IWD Reacts To The Inspired/Jensen Drama

[@James-lt3so]

Flaming by calling someone a vegan is hilarious

[@DarkRoboWar]

They are vegan, coz they are only farming, never hunting. It kinda fits

[@TriDevious]

but using vegan as a derogative term is wild considering he is in flyquest whose entire brand is plants and being eco-friendly ​@@DarkRoboWar

[@DarkRoboWar]

@@TriDevious stop making up controversies that don't exist, vegan gameplay being bad does not have implications for the real world and no one uses it like that. It just happens to be the same word, but a different meaning. Just like killing ingame is good but out of game is bad, it's just not the same thing.

[@trtvitor1385]

@@TriDevious such a reach

[@wasd3108]

@@trtvitor1385 "reach" would you someone who wasn't making a joke, he obviously was, "logo being a leaf" lmfao what's your IQ

[@DarkRoboWar]

I saw the interview before I even caught wind of the "controversy" and I thought it was a very good sign for the team to see inspired talk so open about what the problems were in his mind. Also I think people kinda think of Jensen as the nice neighbor, who never says something wrong and that they have to defend his honor. When Jensen actually is a tough cookie that can do and will do it very well by himself. Maybe they just pity him so much, coz he got kicked out of successful teams so often...

[@xAnonymousComedia]

I still remember when Jensen said he'd clap faker

[@RomnysGonzalez]

The thing is. He never got kicked of any team. He left Rogue because he saw no more upside on them, left EG because he know they were quitting the league so why bother to play for a ORG that is leaving either way?.

[@DarkRoboWar]

@@RomnysGonzalez I was talking about Jensen getting kicked from teams, not Inspired

[@leamJG]

@@DarkRoboWar And he's still fucking wrong, only team that dropped Jensen was TL when they dropped him for Bjergsen (see how that panned out). Jensen left C9 for TL because he though C9 had peaked. He left C9 again because of money. He left DIG cause they were shit. Like what is this fucking take.

[@Dekharen]

@@xAnonymousComedia I remember Jensen before he was permabanned, was a fizz one trick, and played in EU. Now that'll send you on a trip.

[@TheBighoppay]

He said what he said because he holds Jensen to a high standard, hes not gonna call out the botlane.

[@IFernedYou]

100%. he doesn't give af about top and bot having an off day cuz he knows him and Jensen can 2v8.

[@daandepauw5252]

@@IFernedYou nah, that's not it. He clearly just respects Bwipo more than Jensen.

[@GothPaoki]

It's still weird though. Bwipo was perma running it down despite having counter matchups and you flame Jensen?

[@leamJG]

Absolutely not, he disrespected the bot lane on the Pros podcasts, too.

[@nestor6178]

​@@leamJGbut if they int he won't call them out that much because they're inexperienced

[@satrioraffani8605]

The essence of this talk is not malicious, it's genuinely inspired wanting to review the game and make his teammates better. Yea, its probably better to not say this on an interview and say it at the review room but I don't think this is deserving the amount of hate its getting :(

[@DarkRoboWar]

It draws eyes and it is interesting, so unless Jensen is upset with it, it's fine

[@TheCagedK]

Honestly what’s drawing attention to this is the amt of times he calls people vegan. None of the points he’s saying are super assholish

[@OhNoThankz]

Bro people can’t handle someone being straight forward it’s crazy

[@daandepauw5252]

there is a difference between telling it to them and just throwing it out while on a podcast that the public can see.

[@LK2909]

@@daandepauw5252 really ? 100% they already been over this topic from scrims and reviews before. How is this any different from an basketball game when its clear X player griefed a shot, and another player says " yeah he should have hit that, not good by him" in a interview after.

[@RomnysGonzalez]

That's just nerd NA fans who never were part of a sport or competition

[@holdthesigninside9223]

I’ll try to explain it to you. You(inspired) and your friend(Jensen). You think your friend is fat and should lose weight. A) you tell him he is fat B) in an interview you call him a fat fuck

[@armster2513]

@@LK2909yeah it’s seen as really toxic when nba players do that. Then they get traded away

[@Zero-P-vt3db]

Jensen admitted years ago that playing higher tempo was his weakness and goal he was on TL with Broxxah his jungler

[@tranks232]

People acting like inspired went crazy mode insulting and flaming his team while he was just talking about the game and he even blames himself and bwipo for the mistakes he thinks he made ,so crazy all people agreeing with what he saying but thinks it is fcked up to say it in an interview if Jensen is butthurt about inspired saying he played like a vegan it should say a lot about how pathetic he is which i doubt But you all people especially in na you guys need to chill and stop exaggerating everything

[@Gurpreet-sv5zg]

Are you acoustic?

[@EvolutionWar]

People like Inspired who take responsibility as an adult for their actions while playing saying they played bad in certain games and saying that others played badly in some games is refreshing. The problem with most people is that they don't take responsibility, they don't understand what that is. Being jealous and disliking others like these reddit'ers is common for most people who are confident in themselves and speak openly about issues and working on fixing them that's all it is. The majority will always envy the minority who do well.

[@stevennguyen1586]

He flamed Jensen in particular for games 1 and 4, even though he wasnt the reason they lose either of those games. Not only that his breakdown on the annie+veigo gank on jax was wrong. Jensen didnt play up to par, but he by far from the worst player in the team, Bwipo and Busio should be getting that.

[@Tri7on]

Bwippo should have gotten most of the flame. Impact gapped him hard. But instead of flaming he just kept saying impacts a god. I don't think he was that hard on Jensen (he still shouldn't have said this in public) it was just weird that most of the flame went Jensen's way

[@EvolutionWar]

@@stevennguyen1586 He didnt "flame" anything he said Jensen played poorly in those games, and he also said which games he played poorly where in your mind he is "flaming" himself and that is just factually accurate. Making up shit like him flaming anything is complete bullshit, he is just in touch with reality. And that is also mostly why Flyquest isnt complete dogshit this year and is fun to watch.

[@alexajones9821]

The amount of respect and regard for Jensen that Inspired communicated in this interview is beyond sizeable. Inspired holds Jensen to a high standard as a veteran and worldclass presence. I'm sure with Jensen's longevity Inspired looked up to him at some point. Having high expectations is a sign of respect, not disdain.

[@levividana1948]

casual westoid dogs will never understand this. they want to baby every single player. so gross .

[@nonameimpotantlive9233]

Hes Dane Viking blood

[@michellepoggers8022]

Doesn’t matter now lol Jensen is benched for summer 😂

[@ayh4968]

I miss the days of 2016-2018 where Jensen was mechanically outplaying every mid in lane and made insane micro movements to dodge skill shots. Sad watching him fail to punish the APA’s Asol pick at all

[@IFernedYou]

asol is literally broken right now and its one of his 1 tricks. u trippin. Jensen is in his prime for sure

[@davidsantiago7808]

U mean every mid in NA? Jensen has never done well internationally. Don't forget the infamous tweet where he said he was going to clap Faker and got dominated at worlds.

[@ayh4968]

@@davidsantiago7808Yes NA mids if that wasn’t obvious enough in a video related to lcs ! Hope this helps! :) use your brain please

[@davidsantiago7808]

​@@ayh4968ok relax fanboy he wasn't even the best mid in NA at his peak, if being the best mid in NA is even considered to be good in the first place.

[@IFernedYou]

@@davidsantiago7808 Jensen has done better internationally than every other player in NA since forever. Super weird take.

[@jasonnash4452]

dudes just honest. he literally didnt say anything crazy. idk what it is with modern esports but its like any amonunt of criticism from a pro to another pro thats not as nice and passive as possible the audience acts like they hurt a baby or something. in the words of inspired, the modern esport scene is pretty "vegan" ngl. hes literally flaming himself as much as hes flaming jensen lol. deservedly so btw cause they both coulve done better in that series.

[@juliantormes]

@dsjsi All major leagues are so soft, You cant say anything because people are made of glass and cant take criticism, he didnt insult him, he didnt make fun of him, hopefully more people like him in the leagues

[@thannushankrishnadasan9275]

huhhh?

[@juliantormes]

@dsjsi Because when you say "oh dont worry next time you will get em" you dont improve

[@polowy9126]

Yet he didn't call out Bwipo for playing terrible and getting hard gapped?

[@Rasmanit]

@dsjsi Have you ever played a competitive team sport? Ever? Jesus christ the softies in this video's comments and the Inspired video's comments are insane. If Jensen's feelings get hurt from mild comments like these why tf is he a pro player?

[@alexandrubodnar5914]

Eastern European here . Not from Poland so no country bias . But Inspired literally said absolutely nothing offensive . I would 100% agree with him . I perfectly understandable his mentality . Its a winning mentality don't try to destroy it ... Embrace it . We have less and less winning mentality in the west . This is Perks this is Jankos this is what got us far to begin with .

[@Rekin23]

When I first time watched it, I didn't even think for a second that Inspired had said something wrong

[@Mrt-yg9mw]

first time seeing it here, so far 4 minutes in, dont see anything wrong too.

[@farcydebop]

Inspired has always been blunt and straightforward, but the fact he is also always applying this to himself and is always ok to be called out when he fucks up, should lead his mates to not take anything personal and but just as constructive criticism.

[@MunchingOrange]

I think people just read the reddit title and others people's tweets that make it sound a lot more extreme and pile on their "opinions" without actually watching the interview. What he said was literally not bad at all 😅

[@BaLdY0mFG]

It is very weird how this is considered "shocking" by a small percentage of reddit fans. This is literally how most competitive people talk except in NA I guess...

[@holdthesigninside9223]

You can talk like this, just not publicly.

[@armster2513]

I’m convinced you don’t watch sports outside of this then

[@holdthesigninside9223]

@@armster2513 nope i watch the nba, use to watch football(soccer), and played competitive sports growing up and at college level.

[@2235-n7x]

​@@armster2513difference between talking with random people who watch sports and team mates on the same team in that sport

[@no1shazam856]

I agree with everything Inspired said. It seems like he is just extremely frustrated with Jesens level of play, and really believes in him to improve. Jesen showed a horrible level of mechanical skill last worlds. I'm excited to see what steps he takes to improve. I dont think Inspired should have said this on interview, but I have no doubt this kind of feedback in a team environment is what you need to push past those walls and grow as a player. I dont believe his feedback was negative.

[@alexajones9821]

Inspired : Jensen, Bwipo, and myself all had a bad series. I'm excited about our rookies who are always improving and i think our team has a very high ceiling. There has been playstyle conflict bc we have experiences from different regions. Yes of course I speak openly about this with my team. Everyone: Inspired HATES Jensen

[@nestor6178]

If he said it this way do you think people would be triggered? No way.

[@diogoavelino6046]

​​​​@@nestor6178Jensen is crying so hard with his hundreds of thousand dollars in his bank account for playing vídeo games because inspired said the truth and was mean

[@Lickmyxbow]

honestly pretty great interview from both of em

[@vincenth2890]

i dont think theyre inspired hater, more like jensen's hard fan. biggest problem here is calling names out and exposing mistakes of team. he also dont call out botlane probably because he knows massu is a rookie and busio is kind of new, and Inspired holds Jensen a higher standard because of his experience and veterancy, and he won titles before

[@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV]

He should probably have been careful not to say this in an interview, I think most people agree with that, even Dom says that. But the whole point of this was to show just how toxic the redditors are, where they have been saying some insane shit. Don't know if they're all snowflakes, or just doing it because they actually live in a basement and are a complete incel that doesn't ever venture outside. My guess is that it's probably both.

[@marcosa2000]

I don't personally think saying it in an interview is bad. This also gives the impression to fans that they know what their issues are and what they should work on. He didn't even flame Jensen that hard. He said that Jensen played a bit too "vegan" and that Jojo was better at playing aggro. How is that so bad?

[@monkeylemur]

It triggers me so much to see literal objectively wrong things get mass upvoted especially if it just sounds positive enough or is joining in on a mob. Honestly I've seen the votes turn around if I just call it out, and yeah votes shouldn't matter per se. It's just a good indicator of the kinds of things mobs love crowding into. They don't care about the facts

[@LlewdLloyd]

Idk if Reddit has never played a competitive sport before but this is super tame. He's literally just recalling mistakes from the game in his analysis by memory. It's like a chess player reviewing their mistakes post-game from memory and it was actually kind of impressive on the recall. Regardless, this is probably unprofessional to do it in an interview, but if he said this in the post-game review with his team... then this is child's play to what I've heard in the locker room after a half in Semi-Pro soccer. It just sounds like constructive criticism to me.

[@miles12pega]

Some things i noticed is Inspired has insane recall in the game which is always nice to see, its very similar to Zven. Another point I would like to make is these guys are EU still at the end of the day ppl. They shouldnt take this personal and i can promise you his teammates dont care about what he said. All he did was point out facts about the game.

[@tericgreenan8816]

People are so sensitive

[@NotGilmore]

Yeah Jensen would've probably just laughed at it

[@Pastelbluesox]

Idk why people get so offended. These are all things that can be improved upon lol you know?

[@maniacx1626]

I think people checked out after the first bit of the interview. Cause if you isolate the beginning part it sounds like Inspired is basically saying it's everyone else's fault they lost, not his. But as it goes on and he expands on his thoughts you realize he does hold himself accountable as well.

[@ccc-eb3yk]

is that why RGE with inspired was the most vegan team in EU?

[@hehexd5317]

yeah, rogue without inspired's looking real good, bottom in what is currently the worst the lec has looked ever. rogue's problem has always been larssen, he is legit bjergsen, do nothing and hope the enemy team does nothing as well, then hope to outscale

[@reillye]

@@hehexd5317they won a championship and made quarters at worlds after he left.

[@xaviercharles9616]

Larssen was very vegan

[@ccc-eb3yk]

@@hehexd5317 i mean inspired is good and he's not wrong saying flyquest teammates are bad i just think it's funny he thinks himself isn't 'vegan' playstyle

[@hehexd5317]

@@reillye oh yeah, the year where g2 were utter dogshit and then they got in a worlds group with lck 4th, a wild card and the year where jackeylove's maw bugged, didn't proc, so they lost the nexus to said wildcard... all the stars aligned that year for them, ever since then, they have been a bottom tier team, inspired left, they had 1 decent year, majorly lucking out domestically and at worlds, and have been garbage since, looking great, surely in another 10 years, they'll luck out again!

[@xrx26]

The dardoch lose in peace reference was perfect lmao

[@wakkawakkagaming3710]

Everyone saying he's being honest is missing the point, airing this shit out in public, on air, right after the loss is petty and childish. He'll never get the respect or trust of his teammates back because they know he doesn't have their back and won't support them when the chips are down. Teams like that fail, and his deserved to. Being honest and an asshole are not mutually exclusive

[@miles12pega]

Yeah but I think youre wrong here. Inspired doesnt lie in the interview. He only points out his teammates mistakes as well as his own. He and his teammates have alrdy talked it over so its not even that bad. Hes not flaming them and calling them shit. Hee's only saying they messed up on key plays and his mid laner is complacent from playing in NA. Nothing wrong with that

[@janponizil608]

Why is it childish he s talking criticism because they lost, why is everyone such a snowflake nowadays? What do you know about their backstage that you r telling us his future here? I guess you know him personally and other guys aswell mr. point.

[@sawtoothgrind1981]

​@miles12pega nah you're wrong it'll ruin team atmosphere for sure and you're on Crack if ya can't see that. Being right or wrong isn't the point.

[@wakkawakkagaming3710]

@@miles12pega at no point did I say he lied, I agree with most of what he said, Jensen looked slow, bot underperformed. It’s the part where he said this in a postgame interview that’s the issue. Say that shit to your teammates, not the press. No one gains anything by having the marquee player go on camera and say “I tried to carry it’s just they’re all so bad idk what to do.” He took no real accountability, and used the interview to separate himself from their team failure.

[@wakkawakkagaming3710]

@@janponizil608 it’s childish to say it to the media. It’s childish to whine about your teammates being bad in an interview. Can you imagine in Lebron or Aaron Judge or Lamar Jackson came out to a post game and said “yeah my team sucks but I tried my best oh well.” It’s cringe, and again, being honest doesn’t make you not an asshole.

[@Constantinch]

Thankfully Dom isn't the only one refusing to follow dumbness of the crowd. Also, at least reddit is flaming someone who can easily take it. I remember Inspired from his time in polish league - this guy never cared about what plebs on the internet think about him.

[@LordSpectreXIII]

It's so crazy too cause notice how he doesn't flame or openly criticise his bot lane. It's almost like Bwipo and Jensen are experienced veterans who are grown ups who can Inspired knows they can take it.

[@maxwarp]

"vegan" lmao was dying

[@m3raki694]

Dom's point at 13:40 is reflective of a larger trend in society generally. It is not confined to just the league community.

[@cyrisbarrett8948]

I don’t see what inspired did wrong. He criticized himself Bwipo and Jenson. People just overreact to honesty.

[@szephyr]

The criticism was very heavily toward Jensen over Bwipo, and I would argue Bwipo played worse in this series.

[@bayazwow]

I feel like this is how he talks when he's just with his teammates, reviewing a game. Like for whatever reason he didn't have his interview persona on.

[@trevorsanso32]

Inspired is literally just being honest

[@bluwlvrine]

If he is saying this to Jensen in private that is one thing, but going into an interview and flaming players on your own team is being a shit teammate.

[@Elessar_Telcontar]

If you can’t handle a tiny bit of flame how will you handle real pressure? If it’s the truth it’s the truth.

[@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV]

@@bluwlvrine Hardly flaming. This is a snowflake response, like maybe you thought Inspired was flaming you???? Otherwise, why would you react so "snowflake" to it...

[@bluwlvrine]

@@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV even Dom said he crossed the line in the interview, did you even watch the video? Just because the Reddit comments were even more insane does not make Inspired right here.

[@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV]

@@bluwlvrine It was hardly "flaming". And, in the video, inspired also said that he and Bwipo played badly. And my point was that you over-exaggerated how serious it was. Yes, he shouldn't said it an interview, I already acknowledged that. But your reaction is snowflake worthy when you act like it was flaming, not just brutal honesty. Lmao. Did I watch the video???? Did you?

[@ThatLuckyKill]

15:44 thats actually the nices Dom has ever been to T1. What a day

[@goodbye6967]

Dom looks so cute with his hands up in this thumbnail

[@petarpetrov1784]

Wait how are people so soft nowadays. He didn't even say anything bad. I mean he didn't say sth like oo if we had another mid we would win or I really think if Jensen was not trolling its free. He pointed Jensen mistakes and then his own mistakes and explained that Jensen is in the process of learning new style and this is the reason why he makes more mistakes. That was it nothing more to find here.

[@TheSpoonlol]

Yet another great take by Dom! How does he do it?

[@belesir8847]

the point about fake positivity is 100% true, reminds me of people in solo queue games who act super nice in champ select/early game but as soon as things start going wrong they turn into the most toxic assholes

[@finaljoses]

First time I hear the interview and I agree. It's not as bad as people make it out to be.

[@kroli_shorts]

That's on people, I'm polish aswell. We are just like that. We are like that in our country to our friends, we are like that to our family. No lies, just truth and if you can't handle it well it is on you not on me.

[@41NewVAWE]

Idk I think inspired is rlly considerate and smart , maybe he should've not spilling somuch but the way he says and looks at it is pretty reasonable and not toxic or anything at all . He has respect and appreciation for his team but can also seewhat they need to improve and what their weak spots are

[@noahhaller4540]

What Inspired said wasn't inherently awful and I would agree with it if I didnt remember the series, but after rewatching game 1 (TL 19 kills to Fly's 1 kill) its just a complete lie. The only player who even did what they are supposed to do that game was Massu. He had zero ganks, roams, pressure, just anything at all from his team, and he didn't int. Inspired just straight up was absent that game. No ganks, no covering lanes, no dives, entire time he got 1 singular void grub and 1 dragon. Inspired managed to weakside both sides even. I thought to count the errors that lead to deaths I saw from each player, and I counted 5 errors from Inspired (bad dragon call that lead to Busio dying, tried to save Jensen when he was doomed and dying for it, late to midjungle 2v2, and diving way too deep and dying first in 2 critical teamfights) 4 errors from Bwipo (not countering Ksante TP with his own, leading to a TL double kill, walked wrong way out of skirmish and got picked, way way out of position before baron teamfight, loses 80% health before teammates show up, fights Ksante for no reason and gets picked by Ksante ult, leading to 4v5 in which TL aces Fly and ends game). Jensen didnt play well, did underperform, but the only hard error he had that game was getting caught top once. Massu had no errors in my opinion, closest thing was not going for dragon but he had no help bot and needed to catch the wave. Busio was a victim of the teams shot calling, but was playing too forward in most fights. That game would not have looked very different if Inspired was actually just afk. It was a tremendous jungle dif. Umti had 17 of 19 KP, 14 assists, and the 2 KP he missed out on were in the final 2 minutes of game, both of which in fights that he carried. Umti also had more grubs and more dragons. TL did nothing that game without Umti. Bwipo and Jensen both did fine in lane, botlane lost priority but was doing okay until the dives. Even at a huge disadvantage, Massu managed to stay mostly even on CS and only died once. Its actually insane that Inspired thinks that loss is on Jensen. Its not that Bwipo and Inspired didn't carry that game and thats why they lost. Inspired and Bwipo hard inted that game, and made it impossible for their botlane to play. They had zero map control, zero presence, and both threw every teamfight. Bwipo was out of position constantly, and getting picked for it, and Inspired dived into 4 or 5 of them repeatedly, and died. Jensen was just a passenger, but he wasn't throwing the teamfights at least. If they don't learn how to play better around bot, they are going to get slammed by every single team at MSI. Those teams are all high tempo and have strong botlanes that they enable. Finally, Bwipo is the first guy to call himself out when he misplays, so when he gives critique of teammates, its fair because he also makes those criticisms of himself. He says it during game, on stream, in interviews, doesnt hide or downplay his issues. He even blamed himself for the game 4 loss on GangPlank, which really wasn't his fault other than one afk death. Inspired in this interview is coping extremely hard about his own performance, was by far the most responsible for how game 1 turned out, blames Jensen anyways, and when he did 'critique' himself it was disingenuous cause its not "I messed up" its closer to "I should've carried harder on this team". Which is wrong, because he certainly did mess up, but he blames team instead.

[@noahhaller4540]

Also what Inspired said about other games could be completely true, I am not arguing with everything he said because I didnt rewatch the entire series, I just wanted to address what he said about Jensen and game 1. And he was 100% entirely wrong in every regard about game 1. If you wanted to be really lazy, you could just look at the end scoreboard and realize the 0/5/1 jungler blames the loss on the 0/4/0 mid. Even though those stats are only a fraction of what happened in game, that 0/5/1 jungler saying he played really well and the 0/4/0 mid was vegan is just clearly wrong.

[@briomerkury729]

@@noahhaller4540 Underrated comment fr

[@minime1988]

Leave it to Reddit or Twitter to make a big deal out of nothing, those places are the sources of veganism

[@Cestdodo]

This is why i don't browse the league subreddit anymore. It has turned into a bunch of plat players, T1 fanboys and casual Worlds watchers circlejerking each other. And this year has been even worse since now you also have the KCorp / MDK keyboard warriors dog-piling everyone that shit talks their teams.

[@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV]

Esports fanboys have been getting more and more cringe, as time goes on. It used to be mostly just Reddit and the live-streams where people would be that level of toxic, now it's just everywhere, especially with LCK fanboys talking about other regions and their fans.

[@fathertime7864]

Because all of Dom's takes are correct and he is perfect, right? Reddit is full of insane fans but Dom's community is not free of them too. lol

[@Cestdodo]

@@fathertime7864 Yes, you are right. But my comment never stated that Dom is perfect or the absolute owner of the truth so i don't know why you are even bringing him up brother. There is obnoxious people everywhere, true. But you know shit is really bad when the League official sub-reddit is even worse than nbacirclejerk

[@ying0878]

I mean, this is all stuff Inspired has said before? Like watch the Dive podcast before finals?

[@dreamz2580]

How is inspired publicity flaming Jensen while praising Jojo considered anything but unprofessional. No one gives af if you are blunt behind closed doors but there is a certain level of respect you should show your teammates.

[@mValerianW]

What? He is just honest about what he thinks fucked up the series. He also stated he fucked up one of the games. I think you are the most professional if you can say things like inspired said, without being overly emotional and holding grudges. At the end it is all about improving and Inspired is achieving that by being this blunt. You don’t want to be flamed, do your job.

[@Re3p4rr]

Man this just shows the soy mindset of people nowadays. Omggg hes so blunt oh nooo. I'd rather be positively lied to than facing criticism

[@alex_truckingtv1263]

he just stating facts lol jensen played like a monkey compared to jojo .. if that bother jensen this bad im sure he can inprouve ..

[@kevinrobichaud8560]

These replys lol...No one actually been on a competitive team I think. If my teammate is calling out my play that's fair, I can be held accountable but don't go praising JoJo/other players when he was not even in the finals. Going to be awkward in the team after, you can look past this but if I'm Jensen I have Inspired having a crush on JoJo in my subconscious.

[@dreamz2580]

@@Re3p4rr reading comprehension failed

[@thomasglas3613]

This is literally what is wrong with NA in a nutshell. People can't take honest criticism.

[@Erkan58-e4d]

He is blunt and direct, but also towards his own mistakes. Flaming or throwing Jensen under the bus...? Not really... Sure he points out mistakes and failures (again... own mistakes and failures too). But in any pro. situation you have to identify the core problem to solve it. And thats what he is doing mainly.

[@Lolic0nz]

Something something about how inspired is taking bwipos thick skin

[@Lolic0nz]

No opinion just here for the innuendo

[@diegestrandetekokosnuss5865]

I think it is not just the lol bubble. It just how people work. We had a simular phenomenon in germany this year, with the so called "Anzeigenhauptmeister"- Guy. This dude made reporting illegal parking his hobby and was very petty about everything. After a docu about him, people went riot, said that they would kill him and his hole fam. In the end he even got beaten up for it, wich is obviously way worse then what he did and its the same here. The stupid people are just the loudest and news like drama.

[@Pastelbluesox]

What

[@spamaxsoowy3654]

people raised with participation rewards level reactions

[@polowy9126]

Beyond cringe how obsessed he is with Jojo and how he just glazes Bwipo constantly. Bwipo played WAYYY worse in the finals, yet not ONE word from inspired about how shit he played

[@junejuly5413]

I think part of the reason the perception of this was weird is cuz of the Jojo glazing he’s doing the entire beginning

[@lukiaa93]

It's just redditors taking out of context because a) they haven't watched it or b) it's an excuse to shit on players. What he is saying needs to be said to explore strategies and IMPROVE as a team. Its not even flame, Inspired has explained this really well.

[@MrSlade138]

As a FLY fan, I'm just hoping that this fan derangement against Inspired or Bwipo doesn't become a repeat of the derangement NA fans had against Alphari or Perkz.

[@EgoCarry1]

I saw this interview before all the bs came out, and tbh, I don't think he said anything all that controversial. All I saw and heard was a player expecting his veteran teammate to play like a veteran teammate.

[@risy95]

I think if Inspired hates Jensen then he says he hates Jensen. He saying that Jensen played bad doesn't even mean that Jensen is bad. It's not usual to say these things in an interview, so people statrt flaming him.

[@kevinrobichaud8560]

The fact he mentions Jojo so many times in the same interview just puts the team in a weird spot. Like what, everyone knows Inspired is direct but go tell your gm you have crush on JoJo not to the public.

[@Zhuny_FR]

Those who think this is going too far should watch the clip of reginald flaming turtle and xpecial

[@seniormantecado]

That is why Caedrel is so well liked, he just says shit the majority agrees with

[@anony_mous8681]

Did you even hear what he said lol, he literally said this is just scrim culture in EU and he's just dumb to say this in an interview but nothing outta pocket, weak upvote farm bait.

[@seniormantecado]

@@anony_mous8681 I was refering to the reddit/twitch dog-piling on the new thing. But go on, be upset about a non issue. Happy mod?

[@anony_mous8681]

@@seniormantecado literally doesn't make sense when Caedrel had a similar opinion to Dom, which is NOT the majority opinion. At least back up your statement with valid points.

[@fathertime7864]

Caedrel is well liked because he actually explains his points to braindead fans. While Dom and his community just flames and calls people names when they don't agree or criticize his take.

[@DarkRoboWar]

I think on most issues there is a majority of people, who have no clue about it. Unless it is like a very obvious thing.

[@ovs4744]

Redditors are so soft lol its not only their brain

[@Plokus]

As a Polish guy myself, calling ppl 'vegan' is so cringe yet so typical.

[@Jppanp]

I mean i respect the honesty and he's a gigachad and all, but isn't it a bit weird to say this much publicly? Like this can't be good for the atmosphere in the future surely haha

[@imwill01]

I think that’s valid, but I also put into consideration that he’s emotional and coming straight from a finals

[@Jppanp]

@@imwill01 yeah right after finals makes it a bit more understandable, but unless jensen and inspired have that kind of developed relationship where they can be this honest to each other without getting taking it hard i can't ever see this being positive. Like for sure this has to stay in the back of jensens mind even if he says it's fine and both agree to move on

[@ourlifeisasong]

@@Jppanp it's also about how the game goes though, if you get inted in a game you do take it personally to some degree, imagine you're hungry and want to be the best but you get griefed, it's not always about words, that's my perspective on the matter atleast

[@copeseticme]

Why is this video so long. For so little content.

[@ZaddySeeBot]

As an inspired hater the reaction pleases me. My only issue with this video is that bwipo didn’t catch any strays

[@sarietdiaz3913]

It wasn't bad but what makes it seem bad is that bwipo got gapped every game and he didn't criticize him as much as he did Jensen

[@shanemoore6182]

Yall never played in ANY competitive environment and it shows. Good luck with not being able to cope with the slightest pushback in your adult lives.

[@JiggyTcg]

I agree with dom here that inspired just went too hard in a public setting but what he was saying wasn’t insane. That being said, Dom interacting with Reddit always feels way too personal. Can’t talk about league drama without comparing the community to ww2 Germany

[@kktest1357]

Honestly my problem with this is that I think jensen was probably the best performer on the team that series. They picked him annie 3 times, and he was pretty consistently getting leads on apa and winning 1v1s with him with the pick, and was chunking down and ccing enemies later on, but its not like he can actually carry on it. Bwipo and inspired picked gp + viego in one game I remember, and legitimately just did nothing, bwipo didnt hit a single barrel chain and inspired too scared to go in on people that jensen chunked to 30% hp to enable viego to get resets.

[@danielfierro6694]

You're crazy

[@anony_mous8681]

Nah it's fucking crazy all these pro's are picking Inspired's side. Okay if that's the culture then I'd at least expect it to be equal towards all players? But no he played "mediocre" and most of those faults were apparently Jensen not flashing at the right time as well. Nothing about Bwipo as well who ego picked and didn't do shit and died in the dumbest way possible. Criticize yourself and your friends as well as you criticize others and then we can have an honest conversation

[@wujekcyrus1757]

@@anony_mous8681 Did you even listen to what he said? He legit told you that he played badly because he didnt carry. The was talking about individual bad plays that happend in the game, should he just not mencion names then or what?

[@anony_mous8681]

@@wujekcyrus1757 How about he mention the Bwipo misplays as well? Absolute rubbish GP performance but nah we'll focus on the Annie. Bwipo played FAR worse than Jensen in G3 and if Inspired was being honest he would've mentioned that.

[@THEkullerpuller]

@@anony_mous8681 17:55

[@JansonOraka]

Whats funny is nothing Inspired said was actually wrong, it just wasnt that great to say in an interview to the public

[@jasonzheng7989]

It’s so funny that people are getting more upset than jensen is hahaha as if you’re in his position and know how he feels exactly just shows how sensitive some people are.

[@KT-ki6gz]

Well at least it's Dgon getting the "drama" views 😊

[@sStyleBender]

Would not be that bad if he didn't just pinpoint Jensen, ignoring all Bwipo's (and bot lane honestly) omega running it x10 times more than Jensen. Also the self critique is "i didn't play like a god, i played like a demigod and could't carry. my bad" xD

[@mikelytou]

Idk if it's smart playing for a progressive org like FLY and using "vegan" as a pejorative term...I would expect vegans make up a larger part of the FLY fanbase than for other LCS orgs. Offending large parts of your org's fanbase seems pretty unintelligent.

[@abhisangu3175]

I think his thought process and his reactions to teammates and his own play is fine it’s just the public thing that makes it an issue

[@DarkRoboWar]

There only is an issue if Jensen is upset, no? If Jensen is fine with this kind of thing, then there is no issue

[@GenuisSocietyNo83Herta]

I didn't find anything bad he said 😂 Bro I even wanna cook the whole c9 roaster right now

[@diogoavelino6046]

Funny that reddit thinks this is insulting when they were the ones who were pressing this vegan narrative on Bjergsen all the time

[@Anonymous-zo2yx]

I dont think what he said went too far, but taking into account how beta NA fans are, he was wrong to say it in an interview.

[@belesir8847]

this is the dumbest drama in a while lol, no idea how people got this butthurt over nothing.

[@yihadistxdl951]

he didnt do anything wrong here this is just ridiculous to get mad about this. it just sounds to me that inspired is holding jensen to a higher standard because he thinks he thinks jensen is a good player

[@HaramosYT]

This is the problem with fans.. I see this as a sports league. I do not care about the attitudes of players. Drama makes it more interesting, and people need to have personalities. rivalries needs to happen, trash talk needs to happen. if everyone is nice to each other, and there are no villains what's the point?

[@idiosyncraticRyugu]

wait, having a teammate that holds you accountable to being a better player and winning the game, ur getting paid for? bruh, that's a free coach right there. Why tf all the vegans upset about this xD..

[@saintofthechurchofautism8433]

Thi is ""FLAMING"" ??? Bro , NA esports are doomed

[@DarthBNR09]

I like most of the comments are missing the point. Inspired is entitled to his opinion about Jensen and can be just as curt as he wants about his gameplay behind closed doors. Dude is making six figures (is a vet in the scene) and just threw his own teammate under the bus. That super unprofessional, and fist fight worthy when in private. Dude knows better. Loser behavior.

[@sillysenior]

I think the outrage would be justified if he didn't also go hard on himself in basically the same sentence

[@wermslof3067]

13:32 The world nowadays

[@TedBeech-q3c]

Inspired said nothing out of line, even took accountability for his own mistakes. If ya think this was "flaming" go get a grip mate

[@RomnysGonzalez]

NA fans are so soft and out of touch with how sports and competition is that they just go ballistic over literally nothing. Nothing Inspired said was wrong, none of Inspired way of saying stuff was wrong either. A bunch nerds who were never part of any sports or competition in their life offended by Inspired being clear,direct and honest. That's how teammates talk to each other, that's how teammates on sports team talk to each other. Fake positive is bullshit and helps nobody. If you play like shit you call it shit. At lot of money is invested on those players to performance and show results. No pro player turned into a pro to lose games or series. I guess being mediocre,cheer and be happy losing game is the NA mentality of fans i suppose. I'm convinced NA fans don't like League of Legends or watch the games. All they like is creating drama. They do literally everything just to not talk about League of Legends

[@mikewallace9292]

Inspired is the 2nd best Western player next to caps. Everyone needs to chillax

[@doloran-]

If riot permanently banned every single person pitchforking Inspired from the game and their social platforms it would make the space 100% better. The behavior is cancerous and you can see it right here in this comment section too lmao.

[@elephantisland695]

Inspired didn’t say anything bad redditors just complain bro. That said I stay hating on Inspired since day 1 I hate to hate not over some interview

[@reili5098]

exactly, its not even close to being bad when compare to what Summit did on twitter. From the impression of what I have from Inspire is that he's really upfront with his thoughts and nowhere near as toxic as reddit make him out to be. Does he has an inflated ego? Yes. Is what he say in the interview flaming Jensen? No, he just saying what he really thinks even if it can come across as flaming

[@marcosa2000]

I don't think he has an inflated ego tbh. He is literally MVP level and probably the best player in not only his team, but the whole league

[@vstorm1279]

what Dom forgets is that so many nowadays grew up with participation awards, feel good philosophy, and things handed to them on silver platters. They cannot handle anyone who does not share the same exact perspective as them and anyone who is different is now the enemy.

[@CarlosCarlangas]

Nah bro these people are on average 30+.

[@raiohkyros]

Jensen just needs to shit talk back a bit and give his honest criticisms to Inspired to complete the feedback loop.

[@aemishy]

The league community trying to take the moral high ground over a pro flaming a teammate. Peak levels of main character syndrome on display yet again

[@DarkRoboWar]

No one else in the league community would ever say something negative about a pro xdd

[@Deeldoe]

I think my only gripe with the interview is that Busio and Bwipo were the ones gapped the worst, like they almost looked like they were win trading they were so piss and then third would've been Jensen, but he just ONLY talked about all the various mistakes Jensen did. I think having to do an interview fresh off a lost was part of the issue, and people need to take that with a grain of salt, and the fact Jensen comes off like he can shrug shit off very easily, so I don't think this is as bad as people say.

[@blobitz9648]

He's a dick for sure but you should give him credit and take it away when deserved. When they win it is actually him, that's just a fact as much as when they lose yeah, he's a problem but he isn't as big a problem as his team. Are these qualities of a great leader? No. Are they qualities of even a great player? Of course not. But is his ego out of control when what he's saying is true even if he shouldn't say it? No, to have an insane ego is to think more of yourself then what you are, and he thinks of himself accurately at least within the confines of his play relative to his team. If you don't like someone for doing something shitty then give them shit for what they did. If you guys start adding things that aren't true to vilify him even more, it just takes power away from what could be a reasonable comment and makes you look like a ignorant hater.

[@Pastelbluesox]

Inspired is talking about moments in the game and the evolution of Jensen play lol every one is so mad for nothing