As you know, after the last competition day on May 6 (Vietnam time), GAM Esports officially left MSI 2023. This is a journey that can be said to be extremely forgettable for the VCS representative.
GAM once received a lot of trust before MSI 2023 – source: LoL Esports
Amid the disappointment of the VCS community, some thoughts turned to other international tournaments of the year in the League of Legends village.
Riot often bases on achievements to consider the number of World Championship slots for regions – source: Sportskeeda
According to some reliable information, specifically from commentator Hoang Luan, MSI 2023 will be a test for Riot’s new format.
Many reasons have been given by both the Vietnamese LoL community and international audiences, such as Riot withdrawing the Korean rank account, the epidemic causing VCS to be absent from world tournaments for 2 consecutive years, without a successor generation.
Many opinions say that VCS has clearly regressed – source: LoL Esports
The victory of GAM over TES and then the undefeated achievement of the yellow and black shirt team in Spring 2023 may have made many fans forget that: GAM only won exactly 1 game at the only international tournament.
In the last 2 international tournaments that GAM participated in, they only won exactly 2 games – source: LoL Esports
The VCS teams themselves, after the World Championship, also had many changes but did not really play convincingly.
There is a basis for worrying that Riot may withdraw the number of places to attend international tournaments of VCS – source: VCS Fanpage
As many audiences and experts commented, GAM’s failure only represents VCS’s regression.