The 3rd US team is kicked out of the Worlds – streamer calls them “mama’s boys” and calls for more hunger

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The main round of the 2023 World Championship is currently taking place in League of Legends and, as in recent years, the teams from South Korea and China are dominating the LoL Worlds. The third US team, Cloud9, has now been eliminated. This brings the streamer and crypto millionaire Tyler “Trainwreck” Nignam to the scene, who does not want to tolerate this situation in LoL.

Which team was eliminated?

  • Cloud9 got it: The squad fielded a botlane consisting of the experienced Dane Zven and the talented South Korean Berserker, but was unable to achieve much that was worth counting at Worlds 2023.
  • Cloud9 only had one win against the desolate Europeans MAD Lions, otherwise they lost 3 games, most recently against Fnatic with 1-2.
  • This makes Cloud9 the 3rd US team to be eliminated. Previously, the Golden Guardians and Team Liquid had already been hit, and they were particularly embarrassed. Team NRG is the USA’s last hope, but even there the chances are rather slim.

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    Crypto millionaire complains about mother’s boy and participation certificates

    This is what Trainwreck says: He complains about Cloud9 on Twitter. They have a “mama’s boy” mentality. This is all false optimism, a “participation certificate” attitude:

    Until our players live, eat, and poop League, we’re not going to get anywhere.

    According to Trainwreck, they were complacent and no one cared about the defeats. You don’t want to win at all: you need “hungry demons” to win and nothing else.

    Is he right? No, that’s pretty commonplace talk, as if attitude and hard work can make up for everything. You can’t force yourself to win in LoL through sheer will.

    Whether you win or lose depends a lot on the individual skill of the players, tactical decisions and the right read on the meta.

    The defeat against Fnatic in a relatively close match certainly hurts because they are on a somewhat equal footing with Cloud9, but Cloud9 hardly had any realistic chances of winning against the teams from Asia anyway.

    Actually, Cloud9 performed exactly as expected before the tournament: no one expected them to suddenly eliminate Faker and T1. But apparently Trainwreck sees this as a lack of will to win.

    This is how it is discussed: People are joking on Twitter about whether Trainwreck, known as a sports betting enthusiast, would have put money on the game.

    But some take Trainwreck seriously and hope that the crypto millionaire will take the courage to buy a US team and invest a lot of money.

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    This is what lies behind it: From a German perspective, Trainwreck’s statement is reminiscent of the recent debate in Germany to abolish winner’s certificates at federal youth games. The discussion was then seen as a symbol of the fact that Germany lacked “bite” and needed more competition and fight.

    From a more general perspective, the statement is also reminiscent of discussions among football fans whose team is losing ground. But in LoL you can’t “kick anyone off” and thereby increase your chances of winning.

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