Thomas Slotkin
@Thinkcard
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🏆 League of Legends Head Coach LTA @Furia | Challenger Jungler 7x | Squad for Life | inquiries: [email protected]
Joined March 2014
Happy 7th Birthday to the sweetest and most precious angel, Aurora!! Here’s to another year of many cuddles and lots of fetch ❤️
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2014 me: I wonder what advanced tactics people will use in 10 years to climb solo q. 2024:
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In less than 24 hours we play WBG, and once again we are underdogs. From day 1 we were doubted. “Why did NRG make those roster swaps?”.“They are not going to make playoffs.”.“C9 is going to destroy them in finals.”.“They stand no chance against G2.”. Yet here we are, NAs #1.
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It’s all good, NA is 0-2 but that’s because they haven’t played against…. *checks notes*. the LPL or LCK teams yet.
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2 years in a row NA has had arguably the best western team at worlds, and the gap between the east and NA is clearly closing looking at TL at MSI and FLY at worlds this year. It’s about time we kill the narrative that LCS is filled with shit gameplay. FLY just took GENG to 5.
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2-1 gg @LOUDgg ! My players are so good, highest solo q team and brains to learn/improve/play macro well, I’m so lucky to coach these guys #diadefuria
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Can’t wait to beat WBG in quarterfinals and then still go 0-2 vs immortals next year.
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Despite this worlds performance, I still believe NA has a good shot at winning LCS in spring.
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Just saying @VulcanLoL won last 2/3 splits, and swept through the entire gauntlet the split before, he might be good at league of legends.
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Woke up and and saw Emenes graced us with a new donezo manifesto, we truly live in the greatest timeline. Pleased to announce we survived the auto-aim.
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Sometimes change is necessary, but I wish things could stay the same just this once :(.
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The LCS GM chat has got to be published. Every year or 6 months they decide that a change must be made to the practice schedule without bringing in any coaches to the conversation and we just wait for our overlords to decide the ideal practice schedule. Are we going to be 2.
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GFs ruin the LCS but doinb proved a wife is the answer. Once again NA is too far behind the meta.
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Every year I have to watch FNC lose to G2 blind Azir because they believe FNC can’t punish the pick. G2 literally said this, in interviews, and it happens every single year. If they lose to it again ima lose it #LEC.
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Pretty bullshit, can’t believe this org is just repeating the same mistakes over and over again. IMT is not one of the big spenders, which means they need to hire people they trust and give them multiple splits to build out their vision. Why would a coach sign with them when they.
Today we are saying goodbye to our LCS Head Coach, @sharkz. We'd like to thank Alex for all his hard work and commitment to the team during Spring Split, and we wish him the best.
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One of my players didnt know that Lee R has this. Keep in mind all of my players are/have been LCS Champions.
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We have a multi-year plan that will bring CLG fans the consistent strong results they have been begging for. The CLG revival has begun. Let's bring back the faith.
A familiar face returns 🤔 . Please welcome @Thinkcard as the new Head Coach for our #LCS team. #CLGFIGHTING . Full video: Read more:
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I’m officially looking for Head Coach/Strategic Coach roles in LCS/LEC heading into 2025. I’d like to thank NRG for giving me permission to explore my options early in the offseason. Also I’d like to thank everyone I’ve worked with over the last 3 years at CLG/NRG, this might be.
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IMT watching both GG and EG get removed from LCS
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@IWDominate It’s kinda cool that they are insanely good in scrims, but it just shows that they have vastly different results when the teams they play against prep specifically for them.
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when your enemy hates NA solo q so you bring the NA solo q to him
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It is a bittersweet day. Some of my most impactful experiences were from my time with CLG. Subbing for CLG in 2014 with nien and the boys, long talks late into the night with @DevinNash @huhi and @aphromoo, league convos with @Zikzlol, skydiving with @DarshanU, and going to my
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The troll drafts in LEC are embarrassing. Be professional and use the extra stage games to improve your team for playoffs. You are not G2.
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Let’s fucking goooooo!!!! That’s for everyone who supported us this split and the last 2 years, couldn’t have done it without you guys. WE CHAMPIONS BABY!!.
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2-0 gg @REDCanids, Furia is now #1 in group B and automatically in winners bracket for playoffs #diadefuria.
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100T is the most exciting team in LCS rn, they are hella young and 4/5 of their players are top 3 in their role. Hoping they can close out this series and get some worlds experience on these guys #LCS.
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damn CLG is so overrated, they will never be able to stand up to the top teams in the league xdddd.
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all I know is that @JoshMabreyBaby came in, fixed TSMs drafts, and won a title in 2 weeks. Why wasnt he on the coach of the split ballot?.
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1.) alarm.2.) cuddle with cat for 20min.3.) play 90s and 00s rock.4.) shower and get ready.5.) uber to work.6.) practice with my favorite team in the world clutch gaming =]. Repeat. 7.) shock NA on Sunday.
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Still crazy to me that in scrims teams don’t want to play the same draft multiple times in a row with maybe some minor adjustments. The level of play would be so much higher across the board if we just dropped the ego and grinded out executing the same win cons for an entire.
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Can’t believe I moved to LA 11 years ago and tonight’s my last night here. Excited for what’s next but it’s hard to not get emotional. I had no idea what I was getting into when I hopped on a plane to travel across the country to try to go pro with just a laptop and a dream. So
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Good morning twitter, I’ve done the math and winning our 5th game in a row today would be good for us, so we are aiming to do that.
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There are not any 9th and 10th place teams to 2-0 us anymore, good luck LCS.
We're ready to continue our legacy. Introducing NRG League 2024 . @dhoklalol.@Contractz.@palafoxlol.@huhi .@VictorHuang
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How was G2 supposed to know that bin is good on Jax? Now they know to ban it game 2.
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We’ve always been underdogs, today is nothing new. If the underdogs always lost, sports wouldn’t exist. See you guys on stage GL @G2esports #Worlds2023 🫡.
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@DarshanU @riotgames Legend says that @VulcanLoL hits the gym 3 times a day and practices alistar combos for 3 hours before scrims.
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Sad few weeks, so many people I care about suffering from the downward trend of the NA league ecosystem. Its hard to not look at the stability of other major regions and envy them. I’m still hopeful that the long term plan for the LCS will work, and 2024 seems like it’s going to.
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Weighing options for 2018. Made LCS with C9C.Worlds 2016: Quarters with C9.Head coach Flyquest 2017.Worlds 2017: Been working with Fnatic.
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Honestly shoutout to @Quickshot and @endercasts! Not only is the series hype, but worlds is so much more enjoyable to watch when the casters compliment the gameplay instead of insulting every mistake. Top tier performance.
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But how stacked is this coaching staff, @CroissantLoL @sOAZ @SINJuves @Damonte @ApolloPrice @DontMashMe, most talented and well rounded coaching staff by far and I’ve learned so much from them, grateful to be able to work with all of them.
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Echo Fox has given me permission to explore my options for next year. 2016:.-C9C: Qualified for LCS.-C9: 2nd place LCS, quarter finals at worlds. 2017:.-FLY: Top 4 LCS.-FNC: quarter finals at worlds. 2018:.-FOX: 3rd place LCS, 5th-6th place LCS. DMs are open, RTs appreciated =].
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Everybody is going to remember this split as the split most up for grabs. C9 and FLY both choked in Semis, and TL stepped up when it mattered most. They completely outprepped 100t in finals, somehow playing APAs ziggs neeko and asol all in situations that counter the enemy comps,.
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CLG will be 10th place this split ❌. CLG will never beat a top team ❌. CLG will not finish top 5 ❌. CLG will not beat C9 ⁉️.
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The year is 2018, you are 7-1 in LCS in 1st place, you’ve just been threatened to be fired for the 1 loss, you are inhouse scrimming and @inero is yelling at the academy team for drafting a certain way, you make no money, life is esports.
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This isn’t me vs NRG, I love working at NRG, this is about 2 things:. 1.) Other coaches were misrepresented by their orgs in the past and were told how they should practice. The fact is that earlier this year there were GMs advocating for a schedule that their own coaches.
The LCS GM chat has got to be published. Every year or 6 months they decide that a change must be made to the practice schedule without bringing in any coaches to the conversation and we just wait for our overlords to decide the ideal practice schedule. Are we going to be 2.
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This presidential election is going to be studied for decades and centuries. One of the wealthiest guys in the country buying the biggest media source in the country and then campaigning in the election. This straight up will be in textbooks across the globe for hundreds of years.
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We did it, we have finally taken down the titans of LCS. People said it couldn’t be done, but we did it. March 3rd, 2024, NRG has defeated Immortals.
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This got motivation coursing through my veins at 9pm on a Sunday. LCS has lots of stories left to be told, we ain’t done anytime soon, can’t wait for summer split to start.
This esport should be dead by now. It's time to change your mind. Silvxs Presents: The #LCS. Watch now.
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Idk why some people are so upset by this, it’s beyond easy to be honor 3-5. Just don’t insult people, don’t be annoyingly negative, and don’t start running it when you are upset. Legit even doing it once in a while is fine as long as you don’t cross a line and say something.
Honor System changes on PBE:. - Honor 1: No access to All Chat, Champ Select Chat and Post Game Chat. - Honor 2+: Access to All Chat and Post Game Chat.- Honor 3+: Access to every Chat, Battle Pass XP Drops and Ranked Rewards. - Honor 4+: All the Honor 3 access + increased BP XP
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Never been a fan of all the complaints about not FFing. Legit you signed up to play the solo queue game knowing the rules beforehand and your dopamine isn’t the only thing that matters. If someone or multiple people on your team genuinely think you can win then stop whining and.
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WBG… this team is just too cracked… at least we lost to worlds finalists.
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Wait we actually axed GG and EG so now we have 8 teams in LCS wtf is going on.
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Only 2/5 players wtf 🤔.
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Well somehow I’m 30 years old, time flies. My early 20s had some frighteningly low points, I took a huge risk and dropped everything for League, was homeless for a bit, snuck into NYU pc labs to grind solo q, got rank 1, and dove blindly into the world of esports.
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@AzaelOfficial @IWDominate Honestly, I legit love your casts, you are a legend, almost always have good takes, but if you care about NA please request a different quarterfinals series.
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No stadium for spring finals is pretty sad ngl, I hope Riot at least organizes events for fans to watch with their friends at various locations, can be at bars/movie theaters or something idk. Also I can’t help but think back to spring 2023 when riot asked all the LCS players.
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underdogs won again lol.
We’ve always been underdogs, today is nothing new. If the underdogs always lost, sports wouldn’t exist. See you guys on stage GL @G2esports #Worlds2023 🫡.
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Week 1 thoughts:. Only 3-4 LCS teams displayed a decent understanding of the game on stage. Its only week 1 so there is not a large sample size, but hopefully as the year progresses more teams show that they have the ability to compete for a top spot.
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Honestly I can’t get over how insane the ending to these LCS finals were. No matter what happens, there will always be people who downplay achievements, and it’s so easy to say that FLY should’ve been pushed to g5. But that’s competition. FLY were just the champions this summer,.
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its not hard to do the math for FFing in solo q @LSXYZ9 @doc_respawn . lets assume you have a 10% win rate in the games you FF, and each game you FF gives you an extra 10min of time, so after surrendering 20 games you have basically 3.5 hours of extra time to play. Even if you.
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31 years old. I moved to California 10 years ago to try to go pro in league and I finally turned my hard work into a championship this year. Incredibly grateful for my career, and there’s nothing I’d rather do than scrim for worlds on my birthday. Appreciate you all =].
HAPPY BIRTHDAY @THINKCARD!. Join us in wishing the best head coach in the LCS a very happy birthday 🎉🎂
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Traveling all day today but gonna try to join a worlds co-stream when I’m back. Ill be able to answer some questions and analyze some league for you guys. Will update with the details.
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If this is true, curious to see how he’d do in LCK, would honestly be so hype to see him pop off there. We really haven’t been able to see Berserkers true potential recently because certain aspects of his game have been limited by his team’s performance.
[Sources] AD Carry Berserker 🇰🇷 is set to leave Cloud9. Read on @Sheep_Esports @holysquad_fr .
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Jokes aside, this is one of the best decisions an NA team has made this offseason, excited to see how the team performs with this upgrade.
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The LTA is not ready for us
Chegou a hora de vocês conhecerem a #FURIALoL 2025! 🐾. ⇱ @guigolol_ .❉ @tatulol_ .⤯ @tutszlol .⇲ @Ayulol1 .⛨ @jojooolol .Coach @Thinkcard e @furyzlol como Assistant Coach. O #DIADEFURIA ta chegando na @LTASul! 🇧🇷
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Hope the community realizes that @SpookzOCE has won coaching staff of the split back to back, and @Damonte back to back top 2 (maybe back to back 1st place finishes). Both of them changing teams from last split, super impressive.
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LCS the last 5 games . GG 5-0.CLG 4-1.FLY 4-1 .C9 4-1.EG 3-2.TSM 2-3.TL 1-4.100T 1-4 .DIG 1-4.IMT 0-5.
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So tired of people blaming their inability to climb in solo q on their teammates. You have 4 teammates, 5 enemies, odds are there have been more “incompetent players” on the enemy team than on your team, maybe you just need a mirror. However I do agree the game quality is awful.
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Tough loss, gave it our all, time to make a losers bracket run, be nice to our players pls.
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My coaching staff is stacked @CroissantLoL @Brandini @Damonte @ApolloPrice, future looking good for the faithful
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I am 27 today, and there is no other way I’d rather spend it than scrimming with the boys for worlds. 3 wins for @UnicornsOfLove would be nice too 👍.
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Hats off to our players, the win today really shows how well they can problem solve as a team in game and engineer angles that are incredibly difficult to see. Super grateful to be able to coach these guys.
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Honestly so happy for our players. It’s been a really tough year for them, and it takes immense mental fortitude for them to bounce back, trust the process, and put in such a high level of effort these past 5 weeks. See you all in semis =].
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I've talked to quite a few coaches about fearless draft, and it seems like the consensus is that it would be better if picking a champion disabled it for both teams instead of just your team. That being said I still find it interesting so either way I'd be down.
Would love to see this in the LCS @TheeMarkZ .✅ More exciting drafts in Bo3's.✅ Benefits players with deeper champ pools.✅ More complex for coaches in B/P drafting, means teams with coaches who think quick on their feet may have an advantage.✅ Results in more creative team.
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I usually dont post my interviews but @AshleyKang asked interesting questions and I was able to offer a small peek into some of our processes, so definitely one of the more insightful interviews. This was after our match against G2.
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