I recently read an article in LoL Reddit addressing how Faker is single-handedly carrying not the whole Korean region - the LCK. As I read through it, I was feeling pretty sad about the current situation which Chinese organizations importing all the top-tier Korean players to their league with money power. It is indeed a good thing for the players who were underrated as well as in terms of salary in Korea, but it is, in wide point of view, still a loss of the competitive scene in Korean region. Here is the article that I captured- hope you get a general idea of how the changes are being made nowadays. And imagine what would happen if Faker manages to leave LCK. How would the competitive scene of League of Legends in Asia change? How hard could that wind blow, and somewhat affect other regions?
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Wow, I couldn't agree more. I was actually thinking about similar things lately, although it wasn't really related to e-sports. In a way, I feel like this is a metaphor for a lot of other things in real life! Don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against China and their rapid development, but I am just worried that Korea may be losing it's competence because we're so concerned about making more profit that we don't care about our own people.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'm just over thinking this. What do you think? Do you agree?