Introduction: The S15 season is underway, and most players have been paying attention to the recent clashes. The LPL region’s competition has been fierce. As the regular season nears its end, several LPL teams have secured playoff spots. BLG’s recent momentum has been very noticeable; after their match against JDG, they climbed into the top four of the LPL regular season, securing a playoff berth. However, two interviews sparked a lot of player mockery. First, the support player On promised to show a BLG team that is invincible both early and late game, while ELK’s in-game interview openly stated that he thinks the regular season isn’t that important.
Most players are quite familiar with BLG. As a former all-Chinese roster in the LPL, they have enjoyed high popularity and attention, also being a focus promoted by the league. Over the years, BLG has undergone many roster changes and achieved significant progress. Especially after the mid-laner Knight joined, they became one of the top teams in the LPL and won some regional championships. This season, BLG made major roster changes; with the addition of jungler ShaDou in the third segment, they completely abandoned the all-Chinese lineup title. The league officially recognized ShaDou’s Italian nationality.
As the season progressed and BLG’s honeymoon phase ended, their form fluctuated seriously, with poor performance becoming routine. After their match against IG, the teasing about BLG increased. Their game against JDG was relatively easy. In the first game, Xun’s Poppy was outstanding in the early phase, securing first blood alongside teammates by killing Alistar, giving JDG the first blood. But then Left Hand’s roaming helped BLG gain momentum mid-game. At 25 minutes, ELK’s Rell flashed forward to kill Aphelios, leading BLG to secure Baron, and eventually winning the first game comfortably at 33 minutes.
The second game felt like a bot match. At 4 minutes, JDG’s mid and jungle grouped to invade the jungle, taking Xin Zhao’s first blood. At 7 minutes, a team fight broke out in the bottom river, with JDG gaining the upper hand. In the following minutes, multiple large-scale clashes occurred, all won decisively by JDG. This game ended quickly at 22 minutes. The third game was probably the most brutal. Just 2 minutes in, Knight’s Ziggs used lane advantage and flash to finish Scout’s first blood. Then Alora became the breakthrough point. This match also ended quickly, at 28 minutes, with Scout being crushed 1-8, showing he seemingly couldn’t play the champion effectively.
Although BLG won, their reputation and public opinion are terrible. During the post-match interview, On boldly claimed they would show a BLG team invincible early and late game. Such comments might be understandable as a winner’s statement. However, ELK’s interview left many players speechless; he openly said he thinks the regular season isn’t that important, despite their recent poor performances. What mindset leads him to say that? If the regular season doesn’t matter but you lose all your games, how can you still have matches later? It seems his professional attitude is problematic.
No one expected ELK’s recent remarks to be so outrageous. As a mid-tier domestic AD carry, he repeatedly made such statements. It feels like BLG was truly suppressed by Bin before. Reflecting on Bin’s previous words, he said he acted that way just to attract the team’s fire so his teammates could take less damage. Perhaps he was hinting at something. Now that Bin is silent, other players’ words are magnified endlessly, and various issues have surfaced.
Dear viewers, what are your thoughts on this matter?