Over the years TSM has accumulated 6 LCS wins, while C9 has only half of that number. Since Season 3 C9 and TSM have often competed against each other for the top spot in the LCS, and with CLG’s decline it’s fair to say that TSM vs C9 is the ultimate NA rivalry. One of these teams went 30-3 and the other one didn't, just saying. Despite losing to Fnatic and coming 8th at Worlds, their 30-3 record that split is still an unmatched achievement in the LCS, and C9 clearly likes to remind TSM of it. By going 25-3, beating TSM 4-0 in the regular split, and then sweeping TSM 3-0 in the finals, C9 became the greatest NA prospect at Worlds that year. In the team’s debut split, C9 shattered records and exceeded all expectations. Although this roster’s path to the LCS was unconventional, to say the least, what followed was a record-breaking split the likes of which have never been seen since. That is until their roster chose to leave the organisation and rejoin Cloud9 with former TSM manager Jack Etienne at the helm. After a convincing 3-0 victory against Complexity that secured their LCS spot, things were finally looking up for Quantic Gaming. Strangely enough, Quantic Gaming then reformed and acquired this C9 roster ahead of the 2013 Summer Split, hoping to qualify through the Summer Promotion tournament. Luckily Hai and LemonNation managed to completely overhaul their team, picking up Meteos, Sneaky and Balls to form Cloud9’s very first roster. Read More - Why Does Everyone Hate the LCS?.With most of their roster picked apart, it seemed like Team NomNom’s demise was just a matter of time. At the same time, TSM saw WildTurtle’s potential as an ADC and picked him up. As a result, Yazuki left and Nientonsoh joined CLG as their new top laner. This roster continued to play under the name “Team NomNom” but failed to find success. The relatively new team Quantic Gaming faced financial trouble and ceased operations, leaving their talented roster of Hai, Nientonsoh, LemonNation, WildTurtle and Yazuki without a team. Things were looking great for TSM heading into Season 3, but the same could not be said for others. With this roster change, TSM solidified itself as the best NA team by a long shot and only lost in the Worlds quarterfinals to the eventual second-place team Azubu Frost. This change proved to be a massive success, and the charismatic Dyrus became a staple of TSM’s brand for years to come. In Season 2 TSM only continued to improve, and TheRainMan was replaced by Dyrus. In Season 1, TSM’s talented roster of Reginald, TheOddOne, The RainMan, Xpecial and Chaox was slated as one of the best teams in the world, especially after taking third place at Worlds behind aAa and Fnatic. So how did this historic rivalry begin? After CLG, TSM is the oldest team still competing today, and back in the game’s infancy, the TSM vs CLG rivalry was the driving force of the NA LCS. Hai played for Golden Guardians until 2018 before retiring to create his own amateur team called Radiance, which LemonNation is also a part of. Although he is now playing on the Academy team with poor results, we can hope that he still performs better than a Platinum player who barely plays the game anymore.
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As previously mentioned, Meteos was the starting jungler for 100T until just a couple of weeks ago where he was benched in favour of Contractz. Until last year, Sneaky was still playing for C9 as their bot laner, and LemonNation played for Optic Gaming until 2018. While WildTurtle is still playing for FlyQuest and Xpecial is working as a coach, C9’s roster is much more competitively viable. Read More - A Guide to the Scouting Grounds Circuit.While going up against the recently benched 100T jungler Meteos may prove difficult for him, it would be great to see the General back on his Maokai jungle regardless. His account is currently Platinum 2 with a 38% win-rate this season, and since Season 4 the account has floated between Platinum and Diamond. Just yesterday he streamed for 10 hours to practice for the match, but only played League for a couple of hours before switching to other games. On the other hand, TheOddOne barely plays solo queue at all.
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Dyrus is currently sitting at Diamond 3 on his main account and still plays solo queue regularly alongside other games like Escape from Tarkov. Although they have competed in a few show-matches and events over the years, it’s well known that neither plays the game very seriously anymore. TSM’s TheOddOne, known fondly by fans as the General, hasn’t played in the LCS since 2014, and Dyrus retired in 2015. Can't wait to reunite the boys tomorrow /8k7cdRbwSkįor some of these players though, it will be the first time playing a competitive match in a long time.