Esport – League of Legends: BK ROG leads LFL in Nice, Gentle Mats shine

of the French League League of Legends Palace packed its bags in Nice this week for two days of competition at Nicaea. Facing the Riviera crowd, however, it was one of the least supported teams in the championship, BK ROG (6-2), that shined the most. After Game Ward (3-5) against Solari (3-5), thanks to two clear victories, the club alone took the leading position in the rankings, with style: if Dogulkan “113” Balki still sometimes looks very fiery in the jungle, all his The teammates, starting with the pleasant surprise of Jae-hoon “Hans Samdy” Lee, are currently outstanding individually.

Karmin stumbles in front of his audience…

Earlier this week the leader, Carmine Corp Blue (5-3) completely missed the meeting with his fans, although they turned out in large numbers in Nice. Unfazed by the schedule, the reigning French champions suffered a heartbreaking setback against BDS Academy on Wednesday and a fitting humiliation against Gentle Mets on Thursday. Promising and impressive since the start of the season, their young quintet has paid for their inexperience and will have to learn from it.

…and Gentle Mates benefits

What a week for the Gentle Mets (5-3)! For his debut on the French scene, the LFL’s new club had a perfect week. After defeating the Aegis on Wednesday, Jeremy “Ika” Waldenaer and his partners crushed KC in the match of the week, following one of the most accomplished collective performances of the season. So far, observers have pointed to a slowdown in his game? No need to condemn anymore.

Update for BDS Academy

It was also a successful return to the stage for BDS Academy (5-3), which is riding the same momentum as its captain Steven “Riker” Chen’s double MVP this week. Facing then-championship leaders Carmine Corp Blue and a throng of supporters on Wednesday, the Swiss club emerged victorious from a Homeric encounter that lasted more than 45 minutes. The next day, the players of Danusch “Arwindir” had little trouble defeating Team GO (4-4) to move into the top half of the table midway through the season.

A warm room… but a little hollow

As always, LFL Day gave rise to a great atmosphere at Palace Nikai, where groups of supporters from different clubs met and competed – more organized than ever before. Newcomers to the league, Team du Sud and Gentle Mets were able to communicate with their fans, who were spoiled by the sports results. But once again outnumbered by the KC ultras, they were outnumbered, like everyone else.

However, it is clear that the enthusiasm was not as great as it was in recent editions. As in the same period last year, the enclosure was only half full… an occurrence easily attributable to the difficulties of getting around Nice in the middle of the week, for the third year in a row, and outside of school vacation. Supporters’ associations boycotted the first match of the day on Wednesday, protesting the lack of communication and the specific choice of league organizer Webedia.