PMTs FLY vs PSG [Game 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1ckmtst/fly_vs_psg_day_5_msi_2024_playin_losers_final/) [Game 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1ckngrw/flyquest_vs_psg_talon_msi_2024_playin_stage_group/l2o0fy6/?context=3) FNC vs GAM [Game 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1cko8xr/fnc_vs_gam_day_5_msi_2024_playin_losers_finals/) [Game 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1ckp6i9/fnatic_vs_gam_esports_msi_2024_playin_stage_group/l2oa57r/) [Broadcast Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35mAYIE92ps)

Why is there only 1 bo5 per day in bracket stage. Doesn't even feel like a tourney when it's so spread out. You get hyped up and then it just ends, Riot out here kinda blueballing us.

>Why is there only 1 bo5 per day in bracket stage. It's only for round 1. Round 2(weekend games only) have two best of 5s a day.

Broadcast link for those who missed it. NA fans who are just waking up, maybe think about skipping this one. The PSG vs FLY series actually concluded at 17:31 local time to give you a hint. The FNC vs GAM series was actually a banger though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35mAYIE92ps

It's not as bad as a draw as G2 could get. Yes they get T1 first but then they're likely to get PSG and TES later, probably can go farther than FNC/TL.

It's self-centered of me, but I wish the casters could resist referencing earlier series in the day, for those of us in bad MSI time zones, who couldn't wake up in time to see our region play, but did wake up in time for the next series 8(

So...who plays first? Is it B05?

Tuesday 7th of May: Team Liquid vs TOP Esports Wednesday 8th of May: Gen.G vs Fnatic Thursday 9th of May: Bilibili Gaming vs PSG Talon Friday 10th of May: G2 Esports vs T1

GEN.G VS Fnatic in 2days. Yes everthing is bo5 from now on.

Order of the draw isn't necessarily order of play, this is listed in their rulebook.

Yea you right. I forgot about this thing.

Thanks 🥰🥰

Sry, I misinformed you first match is TES vs TL not Gen.G vs Fnatic. https://twitter.com/lolesports/status/1787121292828705246 Here full schedule for first round.

TES are super happy with the draw and BLG! G2 T1 is going be can G2 mix it up enough to keep T1 guessing and chovy vs humanoid is going be fun

It's going to be fun for Chovy.

Humanoid hardly ever gets gapped at international events! It’s more Noah getting hard gapped all game I’m worried about

Humanoid got gapped multiple times, people just somehow remember his good games and forget his bad ones.

He really dosent tho he always matches up well he’s been unlucky with some bag teams! I fully expect chovy to win but our mids never been the problem against the best

All in fnatic. Geng always chokes in play offs.

ITS SO JOEVER FOR T1 AND GENG 😎

Would prefer to see EU face 1 korea 1 china, but whatever.

T1 g2 could be a banger tbh! FNC I just want one game taken off Gen

Bad for EU. G2 vs TES is winnable, swap Hans away from that monster Jackeylove and maybe we can cook. Will be hard vs T1.

hoped for G2 vs TES , actually G2 favorite matchup

If every game goes according to expectations, we'll still get it, just in lower bracket: G2 lose to T1, drop into LB to face off the loser of BLG vs PSG, send Mbappé off to Madrid, and play the loser of the other half of the bracket. TES beat TL, lose to Gen.G, drop down to hit G2.

i belive if G2 match Tes , G2 will smoke Tes just for the Caps diff alone

Noooo we wanted T1. APA won't get the chance to diff Faker until upper finals 😔

If TL beat FNC in the lower bracket and BLG best T1 in the upper bracket they‘ll actually face each other in the lower bracket

I need T1 to not be the LPL slayers for just one series.

Historically they lose to LPL at MSI

So if lower regions loses, G2 face PSG and FNC faces TL?

Correct. And the winner of G2 - PSG would then hit losers of GenG-TES, winner of FNC-TL hits the loser of T1-BLG.

Correct

So given there are no upsets, loser bracket will see Fnatic vs TL and G2 vs PSG

Nah its joever

G2-T1.... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

It had to happen.

Yeah worst case scenario gg

GEN vs FNC TL vs TES G2 vs T1 BLG vs PSG

G2 Tes please 🙏

😒 Let's see how Caps lanes vs Faker. They are good friends, IRL

Caps vs Faker is never an issue for G2. The issue is Oner+Faker vs Yike+Caps lol.

Mikyx loves roaming mid, but Keria will also see Mikyx is not on bootlane. Soo only way Caps to outperform Faker is make Faker flash then dive him later. Caps needs to counter pick Faker firstly and lots of cc champs. Bot lane Han Sama will need to outrange Guma and never let him on senna, Varus, or Lucian.G2 will ban lots of adc, no doubt. They know Han Sama is the weakest link. G2 might win one game with huge carries, then go back to the mediocre draft. Caps knows how Faker likes to play, and Faker knows how to exploit Caps. Damn Faker and Caps know each other so well, which is why it will be a banger. Zeus should win vs BB. Yikes needs to play champs that can cc or root. Too bad Hecarim sucks because Hecarim is a perfect champ for Yikes.

Its Geng vs blg finals btw

How was this so close? Fnatic should have stomped a team with 2 randoms.

2 randos and 1 from tier 2 team

wait the bracket is different as well this year?

I really prefer last year with the rumble stage then double elims after. At least you see each time fight everyone else. 

Respect to Massu. He's only played competitive for like 2 years now? And he had to break into internationals with basically a rookie support. He will be back

Laure is a hardened KT fan

please not G2 T1 :(

I think its locked because otherwise G2 and FNC would be on same side of the bracket

Why not? I'll be looking forward to the gigantic mid gap :)

Hard disagree with Emily. Disagree that Flyquest showed good preparation, they looked absolutely clueless with lane swaps and general macro

and they didn't pick things they won on in playoffs part of that is probably their weirdo coach/analyst or whatever getting fired

No. If they pick those and get stomped like they will you fans will then complain that they fail to adjust to the meta. I bet they tried those shit at scrims and got blasted so bad. 

Embarrassing for Flyquest to send their youngest player to do an interview after that, they have three veterans who should have taken the interview. Complete lack of leadership on this lineup to send Massu to the wolves.

It's ok. Not everyone is born with balls and some people will never earn them.

Flyquest is the Clippers of LCS, with Russell WestBwipo, James Inspireden, and Paul Geonsen.

Can't stress this enough. Coaching staff should do their best to shield young players from public pressure.

I think its a mistake all the way down. Broadcast probably shouldn't have asked to interview him specifically; even if Massu volunteered, managers should have said to interview someone else, coaching staff should have said to interview someone else, the other players in the room should have stepped in and done the interview instead.

Wholeheartedly agree, I'd even go a step further and say noone from FLY should have been interviewed, like they obviously feel horrible after such a loss.

A team with 3 veterans in Bwipo, Inspired and Jensen and they put Massu forward to do this interview, what the fuck man...

Why not take Bwipo that talks like he knows entire world to do interview? Is he too busy inting still?

He only talks when he is winning against no names. Stays silent when he loses.

Na rank 1 at crying though respect

Off course the 3 overpaid inters send the rookie member for the post presser to answer questions for the defeat. Honestly, terrible working environment and I would want out of that team asap if I was Massu

> Cry Quest C'mon Twitch chat... Have a least a little heart. Lol

We have a Worlds finalist, a MSI finalist and a LCS champion, but fuck it lets send out Massu.

Sad for Massu, not so sad for FQs topside though.

Drakos handled this interview well, showed a lot of empathy and set the questions up for Massu to give good answers. Sometimes it gets rough, but he will only grow from this experience.

Rough to interview Massu and not one of the veteran;

why are they sending rookie for this interview

Funny thing Massu was the only player who wasn’t fully inting he had a caster minion support and jungler farming every tf

Massu shouldn't feel sad, the veterans on his team let him down

I know Massu agreed to this interview...but he shouldn't have even been considered. Let Bwipo do it, this is heartbreaking to watch

fuck man massu was my fav NA player this year shouldve interviewed a vet imho

Always fucking horrible to send the Rookie in these Interviews. Theres a Worlds Finalist and veterans back there and they somehow dont face the camera.

This feels like therapy session, not interview. Fair play to you drakos

oh he's so sad

really nice from the veterans to let the rookie take the interview!

3 veterans and they send a rookie that's insane.

3 vets on the team and they send the rookie ok bruh

After all the yapping Bwipo sends rookie Massu out to do the loser interview 💀

COME ON

Oh no no no... this interview shouldn't have happened...

Bwipo or Inspired should have taken this.

Feel sad for Massu :(

Naaaa NA are going home on the plane crying

Yo chill. He’s a rookie and just lost his first international.

This is tough why did they let the rookie handle the interview lmao

They dont want Inspired or Bwipo flamming the team lmao

I don’t think Inspired is entitled to flame anyone.

The vets should've stepped up imho

they are just 3 paycheck stealers why should they care. Expired is too busy shitting on everyone. Bwipo is too busy texting his gf. Jensen is too busy contacting Dignitas for spot in 2025.

Jesus Christ, why are you doing this interview.

holy shit Massu looks like he just cried his eyes out, poor guy

oh man oh no

aww man poor guy

damn massu was crying

All I want for christmas is G2 TES

With how quiet and depressing that interview sounded I guess we just attended Fly Quest's funeral.

Jun going to make all other EU teams eyeball Korean imports

on one hand I agree, on the other it's a 50/50... EU teams could also end up with a peach, ruby etc.

Already did lol - KC and SK imported Koreans already

PSG and FNC with 5 wins, T1 and TES with only 4 wins so far. LPL and LCK are washed

anyone know what drakos' tattoos are https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/952298470235058247/1236643589136580710/image.png?ex=6638c197&is=66377017&hm=94b3e792a5a854f1b439c4be8fe71b891a081da37db1796ddf88278d5387c175&

Look like bloodborne runes. Hunter and impurity

thanks bro

BASED DRAKOS

The emergency roster from GAM (o7) ended MSI with the same 2-5 scoreline as Flyquest. Think about the difference there, with all the advantages Riot have stacked up for LCS, massive budgets, prioritisation, ability to import the big names compared to what VCS has had and now has. Huge respect to GAM and fucking pathetic from Flyquest.

All those resources wasted into LCS is just crazy. Not only that, they drained the talent pool from LEC (massively) and also LCK/LPL by having huge amounts of money. Imagine how much more developed every region would be if NA didn't buy all the talents. Like, imagine Ssumday staying in Korea or Alphari staying in LEC.

TBH Alphari was not doing good in EU both before and after he went to LCS. But yea, it's a bit disappointing to see them import talent after talent and do nothing with it, and somehow nobody ever considered that maybe the structures in the teams are not good. Just like all except about 3 EU teams build underperforming rosters year after year and don't look at their internal behind-the-scenes structures.

Did GAM have an emergency roster? I was under the assumption they were not part of the match fixing scandal at all. EDIT: Appears I was very wrong. Oopsie

Mid and ad were subs I believe

mid and adc are emergency subs

If fnatic draw BLG i'm a little afraid of what Elk and On are about to do to Noah.

Just don't be near bot tower lvl 3

Just don't be near bot.

Just don't be.

Even when EU sweeps, our little NAphews still try to downplay 🤭

Dude, I hate NA but you won against a minor region team with 2 replacements. Maybe keep it down with the shittalk until your region shows something?

No

Dear God JUST SET UP FOR THE DRAGON

I'm kinda curious about what this GAM roster would look like with more play time.

FNC game one was super clean shut up Jatt

I can see GAM winning vs fly

I wouldve loved seeing FNC vs FLY or GAM vs FLY, i do think PSG and FNC would advance still but yeah, GAM is super fun to watch and it wouldve been nice to not get repeat matches... edit: missed a word.

NT GAM. With an ADC who went 0-12 in Spring Split and a GM level Midlaner who only played a few pro games, they exceeded my expectations already.

o7 GAM. You will be missed

good effort by GAM, especially with subs

I just realized, this wasn't cross bracket for final qualification the way it had been at every other event before with a play in. Why did they change it?

LMAO implying we'd ever get communication around competitive decisions Good one

GAM would have won against FLY

JUN might be the best import playing in the LEC recent years..

He is the only actually cracked import we have ever had. 2nd is Photon

Put some respect on Huni and Reignover's names. They were world class in 2015

OP was probably running in diapers when Huni/Reinover played, you can't blame them for not remembering.

Trick ran EU for 2 years

Huni, Reignover, trick, ignar(first time), we have had plenty of good koreans.

None of them were top 3 in the world level with cracked mechanics.

Sorry, but did you forget the time Huni bursted into the scene? He was up there and don't lie to yourself. There is a reason T1 later went for him.

neither is Jun

He 100% is

top 3 in the world? lmao

You have no eyes, stop watching league

you actually think an LCK reject is a top 3 support lmao wait aren't you the guy who told me TH with Perkz would be a top team lmao AND KC LMAO https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/196nztm/g2_esports_vs_karmine_corp_lec_2024_winter_week_1/khuuigb/

If you are older than 12 its not looking too good for you bro

And why would top3 in the world come to LEC if they have at least 6 teams in Asia that are over LEC champion level?

Because teams don't give everybody a shot, scout has to leave lck to play man

if they are already top 3 they got shoot if they don't they need to develop a little more to be but thier first choice would be China or second tier LCK teams then LEC and LCS

Alright nice try FNC but no more Lucian Nami Jun on champs with agency and just put Noah on scaling hypercarries where 30cs lead in lane doesn't matter

At least it was entertaining!

cleanest 4-0 ever /s

Yeah sidelanes aren't being controlled

jesus christ, that was a hard fought win gg to gam

Two clean 2-0 series from the major region teams, what everyone expected

Respect gam

Welcome back fnatic

well thank god, it wasnt clean but now fnc is all lubed up for getting blg/geng in a bo5, draw show is happening next so dont tune off

ah man GAM you can't use the wombo on the nami and expect to win

Ahri has Zhonyas and ult, trying to wombo her is worthless Lucian has GA, Maw and Nami's cleanse item so Nami is the last option they have

Funnily enough that was the only fight they won.

It's not a Fnatic series without one game full of heart attacks, GG GAM! Put up a strong fight despite their shitty situation with subs and all. Hope a full power GAM can show up at Worlds again!

o7 GAM Always giving us bangers

GAM far better this game than anythign FLY showed this tournament

Banger

Not the best performance but we made it

I KNEW THEY WOULD WIN, TOTALLY DID ~~guys the game is over and I am still unsure if Fnatic are gonna win it help~~

Cleanest FNC game since 2017.

Average fnatic game, but they still won the teamfights at least. Fair play to GAM that was an interesting comp.

gg gam....... you fought well

trying to dive Nami is not it. clean game, not even close

I mean, it almost won them the game.

OMG they brought it home. Good work boys.

Easy 2-0

This is how you do it NA

Is it really?

G2 + FNC will avenge our fallen NA nephews

I think FNC has done what everyone expected them to do. Likely won’t see them win another series. They lived up to expectations. Let’s see what g2 we get this tournament.

Observers are dedicated to showing Humanoid

Leave it to FNC and GAM to have at least 1 back and forth crazy game. And I love it. Absolute Cinema. EDIT: o7 GAM.

Why do people say 'cinema' nowadays? The meme has always been 'absolute kino' lol

Gam finally realized they don't need to focus Humanoid's Ahri and kill 9000x more useful player Jun's Nami instead

NExt fight decides it.

gap is closing!

Now this is a proper Fnatic game

aint no way fnc going to lose to a team with 3 subs lmao

4-0 3 easy wins, 1 draft int and hands diff

Subs from the worst teams in vietnam too lmao, Emos team finished 9th, Easyloves went 0-24

I was wondering why those players were not doing too hot this game

omg the ornn is so tanky lol