Swiss Stage and Predictions | The Divephoria State Worlds 2023 | Episode 1 

Sleep deprived Azael is hilarious

Haha this episode was so fun to watch. So much banter and jokes, thank you guys!

The energy in this truly encapsules that giggly state of tiredness. I love it.

the dive + EUphoria + POG state= the diveuphoria state

Cheers to the eu fellas that fixing their sleep schedule for worlds too today 💪

Sleepy Vedius+Azael were so funny, and Atlus + Chronicler were a great sport/played off their energy really well. Excited to see more for the rest of worlds!

Azael should not be allowed to operate on this little sleep. Dude is criminally hilarious

this was by far the best lol podcast episode i’ve ever heard. such good energy

This was amazing. A more relaxed format than what I normally watch. Just riffing off each other. Really fun to watch.

That was a very fun get together. I think it is nice for them to talk with eachother about their respective regions, where each of them has something to tell to the others that they don't know, instead of all of them knowing everything about 1 specific region already.

Thanks for powering through, really fun episode!

I hope that we will have The Dive after the Swiss stage with a breakdown of each game 🥰🥰

haven't laughed this much with a podcast in a while! Watched 5 minutes only and Azael is unleashed. Keep it up guys!

This was super entertaining!! Hoping for more from this combo! 🎉

Love the english talent from the 3 leagues getting together. You guys should hit up Kitty from the LPL to join to get perspective from their end.

I love the chaotic energy!

What a great and fun podcast this was. The banter, the prediction, Vedi HATING caps lmao, over all banger of an episode, cant wait for the next one after de best of 1s

New Dive episode? Made my day

I liked that a lot! More of this in the future

as a kt fan atlus warms my heart, i hope you get to cast a KT match this worlds

All Hail the best pogcast that has been made! And pls, keep it at all Worlds! It's so fun to see caster from differente regions interacting! And would be awesome if some guests from other regions could be included (LPL and minors)!

Ty for the podcast! Very happy to listen to chroinicler and Atlus. I only watch LEC so I didnt know about the existance of PogState. I'm adding it to my gym podcasts list 👍

I love the extra long podcast formats! Hopefully there's no pressure to make it shorter hahaha. Great to see the different podcast regions in one collective mega podcast.

20 minutes in and I've already had water shoot out of my nose and 2 spit takes. I need this EVERY worlds. Great content guys, hope Azael and Vedius got some sleep after.

Was doing some homework and this podcast was very timely for my background noise :>

Been looking forward to this!

Love the mash up of guests

Oh yeasss pog stage for worlds!!!

Azael literally has the best takes love the content!

I feel like everyone is underestimating the NRG buff against teams that they should lose to, they always win games against better teams, which is, in theory, every team at the tournament, so they’re going undefeated

This was awesome. Everyone was fantastic

I agree on 90% of what Azael said at 33:00 about maybe EU and NA shouldn't have a pool 1 seed. The only issues I see with this is 1) under what objective argument do you measure when EU or NA deserve a pool 1 back or not? And 2) (and this is the biggest issue I see) is that you can maybe argue that a team like G2 is maybe 2 or 3 steps below a pool 1 team. But the 2nd EU seed is like 4 steps below G2. What if that G2 gets enough results across 2 or 3 years to firmly deserve a pool 1 seeding, and then next year they don't make it as EU's 1st seed and the 1st seed just lucked out? Or if they make it as pool 1 seed, but the 2nd seed (that should get pool 2 seeding) is extremely inferior to other pool 2 teams? It's very tricky because the gap between G2 and other western teams is just as big as between pool 1 eastern teams and G2.

Azael and Atlas are really my favorite casters!! And totally underrated

It actually pretty funny when Atlus said Wunder could probably play Garen because he did play Garen on g2 in 2019 I think it was actually one of their only losses.

This was so good

The seeding question is relatively easy to resolve. Before each worlds, lets look at all the international events of the last two years, each win awards a point. That will set up a regional ranking. Top 2 regions get first two seeds in pool1, 3rd seeds in pool2, top3-4 region gets seed 1 on pool 2, top 1-2 seed 4s and top3-4 seed 2 in pool 3, rest of the seeds plus playin goes to pool 4. THat way, it always gets the best possible seeding, and most realistic power ranking.

omg the LCK casters are not dead!

about caps discussion, I feel like Vedi has Caps in such regard he takes him out of EU mids category and compares him with all time great asian mids, where Caps regretfully doesn't measure up that well. he is a greatest mid EU ever had.

LCS: NANeverSleeps Azael: hold my plane ticket

This podcast constantly popped into nonsensical chatter lol, love it

Missed this needed some leauge content

caps was the best mid laner in the world duriing MSI 2019. he got a quadrakill vs SKT, then won finals MVP.

you. killed it :)

My fav time of year!

Finally Worlds is here!!

Chronicler is amazing!!!!

appreciate vedi delivering the anti hopium to not jinx g2 at worlds

Wow, this was one of the best League podcast episodes ever. Felt like no wasted time, and everyone got equal time to speak. Just wish they'd focused on matchups a bit longer but 10/10 lads

Vedius and the conversation around caps can be so strange at times. He has indeed had some poor performances vs great mids internationally, but he also has performances like last year in the first round vs RNG and T1 where he made fun of both Xiahou and Faker(and yes having the reverse happen after). He's nowhere near as consistent as chovy or knight but it's not uncommon for him to have standout games(including lane) where he stomps the worlds best too.

The POG State intro music + Atlus intro line really had me hahahaha

this is great

Loved this episode, so funny

I always think these should be uploaded earlier than on the same day. Would have loved this a few days ago

Let's go azael!

never heard zebra crossing in my life ty vedi!!

I think if seeding was to be revised, lck/lpl 1-2s pool 1, lec/lcs 1st and lck/lpl 3rd pool 2, rest are pool 3.

banger episode

Such a fun podcast! Just rubs me wrong how Vedius was so mean to Caps the whole time 😄 /s

We need a divephoria state co-stream

AHHHHHH LETS GO

W Atlus and Chronicler

Podcast lineup of GODS

W video as always

jet lag podcast is always a banger 😂

I share the same sentiment as Azael when it comes to Caps, he 100% was in the conversation as best mid in the world in 2019.

ATLUS WOW IM A BIG FAN

Vedius was so sassy here i love it rofl

Fantastic episode. I want to mention something, though. 46:49 The talk about how they wanted to go hard LCK style, practice like Korean teams. But they can't. Because the quality of solo-queue time, and the quality of the scrims, are not going to instill great habits. When they go to Korea, and start dealing with solo queue in Korea, where its a different standard? They'll improve. But then they eventually have to go back to NA. So you can try to emulate LCK all you like. But until the quality of opponent in the home region improves? They'll slide back.

I’m just going to say, I love Atlas😂

WE NEED MORE OF THESE, WHERE ARE THEY

The sad thing for Vedius is that the episode ended with a :47 😂

the audio was a bit off, specially when laughter occurred (i was hearing without headphones) just my two cents that aside, loved the content, was looking forward for something like this

man riot should make a podcast

36:50 There was no MSI 2020 was there? I just remember C9 winning and being upset about never getting the international experience

We should get some timestamps

Man, but why does Vedius hate Caps though :^) Loved the podcast. Cheer up Azael

is this not on apple podcast?

Hilarious episode

chroni-kek-ler new hair so cute

Actually genuinely funny for a podcast episode.

What is Vedius saying, without Caps, Europe would be probably consider like NA o would have the same achievements as NA (None)

Please have someone checking sound. Either having Vedi really low that its just silent or I turn it up and then everyone else is hurting my ears. (at least midway, they pull up the mic afterwards).

yak yak yak the whole podcast and then wake up at the last minute in a frantic panic, pure adhd podcast lmao

caps in internationals always was great last year msi he was a walking highlight reel in worlds sure he underperformed this msi i dont exactly remember his performance but i remember that g2 was competetive so idk

How are matches determined for each of the following rounds? Is there a new draw each time?

Atlus, Chronicler and Valdest The GOAT casters

They actually start talking about League at 7:35

It's a lot of fun coming back to this now that finals is over. Some of these takes were really good. G2 = Harlrm Globe Trotters T1 vs TL will be a spicy match

I've always agreed with Vedius' takes but to say Caps has performed poorly internationally is one I hard disagree with and I'm glad Azael pushed back on this. Caps has been one of the Wests best performing players in recent league history. He was a key player in both the FNC and G2 teams that made it all the way to finals

Azael hard countered by screaming baby and sock yogurt 😭😭

Can't believe that we need NA fan and castor to put some respect on Caps XD

I didn’t realize Damwon was D+ till 55 mins in…it’s not just Azeal na is just breh🤣🤣

yaaaaassssss

I hope we can expect atleast one rep from each region in the coming episodes.

1:03:00 That would not be the first time all of LCK teams did not get out, in 2018 Gen.G went 1-5 and became the first Korean team to not get out of groups.

34:20 Hey Vedius, I had to pick a comment of mine from earlier this year but I did (the) minimum research of LCK and LPL teams at Worlds after the LPL Boom: Every year since 2019 China has been considered the best region easily and yet the number od teams qualifying to Worlds Semi-finals has Korea winning 8-6 against China and in quarters Korea is also ahead 14-10 from 2019 to 2022. I agree that Chinese teams feel better #1 to #4 but I never count Korea out, specially after DRX miracle run.

Vedius is smokin something, he can't say that Caps has performed poorly internationally, he can't say that Humanoid is better internationally then Caps cause that's just not true. I think people hold him to such a high standard compared to everyone else. My man has been on top form since 2018, that's 5 years now while being regarded as the top player in his team, when every opponent prepares for him, target bans him almost every game, and he reinvents himself time after time and stays relevant. I'll give you the guide for how to prepare against humanoid: Ban whichever of these is the most meta at the moment - Azir-Orianna-Viktor. Congratulations, you won against humanoid (or larssen, another 3 trick-poney). People always try to descredit Caps, but he's just the best EU has ever had period. He is built different. 2018 2nd place. 2019 2nd place. 2020 loses to the champion. 2021 the team didn't function well, but the strategy was to play for Caps. 2022 still very solid. 2023 on top of the game again, with a LARGE gap to other EU mids. 70% winrate top 48 Challenger in Korea. What else do you want from this man? Just give him the praise he deserves

Never this early wow

Every year people underrate Faker at World’s and every year, T1 gets to at least Semis or Finals.

5:11 lemme find out the homies dropped a hero dose before they started filming lmaoo