The international tournament “The First Stand” is taking place in League of Legends. A team from the actually weakest region in Lol, Southeast Asia, has become a surprise of the tournament: CTBC Flying Oyster from Taiwan. On March 14th, the team won against the favorites from China by top eSports and not briefly, but clear. That messes up the world of LOL.
The team from Taiwan succeeded: CTBC Flying Oyster won 3 of their 4 games at The First Stand. Karmine Corp from Europe and Team Liquid from the USA were beaten.
The most surprising is today’s clear victory against top eSports, the favorites from China, who have disappointed all along the line. The team from China is actually excellently occupied, with stars like Kanavi or Jackeylove you gather a lot of experience, even on an international level, and was able to win the Chinese league LPL in Split 1 2025.
But you had to clearly defeat the outsider from Taiwan with 3-19 and 12-21 today.
The team from Europe saves surprise victory from Taiwan from the embarrassment
This has this effects on the course of the tournament: The final results of the group games have not yet been determined because the US team, Team Liquid, still has to play against the team from Korea. But if Hanwha Life (South Korea) wins this game, of which you go out, then the tournament would go on like this:
Meta change in LOL is apparently a problem for China
So it is commented on: On Reddit you mock the Chinese from Top Esports Brussk. This is a drop in performance that can hardly be explained. Apparently Top Esports still benefited from the “Laneswap” meta during the season in China, which has now been prevented. The players at the tournament have now very disappointed.
Some blasphemy that after a defeat against Taiwan, the players wouldn’t even let the players into China anymore. A defeat against Taiwan is probably unforgivable for the Chinese fans.
But one is also full of praise for the underdogs from Taiwan that they had played an incredibly good and innovative LOL. You can learn a lot from the players from Taiwan, it is said. The star appearance of Teemo is still guilty at the event: Professional in Lol is considering playing the impossible champ to surprise the stars from Asia