State of CLG

My favorite team in the NA has always been CLG(Counter logic gaming), I followed them since there start. They have always been an iconic symbol for league of legends e-sports. They are in a tight spot fighting for their salaries, and a spot for the next season in the LCS. If they lose there is a possibility that they would disband as a team. One of the longest teams breaking up is very sad news to me. While HotshotGG the leader of the team has a lot to lose and shoulders a lot of the hatred at the team, he is a solid player but needs to realize a few huge points to help the team move out of this slump.

IMO: how to fix the team:

-Bench Hotshotgg, while he can play tanks his champion pool is outdated and holding them back. He stems a lot of arguements and has an always right attitude.

-Bench Chauster, while he can be considered the backbone and shotcaller, he can easily be replaced. His jungle skills are subpar to other LCS junglers. He is just there and not ready to adapt.

-They need to find a better top laner, and jungler which will solve most problems. I really hated when Saint Vicious got kicked from CLG, i was heartbroken at how CLG's best member at the time can get benched because of issues with Hotshotgg. While his calls can be blunt and downright mean he's consistently the best jungler in NA.

-If they kept saint vicious jungling, and voyboy top with link mid or even jiji mid and aphro/doublelift bot the team would easily be a top 2 team in NA

-I think if they plan to continue playing major changes have to be made, Hotshotgg should think from a bussiness perspective and just give other members a try in the team and see how the team does. It could be an eye opener to himself, and put his pride behind him. His era is over unless he trains harder he will not improve.

- I really hope CLG wins the reelegation and take this as a wake up call to climb out of their slump

Gaining Elo

Climbing the Elo ladders/ Tier system

while most people think climbing the Tier system is about individual skill they forget the fact that the game is a 5man game. You may be the best middle in the game you are playing but if you are unable to help out other lanes to give them that edge to win their lane, or guide the team to get group objectives the game can still be lost. Like Doublelift said "You play Soloq to get better as a player, only you can get better your 4 other teammates will always be the same". Whenever something happens blame it on yourself, oh bot died, I could roamed there to help. Oh top got gank I could warded for him to avoid the gank. Oh we lost the game, I could farmed 30 more cs to get that big item. The game is always changing so you want to follow the flavor of the months and MASTER them, not pick them because they are FOTM. Master them and use them to gain elo. Remember to never taunt your teammates or belittle them, you guys can flame after the game all you want but you wouldn't want someone nagging at all your mistakes during a game. Be the bigger person let it go. Good luck climbing the ladder!

LCS ALLSTAR GAME

The League championship allstar game is an important series of games for all the players and their respective country. Not only does it show which country is dominant, it gives the winning country an extra spot on the league championship series. This is huge for fans, as fans are voting players to play base on popularity rather than raw skill. Without realizing it, fans are voting for their favorite players to play but giving them less of a chance to compete in the world finals. This is such a pity and is being reposted throughout the forums and popular sites like Reddit, so I just thought i would say that.

My opinion:

NA:

Top lane: Voyboy, his play style really fits the meta right now, with his huge champion pool and excels at assassin like champions.

Middle lane: Reginald, although he is overly aggressive and makes bad plays at times, he is still playing accordly to the meta and really fits the team with VoyBoy and SaintVicious.

Jungler: SaintVicious, hands down the best NA jungler, aggresive, a 4th threat what NA needs

ADC: DoubleLift, again the best adc for NA, although not very consistent his mechanical play matches the standards of worlds

Support: Xpecial, although this is probably the hardest choice since its hard to break a duo bot lane up I think his consistent play throughout the season shows he can adapt to any ADC

EU:

Top lane: Darien, he still plays some of the worlds best top lane since s2

Middle lane: xPeke, one of the best middle laners, consistent and has a wide pool of champions

Jungler: Diamondprox, best jungler EU uncontested, his Lee is incredible

ADC: Genja, good synergy with Edward but his mechanics match Doublelifts

Support: Edward, best support in EU, hyper aggressive even carries game as support

Note: this is only my opinion and not facts or anything, good luck to all the countries allstar team, i hope to enjoy a good game from everyone!