The voting results for the "all-star" squad of the LPL season 2024 made many viewers unhappy.
LPL's "all-star" lineup is controversial
A few days ago, the LPL All-Star 2024 awards ceremony officially took place to honor the achievements and contributions of players in this region. With BLG dominating the LPL throughout the 2024 season, many people believe that all 5 players from this team will appear in the list of typical squads. However, the actual results were a bit different when besides Bin, Xun, Knight and Elk, the Support player honored at LPL All-Star 2024 was Meiko.
LPL's "all-star" lineup for the 2024 season includes: Bin - Xun - Knight - Elk - Meiko
It is this unexpected result that has caused enormous controversy among the LPL audience community in recent days. The reason comes from the fact that Meiko did not play outstandingly in the past season or win many major titles. Even when wearing the TES shirt in the 2024 season, Meiko was completely empty-handed and did not win any titles. Not stopping there, Meiko's TES also had to accept "humiliating" defeats such as losing to G2 0-3 at MSI 2024 or falling to T1 at Worlds with the same score.
Meiko has suffered many "humiliating" defeats in the past year.
Therefore, many viewers watching the awards ceremony protested the voting results of the recent LPL All-Star 2024. They think that it is quite unreasonable for a player with no title and poor performance throughout 2024 like Meiko to be voted and listed as the best team. Many people believe that Meiko was voted thanks to her strong fan base and reputation from winning the 2021 World Championship.
"So you guys chose Meiko, who didn't play outstandingly last year and lost to G2 and T1 0-3, to be the Support of that year?" - An audience commented sarcastically.
"He (Meiko) has stolen this title twice already. In the 2022 season, he played worse than Missing all year but still won" - Another gamer shared
"Let's just say in terms of overall performance, fighting skills, and personal handling, how can Meiko compare to ON this year?" - Another player agreed.
Meiko and her arduous journey to conquer the LPL
Indeed, when looking back at Meiko's personal year 2024, it is considered a failed season when he did not have a title or outstanding performance. Meiko himself probably understands this, so he left TES and joined a completely new team called IG. As a team with many famous stars, IG is considered the new "super team" of the LPL and the pressure the players will have to receive will of course be huge.
Meiko needs to prove a lot of things after joining IG
Furthermore, the strong teams in the LPL all have notable personnel additions, so conquering this tournament for IG is also an extremely difficult task. Of course, in the opposite direction, the IG team (including Meiko) will need to make great efforts to prove their strength. If Meiko can play excellently and help IG win many titles, he can become "Best LPL Support" next season in a much more convincing way than this year.