In addition to MSI and the global finals, the Hangzhou Asian Games in September is also a top priority in 2023, after all, the results of the e-sports events of this Asian Games will eventually be counted into the national medal table. And just recently, a suspected Asian Games schedule leaked out. Among them, the time of the final of League of Legends was placed at 17:00 pm on the National Day. If this is the case, winning the gold medal on the very special day of China's annual National Day is undoubtedly of very special significance. However, if you lose the game, you can imagine how much pressure the League of Legends national team will face.
2018 was a special year for the LPL, as not only did the LPL win its first ever Global Finals and Grand Slam, but the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta was also crucial. Although it was impossible to witness the victory of the League of Legends Chinese national team because there was no broadcast right at that time, the degree of concern and discussion among netizens was no less than that of MSI and S matches. At that time, the Chinese national team composed of Letme, Mlxg, Xiye, Uzi, Ming, and Meiko defeated the South Korean national team with a very good performance and won the gold medal. Although the medal at that time was not counted in the national medal table, in the minds of the vast majority of netizens and athletes, the value of this gold medal was immeasurable. And for the professional athletes who competed that year, all of them considered the gold medal at the Asian Games to be the highest honor they had ever achieved in their careers.
The time comes to 2023, a year in which many domestic veterans have gradually withdrawn from the stage of history, and only Meiko and Ming, two auxiliary players, are still active in the professional arena among the members of the last League of Legends national team. Although the LCK division is also facing this situation, compared with the LPL division, LCK has emerged many young and powerful professional players under its excellent "hematopoietic ability". And these are naturally one of the reasons why many people feel that LCK is more powerful than LPL this year. There are even many people who feel that it will be very difficult for the League of Legends Chinese national team to defeat the South Korean national team at this Asian Games. Because for LCK professionals, gold medals are not just honors, but after winning gold medals, they have a better chance of exemption from military service. It is precisely the existence of these factors that naturally makes the entire LCK attach great importance to this Asian Games.
But difficulties do not mean there are no opportunities. In many large tournaments, there are not a few examples of teams that were not expected to end up achieving very good results. Therefore, for the League of Legends Chinese national team, if the final is really placed on the National Day, it may indeed have a very huge pressure. But if there is no pressure, why motivate? If you can actually win the gold medal on National Day, what a joy it will be.
Dear friends, do you think the League of Legends final of the Asian Games will be on the National Day?