To make matters worse, there’s the fact MSI was played with artificial ping to accommodate RNG competing remotely.
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Yes, they played possibly the best series of the year against T1 in the finals, but five good games isn’t enough to make up for the absolute cakewalk they had leading up to that. Realistically, there were only two elite teams at the tournament, and they met in grand finals. This is not to discount the talent of Li "Xiaohu" Yuan-Hao and his team - they’re one of the best League teams in the world - but MSI just isn’t as impressive as the other events when it comes to competitive strength. However, there’s no way it’s the best of these, with RNG let down by the format of MSI itself in the race for best win of 2022.
It was their third time winning the event, their first time doing so back-to-back, and they did it while winning the final against a team considered to be one of the best ever.
On the surface, there is a lot going for RNG’s MSI win. Rating: 7/10 Royal Never Give Up - 2022 Mid-Season Invitational Source: LoL Esports Though OG’s win is great, other teams in esports had more complete victories. While OG’s victory was incredibly impressive and included wins over some of the best teams in the world, it felt a bit incomplete considering the absence of the other top Chinese teams at the event (because of the lockdown situation). A crazy losers run with a new team using last-minute substitutes - what more could you want? In total, they won six sets in a row on their way to the title. However, once they hit losers, things just seemed to click as OG’s players came together and cut a swathe through the rest of the tournament in one of the most impressive losers bracket runs in recent memory. Having Sébastien 'Ceb' Debs and Johan 'N0tail' Sundstein as subs was a nice silver lining for OG, but the team had a rough time adjusting to this new reality initially - placing second in their group and being sent to the losers bracket by TSM. Their prospects seemed to have changed, though, when visa problems barred Mikhail 'Misha' Agatov and team coach Evgenii 'Chuvash' Makarov from attending the event. Still, the team was considered one of the favorites going into the competition. OG’s roster of prodigies was hyped coming into the event, having just won the DPC Western Europe tour, but living up to the standards set by the two-time TI champions is as tall of an order as they come. We’re in a new era, however, and the performance the organization’s young squad had at ESL One was the type of run you’d see in a cheesy sports movie. The phrase “OG wins a Dota 2 major” wouldn’t normally sound special to long term fans of the game.
How do the victories stack up, though, when compared? While each team overcame many hurdles in their gallop to gold, which victory stands out as the greatest? Inven Global will analyze four of the most recent major tournaments in esports, and determine which winner had the most impressive victory. Each tournament had great competition and engaging storylines - the winner of any of these events should be proud. Throughout May, four of the biggest esports held major international tournaments, being League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege. Some of the most exciting esports moments of 2022 occurred in the past two months.
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