Yuel fiearing Nia apart. It was uain how much of his criticism actually sank in, but that was fine. He was already prepared to provide her with long-term coag anyway, for she was the least experienced pyer in the club. She won’t suddenly ge in a day or two, and that was fi’ll be a long process.

  , it was time to destruct the st troublemaker of the team. This will probably be the hardest lesson to teach because the subje question will refuse to listen no matter what.

  heless, Yuel had to give it a try. He had to preach, and preach, and preaore until that memer will finally face reality.

  “Hey, doncha worry about Nia,” Luke said. “If she so badly during the match, I say let the girl nap. After all, you always have yours truly to sub for her! I’m always ready, just say the word, man,”

  “That’d be very reassuring,” Yuel said. “That is, if I could actually t on you to help the team instead ing it down.”

  “... huh?” Luke’s smiled cracked. “What was that?”

  “You heard me. Your memeing is a liability for the team.”

  “Whoa, shots fired.” Luke tried his best to maintain a smile. “Okay, okay. So, it’s my turn to get roasted now? Alright, go on. Hit me, daddy.”

  “I have no iion of hitting you.” Yuel resumed the video. “But, I’d like to show you a couple of things.”

  “Alright, show me then.” Luke crossed his arms in fidence. “I wanna see how bad I mispyed. Because, the way I remember things, I actually did pretty damn well.”

  “Actually, you’re right,” Yuel admitted. “You performed well overall. At least, as ‘well’ as meme picks go. There actually aren’t that many mispys to discuss in your case.”

  Yuel skimmed over a couple of pys in which Luke’s performance was sub-optimal.

  For example, oime, after Luke ganked DragonMaster in Top, he was too slow to retreat from the se. That’s what gave StormMonster enough time to ter-gank both Luke and Vi at the same time.

  It was a disastrous se and Luke just barely escaped alive thanks to Yuel ing up with a method to stall StormMonster. It was dangerously close and could’ve cost the team the entire game right there.

  “Yep, that one was legit me being careless,” Luke admitted. “But, I’m still not seeing it. Were any of these mistakes you showed really that bad? I mean, sure, I mispyed a little here and there. But, these aren’t some huge blunders or anything, right? What do you think, guys?”

  “Indeed,” Vi agreed. “None of this strikes me as terrible performance.”

  “Totally.” Lars backed up. “My dude pyed hel solid if that’s the worst mistakes he made.”

  “Yeah,” Kai said. “Even I have to relutly agree with that.”

  “, cap!” Luke snickered. “I totally did fihere, admit it.”

  “I guess you did.” Kai averted her eyes as she said that.

  After Yuel roasted Kai and Nia so hard, it was irritating to admit that Luke didn’t do much wrong. But, it was true. So far, the video hadn’t shown any grave mistakes from Luke’s end and Kai couldn’t remember any from the match itself. Somehow, this dang memer actually put on a det performance.

  As I thought. Yuel frowhis will be the hardest part of the review. Nobody point out any “problems” with Luke’s performance just by watg the video. It was hard enough to gather any evidence against him and most of it is small mistakes.

  Luke only participated in two games, so there wasn’t much data to work with. And, even iwo games, this accursed memer avoided mispying in any big way.

  Perhaps, that was only natural. Luke was a “serious” memer, as tradictory as that sounded. Even though he pyed memes for fun, he also geried to perform well with them.

  For example, Luke knew best how to make use of the Pyromancer’s explosive burst during ganks, and he also uood his role as a “Setup Jungler” when pying Knight. So yes, given the csses he used, Luke did his part.

  Truly, Luke pyed well... for a memer. And, therein was the real problem. It was something that couldn’t be expined with just video footage. Yuel had to present this argument through words alohus, it was the biggest challenge of this ech review.

  Okay, here goes. Yuel took a deep breath. He had a speech ready for this, filled with many lines of py. He prepared arguments and ter-arguments for about anything Luke could say. Hopefully, that’ll be enough...

  “You’re all correct,” Yuel said. “All in all, Luke didn’t make any blunders. There were sub-optimal pys here and there, but that’s about it.”

  “Yep, exactly.” Luke nodded. “And hey, nobody is perfect, right?”

  “Right.”

  “Wait, you’re actually agreeing?” Luke was taken aback. “Then, what was all that trash talk about me being a ‘liability’ and all that shit? Don’t tell me you tried ter me just to make me pay attention, because it sure worked, haha.”

  “That’s an iing teique. I should adopt it.”

  “Haha, pls no.”

  “Anyway,” Yuel tinued. “That wasn’t my iion. I really meant what I said. Your memeing is a liability.”

  “How so?” Luke poi the s. “Watch the video again, man. You must’ve spent hours to find all that dirt on us. But, what do you have on me? Almost nothing.”

  “That’s right. As far as video footage is ed, I have very evidence against you.”

  “Right? So, how ya call me a liability? If anything, it sounds like I’m one of the best!”

  “I didn’t say you were the liability,” Yuel corrected. “I said your memeing is a liability. As a pyer, given the csses you pyed, you performed well. Unfortunately, the csses you picked were a liability for the team.”

  “Wut? How that be? My csses were a problem even though I did well? How does that work?”

  “Exactly as it sounds. You did well given the straints you pced on yourself. But, if you pyed better csses, you would have tributed much more to the team.”

  “Hey, hey, I don’t remember when I signed up to bee a Messiah. I ain’t some savior who magically solve all of the team’s problems, ya know.”

  “Right, you aren’t,” Yuel agreed. “But, you could’ve tributed a lot more. The moment you pick a semi-funal Jungler you hamper your ability to tribute to the team. It might be difficult to properly expin this but I hope you’ll follow along.”

  “Alright, I’m all ears.” Luke crossed his arms.

  “Game 4, when you pyed Pyromancer,” Yuel started. “Pyromancer is actually almost a viable Jungler, so you had a real ce to perform well. But still, despite rivaling assassins in burst damage, Pyromancer doesn’t have any hard CC. So, you couldn’t as easily finish off your targets.”

  “Yep, it doesn’t have any good escape tools either,” Luke added. “Always gotta wait for the eo bee isoted, then smack them hard.”

  “But, did the enemy ever give you su opportunity?”

  “Eh, I think once or twice.”

  “Exactly. Thereihe problem. In the few opportunities you got, you pyed well. But, since you picked a semi-funal Juhe number of good opportunities you had was very small.”

  “Well, it ain’t my fault the enemy was strong.” Luke shrugged. “They started dominating the game early on. What was I supposed to do about that?”

  “You’re right, Game 4 was a rough ride,” Yuel agreed. “Then, I hope Game 5 will illustrate the problem better.”

  “Alright, e at me.”

  “Initially, I had high hopes for your Pyromancer si’s one of the more funal Junglers you py. But, Game 4 made me realize that even your Pyromancer won’t cut it against these ehey’re tao be taken down by an assassin who didn’t have any CC or escape/chasing tools.”

  “Yep, them dudes were some tough cookies.”

  “If it were possible, I would’ve made you pick a high tier assassin instead, or maybe even a bruiser,” Yuel said. “We needed a reliable Juo keep the oppos’ aggression in check, but you don’t py any of those.”

  “Yep, ya know it.”

  “So, in the end, I had to settle on something subpar like Knight.”

  “Hey, rude,” Luke objected. “Apologize to mah boi Knight. Bruh get the job done. Didn’t I do just fih it?”

  “Again, ‘fine’ is a retive term here,” Yuel expined. “If you’re asking whether you pyed a det Setup Juhen yes, you did fine. You created some favorable situations and helped your teammates score kills.”

  “Right? Ain’t I just awesome?”

  “But, my problem is that you pyed a Setup Jungler in the first pce. The currea has little pce for those. The Support is more than enough for setting up opportunities and initiating. What the currea favors for Junglers are assassins and aggressive bruisers.”

  “Hey, you made me piight, so ya ’t bme me for that one.”

  “I... made you?” Yuel twitched.

  “Yep, you told me to piight, remember?”

  “Oh yes, of course...” Yuel trembled. “Because what other choices did I have!? No matter how many times I ask you to pick a proper css, you only ever pick memes. So, what else could I do? I had to settle on something you’d agree on pig! Did I want you to piight? Hell no. Did I have any other choice? Also no.”

  “Hey, easy, bro.” Luke smiled awkwardly. “Alright, I get it. You hate my memeing.”

  “No, you don’t get it, that’s the problem!” Yuel could tell that blood was rushing to his head but he couldn’t stop himself. This had to be said. “You don’t seem to realize it so let me expin: I stantly have to adjust the eeam’s game pn in order to work around your subpar picks. While you’re out there, having fun memeing, the rest of the team is suffering at your expense!”

  “Welp, aren’t we being a little melodramatic here?”

  “No, not at all,” Yuel insisted. The fact it was so difficult to vey this important point was getting to him. Even though he thhly prepared for this versation and expected it to be difficult, it still maer him. How he not uand that he’s causing so many problems for the team!?

  “Yuel, my dude.” Lars waved. “Take it easy. We’re not here to fight, right?”

  “Yeah, you’re right.” Yuel took a mueeded deep breath. He almost lost himself in his ranting. He wao drill this point into Luke so badly, but the guy’s skull was made out of diamond. Nothing was getting through.

  This was getting aggravating, but it won’t do any good for anybody if Yuel lost his cool here. The moment he snaps, nobody will be willing to listen to him anymore.

  “If I may say,” Vi started. “Perhaps you should try using a positive example instead?”

  “A positive example?” Yuel asked.

  “Indeed. You must’ve had alternative team positions in mind fames 4 and 5, am I right? Then, tell us about those and how they could’ve achieved better results.”

  “An iing suggestion.” Yuel didn’t prepare that kind of speech, but it was something he could handle. He still remembered most of his brainst for the scrimmage, so he could draw out that information. But, will he be able to drill any wisdom into Luke’s thick head by expining what better options they had fames 4 and 5?

  As long as there’s a ce I get through to this unruly goof, I suppose I should try it...

  DarkestCymore