"I want to go out with a bang" - Jankos reveals his Regrets and Future plans - The Sack Down Ep 13

[@G2LoL]

Crazy that despite his age he's still able to show top-tier performances ❤ Also nice to hear from Yamato and Jankos!

[@yihadistxdl951]

take jankos back so we can win worlds

[@javi4591]

Reading the first part of this ("despite his age") made me think you were gonna make a hair joke

[@theelectricant98]

Hire him

[@andreramos6791]

Is this a jab at IWD?

[@useless9715]

G2 dom woulda gone nuts

[@Jankoss]

Fingers crossed for LEC 2025 🙏

[@lastfreenation]

Thank you for the great interview!

[@blamethesillynotthegoose8120]

rooting for u!

[@alexdgod1106]

Play ap ivern coward

[@digitallegra9114]

Always rooting for you!

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa6162]

KC/GX Jankos?

[@nguyentri3608]

Fun fact: the total combined age on this call is 91.

[@Xhalonick]

Same age as doms mom

[@lagarttemido]

It's the same amount of time your grandma has been working hard at the brothel

[@tinecchi3648]

Another fun fact. Dom is responsible for 56 years of the 91! That fucking fossil.

[@dakotajohnson3919]

nother ff (fun fact) that person would have been born in 1933

[@dwarfu9361]

Didn’t know Yamato and Jankos were just 22 !

[@daviddoell2085]

Jankos and Dom have such great energy together. They seem like the NA and EU version of each other:) Also super greatful that Yamato kept asking question and we got this 2h podcast :)

[@fnc_wave]

nah dom way too toxic xD jankos is way more chill (in terms of toxicity kekw)

[@yoguypro8804]

​@@fnc_wave Cuz jankos is EU and Dom is NA

[@Nol3j]

Jankos, it's kind of funny you probably won't read it anyway but I'm 34 and I have been watching you since your first professional season and you are the only streamer I watch, and I would like to thank you, I'm proud that Poland produced such a goat :). Kindly please, join a good team so we can still watch you and cheer for you! I'm afraid that if you make a break that would be it, and ending in Heretics... well xd

[@TheRaideros]

He was the reason why I started following league with passion. I don't think LEC will be that interesting anymore without him, even at worlds, I cheer for G2 and other western teams, but that's nothing compared to the old G2 times.

[@Nol3j]

@@TheRaideros well said my friend, well said. Same thing

[@lacoeurplastique]

Very wholesome

[@boristruth7912]

I am 33 and have been watching LEC just because of Jankos since 2018. But I have been playing since season 2, and didn't even know proplay existed before.

[@HydrusT]

The outro questions were great. Jankos opened up more than in any other interview/pod that I've seen of him . Great episode. ❤🙏🏾

[@Darkyryus_]

Yamato and 2 young people LETSGO

[@silverr1111]

Funnily enough, Yamato is the youngest. Dom 34, jankos 29, Yamato is 28.

[@Darkyryus_]

@@silverr1111 that's the joke.

[@riseagainstthemachine6079]

​@@silverr1111bro there is no way you didnt catch that joke

[@silverr1111]

@@Darkyryus_ my excuse is that I am sick. In reality, I am probably just dumb, mb

[@Darkyryus_]

@@silverr1111 np bro it happens to the best of us HAHAHAHA have a great evening!

[@human1479]

Dom never fails to criticize my cherished Arbeitnehmerschutzgesetz!

[@grigoriemirel3065]

Dom, i honestly started to watch your streams consistently because your voice makes me sleep so good :))

[@anotherchannel6396]

Yamato and dom holding their laughter when jankos doesn't mention dom as a costreamer

[@Cashmoneez]

Dom is not allowed to costream lec thats why they are laughing

[@devili7y585]

Uh oh i just saw one of Jankos' spears fly by my window

[@tinecchi3648]

What was so good for na this year was fly quest and tl actually beeing top tier for na standards and pushing each other. Even c9 in scrims was considered the strongest na team. That’s how a region gets stronger. Eu just had nothing this year going except g2

[@blamethesillynotthegoose8120]

yeah it was fucking sad to watch, all the teams just like...kept.. tripping over themselves.

[@edenmurphy4295]

And also getting the luckiest of lucky draws in the swiss stage. They draw blg and you are not writing this comment

[@NoMomICatntPause]

@@edenmurphy4295 Bruh if MDK and FNC could beat those "lucky draw" teams maybe it'd have been an EU team in quarters

[@noahhaller4540]

@@edenmurphy4295 Not at all, I think LCS fans had higher expectations for both Fly and TL, both of which had good performances against eastern teams, even individual game wins, but no series wins against eastern teams. Plus G2 could've also had a civil war match if any other LEC teams could reach 2-2. Since we had 2 teams reach 2-2, we were guaranteed to have a team not playing BLG. So get gud. To be frank though, LCS fans were just happy that we had 3 teams that were so far beyond the rest and competitive with each other, but mostly because they were finally executing macro. Obviously C9 completely crashed and burned at the end, but for the rest of the year we had a 3 teams that each excelled in one area, and were pushing each other to the limit. TL is the best at macro among them, and won games purely by being more efficient in map plays. C9 had by far the best lane phases, and for some parts of the year had excellent team fights. FLY played a few different styles, but ended up on teamfight ball comps, and that worked enough for them to have a competitive series against HLE. All three struggle with consistency, and I would place all of them a decent bit below G2 in current strength (G2 would've advanced to quarterfinals if they didn't troll baron), but having 3 teams right below G2's strength is better than having one incredible team, a perpetual 2nd place team that refuses to learn macro, and then 8 shitters who could be placed in any order apparently. One final note, both Fly and TL are struggling in this Worlds patch meta, because both have 1-1.5 year rookie midlaners, who have never played professionally when the current meta champions were good, despite them being staples in the past. So they have next to no experience in matchups like Syndra Orianna, playing against mids like Showmaker who have years of experience in control mage meta. Both performed really well into eastern mids at EWC in the ADC meta, so seeing the meta completely flip on them and both run it down at worlds has been painful.

[@HydrusT]

​@@noahhaller4540 people are lazy and probably won't read all of your comment. I read it all and it's a very well articulated take that I agree with. ❤️🙏🏾

[@OverlordDio]

BLG vs HLE BANGER into the sack down with my favourite nidalee player

[@novacf5258]

You misspelled Sejuani

[@kikman3440]

You misspelled Braum

[@Sameag0l]

My goat jankos ! much love to him, soo straightforward loved this guy since 2019 and will keep watching him

[@dominikpobereszko3306]

Jankos EU Jungle GOAT

[@javi4591]

5 seconds in: "2019 MENTIONED!"

[@theelectricant98]

SCHIZO

[@riseagainstthemachine6079]

They mentioned it to get it out of the way quickly, no?

[@aspiwri664]

I mean people always want to know more about that year. Its the only successful year for the west so until there is another people always gonna go back to that when they interview jankos perkz etc.

[@mahatmaniggandhi2898]

​@@aspiwri664 depends on wjat you mean by successfull, there were 3 western teams in 2018 worlds semis and in 2015 there were 2

[@mahatmaniggandhi2898]

​@@aspiwri664 depends on wjat you mean by successfull, there were 3 western teams in 2018 worlds semis and in 2015 there were 2

[@apapods]

I can listen to Jankos yap for hours. This guy is a natural entertainer.

[@OmgPizzalol]

My favorite Jankos quote in this episode, I listened to the podcast so I'm not sure the timestamp. They where talking abour ERL players and mid lane Jankos' response "Yep, Kind of, Exactly." Lol Love Jankos and they sackdown :)

[@krazedkoi]

The OG First Blood King!! Jankos is so fucking awesome

[@apostolskiclips]

banger episode, hopefully Jankos will be playing next split

[@ProdigalGuitarist]

Even when i was bronze and watching jankos in roccat i knew he was something special

[@Plokus]

OMG I was waiting for Jankos since the start of this show!!

[@Ybo111]

Damn, Jankos really played in a team that had Evi Ruby Jackspektra and Mersa 😂

[@lukaszenko10000]

Jankos is SO BASED

[@thomasoliver8852]

Fenix and Rush sack downs would be peak content

[@Caell]

needed a jankos interview rn

[@brandonboyce6408]

jankos da goat hope to see him in NA and ur fans will follow u any where i seen ur chat

[@Bagel34BC]

incredible episode. just three GOATs talking shop

[@theloa7154]

This one was a crazy good episode

[@wowJhil]

Jankos is a great streamer, as well. Saw his stream of that dating show, it was kinda hilarious! Although he had a hard time beating the game :D

[@nikitamarynich1794]

I'm glad to see Dom is still grinding at the ripe age of 49. Stay healthy and don't forget to take your noon naps.

[@martinmihov175]

My biggest problem with EU level of play has always been the fact that we have insanely good players fucked by contracts or talking shit about players, I can think on top of my head for 5 players such as Selfmade, Nemesis, Upset, Rekkles, Perkz. These players who should be able to level up the playing field in EU are non existant for years only because they got fucked. People were defending G2 decision to jail Perkz and Rekkles, 2 legendary players from EU, but when Worlds come everyone in the last years say "Well ofc G2 are bound to fail, they have no competition in EU", but let's be realistic here G2 seems to not want to have competition if they are doing this sort of shit, which is such a lazy approach to be a winner. Of course there are other problems, which alot of people have pointed out such as GM's being mega incompetant and destroying rosters the moment they were built, maybe Bwipo does have a point that alot of players in EU are currently just paycheck stealers. Also the fire to be competative on a World stage has died in EU and it is only because people are using outside of game methods to "win". Korea and China just seems alot more confident in their roster buildings, in a sense where they are not scared to let Chovy, Knight, Canyon or Bin go here or there. If you want EU to do well you need to make sure you are getting the good players back in the region. For an instance a team should start building a roster that has proven names on and when they have most of them locked get Inspired back, or get Selfmade in or Neme in. Get Bwipo on VIT, when you already have proven bot lane in the face of Hyli and Carzzy, I am sure that Bwipo would love to play with Hyli again. No we will keep bringing people from ERL's, they will get better while there is not competition left in EU, haha joke ofc.

[@hayzaaay]

what is upset doing on that list?

[@farcydebop]

Some good Copium here.

[@tiespoutsma]

damn not often you actually see someone spitting facts but here we are 😮👏🏻

[@christossaroglou7158]

@@hayzaaay The existence of Upset in such conversations is pure caster/analyst narrative and it's disgusting

[@LDixonFPS]

Thank you yamato for those last couple of questions

[@BartoszsYs]

When the statue of limitations (however long it is) passes, you should invite Jankos again. He must be a mine of stories, and he will share it. Somethihg for Thorin and reflections.

[@goodbye6967]

@iwilldominate you for sure went through phases as a streamer and content creator. I feel recently not only do you seem more passionate when streaming but also positive, it could also be because you have been hanging out with caedrel/yamato recently vs thorin/monte (both for positivity and popularity). Love you as always.

[@777.seajay]

perks is a very good at adc role kinda underrated tbh

[@flameofthegame]

As an example of the systems that Jankos is talking about ,in korea T1 and Gen G had ideas of starting a scouting program for players starting with ages 13 (obviously with parental agreement ) basically they scout soloq until they find an interesting player and if the family is agreeing ,they basically train them and make them part of their academy ,i know Joe (T1 CEO talked about this like 2 years ago ,no clue if they actually realised the project ,but the idea that they try to find players so young and promising ,shows how devoted they are to finding great talent )

[@boredindividual]

I dont think Yamato was curious enough this episode

[@Yied1]

2015 2016 Jankos holy Fck I mean Sven was insane but Jankos would’ve been crazy

[@MauriceGucci]

The western goat jungler is on! 🔥🔥🔥 Also great to have Yamato and Jankos be a part of this.

[@enzotoniato4397]

Fucking legend Jankos

[@ksereksispyly7902]

It's copium but i still have hope Jankos gets to win worlds, he deserves world or another msi champ!

[@abhisangu3175]

Would Jankos ever move to NA anyone know? Team Liquid come get this guy

[@thewhiteowl1184]

Its actually crazy how many good players from EU around 2017-2019 just disappeared from the scene completly or are in ERL low. Kobbe, Alphari, Maxlore, Trick, Kold, Kikis, Amazing, Sencux, Shook, Neon, Vander, Woolite, Steelback and many more like Selfmade, Crownshot, Nemesis , Jiizuke just got shafted because of personalitys. M5 players ,probably some of the biggest legends in the game, are in ERLs instead of getting approched by teams. Imagine all these former players in the league as coaches, staff or even better still playing at a mid- high level. Since the franchise the creativity and stratigy of teams dropped, not only in the rift but also in roster building. Most rosters go for vibe and national representives for the orgs. The question becomes: Why do u need good vibes and good marketing if your teams suck ? Marketing, politics, reputation are the varibels for players trying to get in LEC teams.

[@StanislavHronek]

You had me until mentioning M5

[@thewhiteowl1184]

@@StanislavHronek Why is that ? :D

[@StanislavHronek]

@@thewhiteowl1184 The game was so different 10 years ago, even though they were legends at that point I dont think their knowledge would be useful at this point in time.

[@thewhiteowl1184]

@@StanislavHronek Yeah I agree that the game and the skill are diffrent from back then. I still believe orgs could benifit from their experience as former elite players. That would mean Team Manager roles, player coaches, scouts, team directors and etc. teaching fundamentels of beeing a competitor. Most of the time you need these roles filled by former players to give the torch to the younger generation.

[@bluecrwn]

Alphari, Trick , Kold Are Coaches , Kikis, Sencux, Neon , Vander , Woolitr , Steelback Are still playing and not in Low ERL. They all competet at Emea masters besides steelback. Maxlore also coached , Amazing didn’t want to compete anymore, Shook as well. Selfmade is semi trying it’s not like he’s full tryharding anymore . Also you are talking about just for personality and so on. How do you think Team sports works , bad chemistry does not work , especially not in small 5 man teams. You are lowkey asking for random super team number 5 with big names and no deeper teambuildung behind it

[@StanislavHronek]

I was thinking I couldnt be more sad after G2 lost. Then they talk about how eu doesnt appreciate the good players they have, they either leave for NA, become streamers or get benched, while in LCK/LPL they are respected become coaches and teams want their insight. EU has a shit format and higher ups are trying to make it seem good because of the costreams bringing more people yet they still deny people like dom the rights to costream. Yeah I am not officially even more sad, nice

[@dure.c]

Razork next please! We rarely get english content from him

[@kczaban]

hans and inspired went to NA because RGE wouldn't sell them to EU orgs

[@Azrael_Xx_]

our GOAT

[@Jigen311]

Finally a true Sejuani master in the sack

[@RBM33888]

Need to somehow get Caps on here

[@gordonfreemanlaw]

W interview

[@Cheezperson]

Keep it up!

[@Monotheist137]

Intro music sound like one of those naughty dvd's intros.

[@Yied1]

I hope Jankos play I watch whatever team he goes too. I love his passion to win I need another win for him. He does sound like he wanna retire soon :(

[@omkarparab4466]

It came out of nowhere

[@kjellroger9070]

The problem with several good teams is everyon just measure success if they win. In a game like lol where theres such a clear win or lose everyone just wants the win. Bring back best of 2

[@TheOnZiA]

bruh, that scrim winrate

[@upstreamboogie6915]

GOATS

[@RennyP]

The goat

[@ethaneth6481]

Jankos is the best player to have set a foot on western soil. Yes, fuck caps.

[@schrodinger6991]

One of the craziest things to me is that abbeddage is not in the lec anymore. I know he is not year typical star midlaner but he can bring so much to a team. Like we saw last year when he came into a struggeling gx and made them go top 2. Its just crazy that a person like that just doesn't play instead we get fake rookies like fresko.

[@jashanbrar2615]

Yes please

[@MCsamplayz]

Guys, Yamato is VERY curious about this one 🧐

[@andyhuynh2625]

100+ years old on the screen right now

[@ramilgarifullin3702]

That's just Dom

[@semnejlepsi8983]

​@@ramilgarifullin3702so the comment is correct

[@riseagainstthemachine6079]

Thats not even true lol

[@xsision5513]

BANGER

[@shattered2137]

banga

[@zhenghuang5982]

Young pro players should watch this episode and be educated on signing contracts.

[@qq8413]

I see jankos I press like

[@HaramosYT]

Came here from Dom's stream

[@noaffiliation-x8w]

The west won't ever win because of the overall tournament format. There is basically no international competition so how would they make any real progress? I for sure believe that if we had an open tournament format with Majors, a western team would eventually win. You see it in other games like the FGC and DOTA. Region dominance shifts and you see how that filters down to create a stronger region as a whole.

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

Totes ma GOATs

[@sjoerddz]

50:00 about the whole contract thing, I get a team can sell your contract, but surely they cannot sell your contract for longer than the remainder of the duration? so after they signed time you would be a free agent

[@la9715]

i came on dom’s stream

[@Aanenk]

ive never seen jankos so quiet lol

[@useless9715]

Forgot to ask about 22 summer finals rip

[@gbasso666]

IWD flaming teammates and not including Piglet? That a new one

[@isslavik]

The year is 2119 and fans still fondly remember that one time G2 2019 made to worlds finals and lost and that "LEC was good". MSI is now officially considered the most important tournament in the calendar.

[@jaredbrits6684]

LMAO!!! I'd get bullied by Regi.

[@RogueTheRabbit03]

Everyone would/did..

[@AwakenedL]

its funny hearing him say his old (for a pro player) when bro looks 18 - 19 lol

[@dcxserf1827]

They do be sackin

[@yungrapgod5187]

maplestory mentioned

[@shemsuhor8763]

Based and sack pilled

[@j4vii_c]

best one so far

[@K1m9857]

My, cynical, team for 2025 Wunder, Jankos, Perkz, Upset, and ,mikyx on a different team to compete vs G2

[@christossaroglou7158]

What is Upset doing in there though?

[@K1m9857]

@christossaroglou7158 who else would you put?

[@christossaroglou7158]

@@K1m9857 Carzzy

[@yihadistxdl951]

Jankos my GOAT (Dom is my GOAT too, I don't know how can i have 2 GOATs but I do anyways, fight me.)

[@TheByronClaw]

I can’t sympathize with players who just go for the money and get screwed or don’t get results. Sure their future is important, but they chose the path that rewards their talent for playing a video game. In exchange for fame and competition, you give up some security which is more than fair imo

[@DeFiantApocalypse]

Yamato is the youngest one here. Let that sink in.

[@dexonxd2011]

Jankos is the only reason I am interested about LEC and I really hope he gets a chance in a good team. I am sure he can still be one of the best in our region, last time with TH just didn't click as it should. And tbh I think we need junglers like him to compete with asian teams, who can control the game and understand it well, not just skillful youngsters, simply because koreans are gonna be better anyway, it's better to have skillful players in lanes. Format is shit af, I hope other leagues are gonna keep 2 splits, that's the reason (and lvl of performance overall) why I prefer much more LPL and LCK over LEC

[@zarlei6048]

Is this your oldest guest yet? Edit: unknown at this moment, Jankos is the oldest out of those whose ages are public, but I suspect that Spawn has a few years on him.

[@markuszbesenyei6784]

BRO CAN YOU STOP LOOKING INTO THE CAMERA

[@AwakenedL]

Who watches the video. STOP LOOKING AT HIM

[@StaminatorBlader]

i used to watch lec every week in 2020 but now i barely watch anything except season finals. the reason why being mostly the low quality of gameplay. same effect i had with na a couple years before.

[@wickeed7274]

The midlife crisis episode 😂

[@Quirsux]

Isnt that the risk the org and the player are taking by signing a 2 year contract? You think the player is that good and you want him at least for 2 jears. Orcant they make shorter contracs? I dont get the point of making a 2 year contract but opting out as soon as you feel like. Then just make one with no time definition. Or just split whise. The risk is, that the player just leaves.

[@bluecrwn]

There is no risk or low risk for orgs only with signing longer contracts as they only pay minimum wage as soon as players are benched ( due to clauses ) . And if you as a player don’t sign those contracts good luck finding a team. It’s not nice but besides G2 ( and sadly even they do it ) teams are aiming to win EU , so they don’t care about not jailing players for better competition

[@smoke14wins]

EU will start jankos till hes 40.

[@schrodinger6991]

I feel like you can't make 2 good teams in west because you have no good mid laners appart from caps. In jg you have inspired, razork, yike and even eloya but in mid its a drought,

[@카즈하-f2u]

yamato tomato

[@Eins.1]

Hopefully araneae never becomes a GM again.

[@whisky_cat]

38:40 also yike turned ofr no reason

[@TheOnZiA]

why the end of this one got me tearing up though 🥹

[@WickedSL]

yamato and yelling boomers