All posts by Tim Sevenhuysen

Tim Sevenhuysen is the founder and sole developer of Oracle's Elixir and provides a variety of consulting and contracting services throughout the esports industry. He is the former Director of Esports Analytics for 100 Thieves, served as Head of Data Science for Esports One, led Shadow.gg from 2017 to 2019, and was Statistical Consultant for Fnatic in 2015. Follow Tim on Twitter at @TimSevenhuysen.

Analysis and Opinion

LCS Mock Expansion – Armchair GM Exercise

Video July 21, 2021 Tim Sevenhuysen

What if the LCS had an expansion draft? Who would each team “protect” from the draft, and what might the new org’s initial roster look like? Let’s run the thought experiment and see where it leads us.

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Analysis and Opinion

Academy Standouts: 2021 Summer, Week 7

July 19, 2021 Tim Sevenhuysen

Academy Standouts highlights the players who performed best in the most recent week of NA Academy play. I’ll discuss a few of the most noteworthy standouts, then list some other players whose performances caught my eye below.

Palafox, Mid, FlyQuest Academy

While the former FLY Academy roster has been up in the LCS taking names, Palafox has been back down in Academy showing how he earned his way into the LCS in the first place.

Sylas, Irelia, Yone, and Akali were his tools of choice this week. He was assertive, applying a lot of pressure on his lane opponents, picking up solo kills and threatening a few more. He created leads in lane and carried some big team fights, too.

Palafox Stats