Vietnam has many ups and downs, T1 takes the spotlight
Before the new year 2025, let’s look back at the journey of Esports in 2024
VCS explodes negatively with “32 players”
In the history of League of Legends or Esports in Vietnam in general, it is probably impossible to find a bigger crime than the “32 players” incident that happened right when the LCK Spring 2024 group stage was about to end. From just some initial suspicions, the incident exploded into a major drama, shocking the entire world of League of Legends. Because, before that, negative cases in the League of Legends village were only discovered in lower leagues.
VCS’s negative judgment forced SofM and many former players to return to play because the team no longer had enough people.
The incident almost pushed VCS into crisis. Teams lost from nearly half to their entire squad. However, thanks to the efforts of relevant parties, VCS still completed the difficult 2024 season to prepare for 2025, which promises even more changes.
EWC 2024 – the first World Cup level Esports tournament in history
2024 also marks the first time the Esports World Cup – a tournament considered by the organizers from Saudi Arabia to be equivalent to the “World Cup of Electronic Sports” – officially kicks off. Not only is the prize money “huge”, but EWC also marks a milestone in Middle Eastern countries starting to really pour money into this “smokeless industry”.
For the first time, a World Cup-level Esports tournament was held in Saudi Arabia.
Although it is not yet included in the official competition system of Esports game publishers, EWC 2024 has attracted certain attention. According to the announcement of Saudi Arabia, future Esports development projects will continue to be implemented in the coming years, and powerful world teams such as T1, Na’Vi… will be the teams. pioneer.
EGO’s unexpected departure
One of the big losses of VCS in 2024, which cannot be ignored is the sudden passing of EGO – former VCS champion and once known as “SofM’s Successor”. At an age when he should have thrived in domestic and international arenas, EGO slipped through consecutive dramas and then suddenly parted ways.
EGO passed away to the surprise of the VCS community because it was so sudden.
It can be said that EGO’s passing really makes the Vietnamese League of Legends community sad. In just over a year, a player who was once at the top could fall straight to the bottom and until now, no one can say exactly who is responsible, but what remains is regret for one team. There are plenty of talented players but also many shortcomings in Vietnamese Esports.
PUBG Vietnam roars in the world arena
2024 can be considered a very good year for PUBG. In June, the CERBERUS Esports team successfully became the PGS 3 champion and player Himass also won the MVP title – the best player in the PUBG world at that time. Worth mentioning, CES’s victory was also a “comeback” when before the final, they were 34 points behind the top team Twisted Minds.
The Expendables closes the perfect year for PUBG Vietnamese.
At the end of the year, PUBG Viet continued to “close out” 2024 majestically by winning the PGC 2024 championship of The Expendables. “The Mercenaries” created history when for the first time a PUBG team from Vietnam became world champions, successfully touching the most prestigious trophy of the famous survival game.
Ky The International is “quiet”
Since the Compendium system appeared, the DOTA 2 community has always been proud to own the tournament with the largest prize money in the Esports world. At the same time, this is also a factor that helps this game retain a certain attraction, in the flow of games like League of Legends, VALORANT is still developing sustainably and mobile games are occupying large markets.
Images of the Vietnamese national flag appear at The International 2024.
But TI 2024 can be said to be a somewhat… quiet TI. Champion team Team Liquid only really impresses when they have another shield in their collection room. And the highlight for Vietnamese Esports is just the image of the Vietnamese national flag brought on stage by the family of Vietnamese-born player miCKe.
Sad year of Lien Quan Viet
If Vietnamese League of Legends still has certain marks, PUBG makes history, Lien Quan Mobile also makes marks but in a way no one expected. Accordingly, Lien Quan Viet’s 2024 summary is summed up in the word “empty-handed”.
At both of the world’s biggest Lien Quan tournaments, Vietnamese representatives “turned up” early. Worth mentioning, the Saigon Phantom players also had a somewhat “teasing” move that made the audience angry after their defeat at AIC 2024. These players later had to delete the post but have not yet issued a proper apology. for the audience.
Lien Quan Viet is completely empty-handed in international tournaments in 2024.
T1 occupies the entire spotlight of the Esports village
In terms of ups and downs, perhaps in the entire Esports industry it will be difficult to find a team like T1 in 2024. They are even underestimated compared to 2023 when entering Worlds. And many people believe that, with Faker’s previous somewhat uncontrolled moves, he is no longer the hope of the “World Championship king”.
But then, removing all doubts, T1 showed a 180-degree opposite playing style compared to their previous self. Faker became FMVP, directly bringing “overturning” situations to T1 and bringing this team to the World Championship title again.
T1 takes the spotlight with historic achievements.
T1’s achievement can be said to be the most outstanding highlight for world Esports in 2024 and perhaps no other team or individual will be able to repeat it again.
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