At the beginning of the year, if there were odds in Las Vegas on whether Clutch Gaming would be representing North America at the world championship, they wouldn't have been pretty.

Dignitas, one of the oldest esports organizations in existence and a former cornerstone of the LCS, bought back into the league, acquiring Clutch Gaming and taking control of the franchise.

Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Provided by Riot Games As Clutch rises, the winningest franchise in North American League of Legends history continue its descent.

For a team that has prided itself on bringing home hardware since the start of the LCS, the loss to Clutch leaves one of the biggest esports fan bases in the world wondering what lies ahead.

While TSM and their players ponder and discuss what's next for the storied franchise in 2020, Damonte and Clutch Gaming will be boarding a flight from Los Angeles to Berlin, home of the opening rounds of the world championship.

Huni in a postgame interview with LCS correspondent Ovilee May described his desire to play his two former teams, Fnatic and SK Telecom T1, in the group stages.