Two LPL superstars “forgot” something important at Worlds 2024
Normally, because Riot's international tournaments only last a maximum of about 1 month, teams will have to try to take advantage of all the time possible to practice and prepare for the matches. However, during this time, Riot will also release updates for League of Legends and usually they will not be the versions used in tournaments, for example currently Worlds 2024. However, if players want, they can still reuse the competition version to ensure the training process is not interrupted.
However, two LPL superstars, Knight (Bilibili Gaming) and JackeyLove (Top Esports), left the audience “at a loss” because they did not know this basic factor. Specifically, recently, the League of Legends community was able to capture the conversation between the two players and Knight and JackeyLove were extremely surprised that they could still play the version being applied to Worlds 2024 while Riot had updated it. Japan another version.
Worth mentioning, when the two players discovered this, the tournament was already halfway through its journey. Meanwhile, according to LPL audiences, this is something that JackeyLove and Knight should have known because they were almost “out of it” in this highest-level international tournament in League of Legends. Some viewers commented:
– “Received a lot of money, fought a lot and now it's like they're attending Worlds for the first time, right?”
– “Didn't anyone tell them during training?”
Both superstars are not playing too well at Worlds 2024
Both Knight and JackeyLove and their team are not having good results at Worlds 2024. While JackeyLove's TES is a bit better, due to his first victory against T1, until now, Knight's BLG is falling into a dangerous group after losing 2 matches in a row. Even if they currently pass the Swiss round with a 3-2 record, they will still easily meet serious opponents like Gen.G or rematch LNG Esports in the Quarterfinals. And these are all names that have shown a perfect Swiss round journey with 3 wins. In particular, Gen.G also defeated HLE convincingly.
Knight has not yet shown that he has improved at all since Worlds 2023 and if “LPL's Knight” still plays like he is currently, then the possibility that BLG will still be empty-handed in this year's tournament is completely feasible, especially when Gen.G was also much stronger than last year.