On the same day T1 confronted with BNK Fearx, the rival of T1 is Gen.G also has a confrontation with an opponent who is also in the bottom half of the Summer LCK Chart of 2024 is Nongshim Redforce. However, although they have to encounter much weaker opponents, T1 and Gen.G has two contradictory results. While T1 had the second consecutive defeat to end the first leg of the LCK group stage 2024, Gen.G continued to have a 2-0 destruction victory over the NS to strengthen the top spot to the present time.
Gen.G easily won against NS
With a lighter victory over the weaker opponent, Gen.G also set a huge record in LCK history. Specifically, Gen.G has become the team with the longest chain in the tournament history (20 victories) and has the longest chain in a domestic season with 18 consecutive victories. Gen's most recent defeat is when confronted with KT Rolster in the first leg of the LCK group in the spring of 2024.
At the same time Gen.G also set two records of winning chain in LCK history
However, a record winning series is both a memorable milestone for every player and team, but also comes with a “side effect”. Not far away, the T1 of 2022 is the most obvious evidence. No one could imagine the unbeaten army of LCK at that time could be defeated before a G2 Esports in MSI in the same year to be broken. Even T1 has difficulty before Saigon Buffalo and the Bot Gumayusi – Keria pair also owns extremely bad parameters, even losing to the road compared to the VCS – Taki of VCS.
But Gen.G also needs to look at the “mirror” of T1 in the chain of victory before the LCK representative had many difficulties at MSI 2022
According to the T1 players themselves, they both had the pressure to play well to win, and to bring the psychology not to lose or make mistakes even the smallest. Because the thought was no longer ventilated, the pressure was always on the shoulder, the T1 players later met countless difficulties. It is also one of the reasons that T1 defeated in the final against Royal Never Give Up.
The record is both a victory but also an invisible pressure
Gen.G's record will probably never be broken. But the players also need to hold a cold head and the feet on the ground. Maybe they will still win the LCK (the 5th in a row), but Worlds 2024 is really the destination that Chovy and his teammates are waiting and even have to be done this season.