The 2024 Chengdu MSI Mid-Season Tournament will start tomorrow, but what is surprising is that the MSI Mid-Season Tournament held at our home stadium this time does not seem to be very hot, and even seems a little deserted, and its popularity and topic are not even as good as the "Old Man Cup" founded by a group of LPL retired players! Doinb said that Huanfeng is the strongest AD in the Old Man's Cup" and so on, but for the upcoming MSI mid-season tournament, there are few related entries that can be on the hot search list!
Recently, Brother Crystal, who participated in the "Old Man Cup", revealed that in order to let the audience get familiar with and adapt to the dreadnought recruitment mode (global BP mode) in advance, this "Old Man Cup" will adopt the global BP mode throughout the process, which is undoubtedly great news for TheShy, Uzi and others who participated in the competition, and they are going to be ecstatic, because their hero pool is simply unfathomable, and they will have a huge advantage over other players!
However, because the popularity of the "Old Man Cup" is so high, that it has even completely surpassed the upcoming MSI Mid-Season Tournament, so a person familiar with the matter said that if this phenomenon continues, the "Old Man Cup" may be warned by Riot officials, and may even be forced to close, just like back then because of the fear of the "LBL" league (Doinb's own exhibition game held by a group of retired players) The popularity of the S12 World Championship will threaten the S12 World Championship, so it was urgently stopped by Riot officials, because Riot officials will never allow any individual to organize a match that threatens the heat of the official competition!
After all, the popularity of the LPL league is too sluggish, and the main reason is that the retirement or suspension of a large number of star players has led to a sudden decrease in the audience's attention to the game. Therefore, in such a predicament, these retired star players had to organize some exhibition matches to save the popularity of LPL. The vast majority of the players who participated in this "Old Man Cup" can be called the top of the league, such as "Forever Dripping God" Uzi, "Incheon People" TheShy, Ning, Banlan, S4 World Champion, Legendary Rat King imp, LPL Famous Crystal Brother, etc., it can be said that they are full of feelings! And it is said that the championship prize of the "Old Man Cup" is as high as 100W, just like a regular competition. Therefore, many netizens suspect that the reason why the popularity of the "Old Man's Cup" is so high may be inseparable from the official role of the LPL League behind the scenes. There is even reason to suspect that the essence of the "Old Man Cup" is an exhibition match officially arranged by the LPL League for these retired star players, but it is not easy to say.
It's just that the MSI mid-season is about to start, and this time it's on our home field, if the popularity of the MSI mid-season is really declining because of the "Old Man Cup", will it be a bit more than worth the loss for the LPL division? Even if Riot doesn't intervene in this matter, the LPL league officials should seriously and cautiously consider the stakes involved, right? If the schedule really conflicts, it is better to wait until all the matches of the Chengdu MSI Mid-season Tournament are over before continuing to hold the "Old Man Cup"...
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