On April 15, the 2023 LPL Spring Finals officially concluded! It is worth mentioning that this is the first time since the 2021 LPL Spring Split that the finals has returned offline and is open to spectators. After four games, JDG defeated BLG 3-1, winning the first LPL championship in the new decade and the third league championship in team history.
According to the new format of this year’s Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), the champion and runner-up teams from the four major regions can compete at the same time. Therefore, both JDG and BLG teams will go to London to participate in the 2023 MSI Mid-Season Championship on behalf of the LPL division. As the champion of the Spring Split, the JDG team will directly enter the group stage as the No. 1 seed, while BLG is the No. 2 seed and needs to enter the playoffs.
From May 2nd to May 21st, the 2023 MSI Mid-Season Championship will be held in London, England. The 2023 MSI participation quota is: the champion and runner-up of the spring competition of the four major regions + the spring championship of the wild card region. As of April 17, 11 teams in the MSI have been confirmed, and only the LEC (1 team) and Vietnam have yet to be decided. . The currently confirmed participating teams are:
LPL Division: No. 1 seed JDG; No. 2 seed BLG
LCK Division: GEN and T1 directly enter the main draw
North American LCS: No. 1 seed C9; No. 2 seed GG
European LEC division: G2, there is still one team to be determined;
The competition format of the 2023 MSI has changed significantly. It is divided into the play-in tournament and the main draw. The play-in tournament is a bo3 double-elimination competition system, and the main draw is a bo5 double-elimination competition system. Qualifying teams: LPL spring runner-up, LCS spring runner-up, LEC winter champion, PCS spring champion, Vietnam VCS spring champion, Japanese LJL spring champion, Latin American LLA spring champion, Brazilian CBLOL champion Spring champion.
The MSI Mid-Season Invitational has been held for the first time in 2015 and has gone through 7 times, producing a total of 7 MSI champions. In 2015, the EDG team defeated SKT and won the first MSI championship. The championships in 2016 and 2017 were both won by SKT. The 2018 MSI champion was RNG, and the 2019 champion was G2. In 2021 and 2022, RNG won twice MSI champion.
In these seven MSIs, the LPL division has successfully won four MSI championships, which can be said to be a feeling of being superior to the rest! As a veteran giant, RNG team has directly won three MSI championships in S8, S11 and S12!
For the LPL division, this is undoubtedly a very glorious thing. However, due to certain incidents at the LPL 10th Anniversary Awards Ceremony, many netizens felt uncomfortable, especially it was unfair to a certain team! This has also led to many netizens having different ideas about this supposedly glorious matter.
For example, the statements of the three netizens above illustrate a lot of things. Among them, "LRL" and "RNG's statement" both expressed the dissatisfaction of these netizens.
In this regard, what do you think of the comments of these three netizens? Do you have different opinions? Welcome to leave a message and discuss in the comment area!