[Is Noel really okay with that?] - Peacock
I was wondering if there might be some medical issue when she was going to be a doctor, but she doesn't have any chronic illness—just missing eyes and feet.
Does she secretly have some health problem we don't know about?
Why did she suddenly faint...
- SilverPanthea: The team captain does have health issues...
- Peacock: Well, she does have some mental health issues haha, but were they that serious...?
- SinkingShip: Having hallucinations is pretty serious... It's actually more strange that she's in the pro scene
- WhirlwindSweetPotato: But if she fainted like that, maybe she's been under tremendous stress mentally?
- BangRipTear: Yeah, she probably fainted because the tension was released at the end or it was too overwhelming
[Was she really sick?] - WolvenFox
(photo)
If she just fainted, they should wake her up so she can hold the trophy together
But they immediately panicked and called a doctor to carry her out...
Is this a case where she was fighting through the third match despite the doctor wanting to stop her, and then collapsed?
- LexiaQueen: Yeah, that's what it looks like to me
- DandorEmperor: Her form wasn't that great in games 2 and 3... It really seems like she was gritting her teeth through games 4 and 5, which breaks my heart...
- DarkShadowSpear: ??? Noel played well in games 2-3, why are you putting her down like this? The team lost because other lanes collapsed
- DandorEmperor: She went 50-50 and couldn't do anything!
- MassageMaster: Is KIN's player a pushover? Why would they take risks against Noel when their team is winning? lol
- ElementalBreak: For real, KIN was giving up CS and playing safe, how could Noel turn that around? lol
- AMB: If she just fainted from excitement over winning, it would just become another meme, but seeing medical staff carry her away makes me really uneasy...
- NoodleRollKimchi: Maybe she's just physically weak? She looked really skinny
- MidMariGrip: No way, considering how many hours she games daily, physical stamina isn't the issue
[She just collapsed because her mental strength is weak lol] - StagBeetle
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Let me show this schizophrenia simulation video to those who think that
While neither Noel nor the team front has specified her diagnosis, based on her symptoms during streams, she definitely experiences hallucinations.
If she were on drugs, she would've been caught in health screenings or the team wouldn't have kept her.
So why recruit a player with mental illness?
Did the team know about it when they recruited her, or not?
They probably knew.
Her viewers already knew about the "next-door sister" she talks about.
GamCo would have done that much research before recruiting her.
Because mental illness is trivial, right?
Domestic violence victim + disabled + female pro gamer?
That combination already generated tons of publicity.
Her face appears frequently in newspapers and news.
You can tell by how many trolls have increased in Noel's fan cafe.
Though they're regularly getting sued by HLG's front office and turning into pocket money for Noel.
Anyway, so she collapsed because her mental strength is weak?
I see it the opposite way.
Noel was probably already seeing hallucinations while under extreme stress during the matches.
But you saw the video.
When something clearly looks like a hallucination, you can just dismiss it as not real.
But for smart people, even hallucinations can be incredibly detailed.
The fact that Noel doesn't talk about ghosts or visions, but specifically mentions her "next-door sister"
Suggests that this sister's appearance is indistinguishable from a real person.
So the doctor appearing during the match
Wasn't because Noel was physically sick and couldn't perform in games 2 and 3,
But more likely because her mental illness worsened to the point where even teammates were worried.
Looking at her game performance, she contained KIN more stably than Hyunseok (sorry to Hyunseok).
The team just collapsed around her.
Her mental illness probably worsened because the already competitive Noel was under intense stress,
And the other players could see her condition deteriorating, so they called medical staff.
But whether due to her stubbornness or because they couldn't sub in injured Hyunseok, they continued.
And that's where I think Noel proved herself.
Can anyone say her form in games 4 and 5 wasn't good?
Noel got so much unfair criticism.
The Genji team was cruel, if you want to call it that.
Seeing Noel might have issues, they mercilessly targeted top lane.
But she endured.
In game 4, they counter-picked and even dove her, but she calculated cooldowns and timing perfectly to take control.
In game 5, she withstood lane swaps and unfair treatment, doing everything a top laner should.
Jinsuk had slightly higher MVP points,
But Jackson was always exactly where he needed to be during team fights.
Of course, all the other players did their jobs too.
But I want to highlight something else.
It wasn't as obvious in game 4,
But in game 5, if Genji wanted to turn the game around, they needed to cut off one side lane to buy time and gain advantage, right?
But even without vision, Noel would stop as if she knew exactly where the line was between safety and death.
It's like the "next-door sister" was telling her where not to get caught.
This happened four times, too many to be luck or gambling.
And it wasn't just playing completely risk-averse,
Because the gold difference wasn't narrowing.
Someone who sees mentally disturbing things like in that video did this?
Either she's crazy or she endured with superhuman mental strength.
So I agree she fainted when the tension finally released.
- WhatMakesFPRed: For real, HLG management must be thrilled... They probably recruited her just for publicity, but she turned out to be a gem
- StagBeetle: Honestly, at first I thought, "Why bring in an unproven female player? Just giving up on qualifying?" lol
- CruelSun: So if I can see that video during daily life, I could play League of Champions as well as Noel?
- CruelSun: Just wait, Gold-Plat. I'm memorizing those visuals and restarting ranked games
- StagBeetle: You're insane
- SilverPanthea: My heart dropped when the doctor rushed in...
[So Noel is a ghost League of Champions champion?] - EndRunner
What if Noel avoided all ganks and didn't get caught in split-push traps thanks to the "next-door sister" telling her?
What if Noel's physical skills were actually the "next-door sister" tapping the keyboard and mouse?
What if the "next-door sister" who helped Noel win has now ascended to nirvana?
Don't leave Noel's body!!!
- BangRipTear: You're insane lololol
- BadTimingToRisk: The front office is probably carefully measuring this angle lol
- Quentina: The front office understands joking about it too lol. If Noel laughs, they let it slide
- LexiaQueen: Yeah, Noel tries hard to use her disability in humor...
- BangRipTear: But sometimes the mood gets awkward and only she doesn't realize lol
[But it was really cool at the end] - TopLanePatientYunNongReu
Noel collapsed?
Doesn't matter, Jackson is demolishing the tower.
Even if the player falls, the champion doesn't stop.
- SilverPanthea: I almost cried seeing that... The game zooms out after victory is confirmed and shows close-ups of the players, with the captain collapsed... Meanwhile Jackson steadily pushing towers and destroying the nexus...
- MyNameIsWarrior: Yeah, it was cool and touching... I should faint forward when I'm about to last-hit the nexus...
- PhaKimchi: You're insane lol
- BloodPressureMarathon: But you don't have a next-door sister
- FatherTouch: You might get a next-door brother instead
- ForeskinMaster: The brother will come
- MyNameIsWarrior: No men, please --
- IronSleep: Is this a Stand attack...!
- MotherCry: Ah lololol
- Fossile: This Stand doesn't stop even when the user collapses!
[Noel was carried away but she's in the winner's interview now] - CheeseBreaker
"Noel's condition started deteriorating toward the end of game 2."
"In game 3, as defeat seemed likely and the score became 1-2, Noel's frequency of talking to her hallucinations increased."
"Not to blame anyone, but perhaps thinking it would unsettle teammates and prevent them from performing their best, Noel left the team voice channel."
"At first we didn't even notice she had left, because she moved in perfect harmony with the team from start to finish."
"We only realized in the final moments of game 5 that Noel had left the voice channel."
"Suddenly Noel was communicating with pings instead of words, and that's when we realized."
"Despite this, Noel perfectly executed everything a top laner needed to do."
"Even Jinsuk's final retreat was thanks to Noel's ping... At that moment, we had no information about how Genji's players were moving."
"The information that the four of us gathered through communication, Noel was compiling alone and fighting in solitude."
"I hope Noel is okay."
"We were able to win because everyone did their best in their positions without exception. Now it's time for us to come together for Noel."
This top lane patient really just gritted her teeth through the game.
And she did Mute All in the finals lol.
From beginning to end, she acted like a true top lane patient, there's nothing to say.
At least it's good that she didn't collapse from a physical health problem?
Or is it more serious because it's a mental health issue...
- HamShikMacadamiaThief: I never imagined someone in the pro scene, especially in finals, would use mute all
- BangRipTear: Just looking at that alone, you'd think "what is this, a troll or an alpha move?"... but Noel thought it was her best option, which makes me sad
- ExPeke: Yeah, she left voice to avoid confusing her teammates... It seems like a drastic measure
- Dedica: I think muting all put more strain on Noel...
- Dedica: With her mental state already poor, she gave up information from teammates by leaving voice?
- Dedica: That means she had to compile all that information herself...
- Sistato: It must be brain-breaking to try distinguishing what's real and what's not while already seeing hallucinations
[So can Noel compete at Worlds with her condition?] - Accurate
It's really fortunate that they won...
But are they going to be the only team to qualify and then get disqualified?
That would be terrible...
- LandSlide: It's questionable whether she can even go to Worlds...
- Ggomme: It must be a difficult choice for the team. This is their strongest roster in years, so do they push as far as they can go, or avoid putting strain on the players...
[We'll have to wait until tomorrow to know] - MochaBunManaBun
Noel needs to recover and consult with doctors before we'll know the results.
Let's not jump to conclusions or spread rumors that might hurt Noel if she sees them.
- SilverPanthea: This is right...
- CryingSSD: The coach and Noel's manager are at the hospital with her now, so don't worry too much and just wait
- LexiaQueen: Congrats on winning, bro!!
- BangRipTear: This is socializing
- LexiaQueen: Oops
- NongReuHurtFeelingThief: lolol
- Anonymous(111.101): Come on, we can congratulate someone who won!!!