Happy Holidays from Riot Games
The following video was produced with Deficio and Krepo to celebrate 2016 in the EU LCS
Parts of the video take place in a Berlin Christmas market
Following the attack on the market at Breitscheidplatz on the 19th December we delayed releasing the video
although filming took place weeks earlier, we wanted to respect those affected
We're now releasing the video because we still believe our players should have a chance to enjoy it
Our sincerest condolences go out to anyone touched by this recent and tragic act of violence
Hello everyone, Krepo and Deficio here.
We are at one of the many, many, Christmas Markets Many, many, many...
Here in Berlin
We are getting ready for our Christmas special
where we take a look back at the 2016 year
focusing on just Europe
Yeah, we'll start from spring heading to summer
and then going to Worlds
we'll be joined by a couple of guests
and Trevor is dropping by as well
Yeah so sit back guys and get a drink
get some snacks and enjoy the show
Welcome inside to our lovely Christmas lounge
where we even stole my mom's christmas tree
just to make sure it looks really good for you guys
and this is actually located in Quickshot's basement
and that's where we are shooting it from right now
We gonna talk about 2016, we gonna talk about Europe
because we have some cool things happening
Yeah in this pristine location
we just want bring you guys the roundup of 2016
but we're gonna start spring split
we're gonna start at the beginning and that was a whole
heap of roster changes because after
after Worlds we did so well after 2015
but immediately we lost Fnatic
we lost Fnatic obviously Huni, Reignover
YellOwStaR they all went to North America
made us question the level coming into this split
but we got some super teams obviously
H2k, Vitality, we had the H2K lineup
that actually went to Worlds later
doing really well in that spring split
we had some good teams
a lot of hype for Vitality as well a super team
to contrast that we had some new kids on the block
Splyce came in they need a little bit of time
but G2 they went off immediately
mostly due to PerkZ and Trick in the jungle
really good combinations so exiciting to watch for sure
definitely they showed us a lot cool highlights
we acutally gathered some other really awesome highlights
just take a look at the spring split and we'll talk more after
the old guys, Fnatic and Origin
they decided to suddenly start playing
have that quarterfinal between Fnatic and Vitality
where we thought and the viewers honestly thought
Vitality would favourites to win that one
Fnatic though took them down 3 to 1
that was a pretty good series
the other one was a stomp - Origin Unicorns
just a quick 3-0 and we moved on to semi-finals
but the semi-finals what a bunch of hype
we had leading into those matchups
I was so excited to be part of that show
we had Origin vs H2k in a nail biting 5 games finish
honestly super surprised that Origin came out
becasue H2K they had everything it was their year, they were supposed to take it all
but suddenly at the end Origin still made to the final
we all thought Jankos would just outplay Amazing and win everything for H2K
that was a slow one though, cause the other one G2 Fnatic
was like the old guys who won all the LCS titles
in Fnatic against the new kid on the block G2
and I remembered specifically being like: I want G2 to be really good in the best of 5
becuase they were so good in best of 1
I want to see this fast paced League of Legends pay off
and it did - 3 to 1 against Fnatic
they outplayed them in pick and ban phase
in game and especially Trick and PerkZ together
rookie of the split and MVP
and they just continued showing up in the final
beautiful from start to finish honestly from G2 esports.
they dominated the final
and they went onwards to MS....?
straight to summer split, nothing else happened in between
just one more thing in spring split
I loved the usage of Zz'Rot what was your take on it?
I remeber when it was built the first time I thought people were trolling
but actually turned out to be really good up on the top lane
I just don't know that much about it
acutally I don't know too much about it either
but for that exact reason we have a local Zz'Rot expert in the house
fomer caller caster, even greater play by play
really messy hairdo
it is Riot Quickshot
welcome to the Quickshop, I am your host Quickshot
do you find it diffcult to trim a minion wave?
is it challenging to sculpt the perfect push?
or is it hard to defend a sidelane?
if you've answered 'yes' to any of those quesitons
I have the perfect item for you
it's called the Zz'Rot Portal
for a small combine cost for 780 gold
you get armor, you get magic resist
you even get HP base regen
and becuase I am such a nice guy
I'm even gonna throw in the option
to get movement speed when YOU
move towards a tower
now it does get better
because there's also an active portion
if you use the hot key
you can place down a void gate
this void gate unlocks the abyss
and unlimited amount of voidlings
voidlings will push and control and shove
and get rid of enemy minions
from any lane that you choose
but but but, that is not even the best part
Any of the gold that those voidlings earn
pays back to you
that's right, the Zz'Rot pays for itself
there isn't a better item on The Rift
now because I am such nice guy
I am gonna sweeten the deal even more
if you feel that the slot efficiency
isn't good enough for you
I'll buy the item back
and you get to keep the gate
the army, the void, the abyss
the pushing, it all belongs to you
Raptor and Negatron Cloak not included
late-game sold seperately
I don't know the difference...
I think this one and this one
up! up! oooooh!
this is for Vizicaci man
Krepo I have to be honest
your skating is as bad as your casting
so I say we think back to warmer times
we think back to some big plays
let's take a look at the Summer Split
welcome back guys we're joined here
by Sheepy from Unicorns of Love
before we go into the Summer Split
do the Unicorns have an
imported Danish Christmas Tree?
Danish? Where did you get this from?
tt was my mom's, we actually stole it
can the Unicorns match up with that?
man that's a pretty sweet tree
so Quickshot takes this one
Quickshot wins?
that's good that's good
let's get into business
let's talk about summer split
roster changes happened again
ton of them, the most we've ever seen
in the EU LCS
YellOwStaR came back
NighT came in for Giants
Zven and Mithy obviously for G2
overall a lot of cool changes
but also a lot of surprises
for me the biggest one
was Splyce or Giants
Mikyx just one player
and the suddenly this team just looks phenomenal
Giants always handed us a not so great team
suddenly really really strong
2016 summer split was up and down
not really sure what happened there
It also showed us a valuable lesson
not actually judging a book by its cover
in The Unicorns of Love
we questioned the roster
we questioned the Yasuo split push
but in the end we were wrong
we were correct in the start
when we saw the roster
and I think we criticised a quite a lot
of roster changes from some of these teams
there were so many question marks
and I do think the overall level
in the EU LCS wasn't really good
enough in the Summer Split
compared to some other splits we have seen
where Fnatic and Origin were
kind of dropping down
new teams came in
but they didn't increase the overall level
they just got better individually
yeah that was really weird
I actually thought the teams were stronger
because the roster pick ups
seemed so good
For us I think we were the only team
that had this new talent, these weird players
praise yourself for the scouting
that worked out well in the end
but for example Fnatic
with YellOwStaR going in
you thought would be extremely strong
Roccat picking up the Koreans
and also picking up Steelback
a strong ADC
you thought Roccat would be really strong
but all didn't work out so well
in the end fizzled out
Roccat even ended in the relegations
yeah that was pretty bad
and then we had another massive shakeup
once the regular laning phase came back
100% because the laneswaps got removed
with the patch
that made playoffs much more exciting
for a change of pace
I think the viewers really enjoyed it
yeah 100% we also had some
really good semi-finals especially
Like the H2K vs Splyce
5 games, Gnar 5 games
the crazy thing PR0LLY for some reason
didn't change the pick and ban phase
and you guys sadly didn't make to the final
but you got to play a lot of games
you got top 4 and Gauntlet, almost...
oh yeah it was really close
I mean after 3-0 against Fnatic
the dream that we would go to worlds finally
we are getting scared are we sending
Unicorns of Love to worlds!?
hey we were not that bad at this point
we are actually pretty strong
and then 2-2 against Splyce
and in the end it doesn't work out
it was devastating
but it was close, just not enough.
I mean there's a smite here and there
you guys almost made it
we got to see this whole reward
about friendship and sticking together
and then keeping these players together
for such a long time
that's always what you guys
talked so much about
you know with the Unicorns of Love
and one really amazing thing to follow
and that is exactly why
we invited somebody to the studio today
who is deserving of more praise
for what he does for the Unicorns
he keeps the team cohesion alive
manages the happiness of the team
and honestly is an inspiration
and we're obviously talking about Romain
Romain welcome to the show
Merry Christmas Krepo really happy to be here
thank you darling
Romain you took the hat off right now
we know you in the costume
without the shirt with the Unicorn outfit
but who is Romain actually?
so my name is Romain Bigeard
I am 28 years old I am French
as you can notice with my accent
I have a master's degree in business
allowing me to be the manager
for the team Unicorns of Love
if you have to sum up in four or five points
what does a manager do?
so I had kinda to invent my own job
because there's no school to become
a manager of an Esports team
I identified four of them
so the first one is money
getting sponsors for the team
second one is more about communications
social media and stuff like this
the third one is Riot
all the administrative papers and contracts
and the last one is the best
and most fancy to me
to take care of the players
make sure they smile on a daily basis
are happy to play
and that's how they perform
so now we have established that you do
much more work than an actual
coach does as a manager
what is your one goal for Unicorns
if you can do one thing
achieve one goal of next year
that makes you happy as a manager
what will it be?
obviously we're gonna win worlds
that's the main objective
for that my job is gonna be to make sure
the players are happy on a daily basis
becuase a happy player is a performing player
and once they are on stage
and they like being there
we're gonna win
I like that philosophy
hopefully we can get certain casters
in our team a little happier as well
and the best way to get happy
is to give gifts to other people
and on that note
we have some gifts for you guys
thank you so much for joining
the show today
Martin bring them out
yeah because it is Christmas
we got the Sheepy one here
give that one over
and you get this one
we were too lazy to wrap them
and yes yours is lighter cause we ran out of money
so we just had to go for something cheap
very nice guys, very nice
thank you so much for joining us
and now guys we are gonna move away from
the summer split and the Unicorns of Love guys
because they didn't make Worlds
instead though we're gonna focus
on teams who did and here we're gonna check
out some of the highlights
from the World Championships
one of the most amazing games I've ever seen
oh no! Deleted!
Smeb!?
and G2 are aced!
Ryu's dead no doubt about it
3-0 sweep
of Europe's H2K
SK Telekom have overcome every challenge
they are the undisputed
best team in the world
welcome back guys
we just saw some of the really cool highlights
from the world championships
and a lot of ups and downs for Europe
one of the big ups was H2K
and that's why VandeR you are here now
joining us because you actually earned this spot on the couch
unlike G2 and Splyce
well it means a lot to me to be here with you
and yeah I think we exceeded a lot
of expectations during Worlds
unlike G2 and Splyce so I'm really happy
we managed that
there you go you kick them when they are down, I like that
hopefully the fact that they can end up here on this couch
can be a great motivator
cause they need it
both G2 and Splyce were disappointing
Splyce, yes they were in the group of death
yes they weren't projected to make out
but there were still key errors
especially in the late games
something we weren't expecting of them
becuase we were praising them all the time for the late game
yeah we were and G2 came in as number 1
seed from Europe won spring split
won summer split
MSI kinda happened, and sadly for them Worlds also kinda happened
and it feels to me is like they are just not performing
on stage when it really matters
communication breaks down, and you just get punished
they played so good in scrims all the time
they had a great season
but I don't know like the international tournaments
they can't mashup together or respond correctly
to other players like maybe they are not
used to some playstyles
I don't really know but they are playing good
but it just doesn't show up sometimes
and that seems to be something you in particular
for yourself have fixed as well
the translation from scrims to stage
because you got to play in Poland
you got play Worlds semi-finals in Madison Square Garden
how does that feel for you to actually finally make that career progression?
yeah me and Jankos tried for so long
to come to Worlds and we finally did
so it means a lot to us
and the first week during the worlds we were
kind of stressed and in a new environment
we were used to it I think
we collapsed against AHQ and EDG
but we redeemed ourselves in the second week
and then semi-finals at Madison Square Garden
big stage, such a big crowd, it was just awsome
fun fact - the only European team who won a game
in the first week was you guys against INTZ
so you became the European hope
just by winning one game
everyone else has lost everything
there was Albus Nox as well
Albus Nox too - second European hope
obviously joined you
you got to play them in the quartefinal
you guys 3-0 them
honestly it was very very one sided
what made you guys so much better now
than the other European teams
because you made all the way to top 4?
well I think we just could transition
what we were practicing to the real games
and we had good ideas for picks and bans
maybe not in the semi-finals
but against EDG banning Alistar or Tahm Kench
was good for us
and then we made them play not their game becuase
they had to help top lane a lot
since Odoamne was just outperforming Mouse
like a little mouse on the top lane
I think we just had a good tournament
you guys fell short at the very end
couldn't make to the final which means sadly no trophy
we're still disappointed by the way
but we have something for you instead
because there's no trophy for you instead
we have consolatory gift here
bought to you by Martin and I
honestly much better - Faker doesn't get this
no Korean player has this
but you will and hopefully
it can kinda soften the blow of not making to the finals
yeah you got a few things in common now
you never won EULCS
Faker never won EULCS either
like that's a good thing right?
better than a World's trophy
I agree - that hat is great
you know we went out this morning
we bought all the nice stuff juat for you with our own money
of course
thank you very much
thank you very much VandeR for joining us
super happy you wanted to be here and talk about Worlds
thanks for having me
no problem
and that means we are nearing to a close right now
we had a great talk about Spring, Summer, Worlds
some great guests, VandeR at the end
we just had VandeR
really good to have finally a proper support on the couch as wel
no offence to you Krepo of course
and also we had Quickshot.
yeah finally good to have great a co-caster in the show
you mean a great play by play caster
I agree on that one too
and before we go Mitch before we go
I went out, it was cold, it was early
and I bought you something because I really really really care about you
so I got you this little present here
well as a matter of fact
before I get the present handed over
I have actually been hiding something for the entire show for you
You've been sitting on it?
thanks yeah thank you very much
it's very warm as well
you can open it, I am gonna open mine
let's see what you got for me
man you have great taste
this is actually awful
if that's awful this is awful
screw you
this is just straight up awful
anyway you guys thank you so much for watching
we hope you enjoyed 2016 and we hope to see you in 2017
so Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
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