Sjokz stirring the pot (There are no scheduled matches today.)
The second phase of round-robin matches begin today! Matches are still best of 1, but each team will play 3 matches on each day that they’re in action. Here’s today’s schedule for Group A:
- FunPlus Phoenix vs. DWG Kia
- Cloud9 vs. Rogue
- Cloud9 vs. FunPlus Phoenix
- DWG Kia vs. Rogue
- Rogue vs. FunPlus Phoenix
- Cloud9 vs. DWG Kia
remain undefeated and move on to the Knockout Round! But which team will join them???
WE’RE GOING TO TIEBREAKERS IN GROUP A!
Game 1: vs.
Game 2: vs TBD (winner of Game 1)
EDIT: 2nd tiebreaker will be vs. to decide who moves on to Knockouts!
AND C9 WIN THEIR THIRD MATCH OF THE DAY TO MOVE ON TO KNOCKOUTS!
Advancing from Group A:
Headed home:
Group B round robins today! At 3-0, EDG seems a lock to advance, but as yesterday proved, anything can happen! Will T1 move on to knockouts? Or will 100T or even DFM steal their spot away??
- DetonatioN FocusMe vs. Edward Gaming
- T1 vs. 100 Thieves
- Edward Gaming vs. T1
- DetonatioN FocusMe vs. 100 Thieves
- DetonatioN FocusMe vs. T1
- 100 Thieves vs. Edward Gaming
Lesson from Game 2: if you draft for a late game scaling comp, you’d better not make a mistake in the mid game against a team like T1 …
MASTERFUL play by T1 in Game 3! Faker & Co. don’t intend to let EDG walk away with 1st place!
Group C round robins today! RNG is clearly favored to win the group, but yesterday showed that there are no guarantees! Today’s matchups:
- Hanwha Life Esports vs. PSG Talon
- Royal Never Give Up vs. Fnatic
- PSG Talon vs. Royal Never Give Up
- Hanwha Life Esports vs. Fnatic
- Hanwha Life Esports vs. Royal Never Give Up
- Fnatic vs. PSG Talon
Fnatic showed a little spark of life in their first match of the day, but they couldn’t win any others and along with PSG Talon are now headed home.
No real surprises as RNG and HLE advance to knockouts.
The last day of round robins is here, and Group D is in action! Gen.G and LNG are both 2-1, but MAD Lions and TL are both just a game back at 1-2! My picks are LNG and Gen.G to move on to knockouts, but almost none of the groups has gone as expected! Matches start in 1 hour!
- Gen.G vs. MAD Lions
- LNG Esports vs. Team Liquid
- LNG Esports vs. Gen.G
- MAD Lions vs. Team Liquid
- Team Liquid vs. Gen.G
- LNG Esports vs. MAD Lions
Quarterfinals Pick’ems are LIVE!
https://pickem.lolesports.com/pickem
Picks must be locked in by 2021-10-22T06:00:00Z!
Riot and Mercedes Benz have collaborated on a new reward for the team who win Worlds this year: championship rings!
QUARTERFINALS DAY 1
Knockouts begin today with T1 vs. Hanwha Life Esports, featuring an epic mid lane matchup: the GOAT – T1’s Faker – vs. HLE’s star Chovy!
Well that was quick! T1 outplayed HLE in the first game, then absolutely dominated them in the next two. (Tbqh, HLE lost in the draft in the 2nd and 3rd matches …)
T1 really looking like the T1 of old! Outstanding in every phase of the game with basically no mistakes!
And EDG beat their LPL rivals in 5 games to advance to their first Worlds semifinal!!