The Rise and Fall of the NA empire

All three North American representatives at the 2015 League of Legends World Championship Tournament had a chance to make it our of their groups come the second week of the stage. Two of the three were sitting in 1st place and only needed to win a single game to make it out. The world was shocked and so were we.

Then, week two happened. Cinderella story Cloud 9 with their 3-0 week 1 needed to eek out a single victory to advance into the quarter final round. They would fall to 3-3 and miss the quarters in a reverse sweep by their group proving that you need more than one strategy to win on an international stage.

Counter Logic Gaming also collapsed from 1st place in their group to dead last posting embarrassing losses in all 3 games of their week 2 group stage. The team's mental fortitude immediately came into question and rumors of "tilting" were aplenty.

The team with the smallest chance to continue, Team Solo Mid, showed a continued lack of macro game play. They managed to gain early leads in every game of their week 2 match ups but could not put the pieces together to find a single victory. This abysmal showing lead to the announcement of a house cleaning roster move. Top laner Dyrus, Jungler Santorin, and Support Lustboy all stepped down in the week following their group stage demise. The coaching staff wouldn't remain untouched either as head coach Locodoco would step down and into a gaming analyst position.

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