Currently, the Mid-Season Invitationals for League of Legends are happening, and even in a professional tournament, bugs and errors can occur. Such an error happened in the game between BLG and G2. However, it was not the error itself but the resulting pause that caused an uproar.
What happened? In the fourth match of the opponents, the game paused at 6:40. The player ON from the Chinese team BLG requested the pause because he could not consume his biscuit in the game.
This is an item that appears in the inventory due to the rune “Biscuit Delivery” and restores health and mana when consumed.
The pause was deemed legitimate and executed by the referees. After a longer pause, the game continued.
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G2 fans feel disadvantaged by the pause
What was the problem with this pause? Above all, the timing of the pause. The jungler of BLG “XUN” was about to die when the pause was initiated.
Although G2 did get this kill on Xun after the interruption – apparently outside the broadcasted stream – the flow of the game was clearly disrupted, and BLG was able to use the pause to recover.
You can see the moment of the pause in this Twitch clip:
This is not the first incident causing excitement at the MSI tournament, as a conflict between caster and pro also escalated during the tournament.
The thirty-minute pause, during which the bug was not fixed at all, did not improve the atmosphere and caused discontent among the viewers. Especially the G2 fans felt disadvantaged by the pause.
How did the audience react? The audience was not pleased with the seemingly pointless pause and booed the Chinese team when the game resumed. The fact that the pause was deemed legitimate by the referees did not seem to interest the fans present.
Ultimately, the Chinese team BLG won against the European team G2 3:1, eliminating them from the tournament.
A fate that affects all Western teams, as the celebrated stars completely disappointed the fans at the MSI tournament.
