As MSI 2022 approaches, let’s take a look at tournament history.

MSI 2015

Place: Tallahassee, United States

To win: Edward Gaming

League of Legends had no worldwide tournaments in the past, other than the World Championship. The first Mid-Season Tournament also aimed directly at filling this gap. As LoL expanded to a wider audience in many regions, third-party tournaments were replaced by Riot-regulated leagues (later Riot leagues). For this reason, there has been a decrease in the number of matches played by the best teams against the teams in their region. The first MSI, held in Tallahassee, Florida, was a test to see if it would satisfy the hunger of international tournaments. Although with a smaller venue compared to the Shanghai tournament the following year and the following years, it was quite competitive and changed on the way to the 2015 World Championship.

After the sister teams of South Korea were removed, the format of LCK completely changed and the majority of South Korean professional players moved to the LoL Pro League in China, the stage is for LPL’s Edward Gaming and the exciting fight of LCK’s SK Telecom T1 was done. In Match 5, Edward Gaming’s Ming “Clearlove” Kai and Heo “PawN” Won-seok to stop Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok’s undefeated LeBlanc

with the wise move of choosing Evelynn and Morgana respectively.

Edward Gaming was the winner of the tournament. So, although LPL teams

World Elite’s IPL, despite qualifying for the final at previous World Championships

It is the first time that a Chinese team has reached international tournaments since they reached 5 . have won

has achieved success.

Newcomers to T1 (former SK Telecom T1 S players Bae “Bang” Jun-sik and Lee “Wolf” Jae-wan, to name a few) recruit experienced SK Telecom T1 K players and world-class players into international tournaments to recover from I heard a story that they followed champion jungler Bae “Bengi” Seong-woong and obeyed his sleeping pattern. Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon and Kim “Reignover” Yeu-jin of Fnatic, who made great strides as a team that year, also made their mark on the tournament. This tournament is something for many teams and League of Legends is a new international tournament.

it was the beginning.

MSI 2016

Place: Shanghai, China

To win: SK Telecom T1

While this MSI is considered a T1 era tournament, when mentioning MSI 2016 the first thing that comes to mind is that Counter Logic Gaming made it to the finals. The then T1 coach, Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun, stubbornly chose Kang “Blank” Sun-gu for the jungle role over everyone’s favorite Bengi, despite his team looking rocky in the group stage.

Given TSM’s performance in the LCS playoffs, many expected CLG to lose that year’s LCS Spring Split Finals and fail completely on the international stage. For that year’s CLG, we can say it was the exact equivalent of the phrase “being stronger as one body”. In fact, many members of the team have never had such a strong communication and

He even said that they are not in a team with confidence.

Although they lost heavily to T1 in the final, they also managed to prove their doubters wrong until they got there. Just as former NA fans have said there will never be another team like Cloud9 from 2013/14, nor a team like CLG from 2016.

MSI 2017

Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

To win: SK Telecom T1

Aside from passionate Brazilian League of Legends fans having their first international home tournament, Gigabyte Marines stood out for their creative flexibility in the group stage of MSI 2017. However, I can say that the thing that sticks with me most about this event is the SK Telecom T1’s continued dominance. I think so, probably because T1 lost the World Championship after this tournament and the embargo they put on MSI and World Championships between 2013 and 2017 has ended.

It is very difficult for teams and players to perform consistently in League of Legends for even a year, let alone four years. I don’t even count the elements like the unification of sister teams, the structuring of tournaments and the mobility created by the players who have moved to other regions in these years. Despite all this, the T1, especially Faker

successful. After the tournament, T1 took the trophy to his museum and with it the League of

An era in Legends has come to an end.

MSI 2018

Place: Berlin, Germany and Paris, France

To win: Royal never give up

It may have been forgotten how dominant a team they were in 2018 as the loss of Royal Never Give Up to G2 Esports in the quarter-finals of the 2018 World Championships overshadowed their success that year. However, this photo is an indication of how successful RNG was in 2018. It should also be mentioned that Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao, RNG’s shooter at the time, put an end to the desire for the LPL championship with this tournament. While Kingzone DragonX (formerly Longzhu Gaming) was the tournament favourite, Uzi and RNG won the tournament by winning the LPL and qualifying for the Mid-Season Tournament.

After seeing Uzi in the LPL for years it was great to see him and RNG win both league titles and MSI. RNG players were also part of the team that won the gold medal at the Asian Games that summer.

MSI 2019

Place: Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Taipei

To win: G2 Esports

There are so many things that come to mind when you think of the 2019 MSI. After many LPL fans had repeatedly said that LPL teams would destroy the Sona/Tahm Kench or Sona/Taric course, Invictus Gaming’s truly successful 16-minute win over T1 defeated Invictus Gaming out of so many teams in the semi-finals, winning a international tournament in the first year of the renamed LEC.

Although they didn’t win the World Championship, 2019 was the year for G2 Esports, just as 2018 was the year for RNG. G2 Esports, which won all tournaments that year, said goodbye to the World Cup in the final. But for most of the year, G2 was the team that set the meta for League of Legends, with clever champions and role changes. Suffice it to say that all players on G2 Pyke’s main roster have played in at least one pro game, including their Rift Rivals games, to describe how flexible they are.

This little wink from Rasmus “Caps” Winther shows how interesting and infectious energy G2 is.

Mid Season Cup 2020

Place: Seoul, South Korea and Shanghai, China (online)

To win: Top Esports

There are a few moments I want to mention for this year. First of all, of course, are the top officials and teams who contributed to the organization of this tournament. This tournament was held during the first wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the MSI, which was scheduled to be held in Los Angeles, USA, was postponed many times and eventually canceled due to the epidemic. In the 2020 Mid-Season Cup, only teams from the LPL and LCK competed in an online tournament where the ping was intentionally increased to maintain fairness. It took some time for the players to get used to this situation. I still don’t see Kindred ultimates mistimed by FPX jungler Gao “Tian” Tian-Liang. However, despite all the negatives, we can say that it was a very competitive tournament. Top Esports, which won the tournament, managed to place its name among the favorites on its way to the 2020 World Championship.

MSI 2021

Place: Reykjavik, Iceland

To win: Royal never give up

This section contains some personal comments rather than gameplay. As a reporter, it’s easy to get immersed in content production. It’s also easy to ask questions that people want to know the answer to to validate their opinion about the game. It’s also easy to ask players how they felt after losing or winning. Ask the players “(regardless of the country/city where the tournament is being held) do you like it?” It’s also easy to ask questions like: You might even get good answers to all of these questions, depending on the player and context. Usually you can also get answers that you can share on Twitter, Reddit or whatever social media platform you use.

Except for the country/city question I mentioned. heavy workout

Due to their calendars, players were also barred from their hotel rooms before the global epidemic.

Didn’t have time to go out.

Therefore, I would like to thank those of the LoL Esports Feature Team who provided the comfortable and suitable environment for Damwon KIA’s mid laner Heo “ShowMaker” Su to share his true feelings after winning the World Championship. ShowMaker, who sincerely shared his feelings, replied that he felt pressure and relief. “The win became inevitable for us because people had so many expectations of our team,” ShowMaker says.

“I feel like this is something I need to achieve. I don’t know when it will happen, but after a while you start to say, ‘I’m relieved that we’ll do it.'”

He states that the best moment he had with Damwon was taking the LCK from Challengers Korea, and ShowMaker’s already glorious career coincides with his early career. On the one hand for the enthusiastic audience, on the other for the floating and

Many of the players stare at the shiny plastic confetti crushed beneath their feet.

After winning a big tournament like the World Championship, I’m stuck in the same weird void.

traps. What awaits them after this sense of emptiness is gone

often out of their control (roster changes at the end of the season,

patches and game changes) and first on the way to the goal

they are faced with a very different and stifling pressure than they feel.

While Damwon KIA did not win the 2021 MSI tournament, ShowMaker said:

and his fascinating individual performances still impress me even today.

MSI 2022

Place: Busan, South Korea

To win:Not yet established

Source: (BHA) – Beyaz News Agency