Rift Herald:
Maple: Fan support helped Flash Wolves overcome Worlds struggles and beat SKT
Albus NoX’s Kira talks CLG upset, Worlds hopes
IMay Road talks upset win vs. Flash Wolves, Worlds chances
Splyce coach YamatoCannon: ‘We have the tools and we know what to do’
INTZ Yang talks EDG upset, receives Worlds’ first Titanium Spork

Esports Heaven:
ANX AMIRACLE: “I CANNOT COMPARE THE PRESSURE I GOT IN BOT LANE FROM ROX WITH G2”
EDG MOUSE: “I THINK MID AND THE JUNGLER HAVE MORE INFLUENCE IN THE META.”
AHQ ALBIS: MY FAVORITE POSITION (TO PLAY) IS AD CARRY, BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE TO TALK TOO MUCH”
SKT DUKE: “I CAN’T IMAGINE SKT LOSING.”
SSG CROWN: “I’M PERSONALLY PROUD BECAUSE INTZ IS DOING WELL”
FW MAPLE: “I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO HAVE A GOOD MINDSET, AND NOT BE AFRAID TO LOSE.”
ANX SMURF: “IT WAS NICE TO HAVE (MOSCOW 5) REPRESENTING THE REGION”
AHQ CHAWY: “WE ONLY LEARNED (FRIDAY) THAT WE WERE PLAYING PURPLE SIDE FOR THE MATCH. WE WERE QUITE SCREWED, ACTUALLY.”
H2K ODOAMNE: “GOD FORBID IT, IF FORG1VEN GETS INJURED, THEN MAYBE FREEZE WILL HAVE TO STEP IN.”
HAN “PEANUT” WAN-HO: “NOBODY IS REALLY HARD ON ME, EXCEPT THE COACH, BUT THAT’S IN PRIVATE.”
CHEN “ZIV” YI: “EVEN THOUGH WE WON THE QUALIFIER, OUR CONDITION WASN’T GOOD.”
PARK “RULER” JAE-HYUK: “I FEEL LIKE THE RUMOR OF SAMSUNG REBUILDING A DYNASTY COULD BECOME REALITY.”
SKT BENGI: “AFTER A YEAR OF MY LACKLUSTER PERFORMANCE, I WANTED TO PROVE MYSELF TO OTHERS THAT I AM STILL A TOP-FORM JUNGLER”
INTZ YANG: “AT FIRST, MY PARENTS WERE SUSPICIOUS (ABOUT MY CAREER)”

The Score Esports
MMD on the Flash Wolves’ upset of SKT, exacting revenge in Week 2 and how singing helps their play
Ziv on ahq’s win against INTZ and rallying around his momentous 2v1 play in lane
Huhi on upsetting ROX with his Aurelion Sol and Albus NoX Luna ‘deserving’ to be 2-1
Likkrit: ‘You need to prepare to play versus us…We’re a big deal now. You have to admit it or lose’
Bang on his confidence at Worlds: ‘There’s no one we can’t beat
PraY on the Tigers’ dramatic baron steal: ‘My teammates said that there was no chance, we shouldn’t go in’
FORG1VEN on VandeR: ‘On good days, he’s a really good player. On his bad days, it’s another matter’
Doublelift on Mata’s Alistar pick: ‘I got disrespected really hard’
Mountain on the differences between ahq’s mids: ‘When I play with Chawy it’s mostly me that’s giving the calls’
Mata: ‘I think, with our team included, that the Chinese teams are not ready to win yet’
Bengi on starting: ‘I thought that if I continued to [be] prepared then an opportunity would come’
SwordArt: ‘We’re still able to come out from the group stages…but the hope is slightly smaller now’
PawN on EDG’s loss to INTZ: ‘I think there was a slight bit of [unpreparedness]’
Faker: ‘I think we have a higher chance of beating [ROX]’
FORG1VEN discusses nerves, bad bottom lane matchup in loss to ahq
Wraith on how Samsung chooses between him and CoreJJ: ‘It depends on how [we] do during scrims’
Crown on facing Bjergsen: ‘I’ve imagined it a lot, it feels like I can’t complete the picture’
Stixxay: ‘NA is a stronger region than people know…EU is a weaker region than people think’
Revolta on beating EDG in groups and picking Lee Sin despite not having played him ‘since last year’

ESPN:
Kira: ‘It’s a pretty cool thing to be here and have more wins than the [entire continent] of Europe’
Flash Wolves’ Karsa: ‘The jungler I really want to play against is probably Bengi’
Darshan: ‘If any team wants to leave Aurelion Sol up against us, it’s a pretty big mistake’
Scout: ‘[Faker’s] my role model’
Criticism inspires Blank in Worlds debut
H2k’s FORG1VEN on Uzi: ‘We’re both basically the same players’
Faker: Bjergsen deserves title of ‘North American Faker’
I May’s jungler Avoidless: ‘Give us a little hope’
Samsung Galaxy’s Ruler: ‘We should have had an easier win’
Yang on beating EDG: ‘I had the same feeling as when I won CBLoL’
EDG’s PawN: ‘I’m really confused on what’s going to happen in the standings of the group’
Peanut: ‘The TSM chants … actually make me really envious’
Stixxay: ‘European teams weren’t as strong as people thought they were’
Smeb: ‘TSM is far above [the other western teams]’
Likkrit: I can be the best support in the world
Royal Never Give Up’s Uzi picks TSM to win their group
Core JJ: ‘[TSM] beat us once, and I want that revenge’
Westdoor: ‘The wildcard teams are really great, actually’

Slingshot:
Athena on I MAY’s worlds expectations: “I’m happy as long as the fans look upon us favorably.”
Ambition’s worlds goal is semifinals, says Samsung can get there by fixing mistakes
Sneaky on C9’s bad starts, Aurelion Sol and worlds craziness
Samsung coach on post-exodus rebuilding: “Honestly, I didn’t even think 1 percent that we would make it to worlds.”
Trashy: “We have to be realistic about what we can do.”
Huhi on Group A craziness, Aurelion Sol and what CLG means to him
ROX Tigers’ Kuro doesn’t want to play SKT at worlds
ANX Likkrit: “People don’t understand that wild card regions aren’t what they were two years ago.
Revolta reflects on stunning EDG upset
In-depth Q&A with Splyce owner Marty Strenczewilk: Worlds, WESA, player rights and the future

Yahoo:
Athena on I May’s path to Worlds, what he thinks of his group, and more
ROX Peanut on Nocturne, struggles against G2, and why his Baron steal was more important than Smeb’s Kennen ultimate
Smoothie talks Cloud9’s crazy match against Flash Wolves
Doublelift explains Splyce match, Bjerg voice, responds to Faker and Mata’s comments, says ‘we are 100% committed to winning this championship’
Faker: ‘So far I think Rox Tigers and TSM have looked the strongest’
Kira on win over CLG: ‘We expected it, that’s why we play League of Legends’
Wolf: ‘The reason NA looked strong at MSI was because there was only one LCK team, but now at Worlds there’s 3 LCK teams’
Mata responds to Doublelift’s claims that Mata ‘disrespected’ the TSM AD Carry in lane on day one
AHQ Mountain at Worlds: ‘EU is not as soft as everybody thinks
Pr0lly’s message to fans: ‘Thank you for sticking by EU if you’re still there’
Tockers: INTZ couldn’t get Worlds scrims, so they hoped to give EDG trouble to prove they were worth the practice
Stixxay ranks EU team strength vs. IWCI: ‘Wild Cards might be a little bit better, I don’t want to discredit them’

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