Ning admits to "spreading rumors" and gets warned by TES.

Following TES's crushing defeat by IG in the LPL opening match, their external reputation completely collapsed. While TES has been disappointing in world tournaments over the past few seasons, their strength within the league has remained solid. Due to TES's poor performance, many LOL streamers and LPL professional players began analyzing the team's internal issues. Among them, champion jungler Ning revealed during a live stream that he heard from unofficial sources that TES mid-laner Creme refused to team up with jungler Tian.

After Ning's revelation surfaced, fans of Tian and Creme started blaming each other and arguing. Many TES fans grew concerned about the team's future, as the mid and jungle positions are crucial in matches. If the mid and jungle truly had conflicts, TES might even miss the playoffs. However, something that left many LPL viewers speechless occurred recently: Ning apologized to TES fans in his live stream, stating he was officially warned by TES for "speaking recklessly." Ning explained that the unofficial information he mentioned was seen on a video website, and he had originally clarified it was unverified gossip.

Tian cries after the match.

Despite the severe external criticism, TES players managed to withstand the pressure and decisively beat AL 2-0 to claim LOL's first global victory. This result delighted many TES fans. During this BO3, Tian and Creme demonstrated excellent coordination, effectively countering previous rumors of "mid-jungle discord" with their performance. Meanwhile, bot-laner JackeyLove showed improved form after his return. The biggest highlight of TES's win was the new top-laner Zuian promoted from the second team, who used Gnar and Jayce to solo-kill AL's top-laner Saint twice during the laning phase, revealing his immense potential to TES fans.

In the post-match interview, champion jungler Tian accepted an official interview. During it, Tian mentioned that TES players faced immense pressure due to certain "rumors," and defeating AL was a result of their collective effort. Ultimately, Tian shed tears during the interview. Recently, TES players indeed have been under significant competitive pressure: captain 369 fled like a deserter, JKL recorded 0-22 in matches, and the top-laner and support were both promoted from the LDL second team. If TES suffered consecutive losses, these two players would likely be dismissed.

Can AL replace their bot-laner Hope?

Many viewers, after seeing Tian cry post-match, criticized Ning for irresponsibly fueling drama, as his live stream comments indeed placed great pressure on TES players. Of course, many TES fans also began anticipating TES's future performances, since defeating AL proves TES has high potential ceiling. After all, AL ranks among the top three teams in LPL. With ongoing磨合, do you think TES can qualify for MSI or the World Championship?

Meanwhile, many AL fans, seeing AL lose even to TES, protested on AL's official微博, urging management to replace bot-laner AD Hope. Hope's various操作 in the first game using Yuna indeed didn't resemble a top-tier AD player. Some AL fans even希望 AL management could learn from TES and promote a second-team AD. Hope had a 2000+ gold lead over JKL in the first game, yet died in every team fight, especially the final fight where he flashed原地 within皇子's ultimate, frustrating many AL fans.

Conclusion

Do you think TES defeating AL resulted from improved磨合 within TES or issues within AL? AL coach Dawei was also criticized by many AL fans post-match, with some believing AL management has major problems—not replacing Hope during the transfer period but changing the head coach instead. Do you think AL will follow TES's example and replace players in the future? After TES replaced top-laner 369, will their World Championship performance this year surpass last year's?