Liquid hadn’t beaten a team inside the top 15 since December. That was, until BLAST Bounty, where they took down both Vitality and G2, and neither one even gave them a hard time.

No, seriously, we can’t really believe it either.

Well, except for the fact we can, and for one reason: JT.

JT had spent far too long rotting with Complexity and Passion UA. We knew it, thorin knew it, everyone knew it. Having finally got his chance on Liquid, it was time to prove us all right, and so far, he’s passing with flying colours.

For the first time in a long time, Liquid don’t look like five blokes being forced to play CS together. They look like a team. A team with a purpose at that.

That purpose, of course, is to win trophies, and although they may still be some way off that, making it to the playoffs of BLAST Bounty with the hardest run of any of the teams there is definitely commendable.

It’s honestly hard not to put that down to JT. Sure, Jorko had some really solid games, but would he have done that with siuhy? We’re really not sure.

Everyone is trying to say siuhy’s time on Liquid didn’t count, but remember, MOUZ got better without him, too. We’re noticing.

We won’t get too excited just yet - BLAST Bounty isn’t exactly a real event - but there’s a lot of promise in this team now, and we don’t think they’re going to struggle at actual events either.

Get excited, NA fans. Your boys are back.