BLG and TES will compete for the LPL Spring 2024 crown this Saturday night and represent the host to compete at MSI.
The 2024 Summer tournaments are coming to an end and LPL is no exception. After Bilibili Gaming soon filled in for the 2024 LPL Spring Grand Final and got a ticket to this year's Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), Top Esports and JD Gaming came out to compete last night (April 14) to win a spot. remaining. In the rematch at the LPL Spring 2024 Losers Bracket Finals, TES defeated JDG 3-1. With this result, TES has won the right to play in the LPL Grand Final for the first time since the last time in Summer 2022. As for JDG, losing painfully to TES both times they faced Bo5 in two weeks caused them to fail in their efforts. won the LPL championship for the fourth consecutive time and also became the former MSI king.
Immediately after the hand-to-hand greeting of the players of the two teams, Ruler could not keep calm and burst into tears when the entire JDG team bowed to the audience for the last time of the season on the LPL main stage. Even though he was comforted and encouraged by his teammates – especially MISSING – the Korean superstar shooter still could not control his emotional outburst.
Since moving from Gen.G to LPL at the beginning of last season, this is Ruler's worst season. But this result was predicted in advance because JDG has made many reform changes from the coaching staff, personnel in the squad,… making fans skeptical after stopping in the Semi-finals of the 2023 World Finals. Instead of reaching the top 2 in the group stage like last season, JDG only finished third in the LPL Spring 2024 group stage with a coefficient of 13-3. Ruler himself was only elected to the 2nd Outstanding Team and is no longer the Best ADC of LPL 2023.
Together with JDG, Ruler almost completed the so-called “Golden Road” to become the first team to complete the Grand Slam in the same season. Although he could not win Worlds 2023, last year is still considered a successful season for the Korean superstar because he completed the dream title collection for every player – especially MSI and LPL. After the loss to TES, JDG members lingered and bowed to the audience as an apology for not being able to meet the expectations of playing the LPL Grand Final and attending MSI 2024 right at home in Chengdu, China in May. next.
“JDG's journey at LPL Spring 2024 ended today and we are sorry to disappoint our fans” – JDG updated on the official X account. “This is a season of adaptation and development was full of challenges that tested us thoroughly. Although the results were not as expected, we are grateful to the players, staff and fans for their unwavering support. We are not afraid of failure because we believe that every failure is a valuable experience on the road to victory. We will remember every criticism and continue to approach Summer with passion that passion and dedication. Once again, we would like to sincerely thank all of our fans for supporting us. We look forward to seeing you again this Summer!”