Introduction: The S15 season matches have officially begun, and most players have been following the recent competitions closely. The World Championship battles are extremely intense, with some teams already eliminated. Hosting the event locally in the LPL region, BLG as the number one seed has become the lucky team of this tournament. They are the only team in the World Championship yet to face LCK or LPL opponents. After four rounds, all their matches have been against European and American teams, and they are still on the brink of elimination. Fans checked the players' rank records and found that three starters are addicted to Douhun Arena, even playing it two to three hours before matches started.

BLG's starting three players addicted to Douhun

Most players are fairly familiar with BLG, a top-tier team in the LPL region with massive investments. This season, BLG is the highest spending team in the LPL, reportedly investing around 80 million. Unsurprisingly, their performance in the regional matches has been relatively stable, especially in the third stage where they dominated the playoffs and defeated TES in the final to claim the LPL championship. As the number one seed, they entered the World Championship with high expectations. However, their results have been disappointing, making them the worst-performing team in the LPL region, even below IG.

After losing to G2, BLG reached a critical moment—another loss would end their World Championship run. To advance to the quarterfinals, they need to win two consecutive matches. BLG truly seems like the tournament’s lucky team. In the first round, they faced 100 Thieves from the NA region and lost; the second round was against FNC, the third against G2. Many expected the crucial fourth round to be against T1, but surprisingly, they drew another European/American team, VKS. It feels like fate is favoring BLG, not wanting them to be eliminated.

Honestly, many fans feel BLG might be better off eliminated. During interviews, their mid-laner Knight remained defiant, expressing a desire to face T1 when the score was 1-1 and again at 1-2, but they never got that matchup. Fans also reviewed BLG's players’ rank activity and found the team is neglecting serious practice. Apart from scrims, they have mostly stopped ranked games, spending most of their time in Douhun Arena with very high frequency—some players have even doubled their usual rank playtime.

Starting with top laner Bin, who played six ranked matches totaling 133 minutes last week, but 12 Douhun games for 277 minutes—2.08 times more. AD carry Elk trained in 10 ranked matches for 221 minutes, with 17 Douhun games totaling 380 minutes. Support On played 13 ranked matches for 324 minutes and 21 Douhun games for 447 minutes. Particularly, On was still playing Douhun Arena three hours before the G2 match started. Similarly, when Gen lost to KT, the entire team was also engrossed in Douhun Arena.

Farewell opinions

Frankly, judging by their current form, BLG seems worse off than IG, who were eliminated in the play-in stage. At least IG showed proper attitude in matches and didn’t lose badly. BLG, meanwhile, drew European and American teams in all four rounds but have already lost to two relatively weaker teams. It’s unclear where the players’ confidence comes from. Every BLG member still firmly hopes to face T1. Their only paths to redemption now are either winning the championship or eliminating T1.

What do you, the viewers, think about this situation?