In response to the post that was written by @Wickdlol

I agree for the most part on his thoughts. It was very well written and he touched on some valid points. However, since not many people know what actually happened in Korea during the 18 days CLG was here, I am writing this in hopes that I can provide some answers.

I admit, most of you probably kept up with how CLG was doing via the pictures I posted on Twitter - which probably gave the image that they were out and about all the time. For that, I apologize and for those of you who are curious, I will break it down for you.

On the first night they arrived (by the time I got them from the airport to the house it was literally 9PM), I had them stop by the OGN studio because I felt that it would be a nice experience for them to get to watch an OGN game live. They dropped off their bags, took quick showers and headed out. They couldn't watch from home actually - none of their computers were even set up at this point.

Literally the next evening, they had a scrim set up for them; they had been in Korea for less than 24 hours and were still jetlagged. I made it a point to get them at least 2 scrim blocks per day. Korean scrim schedules are usually 1PM-4PM and then 8PM to 12AM (but not always, it depends on the team and day) and so during the off times, they were in solo queue, at the gym, reviewing VODs or filming interviews for CtC (which they all dreaded but had to do). The boys would normally go to bed around 4AM and then start it all again around 11AM/Noon the next day. Quick note: most of the Korean pros play solo queue after evening scrims so playing until 4 or 5AM is not uncommon.

Tuesday the 5th they filmed the OGN True LoL Show which took all day.

The Inven interview was on the 7th; the reporters were invited for lunch at 12PM (we made the boys wake up earlier than usual) and then had them back at the house at 1PM for a scrim. The restaurant they went to was also just a 5 minute walk from the house too.

The night of the 8th we went out for dinner at Seraph's father's restaurant (after scrims, of course. We had a 12:30-3 block and then another from 7 to 9). Matt and Ziks had just joined us in Korea, and we felt that it would be nice for us to go eat there as a sign of gratitude and respect towards Seraph's father. His father not only showed up to the airport to help pick up the boys, he brought the boys copious amounts of food to the house on a couple occasions and was a major help when moving out as well.

On Saturday the 9th, after an afternoon of discussing their week and game reviews, we went to go watch the SC2 Proleague Finals. You can blame that one on me. After having spent a week with them, it was apparent that they needed to get out of that house for a bit, to wind down and relax. As Monte tweeted, it was good for a healthy team atmosphere. It was also the evening of the NLB finals and not many teams were available to scrim.

From the 10th to the 14th it was the same routine; two scrim blocks per day + VOD reviews and solo queues. The 12th was Marcel's birthday and so he came out to join me and some friends out after evening scrims for an hour but then I had Matt take him back to the house for more practice. (And it was only Marcel and Matt who came out - the others stayed home).

On the 15th we managed to get a scrim in the afternoon with a Taiwanese team, and then the boys headed down to Busan for the OGN Summer Finals in the evening. August 15th is a national holiday (the day Korea became free from Japanese reign) and so there were no teams to scrim; all the Korean teams were off for the weekend. The evening they got back however, on the 17th, they had an 8PM scrim ready to go. Monday the 18th, they woke up, packed up and headed to the airport.

The footage for CtC was filmed by Matt all throughout the time they were here and we did a fan meet in Busan since they were already in the area.

The way I saw it, the team really did put in a LOT of effort and had very good practice sessions. I sat in and listened to a lot of discussions on picks and bans and watched Monte walk from computer to computer and help with communication and strategies. In my opinion, it wasn't the lack of practice that caused them to lose.

I hope this clears up some speculations. Sorry for the long post; these are my two cents.

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