week, and it was the miscommunication from the team members and porous play around objectives like Baron that plagued the squad.

In 2016, Bjergsen has an upgraded team around him in almost every position, and most importantly, when looking back at last year, he's been given help with the shotcalling in the form of his star AD carry Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng. Although the team lost to China's Royal Never Give Up in the opening match after gaining a lead in the early game, it isn't really comparable to last year's blunders. Mispositioning and getting caught out is what led to RNG winning the game over TSM, which is something that can be easily fixed. TSM lost last year due to a fractured team that couldn't get on the samepage, and that is something much harder to fix, especially in the middle of a tournament playing against the top teams in the world.

Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg gets ready to compete at the 2015 League of Legends World Championships. Provided by Riot Games

TSM's win against Samsung Galaxy at this year's World Championships is what should give TSM fans (and North Americans) hope that this is a team that can get out of the "Group of Death."

During an interview with Flash Wolves' ace jungler Karsa, I asked him why his team continually has trouble with North American teams, and he answered: "With North American teams, once they get an advantage in the game, they're really good at snowballing atop of it and capitalizing on [chances]." That's what the North American