The first surrendering team in LPL history has emerged.

This year, the LPL officially invited two “streamer” teams to raise interest in the Demacia Cup. These teams were ZSM, assembled by world champions Ning and LWX, and FRK, built by MSI champion Cryin. Many viewers expected these streamer teams to beat the lowest-ranking LPL teams in the tournament. After all, ZSM and FRK include many world champions, while the LPL’s first-day participants were all “Nirvana,” the bottom teams.

However, what disappointed many LPL fans was that both ZSM and FRK teams were thoroughly defeated by the LPL Nirvana team. Especially the match between ZSM and LGD sparked widespread criticism and discussion in the LoL esports community because LGD became the first team in the new LPL season to be forced to “surrender.” Many viewers collectively lamented LGD’s bizarre loss due to network issues after seeing them lose to the Nirvana team.

Many fans found it hard to understand how LGD, as a professional LPL team, could have worse network conditions at their base than the streamers at home. It’s worth noting that FOFO, the mid laner of Ning’s team, participated from his hometown in Taiwan without a single disconnection during the entire tournament. Of course, some viewers sympathized with LGD’s decision to surrender since their player disconnected at the start, causing LGD to be heavily beaten by Ning’s team within just 10 minutes. Under such circumstances, even if LGD hadn’t surrendered, a comeback would have been very difficult.

LPL’s provocateur TheShy’s top star suffers disgrace!

Although Ning’s team narrowly won the second game against LGD, the overall strength of the streamer teams was inferior to LGD, leading to Ning’s team losing 1-2 in the end. After Ning’s defeat, many LPL fans began mocking Ning’s top laner, Ale, because before the match, many believed Ale was the strongest player on Ning’s team. Ale himself even claimed on stream that even if he didn’t play professionally, he was better than 80% of LPL top laners.

However, as the games progressed, Ale was brutally outmatched by LGD’s top lanersasi in their lane matchup.In the first game, Ale was at a disadvantage in lane and was dominated by sasi in team fights. In the second game, despite sasi frequently disconnecting, Ale remained at 0-0 until LGD surrendered. In the third game’s blind pick mode, Ale played Rumble but was crushed 1-7 by sasi’s Rumble. After the match, sasi was officially named the best MVP of the BO3 series. (Ale struggled even against an unknown top laner, leaving many puzzled about his confidence and disdain for other players.)

Many viewers also believe Ale’s performance in the Demacia Cup has seriously damaged his reputation. During the LPL transfer period, many fans wondered why Ale didn’t return to professional play, especially since he was known as the “Senior Brother of Longhushan” for his solo kill on TheShy. But after the Demacia Cup, many now see Ale’s true skill level and think his career highlight was just provoking TheShy.