Well was hoping to get this post out Sunday night before C9 played, but due to "issues" on Steemit I wasn't able to post. The game has already taken place so if you haven't had a chance to watch the game I'll mark the spoilers down below.
C9 was the only NA team to make it out of the group stage and to quarter finals. I think IMT had a decent showing for NA considering this was their first worlds showing; however, I have heard rumors that 1 player on the team, a couple of nights before there game, was out getting wasted with some people from the team. If this is true, this is severly disappointing that players given this awesome chance would waste it in this manner. Maybe I'm just old school, but I would hope these players and team members would behave a little bit more responsibly when in the worlds spotlight.
TSM didn't have much of a better showing on the worlds stage, despite no rumors of their players going out and getting drunk. TSM was in an "easy" group and was a favorite to make it to quarters. I use quotes because TSMs performance was very lack luster. A team that set out to be less one dimensional (something they were accused of their previous showing at worlds) appeared to be the jack of all trades, but a master of none. When playing against world class teams the weakness of this strategy was exposed. They were last or second to last in all pre 20 minute stats. Sven has shown once again he's the teams weakness and Doublelift seemed like he was the only one on the team seemed to be the only on trying to make play happen.
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C9 gave the reason for NA to stand proud. Going up against the WE powerhouse of China (China's NA equivalent of TSM as far as fan support and following) no one expected much out of 3rd seed C9. C9 however had a strong start going up 2 - 1 early, but couldn't hold on to the lead and ended up being eliminated.
I myself was not dissappointed in C9's showing and they have cemented the fact why I have enjoyed watching C9 and CLG at worlds tournaments and over the years. They always put on a good show and rarely dissappoint. I wish all NA teams played the way C9 did all through worlds and have nothing but mad respect for the loss against WE.
With the end of my summary, I would like to pass these questions on to you. In the comments down below leave your thougts on Worlds 2017 for League of Legends. This can either be for NA's performance, or anything that has happened up to this point. Would love to here international perspective on NA's performance or your regions performance this year.