Talking About Practice and LCS Players’ Struggle to Talk About It

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Talking About Practice and LCS Players’ Struggle to Talk About It

Publish Date: November 13, 2022

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This is (unfortunately) column number three of a continued series of pieces discussing the LCS Players Association. The author suggests reading the previously published pieces prior to this piece for complete context (definitely not because it will boost his viewership numbers). “ The LCS Players Association is Attempting Change but Finding Little Success ” and “ The Foggy Vision of the Players Association Explained Through Champions Queue “.

On Saturday, November 12, Philippe “ Vulcan ” Laflamme was on Twitter. This wasn’t uncommon as the standout support player has become known for his antics on social media. But what was uncommon was his

“NA PROS ARE TRASH AND DONT HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH WORK ETHIC” -Steve, Platinum IV, who never applied himself to be good enough at anything in life :)

why dont you come compete against me Steve instead of tweeting at me from your basement

It was not uncommon for Laflamme to respond to comments about players in the LCS but it was to miss this mark this poorly.

Players in the LCS have once again become the butt of jokes in the

community. Respected figures in the scene such as Peter Dun, Lee “ CloudTemplar ” Hyun-woo, Nam “ Lira ” Tae-yoo and Han “ Rigby ” Earl have spoken recently, commenting on North America’s struggles and work ethic concerns. And arguably for a player that is having to hear these words from some of his former coaches, that can be a boiling point.

Vulcan would adjust his point shortly after yet the damage was still done . It does, however, bring up a unique conversation, a conversation that once again needs to be addressed: