:52because that game, it was all about trusting.

01:54I was putting every resource into him.

01:57Also following this glorious victory, none other than eSports historian Thorin called

02:01AfroMu the most valuable player in all of LCS, including other regions.

02:06So with that said, everyone is watching them for the upcoming international tournament MSI,

02:10which will be held in Shanghai.

02:12However, according to Hoohee, they already have it in the bag and have a 0.0001% chance of

02:18losing.

02:19It's nice to see that kind of confidence in CLG after so many trials and errors, but hopefully

02:23they'll continue not to disappoint.

02:25Now let's move on to dragon changes.

02:27Riot has been changing the jungle, monsters, and buffs a lot lately, but this time they

02:31messed with dragon.

02:32Riot released a statement that they'll be changing dragon in PvE out of its current five

02:36buff dragon system and into a four types of elemental dragon that come at random.

02:41Instead of the current five buff dragon system, we're changing it to four different types

02:45of elemental dragons, each of which gives a different buff.

02:48The types and order of elemental dragon spawn are randomized, with some restrictions, and

02:52it's possible to get multiple stacks of one element, e.g. two air dragon kills give more

02:57movement speed than one air dragon kill.

02:59After 35 minutes, the dragons are replaced by an elder dragon, who gives a consistent buff

03:04of his own and amplifies existing buffs when killed.

03:07Now a lot of people are asking why?

03:09Why change dragon out of its consistent, reliable self?

03:12But to that, Riot responds, exactly.

03:14They want to change game to game variation, but meaningfully so, with different strategic

03:18situations to understand and respond to.

03:21They also want to increase the average value of dragon, making it more appealing to contest.

03:25Riot explains that the reason behind the different buffs in dragons is they want to make game

03:28to game decision making different based on what buff you have, what buff you want, and

03:33what buff the enemy teams get.

03:34With the way things currently are, Riot feels as though the game is a bit linear, so they'd

03:38rather see the way teams mix up the approach.

03:40And with that, they acknowledge the potential issues and respond to them accordingly as

03:44well.

03:45Emphasizing that they don't want randomness to seem as though it's being a deciding

03:47factor in the outcome of the game.

03:49The buffs are designed to be appealing to both teams, even if the teams are running entirely

03:53different comps.

03:54They also want to keep things from getting too complex by carrying things directly from

03:57previous dragon buffs so that we can adapt quickly.

04:00Lastly, they just want dragon to be more appreciated, with its powers shown in more visible ways.

04:04This, like all other changes to the game, is varied in response by the community, but

04:08I think everyone agrees that we're just excited to see how the pros handle it.

04:12Now for some exciting rumors and confirmations of Challenger teams.

04:16Recently, an audio clip of the CEO of Immortals asking Quas to join his Challenger team emerged

04:21from Reddit.

04:22And it was rumored that the team would feature Quas, Fox, Santorin, Steelback, and Smoothie.

04:26However, the rumors were quickly clarified and shut down by the organization on Reddit,

04:30where they stated,

04:31We had thought about pursuing Challenger with something close to that roster, but won't

04:35be moving forward with it, a spokesperson for Immortals stated on Reddit, want to focus

04:39on some bigger stuff for this next split, and we didn't feel like we had quite enough

04:43time to do Challenger right this time around.

04:45So while there won't be a lot of roster drama surrounding Immortals this offseason, another

04:50team has some very exciting Challenger team news.

04:53Cloud9 released a video of High Elimination stating that they were indeed looking for

04:56Challenger players to join in their new team.

04:59They state that High, Balls, Rush, Solo, Lemon, and other players will be playing on C9's

05:03Challenger team in the Battleground Open Qualifier.

05:06And if that's not exciting news, I don't know what is.

05:09Thank you so much for watching this episode of Map Awareness, and if you liked it, don't

05:11forget to check out more content at skgaming.com.

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