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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.

NIGHT VISION: Play-Ins, Day 3

Welcome to Night Vision, your nightly recap of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship.

Look below for Recaps, Takeaways, and my pick for which player had a Night to Remember.

Recaps

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Game 1: LGD def. V3
V3 Renekton Lee Sin Zoe Ashe Braum
LGD Ornn Kindred Syndra Jhin Bard

LGD very awkward early rotational play gives away first dragon and Herald, but Langx solo kills Paz, Peanut steals dragon 2. LGD outscale. Absolutely sloppy but LGD eventually gold out the win.

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NIGHT VISION: Play-Ins, Day 2

Welcome to Night Vision, your nightly recap of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship.

Look below for Recaps, Takeaways, and my pick for which player had a Night to Remember.

Recaps

Awake during Worlds? Get these recaps live on Twitter.

Game 1: V3 def. R7
R7 Sion Nidalee Tristana Twitch Rakan
V3 Renekton Elise Zoe Ashe Sett

Bugi can’t make his ganks/dive setups stick reliably. Aloned is fed early; R7 are scaling. But R7 are not crisp in their rotations or team fights, rushing their engages without proper map setups, giving V3 free 2nd/3rd/4th chances to snowball.

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