As one that followed the international games from regular splits to MSI and World, I was shocked and disappointed at what happened this year.
G2 in all their previous games, they never lost a best of 5 due to choke or draft issues and especially not to bad decisions in-game.
However when playing vs China, everything about the games seemed off.
Look at what happened in other sports and companies when they go against China either by using the #IStandWithHongKong or #FreeHongKong OR when they associated their president with Winnie the Poh.
China censor push alot and basically there is no freedom of speech with them.
Now it's just another example of a sport being tainted by greed and stupidity.
I lost all my faith in LoL as a whole, from the community, organisers and everything.
I even bough tickets to berlin and was excited to experience what I only saw online, but now...
It's like Bill Cosby. Something you once tough was good, now I am even ashamed to be associated with it
I stopped playing the game as well and just moved on. No point in feeding this.
Also not surprising that someone with influence and power will push their agenda. That happens with US as well.
At the end of the day, we continue to look for our corners of "heaven" and freedom, but ultimately we are left disappointed.