NRG's Worlds climb-- how far will they go!? G2's scrims vs stage games + more! | Hotline League 296

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Check Out PrizePicks! - https://prizepicks.onelink.me/ivHR/TRAVISTake a look at NZXT! - https://nzxt.co/travis ( Use code: travis5 )00:00:00 Intro 00:11:57 don's take: despite being an 100T fanboy, don wants to praise UmTi00:28:33 Stevenator wants to talk about Fearless draft00:50:15 NZXT break!00:55:25 Manny's take: we should give more credit to Spawn01:10:13 kiyon's take: it was so bad that in the LTA we didn’t even see a game 4 of fearless draft to the point where Team Liquid and APA especially will get exposed01:24:45 PrizePicks break!01:28:54 TDS's take: LTA's viewership is not as bad a sign as people make it out to be01:53:50 wejustplay's take: The fans and execs of 100T should be ashamed of themselves with how they acted this past weekend02:12:12 beans' take: the recent changes to T2 and T3 are detrimental to the region02:21:28 Outro