With the footsteps of MSI getting closer and closer, this most important event in the middle of the year will also officially kick off, this year's mid-season tournament will be held in Chengdu, the land of abundance, the current 8 teams participating in the play-in tournament have all been assembled, compared to the two teams of LPL and LCK, I believe many people are very curious about several teams in other regions, so from today, we will use a few simple articles (videos) to talk about these regions and teams.
Brazil - Team LOUD
CBLOL is the abbreviation of the Brazilian region, speaking of the Brazilian region, in the past few years, their esports atmosphere has been very good, and they have a group of young people who are very passionate about esports, if you have watched their opening ceremony and the opening of the finals, you will definitely agree with me.
The Brazilian division started the professional league as early as the 2012 season, and at the moment when some wild card regions have been gradually optimized in recent years, the Brazilian division is one of the few regions that can stand until now, and it can be regarded as the big brother of the wild card region. LOUD, the champion of this year's Brazilian Spring Tournament, believes that many people are familiar with this name, and it is true that they have achieved good results in some other events, but the League of Legends project has been tepid.
Team LOUD was created in February 2019 by PlayHard, and in October 2020, Riot Brazil announced that LOUD was one of the teams of the 2021 season, sometimes referred to as the "Brazilian FaZe Clan" due to their strong focus on content creation, this team has the largest fan base in the Brazilian division, which creates the so-called "LOUD effect", where when a player or celebrity joins the team, their social media followers skyrocket in a short period of time.
Compared to last season, the LOUD team just changed one support, and they finished second in the league with a 12-6 record during the spring regular season, and they went from strength to strength to the playoffs, beating RED 3-0 to reach the upper bracket finals, then beating PNG 3-1 to reach the spring finals, and winning the final against PNG in five games.
In 2023, LOUD represented Brazil in the MSI Mid-Season Tournament, and in the lower bracket match of Group B, although they defeated DFM in the LJL region, they were swept out of the main tournament by PSG.
In the S13 World Finals in the same year, LOUD represented Brazil again, but was beaten into the lower bracket by PSG, and then swept by GAM and missed the group stage. This year, MSI, they will play TES in the play-in stage for the first time, which is undoubtedly a lot of pressure for them.
LLA拉美赛区-EST战队
The Latin American region was established in 2019, and in the past few years, the teams that have appeared in front of us in this region are the most familiar with the big shark ISG and R7, as the representative team of the Latin American region this year, EST may not be familiar to everyone, but they have emerged as early as 2022.
In the 2021 season, EST acquired Pixel Esports Club and won a league spot, and in 2022, it reached the finals for two consecutive seasons, but unfortunately failed to win the championship, and in the 2024 season, EST performed strongly from the spring regular season, after winning the regular season first 11-1, swept the opponent 3-0 in the playoffs to reach the upper bracket finals, and defeated R7 3-2 to advance to the finals, and finally defeated R7 again in the final to win the championship.
There is no Korean aid in the composition of the EST lineup, to be precise, many teams in the Latin American region rarely use Korean aid, and there are only 4 Korean players in the 7 teams in the 2024 season, and this year's MSI mid-season tournament is their team's first international appearance, and the first place they will face in the play-in round is T1 led by Faker, compared to LOUD, EST estimates that the pressure is greater.
The above is the basic introduction of these two wild card regions, although many people think that the wild card regions are accompanied by international competitions, but I personally still look forward to what new ways they can play in the game.