With the recent conclusion of the LEC Spring Finals, the last team to lock in the 2023 MSI promotion quota was officially announced, and a draw ceremony was held immediately after the LEC finals, and the results of the MSI Finals were finally determined. Recently, the League of Legends event officially announced the schedule of the 2023 MSI Mid-Season Championship Play-in stage, because JDG No. 1 seed directly advanced to the win-loss group stage, so only the No. 2 seed BLG in the LPL division needs to participate in the play-in and compete with seven other teams for three places to advance to the main event.
After the draw ceremony, the second seed in the LPL Division, BLG, was placed in Group A, while the competitors in the same group were R7, GG and GAM, with the biggest threat probably being the absolute king of the Vietnamese VCS Division, GAM, and their first match will be against Team R7 from the Latin American LLA Division. The difference in strength between the two teams can be said to be quite large, so the audience is more concerned about the timing of this game and even the entire MSI match.
According to the LPL's official MSI schedule, BLG's first match will be played on May 3 at 20:00 Beijing time, and their opponent is the R7 team mentioned above. It is worth mentioning that although MSI was held in London, England, the schedule is very friendly to domestic audiences compared to the S12 World Championship. It can even be said that the schedule allows LPL viewers to not worry about the impact of time difference at all, and still be able to watch the MSI event in a relatively comfortable time period.
Moreover, the schedule of the MSI competition is very considerate for the audience in the LPL region, and it seems to take into account the viewing time of the audience in the Asian region, and the fist also arranged the MSI match time in the prime time of watching the game in the evening. Working Japan MSI starts at 8 p.m. Beijing time, while on weekends the tournament starts an hour earlier at 7 p.m. Beijing time.
Judging from the timing of this MSI, Riot can be said to take care of the audience in the LPL area, and basically will not let LPL fans affect the viewing due to time difference, which is good news for the audience. The qualifying stage is a double-elimination format, which greatly improves the fault tolerance rate of the strong teams, and with BLG's strength advantage in the qualifying stage, it is not difficult for them to advance to the main tournament at least. Expect them to be at their best in the tournament and as long as they play at a normal level, we believe they can advance to the next round.
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