The first great tournament of the year for the video game League of Legends, the Mid-Season Invitational (known by the acronym MSI), starting this Monday in London, United Kingdom. Latin American champions Movistar R7, which includes Ceo Argentina and Lyonz plus coach Khynm, will play their first Play-In phase commitment from Tuesday.
Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) is first international competition from the annual LoL Esports calendar. This kind of “Mundialito” is marked by bringing together thirteen teams from nine regions to fight for the title and the world champion. 50 thousand dollars of the grand prize.
MSI has been held since 2015 and every edition allows to evaluate Team strengths and weaknesses and mid-season areas.
The event changes venue every year and, on this occasion, also the creative theme. Under the motto “Defy”, video game publisher Riot Games, calls on its community to “have the courage to stand up in the face of its own limitations. Turn a deaf ear to what detractors say, push the limits and show the Spirit of Defiance”.
MSI 2023: team
Team G2 Esports defeated Brazil from LOUD, in their MSI 2023 Play-In debut.
Each region contributes champion team, the most competitive one has two quotas, while the rest have only one quota. This is how JDG Intel Esports Club (JDG) and Bilibili Gaming Pingan Bank (BLG) did it for China (LPL); Gen.G (GEN) and T1 (T1) represent South Korea (LCK), MAD Lions (MAD) and G2 Esports (G2) represent Europe (LEC) and Cloud9 (C9) and Golden Guardians (GG) are from North America ( LCS).
The other batch consists of PSG Talon (PSG) from Southeast Asia (PCS), LOUD (LLL) is a great Brazilian CBLOL champion, Detonation FocusMe (DFM) is from Japan (LJL), Movistar R7 recently lifted the LLA Latin America title in Chile and GAM Esports (GAM) did so in Vietnam (VCS).
The ultimate champion The Kingdom Never Gives Up, who has beaten T1 at MSI 2022 in Busan, has no chance of defending his title in London. chinese troops did not reach the top of their domestic league League of Legends Pro League, one of the most competitive in the world, after losing to Bilibili Gaming Pingan Bank (BLG).
MIS 2023: how is the competition
Brazilian LOUD fans made themselves heard during their game against G2 Esports. Photo: LOL Esports.
MSI has two phases: play-in phase (from 2 to 7 May) and Key phase (from 9 to 14 May and from 16 to 21 May).
The first phase of Play-Ins, which starts at 9 o’clock in Argentina, is over Movistar R7 among the protagonists of Group A.
Wednesday, May 3, will see the Latin American team premiere against the Chinese candidate Bilibili Gaming Pingan Bank (BLG) the second game of the day being the best of three. In another key, Golden Guardians will face GAM Esports.
Copper Box Arena in London, MSI 2023 headquarters. Photo: LOL Esports.
The first date of Group B was played this Tuesday with a win from G2 Esports and PSG Talon against Loud and Detonation Focus Me, both 2-0 each. The winners will face each other again on Thursday, May 4th, while the losers will meet the following day.
The bracket phase would then turn into a best-of-five series. There they will get into the box Top 5 of the main areas and those who won in Play-In. The cross, obviously, will be decided by a draw. This match will also kick off at 9 in Argentina.
Lastly, the MSI semifinals and finals which will determine the champion will change the schedule at 8 o’clock in our country.
On the other hand, the game is played with the public in person London Copper Box Arena, Great Britain. The stadium hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as many esports tournaments throughout its 10 year history.
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