International competition is the lifeblood of esports. The viewership is just on another level entirely. Both for MSI and Worlds.
10 international BO5s a year is just way too few. Especially when a big chunk of them were Korea vs Korea or China vs China, so it probably ended up being like 7-8 a year on average.
7 to 8 international bo5s in a full fucking year. No wonder we didn’t see shit like Rookie vs Faker bo5 ever. Or Knight vs Chovy.
LoL esports has been enjoyable but it could have been soooooo much better, it’s actually wild.
Imagine how insanely hype history would be if we saw the regions clash more often. There are so many great players we didn’t really get to see compete out of their regions very often.
It’s much better with new MSI format and with the upcoming 3rd international tournament next year but this should have been a thing for many years already. I can’t believe they dragged their feet that much.
People don’t realize how hard we as fans got robbed.
Imagine if we had a full 10 years of 3-4 international tournaments a year. Think of the insane storylines.
Everything culminates with Worlds at the end of the year. The huge major event that dwarfs all others in prestige and importance.
The circuit would be kinda like other esports where they have “majors” and then we have the huge biggest major at the very end with Worlds. It would be so fucking hype.