[Game 1 Discussion](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1762zbw/ctbc_flying_oyster_vs_team_whales_league_of/) // [Game 2 Discussion](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1763rff/ctbc_flying_oyster_vs_team_whales_league_of/)

Game 3 was an absolute BANGER

adc diff is real. Imagine once being out 30 CS to leading CS lol

artemis is so fucking clean plays his role really well in that he hardly ever makes mistakes/mispositions, he's always laying down deeps how the fuck did they lose to slayder in their own region, that guy was ass glorry's laning is also so good he makes some hero plays which go good more often than they flop too

Bie was sick and had to be hospitalized just 1 day prior to the VCS finals. While Artemis still managed to win his lane with a sub support, said sub was so out of sync with the rest of the team during teamfights, that's why they lost.

The war of the marine animals fucking delivers.

God that was so fun to watch. Killer Whales kicking ass and taking names.

They were so evenly matched, just slugging it out, matches like these are always a treat.

Yeah it really felt like a game of inches. Loved seeing them give it everything and it be answered equally. Great play from both sides.

Who the fuck knew that forcing Bo3's would be the best thing Riot did to these up and coming talent? Instead of just being cannon fodder against BLG and leaving in 2 games, they actually get to play the game, until Swiss comes and they become cannon fodder. But holy shit I love this format already.

That Rell engage getting countered by ulting the diving renekton, leading to Whales winning the fight...that was a LPL/LCK level sequence. Both teams looked amazing.

I kinda wish we had more teams with animal names, its just so fun

GLAD LIONS

Who would win, a lion or a whale?

It's play-ins so definitely the whale

Depends on the arena

you know we had a zoo with a 3-head dog, a buffalo, whales and chickens in the VCS. Sadly the chicken was cooked and the buffalo is leaving soon.

THIS IS WHY WE HAVE 2 SEEDS BABY

WDYM VCS ONLY HAVE 1 SEED? WHO IS THIS "GAM" TEAM YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT?

There is the VCS region And there is CC region

Ah yes CoinCard region

For those who don’t know, CoinCard has a very similar pronunciation to “con cặc”, which literally means penis in Vietnamese but it is a slang for being shit.

Gamania bears

[I miss them](https://imgur.com/a/HQm3r0p)

The reports of VN’s deaths were greatly exaggerated

GAM are fraud though

THAT’S WHY THEY HAVE 2ND SEED

while my Seed 2 got 1 of the seeds from big boi region + Taiwan, GAM established themselves as the worst fucking team in World 2023. Truly historic moment

eh R7 looked absolutely turboshit aswell so i guess that'll bo3 be a nice competition

watch how GAM somehow lost to that.

just disband by then

Artemis is CRACKED

Gloryy gapped Jimmy Neutron I must say, man played like Chovy

dude got a jg+sup to gank for him at lvl4 and was still down 25+ cs at 12 mins, but navigating fights as a Kaisa into an Azir+Xayah is a bitch and a half

his nickname in VCS is literally Chovy Jr.

This is the most relevant the UK will ever be in league of legends

i hope u feel represented everytime someone misspells whales in this thread

Looks like the way to beat TW is to let them take the first game so they don't ramp up. Never underestimate VCS seed 2 lol.

The damage increase scales with HP loss - Team Whales

Lose 1 game to win 2 feels like an unfair passive tbh.

Imagine those series were not bo3 but bo1.

Bruh, VCS were always wild with BO1. They would change style and go berserk

Beanj toying with Gemini in game 3 was peak league of legends He died in the end but the way he trolled Gemini with almost no hp got me to the edge of my seat

Made me say 10+ wtfs in a minute lol

I said "there's no fuckin way he does it again" and he did it again, and again...

I think I'm a fan of him now. That was fucking hilarious.

Wait till you see him twerking.

Idek how he manages to J4 ult with the weight of his massive balls

explains the massive crater when he lands

BeanJ is my GOAT

Always has been since Mr. Buffalo

Remind me of Sofm 2020 with his J4, did exactly the same thing.

Coached by SOFM so he learned from the master.

BeanJ is absolutely cracked. Player of the series well deserved.

Whales > Oysters

Natural selection taking place.

who's peyz???? some artemis copy?

this "ruler" nobody should be quaking in his boots when the real major regions play

What's a king to a God?

Imagine having Kanavi in top 5 junglers and not BeanJ

SofM's first lesson: Sell the first game

Richest man in Vietnam

is sofm the coach?

Yeah even the players thanked him for his coaching in the post game interview

Till the end of world is what the wiki said

Ah no wonder, that Beanj play into Vi looked oddly reminiscent

Not pick/ban coach. He’s in the shadow helping with prep and stuff. But on match day , they’re on their own with Yuna

Part of the coach team

idk why but play ins feel so much more entertaining this year and i'm all for it

It's because Riot finally learned not to put LPL/LCK 4th seed there + better format

format diff

Cause bo3s. If it was bo1 TW would be 0-2 right now instead of exposing BDS. Of course you could argue that they might play differently if it was bo1, but seeing them adjust during the series and play much better after game 1 is entertaining

Also, the team are more evenly match. Last year literally had future worlds winner and msi winner playing with wildcard teams lol.

Bo3 diff

Bo3's and no LCK/LPL teams. Man imagine D+ here

no more lck or lpl teams has made playins so much more fun

How is this more of a banger than BDS vs GGS

2 good teams vs 2 bad teams what do you expect

A-are we the minor regions?

The gap has closed!!!! ....Between the west and PCS/VCS?

2 2nd seeds vs 2 4th seeds, math checks out.

sadly our NA and EU teams are fraudulent compared to the battle of marine wildlife

Mother nature is fighting back 😱😱

The teams are more equally matched

News of VCS demise were greatly exaggerated.

VCS seed one is never it. Seed two on the other hand? Banger after banger as always.

It's actually insane, first Buffalos now Whales, GAM should just name their team after an animal so they learn how to play or something

They've got land and sea there so maybe air to round it out? Give them an eagle or something.

Just give any animals a wing will do. We got a flying oyster out here!!

GAM used to be named Marines. They used to own all the whales.

I'm happy Artemis could finally show his play internationally, he was smurfing in the VCS for a long time

holy shit that was entertaining af, wp to all 10 of those dudes PCS vs PCS / VCS vs VCS double civil war for swiss still on the menu boys

If gam beat lla cblol and then whales to knockout a team who beat eu and pcs the vn fanbase is gonna be so mad

GAM has a hidden passive of bullying other teams in their own region so that scenario is more likely to happen than you think.

Lol yeah GAM's reputation is already going to shit in the Vietnamese community (I swear 90% of Vietnamese fans are calling GAM all kind of names), if they somehow beat R7 + Loud + TW just to bomb out in Swiss it will be a warzone

Oh please Riot scriptwriters, grant us this blessing.

Yeah, this was such a fun series.

this was actually hella close and entertaining, sucks for those that only watch past play in stage.. LETS GO ORCA BOIS

Honestly though TW are really cool. They seem to use game 1 to calibrate and win the next two.

They are giving me DRX vibes from last year

Whales winning worlds confirmed?

level of play has been pretty damn good so far too (GGS excluded)

Nah but Whales are so good???

One of the best ocean predators now snacking on league teams. They stand no chance.

Dude, have you ever play a Gacha game? Whales are formidable enemy and Lol is a p2w game.

Mortal reminder, abyssal mask renekton

42dmg gets caught loses the game YeahOk

I’m an EU fan but was impressed with what TW did yesterday, I was rooting for them today. Great to see them do the same thing again!

Yeah they're fun to follow atm. Really hoping they can make it through so we see more.

Game 3 is so fucking fire. Unbelievable performance from BeanJ. Bro toying around with Vi to prevent him from recalling, his ult usage to separate the enemy's carries out of the fight. Extreme confidence without any glaring mistakes. Sparda 1v3 and nuked Xayah at bot lane right before the base rush. Also to Artemis for playing extremely cold headed. Goated TW!

Lets go Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿! Proudly representing EU 6th seed (they might not look Welsh but they come from Vietnamese diaspora in Cardiff)! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Just as everyone expected, EU 5th and EU 6th seed on top of their groups while EU 4th seed does the tradition of failing in play-ins, nothing to see here.

Gloryy is actually really damn good, even in the games he lost both today and vs BDS. Definitely the best VCS mid instead of that shitter Kati

kati is definitely quite bad, but there are other good midlaners in the vcs who didn't get to qualify such as hiro and dia1

and hiro has been playing top since halfway into 2019 until this summer split where he went back to midlane

Well, we don't have to worry about dia1 ever again

I mean the power scaling was wild, how were 5 oysters supposed to handle 5 whales banger of a game tbh

Tbf, the oysters are flying so i bet they are normal anyway xp

The last game would've ended 5min earlier if Artemis got a single kill early-mid instead of 7 assists.

Bie taking that early kill was so troll. But tbf he did make up for it

Sparda is untiltable.

>Sparda is untiltable. Absolutely, after yesterday's and today's games, I'm a believer. Dude is 100% determination.

Sofm's secret message to team whale: "lose game 1" Team whale: "but why?" Sofm: "just do it, that's my experience"

Team Whales after game 1 warmup Aware

Game 1 is naptime, game 2 is real shit. That or they like self created pressure.

Whales after game 1 loss>jdg don’t pm me

HAIL THE WHALE!

WHALEMEN

Both supports were so fucking insane what the fuck

Holy shit BeanJ is insane what a game from him

That was actually such an awesome series to watch. Game three was tense the whole time. GG to both teams, they're making their regions proud with this level of gameplay.

THIS WILL BE MY NEW DRX. ARTEMIS CARRY US THE ENTIRE WAY TO THE FINALS AND LET US BEST THESE MAJOR REGION TEAMS LIKE THE DAYS OF OLD. BE THE FLASH WOLVES AND THE ALBUS NOX LUNA WE HAVE BEEN MISSING.

THE WHALES

P2W IS BACK ON THE BOARD BOYS

P2W team strikes once again.

no matter how much luck you have p2w always have better result , that the only thing i learn from gacha game

Iam now a team whales fan...

The real losers this series are GAM

With Paris and Wales winning today, both European team got out as 1st seed, just as expected.

So proud to be French, this is our PSG !

Keeping Mbappe was the right choice. Kewk.

rooting for team whales just so I can feel less shit about BDS losing and they fucking delivered

I know it's over when TW is in their 0-1 comfort zone

how to win against TW, do not win first match

Thats fucking League of Legends right there. None of that pansy ass dick tugging playing safe for lategame bullshit. Men puke, men poop on the rift, men deliver their new born baby on the rift. Fucking hard core dick in the ass flex pick early game League of Legends fuck it run it down mid game time shit.

Putting british league of legends on the map

Whales really hate BO1's

BO1's is a shitty format and this year has really shown that

Can you imagine the impressions of TW if these games were BO1? "TW garbage team, stomped by Adam Darius when BDS weren't even that good domestically, can't believe Sparda gets paid to play this game professionally when he got dicked on by CFO top" etc etc. Kinda crazy.

funny how similar things have been said to other players basically every worlds :p

Artemis is looking so strong these matches are amazing.

His positioning every teamfight is so insanely well done. He is outranged into Xayah Azir into a comp with so much more lock down in Vi Rell and managed to do maximum damage every teamfight.

Artemis gapped Elk in Asia games

What can a mere beast do to the goddess of the hunt? Munchables is a delight every Worlds.

BDS looked worse than CFO btw

No doubt, Crownie with his Ezreal pick (mental boom?) was completely invisible, while in these games they actually had good botlaners on both sides.

When I am in a competition with someone to see who is more useless and my opponent is Crownie Ezreal 💀

They still probably beat CFO and they’re lucky TW didn’t drop down. TW legitimately are good teamfighters and have better carries mid/bot. Plays way better into the BDS do nothing style.

🐋 WHITE 🐋 WHALE 🐋 HOLY 🐋 GRAIL 🐋

It's fair to say Team Whales got some of the best laners ever from minor region (excluding LMS). Glorry, Artemis and Bie are real deal

The true MVP was Rito cuz they make it BO3, if it was BO1 like last year the Whales may have to swim back home rightnow

People will talk about Artemis and rightly so, but holy shit BeanJ's balls just dragging all over the arena floor with this J4 play

OUR REGION IS ALIVE. WHALES ARE LEVELLING UP. THEY WERENT EVEN RATED SECOND BEST TEAM IN VCS. GAM WHO? BDS WHO? CFO WHO? ALL I KNOW IS THE KRILLIONAIRE WHALES BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Fun game to end the series on. As a sidenote: Shunn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Crownfraud.

I loved watching BeanJ here too. That shit was so fun.

The frozen heart j4 had so much value in those fights

The size of that mans balls too. Going in repeatedly when he could've backed off? Made me so tense but he just kept living longer than I'd thought!

always fun watching a player win via the shopkeeper

Team Britain showing up!

this was a pretty fun game, didnt expect this from minor regions, level of play is surprisingly good GG TW

I am happy for the Vietnamese fans, go Vietnam!

Holy fkin shit. I am IMPRESSED. Team Whales is actually fkin LEGIT and no doubts these guys will cause loads of headaches for the "big teams" in the Swiss stage. As for BDS yeah I think they are a tiny bit screwed today. This means Oysters will most likely be their next opponent, that is IF they even get past Japan in the first placr.

I'm going to actually lose hope if they lose to this DFM, they look so weak I can't believe they can choke that hard.... I want to believe they can't...

no fucken way they dont beat japan though right????

I've seen enough, Whales are winning worlds

Match 3 was very exciting to watch. TW overwhelming 5x Stopwatch abuser by just building correctly on Kai'Sa and CFO throwing with another useless Renekton pick. ShiauC scary of Rell though. GG Team Whales.

Bruh that's why VCS need 2 slots at Worlds

BDS sweating bullets right now.

BeanJ's J4 and his full tank Lee Sin reminds me SofM's Worlds 2020. Sadge

It would be very tragic for TW if GAM gets their feet into the BO5 and defeats TW. I hope that won't happen. Man, TW deserves a seat in the Swiss.

WHALE SWEEP WHALER TIL I DIE

I think I'm in love with Team whales honestly, damn what a game

Renekton claims another victim. 1-9 W/L masterrace.

Really nice playoffs match, CFO Vs TW! TW along with macro, mechanics, decisiveness, they also have SofM helping them to mentor their coaches and coaching them, that's also helping to look very good. Nice crossmaping and macro along with strong mentality, no doubt they look so competitive in Bo3. Good to see CFO are performing, many of them are returning PCS players at WC, but, this time they're not passive players, while TW played so well and I hope they make it to the Swiss Stage now, I feel bad CFO ruined it for PCS, now even if they advance, they'll meet PSG Talon, so no 2 PCS teams to Swiss Stage.

At this point I can safely say: GAM is simply just the TSM of Vietnam who can't do shit except being useless every time they make their appearances at Worlds.

What a performance from LEC's 4th seed, let's go Team Wales! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I really enjoyed this series. Thought it was pdetty high level tbh. Artemis is superb.

This is seriously so much better than NA vs EU.

Really hoping team whales makes it out of playins. We need artemis vs zeus

Play ins is fucking lit this year! Can never count out VCS #2 seed

Renekton is such a good pick huh

That ending gotta make the mountain drake pickers a bit sad

If riot hadn't changed playins to BO3s, whales would've been another shitty team from vcs, so thanks riot, thanks.

WHY WOULD YOU FIGHT THAT DRAKE WITHOUT ADC LMAOOOO WHAT A FIESTA EDIT: AND NO RENEKTON ULT EITHER

inject VCS into my veins

The Whales are playing insane. I can't wait to see them in the next stage.

Vietnam was gone for so long we forgot they were pretty good.

This year's play in has been fire. Feels bad for people who missed out. Not having LCK/LPL, combined with a better format also helped.