[Worlds 2019] Play-In: Day 3 Most Valuable Player

According to prophecy, NA and EU 3rd seeds will always be saved at some point throughout Worlds. One year ago, G2 Esports met their savior, mr buffalo. Their fates would forever be intertwined, and th

CG Damonte: "I’d love to play against Isurus Gaming, as their mid laner, Seiya, played NA solo queue for the longest time, so it would be cool to face off against him."

On the 4th, despite Clutch Gaming's rough start in the play-in stages, they defeated Unicorns of Love in the tiebreaker match and became the 1st seed in their group to move onto the knockout stage.

Splyce Vizicsacsi on the team he wants to avoid in the knockout stages: "It's obviously DAMWON... but we're glad to be 1st seed, since I don’t see them losing a single game in their group."

On the 4th, after a surprising defeat to DetonatioN FocusMe, Splyce brushed themselves off and took down Isurus Gaming in day 2 of the play-in stages.

CG Huni: "Once groups start, all of you can cheer for SKT, so until then, please continue to cheer for me."

On the 4th, after a rocky start of their day, Clutch Gaming took down MAMMOTH in day 2 of the play-in stages.

MAMMOTH Destiny: Clutch was incredibly cocky... They didn’t give us the respect as equal competitors, so we’re going to try our hardest to get our revenge next game.

On the 4th, MAMMOTH took down Unicorns of Love in the day 2 of the play-in stages.

DFM Ceros: "I knew that Heimerdinger was going to be perma banned against me, so I just accepted it and prepared accordingly."

On the 4th, DetonatioN FocusMe took down Splyce, a team that many predicted to be the favorites to move onto the group stages.

Change in Schedules for the 2019 MSI Due to State Funeral for Former President

The 2019 MSI Play-In schedule has been changed. The schedules for the MSI Play-In Stage which was to be held on May 1st-4th has been changed due to a state funeral for the former President of Vietnam,

SUP GBM: "To the Turkey fans, I am so sorry that I couldn’t make it to groups. Using this feeling of regret that I have now, I will better myself for next year."

On the 7th, SuperMassive Esports was defeated by G-Rex and unfortunately was unable to continue onto the group stage.Despite winning the first game convincingly, the remainder of the series went south

G-Rex Candy: "My idol for the mid lane has always been Rookie. The fact that I get to meet him at Worlds is an honor."

On the final day of the 2018 World Championship Play-Ins Knockout Stage, G-Rex defeated SuperMassive Esports 3-1 and qualified for the group stage.Against a tough opponent, G-Rex met their fan's expec

G-Rex Coach Fu Chien-Wei: "I am most confident against 100 Thieves and most scared of IG. I fear IG the most because they are a team that can go 50-50 against RNG."

On the 7th, G-Rex defeated SuperMassive Esports 3-1 and qualified for the 2018 World Championship Group Stage.During the series, SuperMassive Esports seemed to have the better draft and execution. Swi

G2 Jankos: "I will for sure prefer to play against TL, kt, and MAD. Teams like Afreeca Freecs and Flash Wolves, alongside the wildcard team, could be kind of a risk to play against."

On the 7th, G2 Esports defeated Infinity Esports 3-1 in the 2018 World Championships Play-In Knockout Stage and qualified for the group stage.Despite giving away the first game to Infinity, G2 Esports

INF SolidSnake: "I would have loved to play against Fnatic or Team Liquid... our team will aim to be here again next year for Worlds."

On the 7th, Infinity Esports played against G2 Esports in the 2018 World Championship Play-In Knockout Stage.While Infinity Esports took game 1, G2 pulled through and took the series. With G2 advancin

Infinity Relic: "I think Cloud9 is the toughest team in the Play-Ins."

On the 4th of October (KST), the representative of Latin America - North region, Infinity eSports advanced to the Play-In Stage knockouts on second place. Their victory against LPL's EDG was indeed on

C9 Licorice: "After our match [against DFM], we saw GoldenGlue, Svenskeren, and our manager smiling... then Reapered was there with this dead-pan look."

On the 1st of October(KST), the Play-In Stage of the 2018 League of Legends World Championship officially began, at the newly established LoL Park in Seoul Korea. Having played the first and fifth mat