Perhaps, LPL has never been in a crisis like it is now, including when Royal Never Give Up was accused of unpaid wages or when a series of negative cases, match-fixing… were exposed and forced LDL to be released.

LPL 2024 is facing many problems

LPL in question cannot broadcast live

For a tournament, especially Esports in general and League of Legends in particular, to not be broadcast live or only broadcast at unfavorable time frames, or only unattractive matches… will be like a `sentence`.

Remember, the Chinese media once had information that the Demacia Cup or before that, the LPL’s All-Star, was banned from broadcasting because the previous World Championship had invited a girl group to sing the theme song.

LPL 2024 had doubts about not being able to broadcast live due to the influence of World Championship 2024, specifically the band NewJeans.

There is information that Korean players are banned from broadcasting

At the recent Demacia Cup, it was not difficult to realize that Korean players had almost disappeared from all broadcast channels.

There is information that Korean players in the LPL will be banned from broadcasting

However, it is the Korean players who play an important role in the squads of LPL teams.

LPL Spring 2024 match schedule

Normally, in previous years, LPL audiences would not expect much from the opening matches because LPL’s rules have existed for a long time.

The audience expects the opening matches to be more attractive

The audience probably also wants to have truly heroic matches to make the tournament attractive from the beginning.