The US team Evil Geniuses unexpectedly became champions in the USA in 2022 in League of Legends and proudly participated in the LoL MSI 2022, a major international tournament. Prior to the event, it was said that Evil Geniuses wanted to now take on Europe. They believed they were clearly better than them. At the tournament, they had to face Europe in their very first game – and there they quickly found their limits against G2.
What did the team say?
- The US team “Evil Geniuses” surprisingly won the Spring Split in the USA decisively in 2022.
- Particularly notable were the young talent in the bot lane, Danny (18), and in the mid lane Jojopyun (17). It is rare that young North Americans make it to the professional league at all, let alone dominate like this. They were well complemented by veterans like Impact and Vulcan.
- After the championship, Jojopyun stepped up and tweeted: “Going to MSI Shitting on EU” – a clear challenge to the European team G2. The young Canadian (17) also said this in the livestream, much to the delight of the American audience: they are simply “clearly better” than them – but they will see that.
A bold statement from the 17-year-old:
In the lane against the best player in Europe, talking doesn’t help
Here’s how the match went: In the very first match at MSI 2022 on May 10, a duel between G2 and Evil Geniuses actually took place.
The result was a clear victory for the Europeans in 30 minutes. The young Canadian Jojopyun played Ryze with only 1-3-3. The 22-year-old Dane Caps, probably the strongest player in Europe at the moment, took him down with 4-0-7 on Anivia.
The winner says: He respects trash talk
This is how the players sound after the match:
Jojopyun now sounds almost apologetic: “Yes, G2 played well, but I think we just played badly. Much worse than normal. I think we were bad in different ways. The problem was that we weren’t good, not that G2 was so strong. Although they were pretty strong.”
Now the Canadian says that it’s all okay. They would now play internationally and learn a lot.
The winner, Rasmus “Caps” Winther, reacts more mildly than one might expect. Caps doesn’t see it too seriously. He says he respects trash talk. Many US teams are humble. It even feels good when someone dares to be more confident.
G2 are infamous as trolls and trash talkers. They show themselves generously here. They are not shy with any remarks either.
Here’s how things progressed: The two teams have already played their rematch: G2 again took the victory. Much to the delight of the German top laner Broken Blade, who also heard the remarks from North America:
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How is the tournament going? Caps knows that G2 has many more challenges ahead in the tournament. It seems that G2 has set its sights on Faker and his team, T1, who are considered favorites to win MSI.
Besides T1, “Royal Never Give Up” from China is also considered a co-favorite for the title. G2 is at least given outsider chances by the bookmakers.
Currently, G2 has won all 3 games, but the other favorites T1 and Royal Never Give Up are still undefeated.
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