Hotline League

Following the retirement of Peter "Doublelift" Peng, hosts Travis and Mark invite OG Hotline League member Kelby May to discuss the past, and what happens now.

00:00:00 Intro - Hunter Leigh of GGS joins HLL 00:24:43 TomShoe wants to discuss the jump from collegiate to LCS for players like Niles and Iconic 00:36:05 tkhale1's take: GGS and FLY are setting great examples on what teams should be doing to improve NA as a region 00:46:20 Shammyl's take: Given the amount of spend by C9 and the importation of Perkz, the bar should be worlds semis or worlds final...

00:00:00 Intro - Travis's perfect predictions, MarkZ's and Raz's takes on them 00:04:00 C9 Talks (confirmed) 00:06:00 TSM Talks (Huni and SwordArt) 00:18:00 100T Talks (GGS + Ssumday) 00:24:00 TL Talks (Alphari) 00:27:08 EG Talks (Impact, Jiizuke, Lost/Wildturtle?) 00:37:10 Fresh faces, developing talent, and "budget" comps discussion 01:04:15 Chris "The Commish" Greeley joins HLL to discuss devel...

00:00:00 Intro / Welcome, Tim! + Rumors overview 00:24:23 redfactor3's take: as a 100T fan, I would rather they not even try to compete for Perkz 00:38:09 Wafflefoot's take: the new LCS format will either kill the bottom 2 teams of the LCS, or force them to take big risks on new players 00:53:58 WH Pieman's take: There will always be a tenth place team in the LCS, but it is not healthy for the lea...

00:00:00 Intro / MarkZ's pitch to EU free agents 00:19:18 Praedor's prediction: Perkz/Caps going to FNC would result in LEC winning either MSI or Worlds next year. 00:28:38 Bluejay calls in to suggest a new LCS format for next year 00:42:35 Mahmoud calls in to discuss the T1 LS "leak" / rumor. 01:03:25 Alienware break~ 01:05:29 McKalen's take: Cloud9 is making some of the worst roster moves of the...

00:00:00 Intro   00:16:04 Tim of Oracle's Elixir joins HLL to reflect on Bjergsen's career 00:39:38 Danan of Golden Guardians joins HLL to mourn 00:47:30 MagiMik's take: though Bjergsen retiring is sad, its actually good for the league and can bring in a new era 00:58:21 KingEvander's take: With Bjergsons retirement, and the likes of Faker, Perkz, Jankos most likely being the latter part of t...

00:00:00 Intro   00:17:35 Gengariffith wants to discuss Ashley Kang's tweet: "Was Group A the secret Group Of Death?" 00:25:35 Facundinho wants to discuss Europe's record against Korea 00:43:40 Alienware~ 00:46:38 Dakton's take: NA players are NOT overpaid, and the salary discussion is distracting from the actual problems with NA competing internationally 01:00:04 Bluejay's take: The most lik...

00:00:00 Intro - What happened to NA at Worlds? What happened to OPL?! 00:22:13 Human Boy, yes-yes's take: NA did fine. 00:39:10 Blitz470 The issues of NA should not be accepted, as they will only weaken the region and prevent improvement. 01:03:13 Alienware break! 01:07:30 Sakowitz's take: Odoamne's tweet was not cool (he apologized tho) 01:28:46 Bluejay's take: With OCE players being non-imports...

00:00:00 Intro: Groups talk, Travis's NA spinner 00:23:35 PretentiousFly's take: UOL is the most exciting and impressive team at Worlds this year. 00:31:32 Pippiopi wants to talk about how much Broxah contributed much more to TL's win over G2 than it seems, both on and off the stage. 00:43:00 Alienware! Woohoo! + How to fix NA theorycrafting 00:51:49 bluefrost's take: Knight's stats in the Group S...

00:00:00 Intro 00:25:10 Omniscient's take: Play-ins showed us that Bo1's are worse than Bo anything else. 00:46:20 Shammyl predicts: ALL NA TEAMS ARE GETTING OUT OF GROUPS!! 01:03:00 Alienware is Awesome~ 01:04:55 Kaciarama's take: Mad Lions losing could have a negative outlook on how rookies are viewed competitively in EU. 01:14:47 Clent's take: The last 3 World Championships have shown that team...

00:00:00 Intro 00:16:43 Ghosthan thinks Gen G can win Worlds 00:27:10 Dr Manhattan's take: the West won't make semis and G2 will be the only western team to leave groups 00:35:30 Keddage's take: if this is Deft's last shot at a world title, DRX might come out swinging and have a shot at a title. 00:43:10 Alienware! 00:45:00 Bluejay's take: the LPL adopting a salary cap system will have a significa...

00:00:00 Intro 00:42:40 revive thinks TL will get Group A and make it out of groups. 00:56:06 TheOGCush says TSM's group is perfect for them to make it out of groups. 01:11:06 bluefrost asks HLL to rank these from least likely to most likely: 1. Pool 1 region rep drops in play-in. 2. One of TES, DWG, G2 drop in groups. 3. NA goes winless in main group stage. 01:20:48 bluejay doesn't think FlyQuest...

00:00:00 Intro - Is the World Ending?? 00:36:25 Gengariffith's take: TL getting put in the play-in stage is the best outcome for NA if we hope to have 3 teams in groups. 00:47:11 Human Boy says NA will do fine at worlds and people need to calm down. 00:57:00 ALIENWARE HYPE! 00:59:59 Barbanator24 says that while Bjergsen won the player of the series in the finals, he would argue that Biofrost or Br...

00:00:00 Intro - CAN C9 STILL GO TO WORLDS? Hypotheticals, predictions and more... 00:18:00 How HLL works 00:21:46 John's take: The new playoff format saved NA from sending C9 to worlds and making it extremely difficult for TL to qualify. 00:38:24 Tempo Thomas predicts: Flyquest will perform well at worlds and TL / TSM wont 00:46:42 ALIENWARE Intel Gamer Days 00:49:40 tb0neski predicts TSM will 3-...

00:00:00 Intro   00:23:12 brandywine's take: the GG-TSM matchup reveals the big problem with this style of double elim. 00:31:46 kon calls back to predict that TSM is going to beat c9 this week, pretty handily leading to one of the biggest chokes/180s of league of legends history 00:49:22 Alienware break~ 00:51:44 Truz's take: LCS players shouldn't complain about backlash they need to learn t...

00:00:00 Intro   00:31:24 xspiritusx says Damonte to GG is the best roster move of the split. 00:42:31 Vienna's take: We're hurting ourselves and our growth as a region with extensive expectations based on short term results 00:59:33 Alienware.com/travis is a good place to be : ) 01:02:48 Thew predicts that TL matches up better against FLY, but is focused more on taking TSM out early to not l...

00:00:00 Intro   00:25:50 Wheelz thinks that GGs will upset TSM and C9 but fall to TL, still taking 3rd Worlds spot over FLY 00:37:49 SandyToez's take: Santorin deserves to be in the discussion for MVP, and at the least should be voted 1st Team All-Pro Jungler. 00:51:30 Alienware! 00:53:30 Pleeko's take: TSM overall played better than TL and only lost because of small mechanical misplays 01:0...

00:00:00 Intro   00:20:44 Mikael's take: Golden Guardians will take the 3rd spot at worlds beating out TL since TSM will get 2nd seed 00:31:39 Syck's hot take: TL will NOT make worlds 00:41:03 Xanadu's take: C9 will not be going to worlds. 00:50:59 Alienware is great! :D 00:53:42 Fracture's hot take: C9 will not drop a single game in playoffs 01:03:01 BaldySenpai says EG needs to bench Bang t...

00:00:00 Intro   00:18:28 TheBear23 calls in to talk about experimentation on stage. 00:27:45 Robot Russ predicts Riot will sign an exclusive streaming deal. It will be to Trovo, Tencent's new streaming service. 00:38:05 Alienware break! 00:41:51 Cade's hot take: CoreJJ is the best player to ever play in the LCS, and the fact that he is TL's main win condition isnt as bad as people are making...

00:00:00 Intro 00:16:51 lilchester This split will go down in history as the time NA realized that rosters need to be more than 5 man. 00:30:10 Flare's take: Dignitas and CLG are going to be the two teams that don't make playoffs. 00:41:52 Alienware break :3 00:46:10 SeBaez's take: Team Liquid will end as NA’s first seed and outperform C9 in Worlds. 01:02:02 jnt250's take: Broxah has been a downgr...

00:00:00 Intro - Apollo joins HLL! Recapping a weekend of upsets 00:14:18 Broadcast issues and feedback 00:28:30 Timestamp check as requested :) 00:29:11 Slasher calls in to chat about Worlds news 00:48:00 Alienware break! 00:51:59 TrevaTheRuiner's take: EG and CLG will be the teams that miss playoffs this summer 01:03:06 Anzai's take: The low quality of NA gameplay is primarily a result of an ina...

00:00:00 Intro - Goldenglue joins HLL! 00:17:29 MSU Gerard predicts GG will be top 3 by the end of the split and will contest C9 (and FLY, the other top 3) in playoffs. 00:27:23 Gazzolith's take: TL will emerge as the clear #2 team in NA by the end of the split, not as good as C9 and clearly better than everyone else. 00:39:55 Alienware Unboxing! 00:42:36 Police Volibear skin discourse; a note on...

00:00:00 Intro - PapaSmithy talks 100T 00:11:20 PapaSmithy addresses the roster changes/Meteos 00:21:20 gethunted's take: with the recent changes by 100T they will be a top 3 team by the end of the split. 00:31:42 Fez's take: 100T will set the example that players no longer run the LCS teams. 00:43:33 Alienware break! 00:46:33 Kr3w1988's take: Ryoma would have been the better swap out (for stunt)...

00:00:00 Intro 00:09:04 in my mother's heart's take: the 100 Thieves season "arc" will be the exact same as spring, really cold start and will pick up steam later, then chokes in playoffs.   00:20:07 Warden's take: if TSM doesnt go 3-1 or better in the next 2 weeks they are in a really bad spot 00:31:49 Foolzz22's take: GOLDEN GUARDIANS HAVE HIGHEST CEILING IN THE LEAGUE & THEY WILL BE A...

00:00:00 Intro 00:14:04 habs2099's take: the party aspect of friday night league is just awful and makes no sense. 00:24:22 Dalleyman's take: LCS broadcast is the worst it's ever been. 00:37:00 Broxah joins HLL! 00:39:50 Awungsauce's take: Tactical is a top 3 ADC and is BETTER than Doublelift right now. 00:49:44 caseyclarke's take: Jatt will carry TL to 1st or 2nd. 01:02:42 Joeysosaaa's take: TSM...