One of the two regions with the most developed League of Legends scene
As you know, in the League of Legends world, one of the two most powerful regions is LCK and LPL. In the history of professional League of Legends, these are also the two regions with the most international titles, with LCK dominating the World Championship, and MSI being the LPL's playground. However, in recent years, LPL has been somewhat disadvantaged. LPL representatives have not achieved good results at World Championship, especially in 2023 when all four representatives of this region were defeated by T1 alone. At MSI 2024, Bilibili Gaming was defeated by Gen.G in the final match of the tournament.
For this reason, plus the fact that many legendary LPL superstars have lost their form or are temporarily out of action, the tournament has also lost a significant amount of appeal. Specifically, according to a recent statistic, tickets for the final match between Weibo Gaming and Bilibili Gaming are extremely unsold. The tournament's organizers even offered discounts, but they could not save the situation. Accordingly, the ticket price for the final match was reduced by 10%. Tickets for matches in the regional qualifiers were also reduced by the lowest of 13% and the highest of 23%, but the situation was not optimistic either.
In addition, some viewers also said that they received a 50% discount coupon, which was used specifically to buy tickets to attend the 13th anniversary of Chinese League of Legends. However, only a small number of viewers received this voucher.
League of Legends is no longer attractive in China?
However, the lack of ticket sales can come from many reasons. First, although the final match is between BLG and WBG, the performance of the two teams is currently quite different when BLG is too strong while WBG has struggled to get to the final. Moreover, the highest ticket price for the final match is over 1k yuan, and the lowest is 388 yuan. Even though it has been reduced by 10%, the number is still not small, and does not even have much impact on the ticket price. Not to mention, the final match on August 30 is between WBG and BLG. August 31 will be BO5 between LNG and TES/WBG, September 1 will be between NIP and JDG, and September 2 has not been determined yet. These teams all have players who attract fans, but compared to the stature of TheShy or Uzi, they are not as good.
In fact, in the LPL, there is no player with the same persistence and influence as Faker of the LCK. Combined with the fact that international achievements are not really good, and facing competition from many other games, especially on mobile, it is no longer surprising that League of Legends is gradually losing its appeal.
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