Data:ExternalContent/2017-07-02

Jul 02

2017-07-02
Link	Publication	Author	Series	Season	Content	Players	Teams	Tournaments
SKT Head Coach cCarter: "We have to win the Rift Rivals to be confident for the remainder of split."	Inven Global				Interview		SKT
Top UOL Plays | LCS Week 3 UOL vs SPY - Summer Split | Season 7	Unicorns of Love				Article		UOL
Jugadas Destacadas - CLS Clausura - Semana 5 - Top-5 - League of Legends - Esports (Video) (Spanish)	LoL Esports LAS				Article			CLS/2017 Season/Closing Season
SKT Peanut: "I, and only I, have to do well to get more chance to play."	Inven Global				Interview	Peanut		LCK/2017 Season/Summer Season
Khan on Mordekaiser pick: “There are no bad champions in League.”	Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports				Interview	Khan		LCK/2017 Season/Summer Season
Peanut: “I’m not worried even if I’m not the starting jungler choice.”	Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports				Interview	Peanut		LCK/2017 Season/Summer Season
SKT Faker on his favorite champs: "I just like to play with champions that I can win the most with."	Inven Global				Interview	Faker		LCK/2017 Season/Summer Season

Jul 03

2017-07-03
Link	Publication	Author	Series	Season	Content	Players	Teams	Tournaments
Faker on Rift Rivals: “I don’t have a player I’m particularly wary of since I’ve faced all of them before, so I think I’ll be able to comfortably compete.”	Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports				Interview	Faker
SSG Head Coach Edgar: "We hope to return to LCK feeling refreshed after RR"	Inven Global				Interview		SSG
MVP Head Coach Jaehwan Kwon: "We'll show them what a 9th-placing team can do."	Inven Global				Interview		MVP
KT Head Coach Jihoon Lee: "This is a chance for LCK teams to grow together."	Inven Global				Interview		KT
CLG Aphromoo & Stixxay: "NA teams do worse on international events because they overthink"	Inven Global				Interview	Stixxay
DIG Ssumday on regions' chances in Rift Rivals: "EU seems to have more loose ends than NA does"	Inven Global				Interview	Ssumday
Unicorns rate their chances at Rift Rivals	Red Bull Esports	Pieter van Hulst			Interview	Exile	UOL
Campeón Insignia: Zeicro con Xayah - Personajes - Campeón - League of Legends - Esports (Video) (Spanish)	LoL Esports LAS				Article	Zeicro		CLS/2017 Season/Closing Season
Cody Sun on RR: 'TSM & C9 have been to international events... for them it might not be as valuable'	Travis Gafford				Interview	Cody Sun		NA LCS/2017 Season/Summer Season
Huhi: “Draft is the foundation of the execution. If the foundation is solid, it’s pretty easy to view how to play the game.”	Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports				Interview	Huhi		NA LCS/2017 Season/Summer Season
Nukeduck on rating players against each other: “Everyone plays well and everyone makes mistakes, so I think it’s really hard to say which player is the best.”	The Shotcaller	Darius Matuschak			Interview	Nukeduck		EU LCS/2017 Season/Summer Season

Jul 04

2017-07-04
Link	Publication	Author	Series	Season	Content	Players	Teams	Tournaments
UOL coach Sheepy: “I look the most forward to TSM because of our rematch. They want to have their revenge.”	Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports				Interview		UOL
Splyce and Immortals CEOs talk NA LCS franchising	Red Bull Esports	Mike Stubbs			Interview		IMTSPY
FlyQuest in Focus - Episode 5	FlyQuest Sports				Article		FLY
G2 Zven on UOL and Fnatic at Rift Rivals: “(They) are pure best-of-one teams. They are much better in best-of-ones than best-of-fives, in my opinion.”	Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports				Interview	Zven
Player Spotlight on FNC Caps: Rift Rivals Edition	LoL Esports	Jeff Latham			Interview	Caps
FLY Hai on the mindset moving forward: "We’re competitive players, and we need to win"	Inven Global				Interview	Hai		NA LCS/2017 Season/Summer Season
P1's MikeYeung: 'I believe that I have the most potential to improve as one of the only rookie players coming into the summer split'	theScore esports				Interview	MikeYeung		NA LCS/2017 Season/Summer Season
Aphromoo explains why he's glad CLG isn't going to Rift Rivals	Travis Gafford				Interview			NA LCS/2017 Season/Summer Season

Jul 05

2017-07-05
Link	Publication	Author	Series	Season	Content	Players	Teams	Tournaments
Rift Rivals | Day One Highlights (G2 Esports & Fnatic)	Cloud9				Article
TSM Bjergsen on his experience at Rift Rivals so far: "Everything’s a lot more fun when we win"	Inven Global				Interview	Bjergsen
P1 MikeYeung on being underdog at Rift Rivals: "I won’t let player names decide how I play the game"	Inven Global				Interview	MikeYeung
TSM Doublelift on first NA victory: "We woke up right before the match and we were all sleepy"	Inven Global				Interview	Doublelift
CloudTemplar discusses League of Legends player slumps, age, and dating during stream	Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports				Interview	CloudTemplar
Moon: “Playing in NA can be really depressing because when you look at the grand scheme of things, we’re (3-7) in NA, and NA sucks compared to LCK…We’re in one of the worst regions, and we suck in that region.”	Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports				Interview	Moon		NA LCS/2017 Season/Summer Season
Pr0lly: “Playing the game with discipline is the hardest thing to teach a Western player.”	The Shotcaller	Darius Matuschak			Interview	Pr0lly		EU LCS/2017 Season/Summer Season
Upsets and underdogs in the EU LCS Summer Split	Red Bull Esports	Mike Stubbs			Article			EU LCS/2017 Season/Summer Season

Jul 06

2017-07-06
Link	Publication	Author	Series	Season	Content	Players	Teams	Tournaments
Rift Rivals | Day Two Highlights (Unicorns Of Love & G2 Esports)date=July 6	Cloud9				Article
SKT Kkoma: "I wanted to bring them all. I wish the limitation for subs would be lifted"	Inven Global				Interview		SKT
Faker on Flash Wolves: "When playing against them, I felt as if I was facing a Korean team."	Inven Global				Interview	Faker
CLG Roads: Huhi - Two Dreams	Counter Logic Gaming				Article	Huhi	CLG
SSG Crown: "I always try to be confident. I think I've played with confidence in the last match."	Inven Global				Interview	Crown
Interview with Royal Never Give up: "We'll be facing KT Rolsters with willingness to learn."	Inven Global				Interview		RNG
The Best of Counter Logic Gaming Throughout the Years	theScore esports				Article		CLG
UOL Coach Sheepy on the team's strength: "We call it Teamfight: the Movie"	Inven Global				Interview		UOL
Interview with Samsung Galaxy "I don't know much about Taiwan, but I want to try all the local food"	Inven Global				Interview		SSG
Zig talks about MikeYeung, P1’s Rift Rivals performance and winning worlds	Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports				Interview	Zig
Xerxe the UoL/TSM rivalry: “I don’t think it affects us that we lost to TSM, but more that we lost.”	Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports				Interview	Xerxe
TSM Svenskeren on EU's perceived superiority over NA: "I guess Europeans love to talk a lot of shit"	Inven Global				Interview	Svenskeren
Smoothie on Rift Rivals expectations: “Our team is affected by jet lag pretty hard.”	Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports				Interview	Smoothie
Bjergsen: “I think we have shown that NA is definitely not garbage, that we are not garbage.”	The Shotcaller	Darius Matuschak			Interview	Bjergsen
SSG Ambition: "I was surprised at how FoFo held out against Crown"	Inven Global				Interview	Ambition
SKT Huni: "I vowed that I'll crush Flash Wolves today."	Inven Global				Interview	Huni
M17 Dee: "Drinking latte increases the level of my performance"	Inven Global				Interview	Dee
SSG CuVee: "We already have experience in playing against foreign teams. It gave us an upper hand"	Inven Global				Interview	CuVee
History Repeating: Analyzing KT Rolster’s post-SKT slump	Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports				Article		KT	LCK/2017 Season/Summer Season

Jul 07

2017-07-07
Link	Publication	Author	Series	Season	Content	Players	Teams	Tournaments
Rift Rivals | Day Three Highlights (Unicorns Of Love & Fnatic)	Cloud9				Article
Kkoma receives an unexpected proposal: "Kkoma, please marry me!"	Inven Global				Interview		SKT
'ahq' on Defeating LCK Teams: "We have to slow down and play at a steady pace."	Inven Global				Interview		ahq
FW SwordArt: "What really matters for Thresh is the lantern, not the hook."	Inven Global				Interview		FW
J Team on EDG: "We knew we would win from pick and bans, their composition was too late-game"	Inven Global				Interview		JT
Xpecial: “Every single day I wake up and I can’t ever accept not working hard. I can’t disappoint all of these fans. I have to work hard so I deserve this life.”	The Shotcaller	Darius Matuschak			Interview	Xpecial
Vizicsacsi: “TSM have been our favorite international opponents. Whenever we face them there are fierce battles and great games.”	The Shotcaller	Darius Matuschak			Interview	Vizicsacsi
Samux on the difference between NA and EU: “They play really standard…in Europe, we like to surprise a bit more.”	Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports				Interview	Samux
MVP Max: "The Max now, is different to the Max that played in Taiwan."	Inven Global				Interview	Max
MVP Ian-Beyond on M17: "We were nervous because they defeated OMG...their draft is very good."	Inven Global				Interview	Ian, Revenger
SKT Huni-Blank on the most threatening team in the Rift Rivals: "I think our team is the strongest."	Inven Global				Interview	Huni, Blank
Team WE coach Homme: “Whenever we face Korean teams I think, ‘I’m jealous of kkOma. Maybe I should go back to Korea next year.'”	Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports				Interview	Homme

Jul 08

2017-07-08
Link	Publication	Author	Series	Season	Content	Players	Teams	Tournaments
SKT Faker: "I want to work with people's brains after I retire."	Inven Global				Interview	Faker
TSM Svenskeren on being one-trick Lee Sin: "I have to try hard in NA where opponents are tough"	Inven Global				Interview	Bjergsen, Svenskeren
'ahq' An: "I thought we were going to lose when we were defending the base 3:5."	Inven Global				Interview	An
WE Mystic on Playing With Zero: "Ben lost his passport..."	Inven Global				Interview	Mystic
FW Maple: "I want to defeat all LPL teams that we face"	Inven Global				Interview	Maple
Exileh: “Getting a lot of criticism grows your character. Every player needs to get through this phase at some point.”	The Shotcaller	Darius Mataschuk			Interview	Exile
Exileh on TSM: “I think we can have a big edge on every part of the game.”	Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports				Interview	Exile