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The Pog State

Riot Games Korea

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From the lull state to the pog state, welcome to The Pog State, the official LCK Global podcast. The Pog State is the place to be to catch up on what’s going on in the LCK through the eyes of the international LCK Global team. Hope you enjoy the episodes and stay tuned for more. Come join the fun! Stay classy.
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MonteCristo and Wolf discuss the recent video of Faker hitting his head on a wall, the factors that may have led to Faker's frustration, Gen.G continuing to plow through the rest of the LCK, HLE's questionable performance vs KT, KDF's resurgence in the battle for an LCK Playoff spot, the Peyz vs Viper debate for All Pro, and more!…
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MonteCristo and Wolf discuss the LCK MVP discussion, why Wolf is pumping the brakes on the Chovy bonjwa title, the end of the Tristana mid meta, the telecom war between T1 and KT, and more! Thank you to MeUndies for sponsoring this episode! Summer is coming! Be prepared with MeUndies. Get 20% off your first order, plus free shipping, at https://www…
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MonteCristo and Wolf discuss T1's rough week in LCK, Gen.G finally dropping a game, BNK FearX's strong performances, Viper and HLE looking like contenders, how the next LoL patch will affect the top teams, and more! Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code MONTEWOLF at ht…
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MonteCristo and Wolf discuss changes coming to League of Legends next year, LCK week 1 results, BNK FearX's surprising benching of Willer, KDF's Leaper being a bright spot, KT's grim summer outlook, the meh T1 vs Gen.G series, Dplus's potential to make Worlds this year, Gen.G CEO Arnold's tweet about the talent pipeline in LoL, and more!…
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GenG's new superteam with Kiin, Canyon, Chovy, Peyz, and Lehends takes a season-opening win against the defending World Champions T1, who have decided to run their roster back in 2024. HLE picked up the previous GenG core of Peanut, Doran, and Delight while retaining Viper and Zeka, so is it finally Hanwha's time to be an elite Korean team? Monte a…
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Monte and Wolf wrap up the LCK finals and regional qualifiers, discussing in detail each team from Korea that will be attending the League of Legends World Championship. While KT might not have ended their season as we'd hoped, they still cruised to a third seed for Worlds and can redeem themselves on home turf. Dplus KIA proved their mettle by def…
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KT's choice to select T1 as their first opponent failed spectacularly, but they've fought their way through the loser's bracket for a telecom war rematch in order to make the grand finals. GenG lock their spot in the finals and a chance to get their third consecutive LCK title. Hanwha Life fizzle in their two matches, quickly exiting the bracket wi…
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Hello poggers! Welcome back with another episode of the POGSTATE! IT’S LCK PLAYOFFS WEEK! 👏 IT’S LCK PLAYOFFS WEEK! 👏 IT’S LCK PLAYOFFS WEEK! 👏 Come find out what the guys think about how the playoffs will unfold! But before that, one of them got Comic Sans’d for his poor prediction skills.By Riot Games Korea
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The LCK regular season ends with KT Rolster in first place after Gen.G stumbles in a loss to Brion in their final match. Faker returns to the T1 lineup, which revitalizes his teammates and leads to two relatively straightforward wins. Will the GOAT be able to salvage T1's playoff hopes and help his team qualify for the world championship? With Dplu…
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It's BROVER for Brion fans this week as the team reverts back to their classic late-game throws and all but runs themselves out of the playoff race. Things look brighter for Liiv SANDBOX as they seem to be coming together at the right time to grab the final playoff seed with stronger performances from Clozer and Willer. Wolf and Monte discuss their…
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Arnold Hur, CEO of GenG, returns to the Monte & Wolf show to discuss the new "sporting financial regulations" (SFR) that function as a soft cap and luxury tax for LCK teams. They talk about the necessity of these new rules to curb spending when the economics of the current ecosystem leave teams losing millions of dollars each year with few ways to …
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The long-awaited match between GenG and KT arrives this week as the race for seeding in the LCK playoffs continues, but is KT capable of dealing GenG their first loss of the Summer? T1 rebounds after a tough first week without Faker, but still falls to Dplus KIA fielding a new support, Bible. Monte and Wolf…
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T1's hopes of winning Summer dwindled this week as they announced that Faker would be on a break for a minimum of two weeks to heal his arm injury. To make matters worse, head coach Bengi left the T1 organization mere hours before their important match against GenG. What hope remains for T1 fans this split and how could this news affect T1's qualif…
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Accusations of sexual harassment via text have caused HLE to bench Clid and put their challenger jungler Grizzly into the main roster, but has he lived up to expectations from his promising amateur career? Wolf breaks down the latest updates on Faker's injury that he's been suffering from this summer split and speculates on how it might be affectin…
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KT smashes both Dplus KIA and T1 to complete a clean sweep in their toughest week so far in the Summer Split and cementing themselves as the best Korean team in this meta. With Bdd enabled with some of his best champions currently in the meta pool, Cuzz displaying uncharacteristic consistency, and Kiin's dominance in the top lane, what in the futur…
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