As of now, there are only a few days left until MSI 2024 will officially kick off in Chengdu. With the gathering of many big teams such as T1, Gen.G, BLG… this MSI 2024 promises to have extremely high professional quality. Furthermore, this is also an opportunity for the LCK region to regain the MSI title after 7 years since SKT T1's championship in 2017.
The last time an LCK representative won the MSI championship was in 2017 with SKT T1's victory.
However, it is quite strange that experts as well as the audience at LCK are not too interested in this MSI tournament. Many people think that MSI is not very meaningful and that Worlds held at the end of the year is the ultimate goal. Even the famous commentator CloudTemplar shared that it is not a problem for the LCK region not to win the MSI championship.
Commentator CloudTemplar shared: “Honestly, I think there's no problem with LCK not winning MSI. Failure at MSI can be considered a good thing as it motivates LCK players to rise up and win the World Championship at the end of the year.”
Many viewers agree with commentator CloudTemplar and also admit that T1 is the cause of the above attitude of “letting go of MSI”. Remember that in the 2023 season, T1 then lost to BLG in the Finals of MSI's losers bracket and only got 3rd place. However, Faker and his teammates had a very spectacular return at Worlds. 2023 when continuously surpassing LPL representatives to win the world championship.
“This story was written by T1 last year” – An audience agreed with commentator CloudTemplar
“MSI is indeed more valuable than the regional tournament. However, it is held between spring and summer. So even if you don't win MSI, you will still be praised if you do well in the tournament summer and Worlds” – Another gamer commented
“I agree with CloudTemplar but still want to see an LCK team win MSI after such a long wait” – Another audience still expressed hope that the LCK representative will win MSI this year
Furthermore, since the 2017 season, the MSI championship teams have all failed to conquer the World Championship in the same year. Faker is probably someone who understands this very well when he and his teammates won MSI 2017 but lost to Samsung Galaxy at Worlds that year. Later MSI champions such as RNG (2018, 2021, 2022), G2 Esports (2019) and JDG (2023) also could not escape this “trap”.
A star-studded team like JDG 2023 could not escape the MSI championship but fell at Worlds.
To be fair, it is extremely difficult for a team to maintain high performance throughout the entire season and win every tournament. The fact that no team has ever won the “GrandSlam title” in the history of League of Legends is the clearest proof of this. Obviously, when compared in terms of scale and importance, Worlds is still ranked above MSI. So for those who want to see LCK representatives win Worlds, missing out on the MSI title this year is even considered a “good omen” for them.
The afterglow of T1's 2023 World Championship victory for the LCK audience seems to still be huge.
However, MSI is still an extremely prestigious tournament, so the teams coming here (including 2 LCK representatives) all aim to win the championship. It is important to know that Riot Games has changed the format of MSI 2024 so that the champion team will definitely get a ticket to attend Worlds. This makes the nature of MSI 2024 much more important than previous seasons. At that time, teams will certainly try harder to win this title to ensure their position at the World Championship at the end of the year.
MSI 2024 will have greater significance than previous seasons when the champion team is guaranteed a spot at Worlds
In addition, if an LCK representative wins MSI 2024, they will end the streak of winning this title three times in a row on the LPL region's home field. This is definitely a great achievement that LCK representatives like T1 and Gen.G will aim for. Of course, the LCK audience's attitude of “letting go of MSI” to focus on Worlds is understandable. However, with the great significance of MSI 2024, it is impossible for LCK representatives like Gen.G and T1 to miss this title.
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