Don't Tell Them How to Play

North America is never supposed to win.
No matter what they did or who was on the rosters, North American League of Legends teams have always stumbled at Worlds.
But at Worlds 2024, North America’s most unlikely heroes ever found themselves in a spot no one expected.
FlyQuest didn’t just change minds: they changed history.
Written by: Joshua Bury (@thrown_gauntlet)
Edited by: Andrew Faigal (@Brrrning)
Hosted by: Dimitri Pascaluta (@DPascaluta)
Thumbnail by: Bennett Grainger (insta:@bennettgrainger)
Produced by: Alina Sotula (@ASotula), Connor Dunn (@connordunn_) and Danielle Rosen (bsky: @daniellerosen.com)
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[@FlyQuestLoL]

this team kind of goated

[@tylerwoods9903]

NAMEN

[@NotifyOne]

Not only that but Flyquest also forced Gen G to show all their cards that actually f'd them up vs. T1 in the semis.

[@Kamaeameah]

Flyquest is gonna thrive in fearless draft, I just know it

[@xulltant5238]

This forever cemented my love for flyquest. I hope they can at least make it to semi finals this year

[@stephenco5428]

Im excited for fvckin Worlds cause fearless draft is practically everyones game. like yeah CN and KR thrive on meta picks and are strong. but NA,SEA, and other non first seed servers thrives on mains, wacky playstyle, wacky comps. I just love underdog stories, like a weak ass team or weak server that no one expects to win worlds, and they win it hard.

[@avandelayy9089]

I was a CLG fan until they shut down, was looking for a team to follow for a while and FLY was the first team that I actually had fun watching again. The crazy style of play and pocket picks are so interesting compared to the rigid meta most teams were following. CLG was built on crazy moments and flashy plays, and it seems FLY can fill that void for me now.

[@michael56milker]

the designer for Flyquest jerseys need to get a raise, they look soo 🔥

[@kywuu]

massu will be one of the best western adcs to play this game, mark my words

[@Stroukyy]

That series hurt, but at the same time I'm extremely proud of them! Yes we lost, but no one can say they didn't try. This gotta one of the proudest moments for NA even if it's a lost. It will be forever one of the greatest series to ever be played

[@Gonk7Seven]

"WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETERRRRRRRRR" -KeshaEUW

[@GinkgoPete]

C9 not banning Kassadin, Doublelift dying to Crown, TL losing to Machi. Just so much damn heartbreak and dissapointment...

[@ApolloGC]

It's very cool to see the humility from the HLE players about how they didn't take the Nunu pick seriously at first and then gave compliments to how it was executed very well.

[@robertfernandez9135]

What do you mean by they gave them compliment? HLE players talked about it? If yes can you give me link? Nevermind, it was in the video🤣🤣

[@dumbcree]

I'm really hyped for fearless draft format this year because of teams like FLYQUEST. I just know that games this year will be MAD ENTERTAINING!!

[@jessco8950]

0:49 a 5 man sleep with zero follow up.. looks just like my ranked games. Is the fault on him for wasting his ult or on his team for not following up? Neither. Fault lies in communication.

[@Jumooo]

That 9 man sleep is still incredible as always

[@darkeye1244]

Well,they actually made we "BELIEVE" in them to defeat Gen.G

[@leopard3473]

FLYQUEST is a young roster . this year is their year!

[@nicolasbrito5666]

gg, well played gentlemen

[@dzAngelo]

ahh that 9 man sleep moment

[@Biditchoun]

I htink GenG understimated Fly in game 1, and proceeded to play their late game draft as an early game draft, thinking they would stomp. However, game 3 is completely deserved, and I want to see that fly again at international events. I hope we finally have something more than G2 !

[@AsianHazza09]

there's a reason why massu was in the linkin park video

[@darkeye1244]

time stamp?

[@KOT10N258]

FLY did amazing!

[@hahaplouge3534]

FlyQuest made me believe.❤❤❤

[@EARTHBOUNDRAVEN]

it will never happen again.

[@TheRogueVocaloid]

you can't out-NA-RAM the NA teams. we live here. we were molded by this style. if you try to put on the clown shoes you'll quickly find that ours are much, much squeakier.

[@edymiguel4247]

In the early years of league, when it was only NA and EU, a finals between Dignitas and Curse was played in all random aram style because the players were done with the organizers XD

[@Ashtonloollife]

This line sounds both badass and comical somehow.

[@danielchoe5843]

wtf is kilometer 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@nolandotgg]

Did you know if you triple tap this comment, you will get a secret animation?

[@tomo627]

It doesn’t work

[@mase6783]

Did you know if you walk outside there's a small chance I'm outside

[@trixcinity]

Mfs who fall for this typa shi needs to go back to school ong🙏🙏

[@nolandotgg]

@ its too ez 💀😭

[@jelly2882]

I actually didn't know triple tapping likes a comment, wow you learn something new.

[@megagamer69420]

LETS GO FLYQUESTTTT!!!

[@FedericoCacheroII]

I'm a T1 fanboy through and through but watching Flyquest last year was like watching SKT T1 back in the early days. Under dogs that defied expectations and the way they handled GenG was nothing short of magnificent and it definitely showed a crack at LCK's meta picks. With this year's Fearless Drafts, I hope that they make LCK sweat again.

[@erixhao]

Was t1 really an underdog though. They were already super hyped first worlds

[@HoneyReno]

Maybe he means before Faker? But even then, SKT, Najin, and KT were on top in OGN

[@edenhasclawsyouknow]

absolute cinema

[@kjih73]

Massuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@braethenerd5109]

I love how Tyler is talking about losers in league. Like he should talk

[@josephcalingasan8689]

lmao boy just dropped

[@Veilgaming556]

well tik tok will be in the past now

[@ryanleung364]

This comment is here to show that there will be no LTA teams making it past groups stage

[@poff2528]

what is this Na propaganda, how is only winning vs wild card teams a successful worlds performance. If it was the old format NA would never get out of groups/swiss.

[@ekmotahaathiworkout4349]

Ok

[@alainsmoors4956]

Just wanna say. 2.5 players were not NA original.

[@Bani-0108]

NA is a joke

[@vdammestijn]

A 22 min video on a losing series somehow depicting how NA is somehow different from previous years. GenG is famous for crumbling at worlds The roads to the series was the eassiest we will ever seen in worlds history. Even if they had won the series, theyd get bodied the next. I dont think anyone with eyes thinks NA now out of the blue has a chance to win it all.

[@maniacx1626]

Even if they had won it's hard for me to support Flyquest too for how Inspired and Bwipo threw Jensen under the bus earlier that year. I like Quad and think he was an upgrade, but man Inspired and Bwipo did Jensen dirty.

[@cookiez1263]

1st

[@zaster500]

NA IS so Bad that U wanna have them in youre Tournament cuz that Clown 🤡 fiesta IS crazy Entertaining. Bwipo was The only normal Player. ITS Like bronze vs plat. If they bought more Imports, NA IS actually boosted

[@sweglo1486]

All it took for an NA team to be competitive internationally is to have a team with a majority of imports, and the luckiest swiss stage draw in history.