In recent years, Gen.G could be considered the “king of LCK” as they have won the regional championship 4 times in a row. However, the team’s performance in international tournaments such as MSI or Worlds has been extremely modest. Perhaps due to this tradition of being “home wise, market foolish,” Gen.G is not expected to do too well at MSI 2024 despite being the champions of LCK Spring 2024.
Even in their latest match, Gen.G almost disappointed by allowing TES to tie the series 2-2 despite leading early on. Fortunately for Gen.G, Canyon and Kiin had an outstanding game to help secure the victory for the team. It’s worth noting that this was Gen.G’s first Bo5 victory against an LPL representative after 2386 days.
After the match ended, this milestone was also mentioned in an interview with Chovy. As for the Gen.G star, he admitted that the team’s “home wise, market foolish” reputation is real. However, with this meaningful victory against TES, Chovy hopes that everything will change at MSI this year.
“We usually perform very well in LCK because the entire team understands the opponents after analyzing them thoroughly based on data. Compared to teams from other regions, we don’t have this, so we often make mistakes. Perhaps this is why we don’t perform well in international tournaments despite our success in LCK. Things could be very different at MSI this year,” Chovy shared.
Indeed, compared to last year’s MSI, Gen.G has shown significant improvement as they no longer easily lose to LPL representatives. By defeating TES, the team has reached the winners’ finals and is guaranteed a top 3 finish. This is already a better result than their performance at MSI 2023.
Furthermore, Gen.G could potentially meet T1 again in the rest of the tournament and have the chance to improve their record. It’s important to note that Gen.G has defeated T1 4 times in their recent LCK finals. They also have extensive data and research on this opponent, giving Gen.G a significant opportunity to win should they face T1 again.
In summary, the victory against TES has somewhat helped Gen.G break the “jinx” of failure against LPL representatives, aiming for greater goals. Hopefully, Chovy and his teammates will maintain their high performance like in the last match to go further in MSI this year. If they can achieve this, it would be a significant confirmation of Gen.G’s caliber and help erase the not-so-flattering nickname of “home wise, market foolish.”