★Game Horseshoe Original
KK Completed the replacement of
LCK probably started in 2018 and continued until 2021. The most iconic event in these three years is that CK three heroes gradually became the protagonists of LCK, namely DWG, Griffin and LSB. With the old wealthy families who have been developing youth training, such as T1, and some overseas returnees who have returned from LPL, and LCK alliance, the Korean competition area this season has finally basically completed the replacement. Except for rare veterans like Faker and Deft, most of them have entered the post-00s era.
Zeus, Canyon, Showmaker, Chovy, Zeka, Croco, VicLa, etc. It is expected that more LCK post-00s will be active on the stage of the international competition in the next few years. The most difficult period for the replacement is always the beginning. Therefore, in the two seasons of 2018-2019, with a large number of veterans retiring, the newcomers have not yet grown up, and their performance in international competitions is very poor. However, since 2020, we have the ability to reach the finals again, and this year we have won the championship and runner-up in the finals again, which is also a sign that LCK has completed the replacement.
LPL, which has a long replacement cycle, is actually longer than Korean LCK's replacement cycle, which has nothing to do with military service. The main reason is that after the allianceization, the number of LPL teams has expanded too much. There are currently 17 units, and 18 may be added in the future. The more positions the veterans will have more room to find jobs. If you maintain 10 teams like other divisions, the pressure on professional competition will be greater, and this environment of survival of the fittest will accelerate the elimination of veterans. Of course, the unfavorable factor is that like LCK, it will usher in a relatively bad decline in strength in the replacement period.
LPL is currently focusing on both local youth training and foreign aid, and the overall development is good. There are still many newcomers emerging every year. However, due to the limited number of places, not many people can show their faces on the international competition stage. 369 and Wei are representatives of the new generation. This year, there are many outstanding newcomers such as Photic and Shan Ji. The configuration of this LPL Global Finals is still based on veterans. It is difficult for a pure newcomer team to enter the top four in the LPL. Without the experience of international competitions, the performance of newcomers in the future may not be too ideal when fighting against LCK and other teams in the competition zone.
In short, LPL is still in the stage of old and new development, and there may be major changes during this year's transfer period. The good news is that both the youth training and foreign aid in LPL are developing well, and there is no shortage of capable players. The bad news is that it may be a bit difficult to have a team winning the championship in this slow cycle.
LEC, which is heading for recession, has won a relatively good development environment for their competition area with its outstanding performance in the international competitions in the past two seasons of 2018-2019. However, with the failure of the last three global finals, this year's European transfer period may usher in a cold winter. Since last year, there have been many clubs selling quotas. This year, the famous MSF has completed the quota sales before the transfer period comes.
RGE is lucky this year, because TES encountered a bug and avoided being eliminated from overtime. However, he was swept out by JDG in the quarterfinals. In addition, the boss of G2 was banned, Fnatic Palace Fight, MAD is unreliable, and the European competition area is now a mess. The only thing that makes people more interested is that Ou Cheng may return to LEC from the European Masters at the transfer period at the end of this year. In addition, the youth training in Europe is still much better than that in North America, at least in recent years, they have also seen many good newcomers. After
G2 and Fnatic, the winning of MAD and RGE has proved that LEC is changing, but the time is very short. This year is also a big year for Europe, and next year's LEC may be very different.
The rescued LCS
This year, North American genius ADC player Danny is a microcosm of the young LCS player. Because of his poor psychological tolerance, he directly chose not to play when he had advanced to the global finals. This has become famous from youth training. In fact, many young people in North America who are capable of playing e-sports are unwilling to join LOL. They may even choose Valorant, which is also Riot Game .Without a championship in 2012, MSI's best runner-up score, and the top four in the finals. There is no talent in the local area, which makes the environment of LCS seriously rely on foreign players. Korean players, European players, Chinese players, Latin American players, Southeast Asian players, Australian players, you can see almost all the contestants in the LCS that can be seen appear here.
North American LCS was wiped out again in the group stage. This is not the first time they missed the knockout round. If it weren't for the fact that I was in the competition area where , the would probably not have been able to get these three places. The biggest problem with LCS compared to the other three competition areas is its own deformity. Whether it is the club or the players themselves, they do not regard LOL as a competitive event, but more of it is regarded as an "entertainment event". Picking up girls to play with girls in fitness is their daily life. The most outrageous thing is that such a division has extremely high salary and benefits. A Korean aid who has made a name for a little bit can earn millions of dollars in a year when he arrives at LCS. Although the senior brother complains that the LCS bubble will end after this year, we estimate that there will not be much change in the short term, unless the Fist really needs to take ruthless measures to completely reform the LCS. Otherwise, this division would have been out of salvation long ago.
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