Devastating

[@theScoreesports]

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[@refusedenis]

2016 2017 same teams played finals T1 vs SSG

[@chatspam1238]

Geng easy. They weren't locked in vs na. They're ready now.

[@anca1ag0n37]

Devastating? Heck no. FlyQuest went beyond and smashed everyone's expectations and pickems. No one expected them to make quarters and absolutely no one thought they'd make GenG kneel in two out of five maps. GG FlyQuest!

[@philcabauatan9089]

ofc devastating how close they were to upsetting the number 1 team

[@knpark2025]

​@@philcabauatan9089 Between four teams that didn't make it to the semifinals FLY's defeat was the least devastating; they were valiant and glorious. That makes their final defeat feel even more emotionally devastating. As a Korean I shouldn't have asked "who the f is that white dude with a leaf on his banner" on the day I watched the Heavy is the Crown MV because he is Massu and he *made us believe* he could stand up and fight head to head against the best ADCs in any regional leagues. Even David didn't have to bonk Goliath's head more than once in three hours. Stand proud, Flyquest, and GG!

[@GLOSSz]

Nah​@@knpark2025

[@mezcla191]

When i saw them try and sneak the Baron i knew it was over

[@pr3ludejr]

But us NA’s have seen this time and time again. When will NA win Worlds? It’s devastating.

[@tegakiosu2401]

So proud of FlyQuest, GG!!

[@neonboy1998]

GENG just threw some games away. Prolly limit testing and playing with scrim mentality. Why do you need to even try against sht team? I mean they did try the games they won and you saw how dominating it was

[@allenserrano4982]

@@neonboy1998 Why would you limit test in worlds they're already in the knockout stages where momentum is important. And they were still using meta champions that are commonly seen in worlds unlike FLY who used off meta champs. I can't really see the "limit test" on the games before they used smolder ziggs, the coping is real.

[@blengdiabloed7335]

@@allenserrano4982 SKT limit tested during the worlds 2023 and not to mention FPX won worlds by limit testing what DoinB can do. yes, DoinB was limit testing the entire time and they won.

[@allenserrano4982]

@@blengdiabloed7335 I guess Gen.G's limit testing cost them their Worlds run LMAO it showed one of Chovy's champ and got banned in 4 games. How dumb can it be

[@alexisjohncabides]

@@neonboy1998 They must’ve threw the T1 series as well, but thing’s didn’t go as planned and they lost 1-3 right?

[@Bon__Gripper]

Flyquest actually making me want to watch LCS again, and league in general, feels like these NA teams are actually pushing each other FINALLY

[@violinja]

I just started playing league a few weeks ago and I'm really enjoying these tournaments. Bwipo was a favorite of mine from all of his reactions on stage. He's so charismatic. I got FlyQuest to win next worlds!

[@PlaygroundMafia]

​@violinja look at worlds history. It would be a miracle if an na team won worlds. That being said, i think if america keeps going on its current trajectory they could compete for a title eventually.

[@violinja]

@PlaygroundMafia Who knows. If FlyQ keep that performance up it's a possibility

[@yu.niverse]

@@PlaygroundMafia This has been said since the beginning of time. It won't happen before league fizzles out, unless league dies first in Asia.

[@mrx2713]

​@@violinjalmao what a scrub. Your wood rank is showing

[@calebrichmond1965]

NA is slowly evolving from a joke region into one that has actual potential and strength. FLY's teamfights were world class, and their macro against THE macro team was actually half decent. Looking forward to what we bring at MSI.

[@PandaKnight-FightingDwagon]

also the 2nd year in a row where an NA team made it to the elimination stage but an EU team didn't

[@GLOSSz]

Nah

[@GLOSSz]

IDC about the EU and NA comparison because they both suck but EU got super duper unlucky, all of G2s draws were actual good teams that all made it out of swiss and tbh T1 is getting lucky. If NA didn't draw into each other too I'm sure G2 would knocked one of them out but nope they got GenG lmao and just be real Fly trolled as hard as TLs mid kled pick, dudes really went fiddle and sett, that team comp was so bad I couldn't even watch, such a good series til they did that 😂@@PandaKnight-FightingDwagon

[@knpark2025]

They made Canyon pick Nidalee, *twice.* For those who watch LCK that alone explains how desparate GenG was against Flyquest. They made GenG open up their tactical nuke stockpiles on the quarterfinals. It was late Sunday night in Korea and we couldn't sleep. And also shoutout to G2 as well. You should have met DK in R5. G2 deserved a seat in the quarterfinals. I agree with Caedrel, you were the unlucky ones💀

[@zStC1]

Yeah, the team fight for baron there when massu flashed over the wall and aa'd himself back into the enemy team was world class.

[@jagonz70580]

10:43 no, it's not. SKT vs SSG grand finals happened twice in 2016 and 2017. That was the first mirror match up at Worlds.

[@Desertsniper55]

Yeah I was just gonna type that

[@nivedkrishnan8223]

Yup. Just came up to type it😂

[@gerralldchow3383]

Lil correction if my memory serves me correctly, in 2016 and 2017 both worlds finals were skt t1 vs samsung so it isnt the first time

[@tranphong9751]

Yep, it’s the 2nd time

[@anor2236]

2:06 aint no way you guys give all the credit to Xiaohu in this teamfight, when light absolutely gigga glided on LNG. Xiaohu played well sure, but the wording of "Delivered his team" completely glosses over lights incredible play that deserves to be highlighted.

[@sasugamegami5113]

I really respect Esports players so much when they cry for the game, it shows so much compassion and love, and it adds more depth and value to Esports, that it's not just an online computer games, that it is a competitive play which they sacrificed a lot of time, effort, sleep, and energy for this game to improve, to be better, and to win. Big resect to Bwipo! your tears are the evidence of your struggles that attempted to win against one of the best team in the world.

[@カラグイアン]

I'm proud with FlyQuest, it was unexpected to let GenG feel the pressure from them, despite low expectations from EU/NA Teams. It's just that GenG used broken unbalanced champs Ksante and Smolder.

[@Isaphine]

It was more satisfying rather thn devastating given how FQ gave it their all and pushed GenG to game 5

[@antyseba5319]

I mean chovy and gen.g got sweaty. However fly quest have known that they can't play even, and the only way to win is to surprise them. After they have won every game, the decided to pick semi normal drafts

[@jessejohn7406]

Real Smolder and Ziggs are sweaty picks with infinite push and hard to engage on they were scared and they should be

[@misasa53]

Yeah it was just unfortunate that they got revealed by a blast cone( the blue idk what it's called anymore)

[@fth2780]

They showed their cards early now, T1 will try to abuse these info

[@Higgarn]

ezreal was the problem pick nothing else. everytime ezreal was picked the team lost. ezreal doesnt bring anything usefull to the team, jinx xayah varus jhin cait kaisa ashe mf.

[@minime1988]

This narrative is over exaggerated just looked at the drafts to make sure, but would you really consider Seraphine or Zeri as cheese picks?? If anything, Fly beat Gen G when they were using more "normal" picks then when they used real off meta picks like the Nunu and sett/Fiddle games where they actually only lost those matches.

[@emiririroche2173]

Honestly that Series really really shook the hell out of my expectations, FLYQuest really did perform very very well

[@jeremygallardo8096]

FLYQUEST singlehandedly reignited love for the game in NA. Love and hope that has been lost in years. Thank you FLY not only did I feel things I havent felt in years during this series but cried when I saw Bwipos emotions. Here's to the next year! GG

[@smeipalmu5970]

then u realise an NA team didnt beat one lec/lpl/lck team this whole worlds :D

[@minime1988]

@@smeipalmu5970 Fly beat HLE and Gen G or do you mean they didn't win a series? EU didn't either yet they remain huffing extreme amounts of copium while being the worse major region this year It's okay to let fans be excited about the wins they get. Just doing well against eastern teams and taking games is an upgrade for NA and the west in general in the recent years.

[@smeipalmu5970]

@@minime1988 EU won wbg on a series. And yes I was talking about series cus that's the only thing that matters

[@blengdiabloed7335]

coping mechanism

[@magikarp1799]

10:38 : isnt it the second mirror matchup in Worlds then ? I remember 2016 finals was SSG vs SKT T1 and 2017 finals was also SSG vs SKT T1

[@afterlife6852]

Yep, 2016 and 2017 worlds had the same finalists. The vid was just spreading misinformation about that lmao

[@AvaMiller-o1x]

You just get what makes good content!

[@alanchoichang8336]

in my opinion, the most exciting match of the quarter finals was fly vs geng. a close one would be hle vs blg, but damn, i could feel my blood literally boiling when watching the fly and geng series. well played fly, looking like a top tier team.

[@TealRubyy]

BLG vs HLE lived up to the expectation and delivered us a banger of a series. FLY vs GenG defied all odds and showed us that gods can bleed. This year's worlds has been absolute cinema.

[@Gwen-em3jm]

Flyquest forsure earned NA back a lot of respect with their heroic last stand. Hopeful for the next few years with the new Pan-American league.

[@kancheongspidergaming]

flyquest made me a believer, the fact that they put geng in an excitingly uncomfortable spot that led them resorting to meta picks.

[@vrmax1919]

how its NA if they are not vs themselfs they lose always 😂

[@avalonaura4076]

Stand proud, Flyquest. You made the gods kneel, not once, but twice.

[@TheMrBonzz]

Flyquest is legendary for officially wrecking everyone's Pick Em

[@lailianime]

I didn't watch the match but FlyQuest did a very great job pushing Gen.G to the brink like that.

[@mugiberry1207]

Imagine having to pull out Smolder and K'Sante just because you're scared of losing. Big respect to FLY! 💪🏻

[@akeno6752]

This is why we watch worlds. You never know when things will surprise you, and it always gives you hope that someday it's gonna happen

[@DL-iw9cy]

Fitting that Linkin Park is the musical act this year, tried so hard, got so far, but in the end, it doesn’t even matter.

[@keenenmanley8495]

So proud of fly and na for coming this far, shit was heartbreaking but at least we got that fight in us

[@Lsir]

FLY was the last bastion of hope for the west. But like a candle that burning bright, it was snuff out quickly before it burns farther. NT and GG for FLY.

[@lightningflash15]

3:58 that Galio ults was an absolute cinema!!

[@tarinindell8217]

No joke, they got pretty close to a 3-0, but had a couple fumbles. Ive been a fan ever since Papa Smithy came on, and im not gonna stop being a fan anytime soon

[@thecubemeister6348]

SKT vs SSG back in 2017 was the first mirror matchup at Worlds.

[@CR0WYT]

I never thought I'd see FlyQuest at Worlds, let alone see them get this far. They should all be proud of themselves.

[@dragonex68]

Honestly, it was amazing! Beyond expectations.

[@jayr343]

The double Galio Ult moment at 3:56 was actual CINEMA, that shit looked SCRIPTED and that is what made it so fuckin hype

[@mr.catface-2635]

Opposite of devastating honestly. This is a great, invigorating result. IDk how this would be devastating

[@johnrenwelmauro2387]

Stand Proud Flyquest your strong.

[@alexhndr]

FlyQuest held their ground like a warrior. Gave GenG some real good game. But.. they unintentionally just gave the best scrim session for GenG, for they are on a path to beat T1 on their own game. GG FlyQuest

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

"their own game" I don't know man I feel like T1 plays more like FLY in their games. GenG pulling out the Snore-der and Kant die-Sante is terrible for them if they intended on using those picks vs T1.

[@walker-401]

LCK fan here. But deep from my heart, this year FLY and NA had performed peak in recently years

[@elthiel]

Tbh Flyquest performance was anything but devastating. They went blow by blow with arguably the best team today, and I felt a playstile that reminded me of how CLG EU played. Maybe teams will start to venture outside of the meta, like the old times? Idk, Flyquest is making me believe...

[@Rell559]

Wait hold on danny???? From the top 10 most scary channel or whatever you call it? Dude what a transition my guy the hell???

[@seanms35]

T1 obtained their Hercules buff. Ain’t no one stopping them this year.

[@ericbatas7099]

Yeah, we know t1 lost every geng series but flyquest actually showed some flaws on Geng that can help t1 to win.

[@unbearablycringe]

As a NA fan, i'm proud of what FlyQuest accomplished but that game 5 was a head scratcher for me. I liked their plan to pick "uncommon" champs but I feel like it would've been better if they tried that on game 4 instead of game 5

[@tc413141]

it was a great 5 game series. for the first time in years, NA wasn't embarrassed at worlds.

[@Jarvisuuuu]

I never imagined myself cheering for the NA team because no one expects that GenG will push to their limits. Stand proud FLY, we'll be waiting for you next worlds

[@tybomb12able]

"Just remember that Fly Quest didn't actually beat anyone. The teams they faced weren't actually teams. They had the easy route. In other words, they weren't TL" quote from some salty TL fan more than likely but heard from a caster on air, talked about on the podcast.

[@toddwilliams8128]

Keria was the player of the weekend for me. That Faker guy was pretty good, too.

[@someguy32]

They made us believe and they flew higher than they ever could and for that I have been a fan. I am a Dota 2 player, but I'll be keeping in tabs on this team hopefully the squad will be kept and they could go higher next year.

[@hjaewon69]

We don’t blame a butterfly for not crossing the ocean but applause it for the effort it gave, so the next time, they soar through the giant ocean that no one thought they could

[@MelonPython]

What I think and this might sound crazy, but hear me out. I think T1 never really tried or wanted the LCK title. I think by the start of the season, their goal was worlds. They didnt care if they got stomped in LCK. Their goal was Worlds and look at them now. They playing just like last year. Insane.

[@lalalalisa6363]

You did good flyquest, fly high be proud

[@agoodboi3781]

Stand proud FlyQuest, you are strong.

[@jjards]

I made a bet with my friend that if fly wins that game i would shave my head bald. Damn, was i praying so hard on my knees for chove to pull up. Fly made me scared for my life. They did really great. 💯 Hope to see them continue playing like that and go to worlds again.. will be supporting them next time if they continue to play like that.

[@arieltabbach4946]

FlyQuest won in my heart. o7 Fly you did the west proud!!!!

[@neimad6065]

they were so close to fight the best world team too that's insane i like flyquest now

[@edwardlomeli5657]

We almost had them!

[@ConCheaterWurst]

they almost beat the tournament favorit... If it was devastating, then for GenG EU Fan and casual NA hater here, but FLY did an amazing job in worlds this year. Everybody from that team can be proud of what the achieved. After FLY got the 2:1 lead i was thinking like "wtf NA could maybe win worlds" and i believe i wansnt the only one.

[@rexkamiki1910]

GenG on that game* "I am GenG declare you FlyQuest the strongest in NA"

[@seven8067]

This is the sad part of Esports. A victory for one team, means a crushing loss for the other. It's ALWAYS a story of a monumental high vs a devastating loss. Fly did so well though this entire Worlds, so they gotta keep their heads held up high. As for GenG, you gotta prepare like hell for the next match, T1 is waiting.

[@Hoofyaf]

Im hyped as well!

[@jameswalmondsamonte2819]

After years... a NA team didnt speedrun to airport but shocked everyone watching worlds. Imagine reaching Game 5 vs MSI Champs plus one of the best LCK teams.

[@gadgetcritic]

That last game for Fly was so frustrating to watch , yet Fly had kept me entertained through their games this worlds with off meta picks. Why on earth did they have a Sett and Fiddle , who have been barely seen this series, and wait until 17 mins to try and all in on a team that scales late game with Smolder. Granted Fly’s Yone also sucks early game but mid game they could have been more ballsy on fights and won , that’s 4 forms of cc right there alone. Such a shame they weren’t ballsy in the mid fight , exacerbated by the fact that the previous game they didn’t play to their strengths and instead played a super safe comp. Side note the Nunu pick and thinking I found to be really interesting but the build and execution was lacklustre. I really want to see Fly more though.

[@ianzwerling2926]

It is because gen g played it perfectly. It wasn't that FLY wasn't trying to engage until 17 minutes. ,THEY COULDN"T. Gen G gave them absolutely zero windows to taking a winning engagement. And that comp for flyquest has to be 100% ahead to win, if they take one singular bad engagement then the games is fully over. They went even the entire game and took their best shot possible. It was a bad draft but even Inspired said himself, they weren't sure what to do if Gen G gave them Yone. Fly strength comes in their off meta picks and they stuck to their game. Gen G were cowards and resorted to smolder Ksante to win. I feel that sett was a bit too much tho imo

[@MihaiMargau]

@@ianzwerling2926 Imagine calling a team cowards just because they pick champs to win in worlds tournament :)) If FLY was so great they should have won against any comp or any team that are not wildcards. Next time GenG should pick the worst champs in every roll, without any synergy just so they are not called cowards :)) Just be honest, in the last game GenG left them Yone open because they knew how to counter and FLY took the bait. After that just trolled themselves with Fiddle and Sett. So don't blame GenG for playing Smolder/Ziggs, blame FLY for playing those troll picks. Bwipo was completly useless in game 4 and 5 and everyone praise him.

[@Yuel402]

​@@MihaiMargauIf GenG was the best team, how come they lost to T1 in Worlds?

[@LisleBrathwaite]

Not even a League fan, but this felt like watching ESPN Sportscenter

[@MrJfeo]

The patience paid off 🎉🎉🎉😊

[@dengitpeter]

Mirror match finals happened with SK Telecom T1 (SKT) and Samsung Galaxy (Samsung) finals....2016 and 2017...where SKT took the first one and then Samsung took the second one..

[@zily7866]

Legit the first time ive seen someone even mention Quad's performance on the Zeri in game 3. Massu was busy pressing W on a warmogs tank and still got outdamaged by Quad. Casters were clueless.

[@JHBeh]

This actually reminds me of Misfits 2017, went 2-1 up against favourites SKT

[@reykosen7212]

T1 LPL Worlds Buff engaged

[@FanOfMinatozakiSana]

as the casters said, if they win, that would be the biggest upset in history of league.

[@SeungNam]

FLY singlehandedly saved NA's reputation. If they got stomped 3-0, NA would still be the laughingstock of League.

[@Akynam]

But truth be told, they haven't won any series vs a real worlds contender team and got through swiss only due to sheer luck, if they encountered these teams earlier they would be long gone. Still most entertaining series vs geng, as bwipo once said being a pro also means you have to entertain the viewers.

[@Mordeiv]

I feel like FlyQuest actually won over all. They showed us how vulnerable GenG is and then made people believe in the NA dream again.

[@bopqw1055]

fly quest went above and beyond but we ALL know them running into T1 before finals would have been it anyway. they overcame what was necessary for their story to come back next year and win.

[@202215jaffe521]

It is not devastating. FlyQ show the world you can always play your own thing and still have a shot. Yes NA generally lack of marco play will eventually bring them down, but at least they can know where they need to improve, and what advantages they got against the east. As a T1 fan, I would like to see NA perform internationally again soon.

[@Roasty420]

FlyQuest almost had Gen.G, but people need to understand that the Fiddelsticks comp was genius, ofc, the drawback was they had to rush baron or they would have lost to Gen.G in the late game. If FlyQuest were facing Hannah Life, then yeah, that would be different, but no.

[@Lynch30]

Title needs to be edited. They've exceeded expectations

[@steventamburello7187]

Proud of Fly no matter if they lost

[@raweltz]

Imagine winning due to your unusual drafts and then deciding to pick standard lck draft for game 4.

[@yamiRic]

Flyquest run prove that LCS is currently better than LEC. If NRG beating G2 last year can be seen as G2's bad day, FLY vs Gen.G series prove that LCS is having better teams now.

[@waynejia9322]

ssg vs t1 happened back to back although im not sure if they rebranded already at that point

[@AangAirB]

The demon king won't have to exorcise any demons.

[@ladyprussia3618]

It's truly impressive how many times in a row TES can disappoint me

[@Altraice]

NA finally has a performance that isn't embarassing right before LCS is disolved. Oof.

[@ahmadashraf5241]

Fly's carrying NA on their backs.

[@elijah8120]

Nah, FLY lost because of the Fiddle pick game 5, they cooked too much. A bit of flexibility on the meta is Gen.G's weakness as it was shown that when caught off guard they really can't adjust well on picks that's aren't meta, that's how they won g4 and g5, they reverted back to comfort picks, stopped relying on peyz and made him pick Utility based bot picks and made chovy pick Tristana/Smolder and gave canyon Nidalee/Skarner. It was also visible on game 2 where canyon is on Nidalee, Chovy on Kassadin (counter) and util ADC (ashe) for Peyz

[@gatsu2017]

Imo, FlyQuest could have won game 4 if they picked Kaisa instead of Ezreal and K'Sante instead of Renekton. They just won a game playing an ultra scaling comp, and they just decided to do the opposite in game 4 or 5. Though, it was an amazing series from them, it just feels.. wasted at the end

[@TravErnest]

Honestly I am one of the few people who are a bit disappointed. They could have won the series but failed miserably to do so. Their drafting was one of the key factors that would've won them the game but it's also the one that cost them the series

[@realiascailt]

„One of the few“? No, you’re just delusional, because not just a few are disappointed

[@TravErnest]

@@realiascailt Well most people are proud of them. So I think minority are disappointed

[@Roasty420]

Actually, I believe their early game team compa were genius. Everyone know’s in Korea that Zeka from HLE has the best early game and overall early skirmishes, while Chovy has the better late game skills The fiddlesticks comp was good to counter the macro play of Gen.G, but they had to rush baron or once the game hit 40 minutes, they would have automatically lost. It’s not that FlyQuest wasn’t prepared to win, but when Gen.G hits the late game, then Gen.G macro plays start coming in on lock.

[@TravErnest]

@@Roasty420 I actually didn't mind the fiddle. It was actually both yone and sett picks for me 😂

[@Gamber63]

While LEC still meme'ing n' not trying as hard, LCS already bring out their A game to prove West region still has a chance to win

[@eltonjohntubola3212]

FlyQuest made them bleed for that win.

[@jonathanmarshall2860]

Flyquest, we only asked for you not to get swept. Not only did you refused to go down in three games, you all gave us hope that NA can win worlds.

[@rpscorp9457]

Flyquest threw it...100000%. Sudden brain damage in those bans/picks. Plus the massively bad call on baron sneak = COOKED>

[@maximdecimus2258]

Because of what FlyQuest did to Gen.G I will be watching them next year. To put it in comparison T1 is 3-11 vs GenG in 2024. FlyQuest almost won as many games in a day against GenG as T1 did in a year.

[@yobmeb000]

The only flaw on FLYQuest draft is Renek on Bwipo.

[@smeipalmu5970]

bro looking like he just woke up LMAO

[@eleminatus]

Bwipo crying was a highlight...

[@LTX-v6o]

FlyQuest did really well being such a massive underdog but that 4th game draft was just horrid. Ori and Ez are both weak in the early game due to them trying to stack tear. So those are both losing lanes. But then you pick Renekton an early game champ but, you lane swap him to the bottom lane because of their weak bot matchup negating Renektons strength in the early game. So you now have 3 losing lanes and basically allowing their Jungle to do whatever he wants. Made no sense to me whatsoever. They were playing so well but felt like they just gave game 4 away knowing they had 2 chances to eliminate GenG.

[@SuperJJAlexander]

Didn't SKT and SSG meet in Worlds Finals two years in a row?

[@Karane0109]

10:42 SORRY BUT THATS A LIE In 2016 Final was SKT vs SSG, which was the SAME next year, 2017

[@Rimurutempest8746]

I love how delusional the NA to get past over GenG

[@stevechapman2301]

And then they through it away with the draft in the 5th game

[@kenchicken7377]

NA Losing is like oxygen in air we dont question it was there..