The 2021-2022 winter transfer period has finally come to an end, and the LPL of the new season has welcomed more powerful teams with potential on paper, and the competition will be more intense than ever. However, some people are happy and some are sad, and many teams have to usher in a major reshuffle in the lineup during this transfer period, putting their bets on a new future. On December 15, iG E-sports Club officially announced the departure of Ning and Baolan, and the winners of the 2018 Global Finals have all left iG, ending an era that was once incomparably brilliant.
Excerpts from the announcement:
The contract of Wang Liuyi (ID: Baolan), the former iG e-sports club League of Legends branch auxiliary player, expired, after friendly negotiation and communication between the two sides, on the basis of full respect for the wishes of the players, the two sides did not reach a renewal intention, The Baolan players will leave the team as free people, and iG.Baolan disconnected today.
The original iG e-sports club League of Legends branch of the wild player Gao Zhenning (ID: Ning) and the club contract expired, after friendly communication between the two sides, fully respect the wishes of the players, the two sides did not reach a renewal, iG.Ning officially disconnected today.
In the 2018 season, a young and enterprising iG team stood out from the LPL league that had just completed the league reform, achieving an impressive record of 36 wins and 2 losses in the two regular seasons of spring and summer, and finally entered the 2018 World Finals as the second seed of the LPL. They narrowly lost to Fnatic in the group stage to finish second, but faced a metamorphosis in the knockout rounds. iG team 3-2 Lectra LCK No. 1 seed KT, 3-0 swept G2, and finally avenged Fnatic at the Incheon Bunhak Arena 3-0, lifting the LPL's first Summoner's Cup in seven years, and the legend they forged is still remembered today.
In the 2019 season, after iG won the league championship in the spring, it lost 1-3 to TL in the MSI semi-finals, and the development of the team has become extremely bumpy. The summer round was an early exit, followed by two consecutive BO5s against the JDG and TES in the S9 Bubbling Tournament to qualify for the third seed. Beat GRF 3-1 in the knockout stage to reach the final four. In the 2020 season, JackeyLove became the first champion to leave the team, and Ning and Baolan also came off the bench and faded out during S10 and S11. During this year's transfer period, Rookie and TheShy left the team. Ning and Baolan eventually left the team with their most glorious memories.