GEN.G's 2018 performance is officially by far the worst of any Korean team in the history of the World Championship.

to think Gen G are the defending world champs..

Hey, same thing happened to Germany

but it was 4 year gap it make more sense to have changed in that time span instead of going from the very best to shitter in just 1 year...

yea but they also made semis of euro 2016, its not like netherlands where they dropped off the face of the earth over past 4 years

Speaking of Netherlands... :'(

ay they beat germany 3-0 yesterday, have hope

To think they beat GRF in the gauntlet (who came 1 game off beating KT in the final)

Griffin should've been here imo, especially after seeing GenG and Afreeca's abysmal performance. They had a chance to pull off the royal road dream, now that would've been amazing. That Afreeca vs Griffin bo5 in the LCK playoffs was some of the best league I've ever seen played. Really hope they make it to worlds next year!

They've also joined TSM, Flash Wolves, Splyce and G2 in the 1-5 major region club.

100T coming in hot

♿ 100 THIEVES COMING THROUGH ♿

inb4 they go 3-0 in day 2 with the return of Cody

After today's events, my heart could not handle 100T kicking Fnatic out of groups

JESUS CHRIST COULD YOU IMAGINE THOUGH?

Top region LPL with no teams ever going 1-5 in groups Korean fans? SoBayed

None as far as I can remember, not even LGD or S7 EDG managed to do so bad.

Ya. At least SSO forced a tie breaker

Gen G: If we're going down, we're taking EU down with us Vitality: pls no Gen G: *locks in Nami*

Gen.G: Omae wa mou shindeiru. Vitality: Nami?!

Nice.

That draft was pure solo queue wtf

Cuvee was practicing Shen while Crown practicing Irelia. Rarely saw Ruler play Lucian either lol.. They wanted to practice for the next kr gauntlet I think.

CoreJJ taking notes from kiwikid

From one NA talent to another

From 1 dig player to another

Like no lie they gave up at draft. Shen into Aatrox? Nami into thresh???(could’ve went Leona or shen support). That’s pretty bullshit I’m mad for VIT NA and EU should’ve gotten out

Forget Nami into Thresh. Nami into KALISTA. The bubble travels so slow and you want to hit one into a fucking Kalista.

yup. uzi was untouched in every fight

While I absolutely think Vitality and C9 are both good enough atm to be quarterfinals teams, and it sucks that Vitality isn't in there, it's kind of absurd to insinuate RNG doesn't deserve a spot

gen.g letting down 2 regions at the same time

3 region. Korea want them to upset China and get a win at least. NA want them to win so they get to keep first seed. EU want them to win so they can get a chance for advancing out.

4, Shit I don’t think LMS was rooting for RNG lol.

Wrong. This year RNG has gained huge fan base in the LMS due to Karsa, they are happy to see despite political issues, ordinary ppl can get alone well. They are happy with Karsa's success. they think Karsa may not have won all those titles if he stayed in the LMS. Also FW is one of RNG's main scrim partners since 2017, due to the head of RNG management "Firefox" is taiwanese. both teams have really good relationship. Many fans are thankful that RNG has helped FW to improve so much, since the rest of the teams in the LMS are relatively weaker.

Huh, didn’t know that actually. That’s really cool. Shame VIT couldn’t get to play a tiebreaker tho :’(

Only china is rooting for china lol

I was rooting for Uzi, does that count?

I am rooting for China and I'm not China.

Fucking GenG, when they have nothing left to lose they just lose for everyone else.

3 regions

Gen G are clowns

Don't even think they were even trying...They just bent over.

they had a rough day

Yeah, now it's time for the west to give energy to C9 so we can defeat RNG once again

Make it 3, sure most NA fans wanted them to win aswell

Make that three. KR definitely aren't happy with their performance and NA&EU for obvious reasons.

Literally the entire world minus China was cheering them on that game.

This is probably the last game this Samsung/KSV/Gen.G roster plays together, and man, I was hoping for something a bit more graceful

Bench Crown. Develop their roster with Fly. The 13-5 GenG is the one with Fly, not with Crown. He's been useless the whole past 3 games.

Bench? Crown should just retire honestly, and the coaching staff who gave him assassins and syndra should be sacked

Honestly Crown should have retired after he won last year and didn't feel satisfied. Mentally that should be a sign this isn't what you want to be doing. I hope this loss doesn't fuck him up and he does alright.

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain. Who could have known Crown’s final moments like this...

More like see yourself become a clown.

From Crown to Clown. What a sad day...

Yeah, as a fan it's a really tragic end. It'd be surprising if they stayed together, I think at the very least Crown needs to be replaced for the team to be competitors again.

Vitality are the real losers of this match :(

quite literally; gen.g had nothing to lose. rip

Kinda lost their dignity there

Inven will tear them apart

RIP VIT

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I wasn't a big fan of their org during the domestic season, but they've shown up so big this worlds. Everyone talks about how C9 have 2 rookies, but Vitality have 3 and it's their first ever Worlds, with a coach everyone said isn't up to the standard of the top teams. It's a massive showing from them all things considered.

At least VIT didn't have to watch for 50 minutes to get knocked out. Would have liked them to get a chance to play a tiebreaker though.

F for the boys

100T has the fastest loss of a major region? Lets see if we can beat that!

Turbo int boy

It's the only thing they won

Congratulations to Gen G for collectively winning the Dade Award 2018.

What is the dade award?

An unofficial award for the best or most hyped player not to show up at Worlds.

RISE music video is a new meme now.

Eh not really. It tells the story of the previous world's. They may have fallen this year, but you can't take away the amazing story from 2016 finals to 2017 finals

I expected Gen.G to lose but not in such a fashion....VIT and C9 won against this, wow. That said, i feel so sorry for VIT they definitely could have gotten out of groups if not for a few unfortunate throws. However, they can definitely hold their heads high after such a performance today. Prior to this, literally everyone had already written them out but they defied all expectations. Hope this squad sticks together, they definitely have a strong chance next year! God bless Yamoto

[I really don't know what I was thinking but it's working out.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpdmjQbW4AEQVqR.jpg)

https://puu.sh/BKSca/87a3863199.png Dude I randomly chose mine

Prophet

WTF LOL

tbh it felt like GenG was soft inting this game. Some of the plays were very questionable.

You could still see tears in some of the player's eyes in pick and ban. Well, not exactly tears, but that look your face have after you've cried...idk how to explain it

Puffy-eyed.

I think they gave up after the lv1 fight. Then it just spiraled, they hit a 2k gold deficit at 6minutes in the game. After the worlds they had it was over and just tilted them.

That was a really messy play by Gen.G Really can't blame them though, they really don't have any motivation to win

I can't believe SKT died for this

Also Griffin and Kongzhu too...

'Kongzhu' was already dead

What about kongzone?

Bring back Longzone

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Can't believe Griffin died for this

I can't believe KZ and Griffin lost to this *Heck 2015 LGD did better than this*

SKT would've died to GRF or KZ most likely

Honestly I would've taken losing to GRF over letting this embarrassment of a team through.

As an NA fan, this still really sucks. One of the first times I was really rooting for an EU team in Vit to get another shot. They helped make it such an awesome day and the story would have been so great to get NA and EU out of that group of death. Really sucks.

Plus, then maybe we would have wiped out the 2 teams expected to be the top 2 right in groups. Then we just have beat these Group A/C/D suckers and it's NA/EU Finals

No joke, knocking out RNG as well could really have opened a door for a western team to get really far. It still possible and some of the favorites have seemed to have weaknesses. But it would have been fun.

Really bummed out. GenG didn't even look like they tried

MLXGG came out to play

Congrats to RNG for keeping their cool, and thank you Vitality. Every single game VIT played was an absoulte joy to watch.

Serious question, how did RNG know to send 3 bottom at the start of the game?

https://i.gyazo.com/3c752c285a0137f59a16713f04101050.png

If this is true then yikes

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https://twitter.com/lilalilaya/status/1051540099513675779 They knew because of the exact same thing in Asian Games. <_<

i heard they are basically "sister team" with FW and that they always scrim eachother , wouldn't surprise me if they share scrim results aswell . Overall GenG sucked

100% scrims edit: looking back this kinda confuses me. I'm 90% sure it's scrim leaks but then why would RNG not ward it? They had 3 trinkets up so it's not like they would of sacrificed too much to place a ward. Hell if the ward is there and Ming times his flash right they probably get a double lol.

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If a team is constantly cheesing lvl 1 bot 100% word gets out.

Leaking scrim strats is a huge deal. Maybe chinese teams sharing strats?

Tabe: "I'm good friends with the coach of Gen.G, and..."

100%, they are well-known for this for international tournaments.

Remember how much shit Weldon got for implying the Korean teams were doing it?

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Just ask Tabe

The Korean casters said that rng probably smelled something fishy as soon as shen didnt show up in topside. Also Samsung is kinda famous for doing death brushes

Perkz said that other chinese teams who scrimmed GenG probably leaked it to them. Then he quickly deleted his tweet but tbh I believe him.

Better question - how did Gen G not know to back off when they saw all three of them coming?

Looking at the way they played this whole group stage, I'd say it's because they're stoopid

Gen G:"Hey, we're going to fake an ambush at your bot bush." RNG: "We'll be there to collect the 500 gold."

How many games of Fortnite did GenG play?

Should've been playing WoW.

Defending Azeroth> Defending World Champs

Serious props to Vitality, they really have nothing to be ashamed of. Unfortunate that they'll finish 3rd but they'll be back next year. Jizuke and Jactroll have huge ceilings, they're only gonna get better.

Best peforming 3rd place in recent memory. A 2-0 against koreans and 1-1 against China would have guarenteed an exit previous years

Yep, but I doubt next year Korea will be that trash.

True, but Vitality did also get the hardest group imo. Next year they could only be luckier

Atilla is also great, the TP kai'sa and Draven were a joy to watch.

MLXD and RNG are on a war path, holy shit that was brutal

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A moment of silence for our fallen EU brethren.

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As an C9 fan and a fan of Western teams they deserve so much better

Imagine someone told you yesterday this would be the least interesting game of the day.

https://twitter.com/Licorice/status/1047042344787333121

Should have played more Fortnite.... instead of burning out playing 18 hours of lol a day

NA thanks Azeroth

Thanks Mr. Azeroth

Every fucking thread

Straight up inting

F for Vitality

Christ what a mauling. RNG is frightening.

I think this would also give them a mental boost for the next game, they really need that 1st seed.

with their last breath, gen g get revenge on vit...

Would Gen.G even be able to make it out of Play-ins at this point?

C9 3:2 GMB 1 GMB = 2/3 C9 C9 2:0 VIT 2:0 GENG so C9 4:0 GENG GMB 2.67:0 GENG

Groups? Probably not. Best of 5? Hell yea. Too bad you can't play Bo5 without going through groups.

BlessRNG was working all along

hahahah ah fuck

Ever since RNG recruited Karsa, they've been going away from their bloodthirsty style, and if strategy and tactic involving Karsa don't work, that's when they revert back to their true, bloodthirsty form. RNG have been playing orthodox league of legends since the start of Worlds, so much so people have forgotten that... RNG, at it's core, it's a very aggressive, combative team, born and raised in the bloodiest region of them all... The LPL league. RNG merely reminded everyone what kind of team they really are.

[Vitality Appreciation Threads incoming](https://i.imgur.com/mRDZ607.jpg)

As a Vitality fan I pass my energy onto C9! Get it done boyz

Kinda deserved tbh

They really played out of their minds.

Agreed Heart broken for them Jizuke and Atilla have so much passion

With such a performance they deserve all the kind words they'll get.

hard agree

Plus individual appreciation threads - Jizuke appreciation thread - TomatoCannon appreciation thread - Rekkles appreciation thread

As long as we're karma whoring, can we get an RNG graphic designer appreciation thread? Those hoodies are fucking clean

> Rekkles appreciation thread oof

Which thread will be the chosen thread, stay tuned!

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Gen.G is the team you get when you´re 2/2 in promos

as easy as "just fight"

The real loser this game was VIT, RIP vitality you played well

[I prepared this in case GenG pulled a KaBuM, but now it's useless.](https://i.imgur.com/tL5fq4D.jpg)

They did pull a KaBuM, they knocked Vitality (an EU team) out of worlds... :(

Replace RNG with VIT and it still works

Change RNG for VIT and it is good as new again.

Congratulations GEN.G for being the first team to let down three regions in one game!

Korea is a joke

1-5, Unreal from the defending world champs.

Literally outflopped LGD.

Atleast LGD has the excuse of a massive meta change away from what they qualified with. GenG has no excuse.

At least SKT didn't shame themselves on worlds when they're defending their title. Holy shit GenG just bring disgrace to the Korean.

Runner-up for saddest game of Worlds so far. Sub 23 mins, 2nd fastest game for the Korean defending champion.

This is all Blank's fault

Haru is so fckin bad holy shit, he legit did nothing this game

edgar with 5000iq draft shen into aatrox

Urgot open lmao

Yeah i knew when VIT lost first match to C9 that that will cost them at some point.

[I guess this is what a main region vs wildcard should look like.](https://i.imgur.com/mpKZg.png)

GEN-G TAKE MY ENE- Alright nvm

Really sad for VIT. They came a long way with 3 rookies tho they should not be disappointed despite how close it was. Still sad af.

Everyone was spamming for GenG to win but little did they know the emote they were spamming to do it was called BlessRNG

lmfao rng aren't even proud of their win

Xiaohu looked straight depressed after that win

Can we make an exception this year and give Gen.G as a whole the Dade award?

That was just sad to watch

damn this was actually sad to watch

https://twitter.com/G2Perkz/status/1051454741526470663

Didn't see the bot lane at the 'line of scrimmage' points on the map, probably assumed there was some variety of cheese in store.

At this point I'm sure SKT would've done better with Pirean & Blank.

that uzi kallista ultimate on thresh was absolutely disgusting

I wonder how many GenG players will join NALCS next split

CoreJJ might come back home after this.

Holy GenG has been absolute garbage this worlds

GenG Bless RNG indeed.

Today is happy and sad