FAVORITE moments of 2023 / FRAUDS of the year / TSM leaves LCS forever - Power Spike S2E28

[@Firestorm6651]

Before watching this VOD, I hope we got a nomination for NIcole LaPointe Jameson as "Fraud of the Year."

[@jeff230394]

Thats tsm 😂

[@williamvargas2981]

Not fraud, she was always shit

[@jumpbc]

The Warren Buffet of esports? How dare you! 😂

[@Rusty_Justice]

Fraud is too nice of a word for that piece of shit.

[@waaghghazghkull6362]

Shout out to Shopify for keeping SC2 players fed!

[@yazzzlet3549]

SC2 is still one of the best Esports to watch even if you don't play the game

[@tinecchi3648]

I really hope bo stays. It felt so bad watching vitality games on stage and then see his soloq gameplay and stats xD carzzy and nisqy have no issues giving Ressources to their jungler if it wins them the game

[@Dekharen]

Phil Aram shanking Doublelift (and Dom wanting to assist Phil at that) was the fucking highlight of my day and explains a lot of the LCS' current state. LOL

[@TheArcticSonata]

God damn we been waitin an wantin and now we finally get an episode

[@shatterfall_hunted8236]

Key things from this episode. Caedrel is going on to better things and by that i mean not working for Rito gems Flyquest are the Chelsea of esports , spend big get new and exciting talented players and staff and finish worse than previous years , also Vitality's usage of Bo might as well be a criminal act on humanity TSM also known as Team Six Minus at worlds pretty much got erased to pulp , Esports Veterans 1 - Spineless team owners 0 EG also quietly replace their Warren Buffet and cleansing yet another org of scum human beings , Esports Veterans 2 - Spineless team owners 0 Dom still hates T1 , Monte is gonna divorce his wife to marry Kiin , Dgon is on both knees begging Trolly for more treats , and as always everyone loves seeing T1 fans speak of their prophecy only for Geng to mop the floor with them , rumors say mental health clinics in Korea are hella busy these days. Conclusion from this episode : if your girl flashes into skillshots like Missing does for Ruler then consider yourself lucky .

[@Max88188]

My guess is Cadreal was approached by riot to pick casting or streaming. Get rid of the exception so no other caster can negotiate for co stream rights

[@Rayon811]

no way they would do that. Everyone knows he would pick streaming

[@idoshulman6379]

Wouldn't caedrel just want to stop casting with it not paying as much?

[@koltonjankowski1960]

If you’ve ever worked more than one job one where you have bosses the pays not great you have to drive in traffic usually to get to that doesn’t pay as good and the other job you’re your own boss and make more money once your sense of commitment is done to your coworkers you’d just want to move on and see how good your business will do if you go all in on it

[@UnnamedRevolutionary]

Thank trolli for supporting these guys. I never had one before but now I’m addicted

[@wyld1699]

i think KT is a honorable mention. 1st place in summer and ALL-LCK FIRST TEAM then losing to a 5th place team to PO 2 times. Then ended up being 3rd seed at WORLDS.

[@OneGTVofficial]

watching the stocks of Faker rise up thanks to the team being frauds without him is the best 2023 moment for me

[@Mnemon1618]

Doms team has to be "We will dominate"

[@Constantinch]

No one knows what it means, but it's provocative. That was such a goatee insertion by Dom, lol. Fits perfectly.

[@NotoriousAcko]

Let's go! What a way to start a Sunday!

[@Zwijger]

Honestly for "best of the year" I think BLG has been a super pleasant surprise. Their roster looked promising, but they have genuinely fulfilled on that promise and grown amazingly. The one big smear on their year being that a win against JDG at one point would have been nice, but that could technically still happen.

[@AleXoEx0]

Agreed, their coming into dominance seems to be out of nowhere, no one would put them even in top 4 or 5 in the lpl at start of the season.

[@vez3834]

@@AleXoEx0 My 2023 LPL Spring Split Team TIERLIST | IWD 5th seed. My LPL Spring 2023 Tier List 1/6/23 by Andrew DiStefano. He put them right below the tier of JDG and TES before spring saying they have the potential to be in that highest tier. These were probably influenced by Demacia cup and Weibo cup, but it seems like especially the top/jungle/mid were rated highly by both of these analysts.

[@ranolol]

I'm happy that Yagoat's sons won't have to go to military.

[@anonihme5142]

my favorite thing this year, apart from a fun g2 roster, was Golden Guardians’ F U intro vid. And them becoming one of rlcs’s top team :-) that was a hoot

[@cryzzalis7939]

Man, I really enjoy comparing DGon now to when they first started Facecheck with Loco. Dude has grown so much as a host, real talent popping up from hard work. Respect for that hustle man.

[@thelight3270]

THATS MY BOY IWILLTENCENT RIGHT THERE

[@alexselg]

still love the trolli sponsorship

[@Zennithlol]

Finally i missed this so much

[@Cashmoneez]

The boys are back in town

[@disturbed1734]

10 offensive touchdowns is way worse than the Giants v Cowboys game. At least the Broncos won the Tank Bowl.

[@rivehnchan4169]

Bo is the Pitbull that was wrongfully blamed, instead it was the owners (Vitality) to blame. I wish it worked though.

[@MrAlexvizz]

Glad we can get some candy eating asmr from dGon while listening to the podcast.

[@taylor720]

did they talk ab the qualifying match with bds? i dont know their predictions ;c

[@mathewsloat6848]

I love my NFL podcast Power Spike!

[@highlytarnished]

LCS slots being 1/3rd of what they're worth 3 years ago isn't true! Let's not forget the massive global inflation over the last 3 years. It's probably closer to being worth 1/4th of what it was 3 years ago

[@Pastelbluesox]

WE BACK BABY

[@toxichazmat5785]

We really can't be throwing Buffet's name around like that to begin with...

[@kcw4589]

Imagine "The Sack Members" how great would that be XD

[@RobertCortez-mt3ir]

I will buy some trolli, thank you trolli for supporting my goat, my crackhead and my tio podcast 🙏🙏🙏😹

[@dragontaladrod1443]

When/if the sack wins the LCS does that mean it automatically teabags the whole league?

[@albert6049]

LPL does win MSI every time, but LCK's DRX did win the world championship. Hopefully T1 don't just settle for 2nd place in the finals .... It's looking like JDG are gonna be one of the strongest teams at the world championship.

[@Dardobul]

Dom showing some backbone: IamVertebrate

[@Habeev07]

I think the one thing of the 3 is death of the lcs? Right Monty?

[@stamatisarvanitidis2430]

Vitality misused Bo and Upset. They never gave either of them the resources to carry.

[@team3am149]

Perkz had too much ego and Photon is trash at tanks/weak-side.

[@ozianin7389]

Cope

[@magnust3779]

dom not having T1 for fraud of the year candidates is crazy

[@Isindel07]

"Prince Beryly took LIV to Worlds" You can't Beryl your way to Worlds Finals like the OG.

[@shriez]

The Sack should get a Bawls sponsorship

[@toxichazmat5785]

my troli mini bags bought count is up to about 15

[@fluffyncute063]

Very Berry Sour Trolli is the best Trolli. Challenge me!!!

[@peterenis3507]

omg kt Magic N's is even worse than Fingerboom

[@arcofokker]

We Will Dominate

[@thelight3270]

This is my favorite part of the year cuz the Tencent Copium will begin soon from our boy IWillTencent

[@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV]

Ewwww, The Light returns to spam the cope 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@team3am149]

Thelight! Did you find your daddy Yagao yet? 🤣

[@andrewkandasamy]

Do it Dom, buy a team and force double jungle every game for kicks. XD

[@peterenis3507]

Nicole Lapoint Jameson was the Michael Jordan of esports The GMing one tho

[@Jerryduque97]

If I was Fnatic I would keep razork over humanoid, but what if, Fnatic traded razork for bo. I feel like bo humanoid and razork perkz could potentially be 2 very interesting mid Jung duos. At the same time, as a Fnatic fan, right now (we'll see what happens at worlds), I would probably rather keep razork than humanoid, but who knows

[@orionmilbury4817]

Doms team name would be “IWillDominate’s jungle jamboree”

[@thekevinc]

i wanna get a full 2 hrs of Thorin and Monte clowning on TSM 😂

[@taylery8134]

they're back!!!!!

[@fusionWTTC]

Fraud Honorable Mention shoutouts to EG for obvious reasons and TOP esports for griefing Rookie

[@RumandCocaine]

28:15

[@maskedkitsune9774]

If TSM go to CN. What would be hilarious if they have gone from middle of the pack in the LCS to last in LPL. Please league GODS make it happened. The irony of that and seeing how TSM try spin it off in PR just be content gold. Going from mid table to dead last as they went budget in china.

[@ftu2021]

plot twist: TSM filling in top LDL players and wins MSI

[@maskedkitsune9774]

@@ftu2021 youre high if you think thats gonna happen.

[@MVPhurricane]

loved this episode! but just to bust monte's balls a bit: it's "quick-saw-tic", not "key-hoe-tic" (though it's completely understandable seeing as the word derives from Don Quixote, as he obviously knows). probably just one of those words you read but never hear out loud. no hate-- people who pick up words that they haven't heard aloud and actually use them are the best kinds of people: they... actually read stuff and are smart and curious enough to actually absorb it. i also don't pretend in any way like i'm immune to this sort of thing, or any more erudite than monte btw; i'm just a pissrandom youtube commenter, so it just gives me a dopamine rush to be able to correct a content creator i'm a huge fan of on a completely trivial point in a maximally pedantic way. xD

[@fencebb1466]

Gabby stepping down definitely was one of the best moments of the year.

[@Dfelder261]

1:09:15 Monte is the fking goat. Man watching just for the league content is great. But watching as an entrepreneur and seeing these 3's business acumen is amazing. They always deliver a solid product and are generating additional business in each and everything they produce.

[@BLeyeNDsEYEd]

Two truths and a lie by monte new segment

[@Zeroyue622]

Finally!

[@Mecrobb]

I'd like to nominate dgon as a fraud of the year. Listen to any episode and you will hear him stumbling, bumbling and mumbling through the show until its time for an ad read.

[@JPLX99]

I see a LFN VIDEO I CLICK

[@2112-e1s]

i dont think dgon understands what literally means

[@papydady12]

The hiatus has ended

[@antoniodimitrov8315]

Warren Buffet of esports! What does it mean? I don't know but its provocative! Has to be the best moment of esports, dont care.

[@YouTubeisweirdashell]

We have been starved of league content !

[@Savaris96]

When it comes to Frauds, T1 without Faker has to be there for sure, no shot that if the other players are even worth half as much without Faker, that they would get blasted the way they did

[@oreoyo5639]

Zeus, keria, and guma are world class player man. T1 was just playing with a shitty academy mid and their jungler perma griefing and running it down. A lot of eastern team would go on a losing streak too if they had poby and oner as mid/jg.

[@oreoyo5639]

@@liborsysel2234 Are you implying that keria/guma/Zeus aren’t world class? Zeus may choke in some final but dude is consistently perform at a very high level. Keria been one of best sup player except that particular split. Guma was t1 best and most clutch player all year. Like are you saying these player would be bad in another team without faker when it obvious that the team was just in shamble with mid/jg perma griefing and mental down the drain due to lose streak? I don’t get it. Just tell me what you think of these player then.

[@maskedkitsune9774]

Name the IWD team we hate everything

[@lostandfound587]

Love u Dgon but you need to stop smacking that trolli straight into the mic

[@peaceling9826]

❤

[@lucaskrome3914]

even if tsm get any slot in a major region, they probably still gonna be at the bottom of the standings

[@HeLLraiSa911]

👍

[@jueviolegrace_7231]

Dom did not watch Asian games, because he did not want to watch his team China get slapped

[@team3am149]

A team that almost lost to Vietnam? If they actually sent their best players they would have won the whole thing.

[@zeevkeane6280]

I am so happy that there is no more TSM, to hell with the bully Regie, I hope they don’t get to buy a slot anywhere.

[@vonwaq]

they already secured a spot in lpl, thats why they're leaving. you really think they left without securing a spot or what

[@TheUCruz]

22:23 23:14 lmaoooo bro Dom needs to let go of the Bo thing, take the L and call him a fraud man, you'd think Dom was Bo's father with all this "no trust me, he is SO GOOD"

[@alexanderatanasov5837]

Because Bo is a good player. Literally everyone says it, even other pro players

[@Cashmoneez]

If you think Bo doesn’t deserve a roster spot in a lec team you are just an idiot

[@team3am149]

@@MrDespisedIconYou get paid to talk trash about him every video? Or do you just not have a life.

[@ATRS2K]

Thank you, the guy just has an insane copium tank when he talks about him, Bo hasn’t done anything relevant at a pro level to be even considered a consistent high caliber player, is he mechanically very good ? Yes he is, some good pop off moments and 10 games played in LPL, apart from that what else has he exactly accomplished ?

[@team3am149]

@@ATRS2K What do you want him to have done, win Worlds? You’re talking about Bo like he’s a veteran superstar import.

[@kelvinkwan3072]

this dgon guy talks so loud to pretend he got a point lol

[@carlod5818]

when dgon saied tsm could buy omg i wanted to strangle him for a moment, i hat even the thougth of it, pls i never wanna hear it again

[@javi4591]

Do they talk about the Asian games in here?

[@CrustyDonutts]

Yes, video description has a timestamp for those that want to skip ahead too!

[@javi4591]

@@CrustyDonutts they didn't talk about the games itself... the KR vs CN match up was hyped

[@Cashmoneez]

@@javi4591Asian games is a Mickey Mouse tournament no one cares

[@killuafan4365]

​@@Cashmoneezpretty sure KR vs CN is big for China. China has 2 of their main Asian games roster in LPL, if China beats a full powered Korea then that just says LPL > LCK at using talent.

[@javi4591]

@@Cashmoneez you must be living under a rock.

[@persephone9360]

Dgon paid by 100t or what is this cringe bjergsen take

[@dgonesports]

Nah I think it stunted the hell out of tenacity and Busio, regardless of what you think of the org

[@ParallelZuVega]

I mean Bjerg playing for a split and then insta quitting league with almost no warning was probably really really bad for 100T. In summer the roster decisions and gameplay made no sense anymore and the team fell apart. But I don’t get why Dgon cares about 100T lol. Maybe he really likes Doublelift xD

[@RobertCortez-mt3ir]

​@@dgonesportssame, I would be depressed

[@callumengland6395]

Dom please make a team with LS! Do his unique drafts because playing the same way as the east will not get us anywhere

[@callumengland6395]

@WatashiWaZer0 they haven't supported his drafts for a whole season/split tbh gwen ivern looked pretty strong, I think he's in a better spot with his mental health (and social acumen), and I'd way rather see us play mega scaling comps that are not standard and force the eastern teams to adapt to us rather than play the same picks they do just worse

[@djackson4605]

He's too emotionally unstable to sustain a season. I think he has occasional flashes of brilliance, and some very creative ideas that we can all benefit from, but he just isn't the kind of person that can be in a group environment that people rely upon. Guy has bi-polar or a hormone imbalance, I don't know.

[@Habeev07]

​@callumengland6395 agree, the only way to win is play weird champ scaling team comps with wombo combo ultimate synergy. Think max aoe layering of ultimates like Fiddle, Camile, GP, Neeko, Ziggs, Galio, Diana, Aurelion Sol, Rumble, Nami, Braum, Malphite, Xin Zhao, Kindred, Kayle, Kennen, Orianna, Swain... etc...press R deathball aoe layering. The west has to play scaling. You can disagree but it's wrong. G2 only beat T1 and RNG in b2b games at MSI 2022 bc they played that style. Diana Yasuo Rakan bounce house.

[@nosuitsgiven]

Treadmill is one of the most inefficient time consuming way to lose weight/get healthy. Try squats or something more core focused.

[@rolydio]

I am actually very happy he left LEC, kind of stupid when an LEC caster is dickriding other regions, was so annoying, its almoust as bad as watching Dom, and hearing every 2 min something about how good LPL is during LCS!