Thus, despite their best efforts, GAM Esports still could not create a miracle against the powerful team from LEC – Fnatic. But really, the confrontation between the two teams excited the LoL audience both at VCS and internationally. Especially in game 2 when many spectators believed that GAM could completely bring the score to balance and drag the match to game 3. Unfortunately, GAM's Nocturne – Orianna combo cannot be repeated over and over again. forever and FNC became stronger towards the end of the game, causing GAM's strategy to go bankrupt.
GAM's efforts are not enough for the VCS representative to achieve a miracle
Of course, the 2024 MSI season can be said to be extremely difficult for VCS teams. Even though GAM won the Spring 2024 championship and performed very hard, in fact this GAM squad is still the weakest squad in this team's history every time they enter a new season. Both EasyLove and Emo are patchy, situational options. Worth mentioning, both of these players joined GAM in the context that their former team was at the bottom of the table at that time. If in a normal context, there is almost no chance that EasyLove and Emo could join GAM's official lineup.
EasyLove (left) and Emo had acceptable performances in the two players' first official MSI
In addition, according to SofM shared while co-streaming the match between GAM – FNC, there is also a very notable detail: “Only one player needs to be in FNC's position, only one player needs to be anywhere else.” Any position is equal to the salary budget of the whole GAM. You don't need 2 or 3 people combined, just 1 person, like Humanoid, is almost double the salary budget of GAM players and coaches.”
SofM revealed that only one FNC player has a salary as high as or higher than the entire GAM team's salary budget
In fact, it is not difficult to understand that LEC or any region in the group of famous regions such as LCK, LPL or LCS has much higher investment than VCS. With a long-standing and successful Esports scene in general and League of Legends in particular, teams in these regions always receive proper investment so that players can comfortably develop their careers. LCS or LEC may even have a higher average salary than their LCK and LPL colleagues when the players here have almost no income from livestreaming.
Obviously, in terms of investment alone, GAM was far behind FNC even before the match started
Obviously, even before the fight started, the GAM players this time lost to FNC by a very long distance. Furthermore, FNC is also the runner-up of the LEC. Therefore, GAM players do not need to feel guilty for trying until the last moment.
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