LPL is in a difficult situation
In recent years, in terms of international achievements, only in the MSI arena have Chinese League of Legends teams had the opportunity to “bloom” as they have held 3/4 championships since 2021 until now. But MSI is not respected by many teams and has forced Riot to change the format to be more attractive from 2023. At Worlds, LPL is almost completely inferior to LCK when they only won the championship once in 2020. 2021 thanks to Edward Gaming.
BLG is shouldering the responsibility of the entire LPL's expectations
Poor competition performance is one of the reasons why League of Legends is gradually “losing heat” right in the land of billions of people. With the strong development of mobile games, the streamers of this game here are no longer attractive, the fan community cannot develop, the number of views of the domestic tournament has dropped so dramatically that it is even inferior to VCS (according to statistics). in September this year) and the government also limited playing hours, contributing to the rest of the Chinese League of Legends being on the brink of danger. There are also a number of other objective and subjective reasons affecting this area.
A channel specializing in monitoring League of Legends in China points out the factors that are causing LPL to be in danger and regress compared to LCK.
In that context, if BLG wins Worlds 2024, it will not only “wash away” the memories of LPL when they have never won against SKT T1/T1 in BO3/BO5 matches in this arena so far, but also is predicted to have a major impact on LPL. For the current Chinese League of Legends scene, perhaps what people expect is for LPL to dominate the World Championship again, not the familiar MSI playground.
But even if BLG wins, it will be difficult for them to “save” the LPL
But even the champion BLG still has many other problems in the LPL
But in reality, one thing must also be mentioned: in the current BLG, except for personalities like Bin or highly skilled players like Knight, there is no one worthy of being considered as making an impact in LPL. Even in terms of stature and coverage, Bin or Knight cannot compare to their “seniors”. The reputation of these two people cannot be compared to TheShy, Uzi or Doinb, Rookie. When they ascend the throne (if ever), it will be difficult to create a strong enough resonance like IG, FPX or EDG, opening and maintaining the era of LPL dominance.
But if GBV fails, the disappointment will be even greater than in previous periods
BLG's only advantage is that they own an “all-Chinese” squad and are the only LPL team with no foreign players entering the final of a World Championship. But this can also cause reverse pressure. Because from now on, GBV will have to win. If there were any other result, they would have received even greater disappointment than their previous “seniors”.
