teams at this tournament have shown at their brightest moments. For TSM, that was in the game against Samsung where it got a lead early and continually nurtured its lead in a healthy fashion before watching it become a blazing fire of a blowout. TSM were up almost 4k gold leaving the early game, near 9k by the 20-minute mark, and then almost 12k gold by 30-minutes.

The Baron, which plagued TSM throughout the 2015 World Championships, was taken a little after the 30-minute mark, and the North American champion had the game won before the clock hit '34' on the timer. Explosive, clinical, and efficient. We're not talking to the level of SK Telecom T1 or Samsung White at their peak, but TSM, when it plays like itof that year, I thought that C9, a team known for its ability to pull rabbits out of their hats in terms of strategy, would have something new to surprise opponents. C9 didn't, and it lost four straight games, getting knocked out of the tournament.

Regardless, Cloud9 that year was never supposed to be at the World Championships. The team's roster was like a leaky boat plugged up with a lot of various objects found around the house. For a while, the boat was able to sail next to the other prized boats in the sea, yet, when the conditions started to test the craftsmanship, the bandages blew off, and the vessel sank.

Cloud9 looks at the post-match scores after taking on Flash Wolves at the 2016 League of Legends