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.
Don’t worry, they’ll already be promoted to some untouchable executive position where they can get paid top dollar while taking accountability for nothing, before quietly moving to another cozy executive position before they have to be responsible for the results of things like, say, the “investigation” into Evil Geniuses.