As you know, on the afternoon of May 7 (Vietnam time), the first match of the MSI 2024 group stage officially took place with the confrontation between Top Esports and Team Liquid. The North American representative is predicted to be difficult to win, especially when TES is now more focused and JackeyLove himself is in quite high form. It was “Mr. Tinh” who was an important factor in helping TES defeat JD Gaming in LPL Spring 2024, followed by extremely good performances in the final against Bilibili Gaming. Therefore, the possibility of TES going deep at MSI 2024 is completely feasible.
TES had no difficulty surpassing TL
But worth mentioning, if the match is too one-sided, the pre-match situations are attracting the attention of the world League of Legends community. Specifically, before the match, TL's APA player had a “joke” when TES banned 3 APA champions. Even Tian had to get angry and chat “Shut up” to his opponent. This is a rare thing because although Tian may be straightforward on the outside, when competing, he always maintains a correct attitude.
APA's back-and-forth was “turned on” by Tian, but the players on the TL side continued to “tease” the opponent.
However, even Western audiences cannot accept APA's behavior of constantly “taunting” their opponents. According to Tian, APA himself, before the match started, in the waiting room quipped, “Your Mid Laner is scared, right?”. And Tian's actions were to let his teammates focus on the match.
Tian explained in the post-match interview: “He actually kept asking 'Is Creme scared or something?' before the match started and Creme actually looked a bit panicked so I asked him to be quiet so that he could be quiet.” My teammates focus on competing.”
Western audiences were also dissatisfied with APA's behavior
– The worst player in the match said that, it's funny”
– “APA needs to skip conversations with opponents because they don't help him in the match. Performing in the LCS is great but it won't be good at all if he goes to China and can't win a game”
– “Banned 3 champions? Those are all the champions in the limited champion pool that he can play”
– “This guy plays poorly but talks a lot”
Worth mentioning, APA himself is no stranger to the international arena, but he has never performed as expected. Among the TL members who lost against GAM at Worlds last year, APA was the worst player. He was completely “shut down” by Kati, making Pyosik unable to carry the burden even when holding Kindred forte. After the last TES match, APA was even the player with the lowest score on the team, only better than UmTi and Yeon.
Even APA was Kati's defeated champion when TL faced GAM at Worlds 2023
Obviously, “trashtalk” in Esports competitions in general and League of Legends in particular is common. But letting your behavior go too far would be disrespectful to your opponent. Especially when you haven't really shown what your fans and team need to win, that's even more to blame.
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