Since the 2023 season, Riot Games has made a highly accurate decision regarding MSI by increasing the number of representatives from major regions from 1 to 2 teams. This decision greatly enhances the competitiveness of MSI as the tournament becomes a battleground for many strong teams. For MSI 2024, the mere presence of teams like Gen.G, T1, and BLG is more than enough to ensure the quality of this tournament.
Not stopping there, the performances of shining stars like Faker, Chovy, Bin, etc., are also highly anticipated by the audience. These are all players with great reputations, demonstrating stable form in the recent spring tournament. However, TheShy has a completely different opinion. In fact, during his exclusive interview, TheShy shared that a surprising name will shine at the upcoming MSI 2024.
“At the upcoming MSI 2024, TES will be one of the representatives of LPL participating in the tournament. Based on what he has shown, I believe JackeyLove is in an extremely good state. I have played with JackeyLove for many years and understand that he can do the impossible. Therefore, I believe JackeyLove will shine brightly at MSI 2024 this time” – TheShy shared.
Immediately after this interview was published, many viewers were quite surprised by TheShy’s choice. While it’s true that JackeyLove and TheShy were former teammates, evaluating this player so highly was something few expected. Especially in the context that JackeyLove and TES just faced defeat in the LPL Spring Finals 2024.
Fairly speaking, TES in general and JackeyLove in particular have often left a not-so-good impression on the audience in previous seasons. This team frequently shows an “unstable” face and is very likely to face defeats against higher-ranked teams. Notably, in the 2023 season, TES only secured 7th-8th place in LPL Spring and failed to qualify for the World Championship. Perhaps for this reason, LPL fans believe that TheShy is just trying to praise his old teammate JackeyLove rather than giving an objective evaluation ahead of MSI 2024.
However, LPL Spring 2024 has shown significant progress for TES as they have found more solid playing strategies aimed at victory. This has helped them secure a spot at MSI 2024 as the LPL Spring Runners-up. Not only that, JackeyLove himself has shown extremely good form this season as he has been the “carry” factor for TES in many tough matches. Thanks to JackeyLove’s excellent positioning skills, TES secured their only win in the recent LPL Spring Finals 2024.
Therefore, JackeyLove shining at MSI 2024 as TheShy stated is entirely possible. It is likely that TES will soon pass the Play-In stage of MSI 2024 thanks to their superior skill compared to representatives from CBLOL, LEC, or VCS. However, if they still cannot maintain stability when facing big names in crucial rounds, TES will find it hard to be among the title contenders at MSI 2024 this time.