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Until esports become more acceptable in the US we're not going to see an NA team beat out a Korean team. Esports is a supported profession in South Korea. In the US it is generally frowned upon to spend that much time on a hobby.... unless it's American football or basketball. Basically it doesn't fit with the American way... Which is unfortunate. We don't really support a hobby unless it's something the populace mindlessly enjoys.... Because running a ball back and forth on a court is apparently more enjoyable than anything else. "Ohh you game, that's a waste of time, you should spend more time advancing your career and not get any enjoyment out of your life whatsoever..." That's the sentiment I get from my family at least. "You should watch tv instead of playing video games."
Sure let me just subject myself to more overly biased media....
Anyways, enough of the tangent.
We will only be able to compete with the Korean teams when we actually start to support players the way we do with other sports. It doesn't need to be to that extent.... lets face it... who the hell needs a 7 figure salary to live? My point is that when putting your all into esports becomes a sustainable way for players to survive, only then will we have teams that can actually perform well on the world stage. At the moment, South Korea seems to be one of the only countries that understands that esports are actually going to be huge in the future.
Other countries will probably follow suit with South Korea much much sooner than the U.S.
Granted America is behind the rest of the world in many aspects.
In response with OP. American culture accepts boo'ing as a reasonable response to something you don't like. I don't agree with it, and I don't boo unless something actually deserves it (Captain comb over cough cough).... Anyways, SSG didn't deserve it but the US is full of assholes who have no concept of sportsmanship. In fact, it is acceptable to be an asshole when you're salty. Which is why League's banning system seems radical to many people is because toxic behavior is kind of glanced over in our culture... Unfortunately.
You have no idea how eSports is portrayed in Korea.
They still have a law set out to shut down online games on those accounts of minors while the game is publicly portrayed as an addiction that needs to be treated like those with alcohol and drug addicts.
You think there's pressure from family and those around you to advance in your career in the states?
27.1% of all deaths of those in their teens in Korea are caused by suicides.
It gets higher in their 20's with 41.3% and 35.5% in 30's.
I am not questioning work ethic of pros from other regions, however, for pros from Korea the amount of time and personal sacrifice put on by those from other region are considered minimum effort at best.
Thus why pros who left Korea to other regions, not named Deft and a few others, become washed out the very next season.
I am only posting this because I don't think the Korean players are getting well deserved credit for their effort and sacrifices rather many on here are looking at financial investment and cultural part of the eSport to blame when none of that is true.
Financially, LPL > EU/NA LCS > LCK > LMS is the correct order. I understand both EU and NA LCS is starting to receive larger investments and I cannot possibly imagine LCK being able to compete with both LCS and LPL financially. Thus why, LCK wants to install transfer fee like soccer to compete financially against EU/NA LCS and LPL. LCK sees themselves as the Eredivisie of soccer and that should be enough to tell you how unstable the league is financially.
LCK as a product at the moment is purely the outcome of unbelievable effort and sacrifices made by those that care and love LoL and games alike and as a fan of both LCK and LoL, I hope not to see any more degrading posts about their efforts with false information.
