On day 5 of the MSI 2024 Play-In round, GAM Esports (GAM) was unable to overcome Fnatic (FNC). This is an extremely unfortunate result as Levi and his teammates missed the opportunity to advance to the Branch round. However, with a previous defeat against FNC, the chance for the VCS representative to “make things happen” against the “bogeyman” from the LEC is not much. Therefore, GAM's performance is what the audience cares about in this match instead of the final result.
With a superior class, it is not too surprising that FNC defeated the VCS representative to participate in the Branch round.
If you watched the last match, the audience could see that the VCS representative played much better than the previous match. Instead of taking risky situations and being defeated continuously, the “black and gold army” in the last match showed extremely remarkable fighting ability. A typical example was in the second game when the combination of the Paranoid – Sound Wave Command combo broke FNC's attack many times.
GAM's young Mid Laner has improved a lot compared to MSI 2024
Furthermore, the above combo will be difficult to operate successfully if the Orianna player is in low form or prone to error handling. And the player who was once considered a “criminal” of the VCS representative in the previous match – Emo, had a spectacular transformation to successfully operate the above combo. Not stopping at expanding the champion pool, Emo showed clear progress in skill handling during the FNC reunion. Even thanks to Emo's unexpected performance, VCS representatives were praised by international audiences even though they were the losing team.
From performing too risky competitions and lying down “indifferently”
Emo has completely “transformed” by becoming an important piece of the puzzle to help VCS representatives perform the extremely effective Paranoia – Sound Wave Command combo.
“Imagine you are a brand new player, your first international tournament and you can solokill Humanoid. He doesn't even have a high ego and his teammates said: “Put E on me and use R when given the command” and he followed it 100%. He (Emo) really had a good match” – One gamer commented
“For Emo, today was his best day of competition. In the past few matches, Emo had extremely risky plays. I agree that they completely transformed in this match. It's a pity that this team was eliminated” – Another audience could not help but feel sorry for GAM and Emo personally
“I really want to thank GAM for trying their best despite the difficulties. It's difficult being a small region with very little support but they still try their best to bring emotional matches. They competed with endless passion and reminded us why we love Esports so much” – Another spectator concluded.
Indeed, when looking back at the past spring, it was an extremely difficult time for VCS in general and the “black and gold army” in particular. The fact that so many players were suspended due to negative investigations has directly affected the strength of the teams. This makes expectations for the VCS representative's performance at MSI 2024 extremely low. Furthermore, this incident also seriously shook the country's audience's confidence in VCS.
The fact that VCS Spring 2024 was postponed and up to 32 individuals were suspended for negative investigation caused the home audience's confidence in the tournament to be seriously shaken.
However, overcoming those difficulties, Levi and his teammates still had a good performance at MSI 2024. Furthermore, this team also showed remarkable progress through each match. From a heavy loss to FNC on the opening day, they won an emotional victory over LLL and then caused many difficulties for LEC representatives in their reunion. That effort of the “black gold army” really left a good impression in the hearts of international audiences.
Overcoming many difficulties, Levi and his teammates had a successful MSI 2024, leaving a good impression in the hearts of the audience.
In short, the performance of the VCS representative at MSI 2024, with the surrounding difficulties, can be considered acceptable. Hopefully with the experience gained from this tournament, Levi and his teammates will grow more to (possibly) win tickets to Worlds 2024 and continue to make a good impression here.
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