T1's elimination sparks universal celebration, G2's official account leads the charge, Doran faces backlash, and the truck has arrived.

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In yesterday's MSI Mid-Season Invitational, G2 once again worked wonders, defeating T1 with a 3-1 scoreline and pulling off an incredible comeback in the final game, ultimately knocking T1 out of the tournament.

T1's exit in the top six, their worst MSI performance ever, has sparked widespread celebration.

T1's elimination triggers universal celebration, G2 leads the charge.

T1 has the most fans worldwide, and teams from all regions consider defeating T1 an honor, especially in the West. Although many support T1, the majority of viewers hope their own region's teams can step up and beat T1, and G2 accomplished that.

It's worth noting that G2 previously defeated two major Korean teams in the First Stand tournament and then eliminated T1 at MSI. With these three BO5s alone, perhaps the Western regions couldn't have achieved that in the past few years. This year's G2 has earned everyone's respect.

Therefore, after T1's elimination, all major regions erupted in celebration, even other LCK teams. Essentially, they see T1 as the biggest villain, given their glorious achievements in recent years, and everyone wanted to see T1 lose.

During the match, G2 wasn't afraid of jinxing themselves. When leading 2-0, they posted on their official account: "We're once again the daddy of LCK." Such premature celebration is quite risky, but G2 wasn't afraid, confident they would beat T1, and they did, though the outcome was quite thrilling.

Doran faces backlash, the base truck has arrived.

After the match, foreign comments harshly criticized T1's poor performance, with particularly funny remarks about Doran. They said Brokenblade was competing for "custody" of Doran with his dominant play, because in this tournament, Doran was solo-killed by every top laner he faced.

The one who gave Doran the hardest time was BB, who essentially sent Doran home with his godlike performance on Kled.

Many netizens advised Doran to retire immediately if he had any self-awareness.

However, this view was opposed by many, who said they hope Doran stays locked in with T1 and that they don't change top laners next year, because this was T1's management and fans' own choice, and they must pay enough for their decision.

On the Korean side, T1 fans finally couldn't stand it anymore. Shortly after T1's loss, they sent a truck to T1's base, with a simple slogan: "Doran OUT."

This is actually quite rare. Normally, T1 fans have a high tolerance for Doran and tend to attack Oner more, but this time fans couldn't bear it anymore and started to settle scores with Doran.

Netizens joke about Riot: Worlds changes to a passive top lane meta.

Now the whole internet is discussing the true quality of Doran, the champion top laner, whether he is actually a noob at his core, and the "customized version" narrative has resurfaced. T1 has won three consecutive World Championships in the past three years but performed poorly in other tournaments. Last year, they won with Doran in a lane-swap meta, which avoided laning phase, possibly the key reason for Doran's success.

This year, lane-swapping is no longer possible, and the top lane places more emphasis on laning skills. Doran is at a disadvantage in this meta. It remains to be seen if Worlds will change the version. If Worlds becomes a passive top lane meta, viewers will surely say Riot is tailoring the game for T1.

Personally, I think T1 is indeed facing a significant crisis, and the core issue is the meta. In the second split, Riot changed a minion aggro mechanic, but it has proven that even with this change, T1's laning is still not top-tier, and they can easily be outclassed by teams like HLE, BLG, and G2.

Under these circumstances, either we hope Doran can improve dramatically later on and skyrocket his laning skills—which is clearly unrealistic—or we hope the meta becomes less reliant on top lane laning.

If Zeus hadn't left the team back then, T1 wouldn't have such high demands on the meta.