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]]>?stanbul Wildcats will look to continue their Cinderella story this Tuesday when they meet Dark Passage in the Turkish Championship League (TCL) 2020 Winter Season semi-finals.
After they finished TCL 2019 Summer in seventh place with a 7-11 record, not a lot of people expected Wildcats to make much noise this split. While Soner “StarScreen” Kaya and his crew struggled a bit in the opening five weeks, they gained some serious traction in Week 6, when they began their impressive 6-1 run en route to the playoffs.
Wildcats ended their TCL 2020 Winter run with consecutive wins over Papara SuperMassive, Galakticos, Be?ikta? Esports and 1907 Fenerbah?e to enter the knockout rounds as the fourth seed with a 9-7 record and 56% win rate. They carried that momentum into the playoffs, disposing of Galakticos 3-0 to reach the TCL semi-finals for the first time since rebranding from HWA Gaming.
StarScreen and co. met with Dark Passage twice throughout the regular season. Their first meeting came on the opening day of the split, where DP came away with a closely fought win. Wildcats got their revenge in Week 5, when they completely outclassed their adversaries with superior Drake control and overall stronger macro play.
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That was but one of many iffy displays Dark Passage showed throughout the season, yet they ended the split with an 11-5 record and a direct bye into the semi-finals. Dark Passage looked solid overall despite their losses against Wildcats, Papara SuperMassive (twice), Be?ikta? Esports and 1907 Fenerbah?e, although losing to Fenerbah?e is not really something to consider as a massive negative.
The standout performer for Dark Passage this season was their top laner Bar?? “Juuzou” Karatop, who ended the split with the league’s best KDA rating (4.55) and the fifth-best CSPM (8.00). The rest of team did nothing special, however, and there are big questions surrounding DP’s in-game communication since the arrival of Danish ADC Nicolaj “Achuu” Ellesgaard in March.
In three games played with Dark Passage, Achuu has recorded a 4.3 KDA with an average of six kills and 3.33 deaths. That is the third-highest average death count in the league, which indicates there are some communication issues with his support.
Additionally, Danish jungler Magnus “Maxi” Kristensen, who had played only five games with Dark Passage, saw his contract expire last week. Since the team have failed to update his status in the Global Contract Database, it seems like they will field Umut “Kituruken” Ceylan in the jungle for this match.
Dark Passage looked solid this season, but their final record does not show the whole picture. Most of their wins were extremely close, including their victory over ?stanbul Wildcats on the opening day of TCL 2020 Winter.
That is not to say Juuzou and co. don��t deserve to be where they are this season, but it’s hard to understand why they’re priced as such heavy favourites here. The biggest problem we have here is that they recently signed a new ADC and will most likely pick Kituruken, who was benched at the start of March.
There is simply no reason to have Dark Passage priced at $1.31 here. ?stanbul Wildcats are on a five-game winning streak and beat DP during the season, so this match will be much closer than the odds suggest.
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]]>The Turkish Championship League (TCL) 2020 Winter Season playoffs are set to begin this Monday when Papara SuperMassive and Team AURORA meet in the quarter-finals.
Papara SuperMassive had quite a successful journey through the TCL Winter Season, finishing with an impressive 10-6 record and 63% win rate. The end of the split was less than satisfactory, however, as Berkay “Ueitnot” A??kuzun and company missed a direct bye to the semi-finals after losing all three of their fixtures in the final two weeks.
Before that form slump, SuperMassive replaced Mustafa Kemal “Dumbledoge” G?kselo?lu with ex-Royal Youth player Bahad?r “Japone” ?olak in the support role. While that seemed like a solid roster change at the time, the team’s results since Japone signed on suggest something has gone amiss.
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Team AURORA secured a playoffs berth by the skin of their teeth, defeating Be?ikta? Esports in the sixth-place tiebreaker. Although the match looked close in the early stages, AURORA’s superior macro play, dragon control and stronger synergy allowed them to run away with the lead and close out the game in 34 minutes.
Brayan “Kruimel” van Oosten and co. produced a mixed bag of results in the last two weeks of the split. While they lost to Dark Passage and Galakticos, they picked up wins against Be?ikta? and 5 Ronin. That inconsistent form might be down to the recent acquisition of ex-Dark Passage carry Murat “Black” Ulukan Ayaz, who has needed some time to integrate.
Black will also be the main win condition for AURORA heading into the quarter-finals, as he is one of the best ADC players in the league. Statistically, he is an even more dangerous player than SuperMassive’s Berkay “Zeitnot” A??kuzun, so Papara cannot afford to let Black his own game or pick up his go-to champion, Aphelios.
Papara SuperMassive and AURORA claimed a win apiece in their two meetings in the 2020 TCL Winter Season, which suggests these two sides match up nicely. Although SuperMassive won their most recent clash in mid-March, the fixture was played when Black was still coming to terms with his new surroundings.
Papara SuperMassive are rightfully priced as the favourites, but it’s difficult to understand why Team AURORA are priced so high. While we don’t expect AURORA to move any mountains here, it’s equally difficult to believe SuperMassive will come away with a clean sweep here. Ueitnot and co. severely underperformed in the last two weeks of the split, which does not inspire much optimism.
AURORA’s bottom-lane advantage will play a crucial role in this match. While we don’t expect Black will singlehandedly win his team the series, he should help AURORA win at least one map.
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]]>Only one of Team AURORA and Galakticos will still be in the hunt for the Turkish Championship League (TCL) 2020 Winter Split playoffs after their decisive clash on Tuesday.
Ever since AURORA entered the TCL in 2015, their biggest ambition has been to win the league title. After numerous attempts, however, the team’s best placement is a top-four finish, which they have achieved five times to date.
Even though AURORA made a very strong semi-finals run in TCL Summer 2019, they opted for another roster swap in the off-season. In came jungler Taha “Elramir” Yurdag��ven, mid laner Brayan “Kruimel” van Oosten, and the bottom-lane tandem of Y��cel “Rhioni” Morgil and Ersin “Algos” Sertba?, who were replaced by ADC Murat “Black” Ulukan Ayaz and support Ozan “Sparz” Samican ?zbay in March.
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With a new-look roster, AURORA have produced a somewhat underwhelming run with only occasional flashes of greatness. Their win over 5 Ronin earlier in the week sees AURORA enter their final fixture with a 7-8 record, which puts them in a tie for fifth place with Galakticos.
On a more positive note, AURORA gained a lot of quality with the arrival of Black. The Dark Passage ADC has proven to be one of the best marksmen in the league with a 4.67 KDA, 70.8% KPAR and 9.11 CSPM. Sparz is another player that deserves a mention, as he has built a strong synergy with Black in a short space of time.
Galakticos have enjoyed more or less the same level of success as AURORA in their journey throughout TCL 2020 Winter, as both teams hold a 7-8 record. But Galakticos have something AURORA don��t – a head-to-head victory from Week 5, which means they will enjoy a psychological advantage here.
Galakticos did not make any roster changes in the off-season despite finishing ninth in both splits last year. While the decision to keep the squad intact might have helped the team’s synergy, it has done little to improve their overall quality.
Neither side have impressed in the regular season. Perhaps AURORA have shown slightly more, but their loss to Galakticos earlier in the split suggests esports bookmakers are right to have the two sides at level pegging in the match betting.
This contest will most likely be decided in the bottom lane, where AURORA look to be the strongest. Their decision to bring in Black from Dark Passage was a solid move, as he is without a doubt an upgrade from Rhioni, and the new support Sparz also looks like an excellent addition.
It remains to be seen how the Dark-Sparz combination will match up with the Galakticos bottom-lane tandem of Adam “Emtest” Emtestam and Jakub “Tarky” Va��k��t, but Elramir’s tendency to rotate bots quite frequently suggests AURORA will get on top in the bottom part of the map. Dragon control is crucial in the current meta, leading us to believe AURORA will claim the spoils and sneak into the playoffs.
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]]>The 2019 TCL Summer Season champions said the decision was made due to “uncertainties”. While they gave no further explanation, RY revealed they will still maintain their academy roster.
Royal Youth announcement was posted on their Twitter account in Turkish and roughly translated reads: “Although we had a successful season, unfortunately, we have decided to release our staff for the 2020 Winter season due to uncertainties. We, however, aim to continue our success by developing our academy team. We ask all our followers for support and understanding.”
The announcement surfaced barely three weeks prior to the TCL Winter Season kick-off, leaving many League of Legends fans baffled considering Royal Youth were regarded as one of the strongest teams in the Turkish LoL league.
Royal Youth were established in November 2018 and made their first appearance in the professional LoL scene in the TCL 2019 Winter Season, where they took the league by storm and finished third in the regular season behind SuperMassive eSports and 1907 Fenerbahce. RY fell short in the playoffs, where they crashed out in the quarter-finals, yet still secured an impressive third-fourth place finish overall.
In April, the team parted ways with their support Mustafa Kemal “Dumbledoge” G?kselo?lu and replaced him with former Galatasaray member Bar?? “Tolerant” ?epnio?lu, who helped them win both the TCL 2019 Summer regular season and playoffs. That saw Royal Youth qualify for the 2019 LoL World Championship play-in stage, where they finished in 17th-20th place after falling to Clutch Gaming in the knockout phase.
Although Royal Youth enjoyed immense success in their maiden season, the team ran into issues in November when their general manager, Mert “Mert” Tanr?verdi, left for the LoL European Championship and joined FC Schalke 04 as their new assistant manager.
The same month, Royal Youth parted ways with their jungler Can “Closer”?elik, who joined Golden Guardians in LCS; ADC Na “Pilot” Woo-hyung, who joined up with Challengers Korea team Rockhead; and support Bar?? “Tolerant” ?epnio?lu, who is currently a free agent. Only a couple of weeks later, Royal Youth also lost ?rfan “Armut” Berk T��kek, who joined SuperMassive eSports.
While Royal Youth attempted to rebuild their roster from scratch by signing support Bahad?r “Japone” ?olak and top laner As?m “fabFabulous” Cihat Karakaya, they have seemingly given up on the project and instead opted to leave the scene entirely.
Royal Youth became the second team to not participate in the 2020 TCL Winter Season after Galatasaray were suspended due to their failure to complete payments owed to their former players and coaching staff, meaning the first season of TCL 2020 could feature only eight LoL teams instead of 10.
This announcement comes as another blow for the Turkish esports scene, which has been struggling to maintain its franchise model despite being one of the most respected and best developed B-Tier regions.
A few of the most notable LoL players who played in the TCL are Rasmus “Caps” Borregaard Winther, Gabri?l “Bwipo” Rau, Sergen “Broken Blade” ?elik, Marek “Humanoid” Br��zda, as well as two-time world champion Lee “Wolf” Jae-wan, who played for SuperMassive before announcing his retirement from the scene in November 2019.
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