With Riot changing the format of international tournaments, smaller regions and wildcards like VCS face certain impacts as the spots for MSI and Worlds experience fluctuations. Of course, at MSI, VCS still has only one slot, but many opinions predict that it will be tougher now as teams strive for better results since Riot has decided that the outcome of this tournament will also affect the Worlds spots for the same year. In 2024, GAM Esports is the champion of VCS Spring and theoretically will also be the team to attend MSI 2024 upcoming.
Currently, as allegations of misconduct remain unresolved, VCS fans are still uncertain whether GAM will be able to participate in MSI 2024. However, from one perspective, if they can make it to the international tournament held in China this year, GAM will still receive a lot of expectations. Although it will truly be hard for GAM to advance beyond the Play-In stage, as long as the matches haven’t started, anything is possible. Moreover, several players and fans from various teams are showing concern as GAM clinched the VCS Spring 2024 title.
First, there’s the champion of LCS Spring 2024 – Team Liquid. After GAM won the VCS and secured a spot at MSI 2024, TL’s player APA tweeted a lamenting message: “Oh no… not again” on his personal Twitter. Many still remember that at Worlds 2023, GAM had “handed a loss” to TL’s APA in the Swiss round, directly eliminating the LCS representative from the tournament. In that match, APA completely lost the lane to Kati.
And as usual, since GAM is the champion, many LPL fans have again mentioned Top Esports. Currently, TES still needs at least one more match to secure their MSI 2024 spot as they prepare to face Bilibili Gaming in the winners’ finals. However, many LPL fans still can’t forget the embarrassing defeat of TES at Worlds 2022, when they entered the tournament as the runner-up but were eliminated before the group stage ended.
Nevertheless, at this moment, GAM’s chance to participate in MSI 2024 remains uncertain. However, if they can join the first major international event of the year in the League of Legends community, GAM is expected to bring many surprises, especially as VCS needs strong performances to dispel the negative shadow looming over the region.