@weremickey13 дней назад +27
IWD is being real here. This is heavily LCS-favored (it's either this or LCS dies) and there's many negatives for CBLOL, with decent gameplay improvement potential for CBLOL. So why are we annoyed about it? (Skip to the end for tl;dr)
Three big reasons.
The biggest failures of this system are failing to account for the extreme passion Brazilians have for their teams, f*cking over the role of our Tier 2 yet again, and not implementing stricter import rules. The first one is the most impactful.
Every single Brazilian team is hugely beloved by their fans. You could argue this isn't so much the case for some teams, but even INTZ (the one IWD mentioned) was beloved DESPITE going 0-bananas in their results. They changed up the lineup, org staff, etc. and are currently 4-0, literally won every game in the first two weeks (even against LOUD, the team that won the last 4 splits). This generates some INSANE narratives---the 5-time champion rising from the ashes like a phoenix; this 'magic' is largely the reason we love CBLOL so much.
Let's be real: gameplay-wise I can agree that CBLOL needed some trimming. I can agree with those lower-ranked teams not having a guaranteed spot in CBLOL, but it'll still f*ck over the fans so much, and a lot of people will get angry. Moreso if larger teams are cut out--I can see major outrage occuring if any of the current top teams this split are cut off, and they're some of the weaker orgs in recent history. They should AT LEAST let the 4 demoted teams try and "fight" for their spot in CBLOL.
Moreover, some of our teams (VKS with Coach SeeEl and Liberty are the most notorious) have started using their Academy/Tier 2 teams in their CBLOL planning, hoping to snatch long-term results. If Tier 2 becomes exclusively a 'qualifier' for CBLOL this is going to f*ck us HARD. Admittedly, if Tier 2 continues to be a year-wide competition as it is, while allowing the Academy lineups of CBLOL teams to participate (even if they won't reap the benefits of the final qualifier), with an added international event with LLA to become the CBLOL qualifier, this won't be so bad.
Lastly: import rules. It is as you say, there's some really good mechanical talent in CBLOL. Bvoy was here not too long ago, and he wasn't exactly the best ADC in CBLOL. What happens when someone like Tinowns or Titan suddenly get offered $10k USD or $20k USD to join f*cking Shopify Rebellion or whatever other team, to try and cut down LCS team costs? You can argue that "technically Brazil could do this as well" but our currency is worth a FIFTH of the dollar. If we pull sh*t like this, we're only getting bottom-tier players, while y'all can 5x+ overpay ours.
I'm trying to be optimistic about this, but it would have been best if they kept the 10 CBLOL teams and sent four LLA to NA.
tl;dr US now has a free import slot to snatch top tier BR talent for cheap, our tier 2 used to reveal promising talent and now it will be potentially f*cked over, and most importantly Brazilian fans are highly passionate and won't accept 4 of their teams being demoted to tier 2 so easily, especially if the decision is not gameplay-centric but for business reasons.
@Momogamer913 дней назад +7
Tbf the cblol standard is so low it doesn't really matter if it's for business reasons, the gameplay quality is somehow worse than LCS 💀
@weremickey13 дней назад +8
@@Momogamer9 you're right, but do realise that LCS has far far more budget + Riot NA favoritism, while CBLOL has had a thousand shortcomings, we didn't even have an arena where people could go watch live matches until a few years ago, and through no real fault of our own (in business terms, viewership only increasing etc) we're losing 40% of our teams? that's insane
EDIT: also, when I say "for business reasons" I'm referring to internal CBLOL competition, of course. If INTZ's current performance continues, for instance, and Riot drops them to Tier 2, they'll be practically punishing the top 2/3 team for finally winning after multiple splits being last placed, lol. If they're going to demote teams they better do it because they're underperforming *even for CBLOL's level*.@Erick-lo3wk13 дней назад +9
@@Momogamer9 I don't agree, but let's say it's true, even in this scenario it would be bad for us because we only have the option of staying bad or get bought, as soon as a cblol player reach a certain threshold of gameplay they would be bought and we would both never improve and loose a charismatic and entertaining players
@liborsysel223413 дней назад +1
@@Momogamer9
The gameplay doesn't matter at all lol@Momogamer913 дней назад +1
@@weremickey are you saying LCS players are better because they have more budget? You do realize this is a free to play games right, the only budget one needs to git gud is a computer and internet connection. Now LCS players are by no means the best in the world, but using this as an excuse is really embarrassing for your region. The merge would at least give them higher competition than what they're used to and help them grow as players.
And ofc I'll admit I don't understand the culture, I'm not from Brazil but I do understand one thing and that's the ones who work hard to be skilled should succeed. It makes no sense to have a culture around a bunch of losers. I mean that why NA clowns on its own players lol.
