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over 4 years ago - /u/Ovedius - Direct link

Originally posted by Nevran

It make me laugh so much when I see many people write the "Their midgame is terrible" because they heard Duke sayit and some analyst also say it but they wouldn't know how to explain it.

I am not saying it isn't true, but jesus do people quickly adopt the narrative they read when nobody was saying that before and just said "They are so slow lol XD".

Edit: Just a quick reminder as I think I didn't properly explain myself. I am not saying that claiming "Splyce mid game is weak" is wrong, I am just kinda pointing out that everyone labelled Splyce differently before and it wasn't until the casters, promotional content (podcast, promo) and coach explained they had mid games issues that suddenly people repeat the same thing. My problem is that people don't even get why they have theses issues but they repeat the narratives, which mean the moment Splyce will properly resolves theses issues, we will get the "SPLYCE MID GAME" meme for weeks despite it no longer being true. The same way people say Splyce is slow or there isn't any action (which is entirely false) or say "35 MIN LOL, LATE GAME TEAM" when it isn't about them being a late game team but them failing their mid game transition.

To be fair, throught the majority of the split we on the broadcast have highlighted a lot of their mid game mistakes, mainly stemming initially from players not really knowing what to do and getting caught out, developing later in the split to skipping or missing steps in terms of their set ups. I think it's understandable that viewers are aware that Splyce have mid game issues, it's just that the issues have changed/evolved/whatever word you want to use throughout the split.