LS | CLOUD 9 FUDGE INTERVIEW On Differences Between East and West, Drafting, and Worlds

Very interesting relationship between the Eastern and Western scenes. The Eastern scene might not have the best ideas about draft, yet when they start winning, Western scene end up reluctantly following these ideas, which is counterintuitive.

However, besides the ego point ("it's champ diff, not player diff"), I can see why teams seem to follow the winning meta. It's because this is a competition, and as much as results-based analysis sucks, competition is literally results-based. Thus, with the limited time and lack of resources to test their theoretical drafts (for teams still at Worlds), it may be beneficial in the short-term to adhere to the winning meta. It is short-sighted to copy the winning formula. Ideally, Western teams (and all teams in general) should be innovating on the fly but there's a difference between knowing the theoretical counter and being practiced enough to execute it.

Fudge is incredibly mature btw. His answers are really thoughtful.

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