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Preamble: Everyone often ridicules Tarzan for deliberately losing the World Championship in order to "play" the LNG team in his own division. But the pros know they don't do that, especially in an important event like the Worlds. Recently, veteran player Viper gave a sharp rating on the LPL, including the LNG team that his former teammates were on.
Viper showed no mercy to LPL at all, and in an interview with Korean media Kukinews, he was asked a question: What is the goal of Viper players next season?The player said bluntly: LCK is the strongest region at the moment, and although it is not easy to achieve my dream, I have always set my goal of being the champion. I want to win every time and it's my goal to win the league and international tournaments.
As for the team that they want to play the most next season, the player mentioned T1, and of course Viper doesn't value winning or losing, but thinks it's fun to play T1. He has the determination to win, and it seems that these teams want to win the "quadruple" and beat last season's champions. Not long ago, G2 won T1 in an entertainment match, and directly modified its own profile, which makes people laugh and cry. HLE is no exception, they have spent a lot of money this year and are arguably the richest team in LCK. Even after last season's poor results and the failure to get a place in the World Championships, the HLE management still renewed the contract of the champion players and brought in GEN players to build the Galactic Fleet, so Viper is very satisfied with this year's lineup.
Viper said that LCK is the strongest division at the moment, and I don't think there's a problem. First, the LPL team of the Asian Games only won the bronze medal, and the gold medal fell to the LCK players;Second, there were three LPL teams in the top four of the World Championship, but in the end, the only LCK team won the championship. The two most important games of the season were won by LCK teams, and Viper really has no problem saying that.
Viper also mentioned LNG, and the host asked him if he had watched the Worlds and which game he was most impressed by. Viper said that he was resting and had nothing to do, so he watched the game. The most impressive thing was the quarter-finals LNG playing T1, because the team lost too quickly and was even more one-sided than he imagined, and the situation was impressive. What's more, there are former teammates of Viper in the LNG team, so he naturally pays more attention.
After Viper returned to the LCK, it seems that he is paying less and less attention to the LPL, unless he meets an old teammate. The host asked him to list young players with potential, and Viper said that he thought the veterans played better, and the newcomers were more inconspicuous. If you have to say one thing, that is, Gen Lower Road Peizi, he bluntly said that he doesn't know about LPL Lower Road anymore.
Seeing these interviews with Viper, I think EDG fans should be the most uncomfortable. Recently, Tian Ye left to join the TES team, and the Saint Gun also went to JDG to rotate with the new singles of the academy. The former world champion went his own way, and when he saw Viper say this, everyone sighed even more, did he completely forget the two years in the LPL?
But for Viper, it's all about playing well now. At the beginning, the player said that he returned to the LCK division to pursue the championship, and EDG invited him to come back some time ago, but the player refused. Judging by Viper's recent interviews, I think it's normal for him to refuse. Viper wants to challenge himself, and of course he has to stay in the "strongest division" LCK in his mind.