100 Thieves CEO Matt ‘Nadeshot’ Haag and his Team Liquid counterpart Steve Arhancet have gotten into a good-natured war of words over social media.
The two orgs’ League of Legend teams are set to clash in a high stakes match-up in the semifinals of the NA LCS 2018 Summer Playoffs on September 2 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA.
Although that match is still several days away, the two CEO’s have already started their trash talking, with Arhancet tweeting out a clip from their meeting the Spring Split Playoffs Grand Finals, which Team Liquid dominated to win 3-0.
How have you been sleeping this week @nadeshot?
The 100 Thieves CEO did not blink an eye or hesitate in his response, as he threw a jab at the fact that it took Arhancet and Liquid six years to get a championship banner, while it only took 100T six months to make it to the finals of a NA LCS Split.
Been getting 8 hours every night knowing it took 6 years for you to get a banner in the studio but only took us 6 months to meet you in the finals.
100 Thieves’ immediate success within League of Legends esports is well documented; the org went 12-6 to place first in the regular season of their first ever Split in the spring, making it all the way to the finals in their first ever Playoffs as well.
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This Split has not been as easy; the team went 10-8 to place third, and thus were forced to play in the first round, which they advanced through after beating FlyQuest 3-0.
While a victory in the semifinals doesn’t guarantee anything for either 100T or Team Liquid, it does place one of them in the finals, where $100,000 and, more importantly, direct qualification to 2018 World Championship will be at stake.
Team Liquid have already clinched a spot in Worlds, on the virtue of winning the NA Spring Split, but 100T will have all the work to do if they want their season to continue into October.