Nothing to Lose is back in the Malaysian TLC scene. However, with a less-than-stellar record of 2-3, dropping games against the likes of KTHXBAI and Mirrors. I had the opportunity to interview Support - the Analyst and Manager of Nothing to Lose. What does he have to say?
Hi Support, it has been quite a long time since the last TLC game. How does it feel getting back into the game getting a 2-3 record in the group stage?
Quite honestly, it’s a bitter sweet feeling. On one hand, we finally made a full team to train with again, and it feels great to be back in the scene after a relatively long break since the end of last season. On the other hand, it sucks that we have to climb up the proverbial steep cliff again; so getting 2-3 on our first run wasn’t too bad.
There is actually a major reshuffling of members in NtL due to Stray and 13Ghost leaving for Kuala Lumpur Hunters. Maybe you could go through the changes for us?
TeddyTibbers has been around ever since the inception of this team into the tournament scene. He is, after all, the founder. But since he had other obligations previously, he could not commit his time to become an active member. However, do keep in mind that even though he wasn’t on the active roster, he was one of the brains behind the scenes, helping us to theorycraft and strategize. We would say that this season is his to prove himself.
Tracy was picked up after we viewed his performance in Team Broski with high regards. Though he hadn’t seen much competitive play last season, he still kept himself up-to-date. Hence, for this season, we saw it fit to push him up to the active roster. He still has a couple of things to work on as far as team play goes, but he has lived up to our expectations thus far.
Now, for Camou… where do we even begin with him? He’s been a pretty long-standing member in the NtL family; and probably one of the most well-versed players in our team, both in-game and externally. After all, most of us would still recognise him as the radiant Malaysian shoutcaster for League of Legends. To that effect, what he lacks in showmanship - he makes up for in analytical thinking (or so our analyst, Support mentions).
Ribenamania of KTHXBAI mentioned to me during a short chat about the derp Xerath pick of Gloria. Anything you want to say against that?
We would say that it was more of an experiment than anything else, since the new reworked Xerath was pretty solid as things went. However, we would say that Gloria was not as comfortable playing the reworked Xerath thus far, hence his shallow performance. We will continue theorycrafting and testing to see whether we will keep on trucking, or possibly drop Xerath altogether.
As far as I know,TeddyTibbers is known to be more of an analyst/manager of the NTL group, why the eventual decision of coming out to play?
As we had mentioned earlier, he has always had the passion to be an active member. Ever since his priorities have changed, he has had more free time to focus on training and becoming an active participant. Don’t get us wrong though, this is not to say that he will no longer analyse nor manage the team.
How was the transition period like – with the Loss of several members in NTL to KLH? (Style & Synergy especially)
It was not good at all, truth be told. Stray was always one of the more aggressive junglers out there, and nobody else on our team could match that aggression. We did have Teddy run the jungle for a bit previously, but his performance has been sub-par compared to last season. We figured that for the time being, Tracy’s consistency puts him in a much better position to jungle; and Teddy was rotated to the top lane instead. For Tracy though, he knows what he should and shouldn’t do, but we’re trying to get him to be a larger voice for the team. Once he hits that apex, we should be fine.
As far as XIII Ghost is concerned, we can say that we’ve lost a pretty strong top laner. He may not have been the best, but he was one of the most consistent in the team (barring Stray). His perception and mechanics for top lane made him a formidable lane opponent. For Teddy though, we would say that the only thing he has going for him right now is his mastery in adapting to the season’s meta. He still needs to work on his mechanics and teamwork, so we will get him to focus more on those instead.
You guys faced KTHXBAI in the 1st match of the group qualifications. What do you think of them now that they too have undergo as big roster change. In fact, Ribenamania actually switched to jungle from the Marksman (AD Carry)
KTHXBAI has always been a strong team ever since we faced them off during the Rookie League days. Back then, we were always on par with them. This season though, we would say that they are just as good, if not better, than they were. We’re technically not in shape to make a final judgement yet. But it’s quite a surprise to see Ribenamania in the jungle, as we’ve always been accustomed to seeing him in the lane. Still, a strong presence is a good one, and he hasn’t shown any sign of weakness. Yet.
What do you think of new teams like Mirrors, who actually pulled off a win against NTL?
Well, we’ve had a few matches against Exquinox’s team in the past, with Mirrors being no exception. We scrimmed with them previously before coming into the TLC, and needless to say, we expected them to pull off the same result as they did in the scrim. This season, Mirrors might have just established themselves to be one of the teams to beat, alongside KTB and KLH.
What do you think that the team can do better at the moment?
We’re still performing role swaps to test things out. Once we finally have everything finalized, we’ll proceed with a more concrete goal. Nothing else we can add right now until we’ve sorted things out.
So, what are your goals for this TLC.MY
Since this season is a proof of concept experiment for our team as well, our more realistic goal would be to hit the top 4 teams during the Spring League Series. We may also bring up our former team members to assist, should we find the need to do so. And then, of course, if we’ve adapted enough and are comfortable, the top 2 slots will always be the next step.
Anything you want to tell the supporters of NtL?
Hide your children,
Hide your wives,
The monsters are coming,And they’re hungry tonight.
Potato.
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