LPL media said that “the LCK is only T1, there is a profit”
The championships of Worlds continuously turn T1 ZOFGK into the greatest collective in the history of League of Legends. Faker built the “Goat” position in the League of Legends and helped him and T1's influence to raise a new position. However, according to LPL media, this may affect other LCK teams. For those who do not know, T1 takes into account before winning the 2024 World Championship, there are 22 sponsors. With the successful protection of the Championship Championship of 2024, this figure may increase.
T1 is the team with the most sponsor LCK
But the problem is that the remaining teams do not have many sponsors like T1. For example, Gen.G has only 6 sponsors. The remaining teams also have no teams with sponsors in excess of 10. Thus, it can be said that T1 alone has equal to about 3-5 LCK teams combined. Moreover, as the World Championship will help T1 earn more bonuses from LCK.
The successful protection of the World Championship will bring the T1 position to a higher level
In fact, the fact that the LCK has only T1 is an effective eSports investment is no longer a new thing. But the incident was started again in this transfer window, when it was reported that the giants LPL had approached ChoVy. Perhaps the upper floor of the Gen.G also understands that: ChoVy is the only “anchor” now that helps them somewhat have the same influence like Faker in T1. And if you lose Chovy (the reason is almost for money), Gen.G also seems to end his dynasty.
Gen.G not only fails at Worlds but also has the risk of losing Chovy
Because, the current midlaner in LCK, except for Faker and Zeka, partly BDD and Showmaker, are not comparable to ChoVy. But all 4 players are the core of their team, almost certainly there will be no KT, DK or HLE. Particularly, T1 does not need to be discussed.
But the most important issue in LCK: To win T1, the teams have to spend money to buy superstar players with very high salaries. But if these players could not bring the most important championship as Worlds, all investments were useless and T1 was unique.
This team has spent a lot of money but the international achievement has only 1 MSI championship
And when sponsors feel that their team cannot overcome T1, negotiating with the 2024 World Championship will be taken into account, instead of continuing to sponsor teams who cannot afford to compete on titles, or can only be “Domestic King”. Not too much money from the sponsor or the bonus of LCK, the teams “swung money to buy stars” almost certainly could not stand. Gen.G is a typical example when they only signed a contract with the current squad for exactly 1 year and almost certainly “melted the flock” in the new season.
The piece of “bonus and sponsorship” is narrowed when only T1 has the most attractive and influential influence that will be able to make other LCK teams “end”
Community defended T1
However, the audience said that this is the first fault of the team. They could not win T1 in a match at Worlds, the problem was not in T1. Faker themselves and his teammates had many difficulties, while Gen.G always destroyed T1 in LCK. But in the World Championship, the Gen.G players themselves played inferior to the opponent, the failure is completely understandable.
“The reality is that the game has entered the decline in the previous time and this is not the error T1. In the period of 2015 – 2016, they did not say that LCK would be in danger?” – A straightforward audience.
But the audience thinks that the core is because League of Legends has regreased and LCK, the remaining 2 years of T1 has played badly in Worlds
League of Legends is a game that has been very old for a long time, and LCK has also been released for more than 11 years. T1 dominated as one thing, but it is the game and teams that do not keep the attraction that is really the factors that affect the development of the League of Legends community and the professional competition environment.