Since the beginning of the 2024 season, the LPL tournament has been facing many difficulties. Including this tournament is no longer attractive enough for the home audience when there is no presence of big stars. Even when compared to the “legendary cup” friendly, the number of viewers of LPL also lost completely.
As noted by Trang Sohu, when it takes place at the same time, the “legendary trophy” has nearly 5 million views while the LPL tournament only owns about 3.3 million views
However, in the midst of the difficult tournament, LPL fans received extremely positive information. Specifically, within a few days, there are two former Worlds Kings including Thery and Doinb both confirmed to return in the 2025 season. It is worth noting that both Thery and Doinb are famous players, many fans, so they are expected to “rescue” LPL from difficulties, at least the number of tournaments.
Accordingly, in an interview at the “Legendary Cup” tournament, Theshy confirmed again that he would return in the 2025 season. Theshy also confirmed that the next season would be “much more fierce” but he still decided to return. Previously, Thery joked that he would switch to “Gopro” Valorant but after a period of trying, he abandoned this intention.
Theshy recently reaffirmed that he would return to the 2025 season
On the side of Doinb, former World World King 2019 recently confirmed his return to LPL. “I think carefully, next year is the last year I played professionally. I will try my best to play well and see if I can return or not. Honestly, now I play like Ming. I need a little more time to adapt again because I thought for a long time.” – Doinb shared on the wave.
“I think carefully, next year is the last year I played professionally. I will try my best to play well and see if I can return or not. To be honest, now I play like Ming. I need a little more time to adapt again because I think for a long time” – Doinb confirmed I will return to professional play in the next season next season
In terms of reputation, Thesis and Doinb are both notable names at LPL. They all have a strong fan base and own a huge brand value. Therefore, LPL teams can take advantage of the reputation of these two former Worlds to “make content”, build images and bring in small revenue. This is definitely a very “bargain” that many teams will hardly miss.
Theshy and Doinb are both famous players and many fans at LPL
From a professional perspective, both Thery and Doinb have left big questions when they take a long time to play. Not to mention the issue of bonuses and remuneration is also a big barrier in recruiting Thery or Doinb. Remember that Thery was unable to find a new stop in this season when his advertising contract was too high. And the same thing is likely to happen to DoinB.
The not small remuneration of Thery or Doinb is also a pretty “headache” issue with the teams when considering recruiting former Worlds Kings
In short, the Thery and Doinb's declaration of returning have brought a positive signal when it can help LPL improve the number of followers. However, the achievements of these two former king still need time to answer when they will have to make great efforts to adapt to the professional environment.