The LPL Demacia Cup is about to begin, with three BO3 matches on the opening day: Ning’s team playing LGD, Cryin’s team facing WE, and UP competing against LNG. Among these, the first two matches are especially exciting. If the streamer teams manage to defeat the official LPL teams, it would be quite a spectacle. Ning’s team top laner Ale confidently said before the event: my tank is a bit weaker than 369, but comparable to Bin.

Hearing that from Ale, who is currently unemployed, is a bit hard to believe. If he were only slightly worse than 369, he probably wouldn’t have trouble finding a team in the transfer window. However, if he can lead his team to the second stage of the Demacia Cup, there's a chance they might face BLG. If that happens and he goes up against Bin, it will be a real test of Ale’s tank skills. If he performs well in the Demacia Cup, he might return to the LPL next year.

MLXG listed as a defaulter

The RNG team, which cannot be found in the Demacia Cup, has already withdrawn from the LPL league. The official has not released any announcement because RNG has many unresolved debts. Recently, a player discovered that MLXG, who lost a lawsuit against RNG, was subjected to high spending restrictions by RNG on the 11th of this month. Additionally, due to violating property reporting regulations, MLXG has been listed as a dishonest person subject to enforcement.

According to the case enforcement standards, Shanks owes a total of 25 million yuan. With such a massive debt, MLXG definitely cannot repay it. Given the current poor streaming environment and his platform switch without any major contracts, even if MLXG streams for 10 years, he probably won't clear the debt. Now that he's labeled a defaulter, Shanks’ future is likely to be even more financially strained; his streaming income might be immediately garnished upon receipt.

Shanks questions his former coach three times

During this year’s transfer window, AL not only lost Tabe but also saw their assistant coach move to JDG. Coach Xiaobai recently posted on Weibo about giving Dogzi a haircut and styling him. Former teammate Shanks suddenly commented under the post, questioning: Are you so happy at JDG? Why didn’t you post loving Weibo when you were at AL? Are things not going well? This triple question really confirms that Shanks is the biggest troublemaker in AL.

Although everyone is now on different teams, the relationship between players and coaches remains good. Last year, AL’s success was largely thanks to the coaching staff. It’s a pity Tabe didn’t stay despite everyone renewing their contracts, but JDG offered more, so the transfer is understandable. The new coach isn’t bad either. AL recently went to Korea for training and should be practicing with teams like GEN and HLE.

DK coach angrily scolds players after the match

After changing their bot lane duo for the new season, DK’s team strength has greatly improved. K was involved in full five-game series against HLE and T1. In the final game against T1, they had an 8K gold lead. If the players hadn’t slipped up, DK would have made the finals. After the comeback, a Korean netizen revealed that DK’s head coach CVmax cursed at the players loudly in the parking lot without caring about the setting. He was clearly very upset.

Being reversed after leading by 8K gold definitely deserves criticism. If Xu and the support had not missed chances, a good dragon fight could have ended the game in one go. However, CVmax’s drafting skills are just average. In the final game, choosing Renekton and Qiyana, both AP carries, means no late-game strength. Even if DK didn’t give T1 opportunities, as long as T1 could stall, they would likely win. But it’s really strange that DK couldn’t close out despite the mid-game lead.

Conclusion:

RNG as a club really had a great hand but played it terribly. From S7 to S9, RNG was the most popular team in the LPL, but poor management treated players as profit sources. Ending up like this is only their own fault. MLXG doesn’t deserve sympathy either; he was too arrogant before and never took streaming seriously.

So, how long do you think MLXG will take to repay the 25 million?

Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments!