Gen.G representative denied the achievements of T1 and the effort of the home team
As it is known, in the middle of 2024 after the end of MSI, eSports officials in Saudi Arabia collaborated with many competent parties to organize the 2024 Esports World Cup tournament. This is considered the first “World Cup of Esports”. For League of Legends, the guest teams for the first tournament are 8 teams in the 4 Major areas who have participated in MSI 2024. Although the League of Legends in the tournament took place quite quickly, but with many previous controversies about the “badge” or the T1 to the throne and Gen.G was eliminated from early, also helped EWC 2024 to attract a lot of attention.
Gen.G is a defeat at EWC 2024
While T1 is the champion
However, in a lecture on Esports at Chung-Ant University's recent Gen.G representatives and some LCK fans recorded, the Gen.G side confirmed that the players were “reluctant to join the tournament, do not want to but still have to go”. At the same time, he (believed to be the Director of Gen.G's global action) also affirmed that the stands of EWC 2024 were empty even though League of Legends brought to the top team teams and called EWC 2024 “illusion”.
Global Director of Gen.G in the lecture on eSports at Chung-Ang University, Korea
The director made controversial statements
The League of Legends community is also annoyed by the statement of the representative of Gen.G
Obviously, the statement of the Gen.G director is extremely sensitive. Because everyone understands that EWC 2024 is not in the system of Riot but in terms of scale and investment for this tournament is not small. Moreover, this is the tournament that T1 has won. And the Gen.G players, in the match against the top eSports, they also launched all the forte options. The referring to “EWC 2024 is just a prize” is no different from the efforts of T1 and Gen.G and the teams have tried to play in the last tournament.
The League of Legends community is also discontent
This is not the first time the gene superior. It can be said that this team is still having some media problems and the players will be able to be more pressure because they have to use achievements to fill the backstage troubles.