EDG's illustrious victory
In the evening of August 25 (Vietnam time), the Valorant community witnessed the new king of the VCT Champions 2024, Edward Gaming. The representative from the land of billion people really had a journey of ups and downs and surprises this year. With excellent performances, EDG has been crowned in a worthy way to the opponent who is also very strong in the world Valorant village – Team Heretics. Worth mentioning, TH has shown his bravery and excellent performance, even when he has to fall to the losing branch. Moreover, in the past, FPS games were not “good land” for Asian teams but often the forte of Western players.
EDG won the VCT Champions 2024 – Valorant's Worlds Tournament
Worth mentioning, EDG does not even have the advantage from the beginning but is pretty much forced, especially in the first game of the final. But with the bravery that was forged through each match, EDG won with a score of 3-2, crowned the VCT Champions 2023 championship, and brought the audience a final finals, closed a 2024 season full of emotional community of the Valorant community in general and of the EDG players.
EDG's journey is very ups and downs and has satisfied results
The strange coincidence of EDG and a former World Championship of League of Legends
There was a surprise fact between EDG and a World Champion in the past of League of Legends. Accordingly, the location that EDG has won at VCT Champions 2024 is Incheon, South Korea. And perhaps many League of Legends audience still remember, Incheon is the location that the powerful Invictus Gaming of 2018 of League of Legends has crowned, and brought the world's leading superstars such as Theshy, Rookie or JackKylove to light. IG's championship is also the first World Championship of LPL, opening up the LPL ruling period and bringing this area to the peer with LCK.
Incheon – where EDG ascended the throne is also the place where IG ascended the throne at Worlds 2018 and opened up the dominance of LPL
EDG can open the golden age for Valorant in China in particular, or even FPS games in Asia in general or not, the future will answer. But at the present time, they are the reigning championship of VCT Champions – a tournament with a stature equivalent to Worlds of Legends. And the audience also has the right to hope for the beautiful future for Valorant here as well as Asia when confronted with Western competitors in the future.