Gen.G's “shocking” failure
Before the VCT Champions 2024 tournament of VALORANT took place, Gen.G was the team that was rated with a very high probability of winning the championship. Simply because they had won the championships of VCT Master Shanghai and VCT Pacific Stage 2 in a convincing manner. Even in the opening match of Champions, Gen.G defeated Sentinels with a score of 2-0 too quickly to affirm their strength.
Gen.G was once considered a strong candidate for the VCT Champions 2024 title.
However, just a few days after the above victory, Gen.G's performance dropped in an extremely inexplicable way. First was the 1-2 defeat against Team Heretics and most recently the humiliating 0-2 defeat when meeting an old opponent named Sentinels. This defeat was truly a “shock” to the audience as well as experts when one of the big candidates for the championship was eliminated right from the group stage.
However, when meeting Sentinels again, Gen.G lost 0-2 and stopped right from the group stage.
Bad signal for Gen.G before CKTG 2024
It is important to note that the journeys of the two Gen.G VALORANT and LoL teams this year are very similar. First, they are both regional tournament champions, LCK Spring 2024 and VCT Pacific Stage 2. Furthermore, Gen.G also won an international tournament in the middle of the year held in China (MSI 2024 and VCT Master Shanghai). Therefore, many viewers believe that Chovy and his teammates will fail at CKTG 2024 just like Gen.G VALORANT fell at VCT Champions recently.
“Gen.G when entering an important match “chokes” just like the LoL team” – A humorous viewer commented
“If they (Gen.G LMHT) don't make it to the Semifinals at Worlds, this organization must have “choke” DNA” – Another viewer agreed
“This organization will definitely “choke” at the World Championship, whether it's the League of Legends or VALORANT team” – The community believes that the failure of the VALORANT team is a prediction for Gen.G's collapse at the upcoming World Championship.
Remember at the 2023 World Championship, Gen.G also caused great disappointment when they were eliminated from the Quarterfinals despite being considered a championship candidate. Gen.G's 3 consecutive victories in the Swiss round brought a lot of confidence to fans and experts at that time. However, the unfortunate defeat against BLG made the audience extremely disappointed with Gen.G and the belief that this team would “make it” at the World Championship was greatly reduced.
Gen.G at CKTG 2023 was eliminated from the Quarterfinals even though they were highly rated before the tournament took place.
Therefore, when the VALORANT team of the Gen.G organization failed miserably at VCT Champions 2024, the audience had more reason to lose faith in this organization. Although knowing that from a rational point of view, the results of the VALORANT team have no value in evaluating the LoL team. However, the journey of the two Gen.G teams is too similar this year, making fans unable to help but associate and think that it is a “bad omen” for Chovy and his teammates.
Gen.G VALORANT's failure at VCT Champions 2024 has significantly reduced the audience's trust in this organization.
To be fair, with the MSI 2024 championship, Gen.G has definitely made their name in Riot Games' biggest tournament of the year. This gives Chovy and his teammates more confidence and time to prepare for the upcoming CKTG 2024. Perhaps only by winning the CKTG 2024 championship can Gen.G dispel the doubts directed towards them.
