In just a short time, MSI 2024 will officially kick off. At the first international tournament of the League of Legends village in 2024, the audience will witness many format changes that promise to increase the attractiveness of the tournament. For example, T1 must compete from the Play-In round or the MSI 2024 championship team will automatically have a spot at Worlds 2024 if that team can enter the playoffs round of the Summer tournament. All are Riot's efforts to bring attraction to MSI – a tournament that is only considered a warm-up for the top teams for Worlds or for teams in small regional groups and wildcards to somewhat strengthen their position. .
MSI 2024 is approaching
This season, MSI will return to the land of billions of people, marking nearly 8 years since the first time this international tournament was held at LPL. The venue is in Chengdu and some opinions say that maybe this time T1 will be crowned. Because, everyone knows that T1 showed that they really shined when facing LPL at Worlds 2023. Not to mention, in the past, SKT T1 won the MSI Cup for the first time (2016) right in Shanghai, China.
T1 is predicted to be the top candidate for the championship
However, according to a recent reputable information channel from LPL, preparations at the MSI 2024 venue have not been completed right from the most basic stages. This person said that right in the stadium area, there was not even a phone signal and had to go to the restroom area. For those who don't know, this media channel was also the first to report that the Hangzhou ASIAD forced Esports players to use their real names and not have any (allegedly) violent words appear in the tournament. fight.
But at this point, the MSI 2024 venue is still unfinished and can't even get a phone signal.
Of course, this can simply be explained by the fact that MSI 2024 has not yet completed the facilities preparation stages, so any problems will be able to be fixed in the future. But if this is true, there may still be concern. Everyone knows that players need time to get used to the new machines and playing environment. MSI itself is also a short-lived tournament. Therefore, just changes in the playing environment can affect the players' performance.