Since the establishment of the franchise system in Europe on League of Legends, accession to the LEC, the major league, has been made impossible for regional league structures even if they perform very well. If this did not necessarily cause problems at the beginning, this system shows its weaknesses for two years and the success of the Karmine Corp.. For its first year, the structure won an LFL title and achieved a historic performance, winning the European Masters twice consecutively in the same year.
The #EUMasters (abbreviated EUM) is a European competition bringing together the 28 best teams from European regional leagues where in the end it is the #KCORP who wins.
— Karmine Corp (@KarmineCorp) May 7, 2022
Despite this historic performance, structure failed to climb in LEC and must necessarily wait while waiting to obtain the grail, his spot in the league. With now a third consecutive EU Masters title and the recruitment of Martin “Rekkles” Larsson, the rise in the European major league is long overdue, whether by fans but also by players. Among them are the only triple winner of the EUM, Lucas “Saken” Fayard who just said lack of motivation to continue playing the same competitions without being able to climb higher.
During a recent stream, the midlaner of the Karmine Corp. refers to the fact ofdo the same thing over and over» and that he «there is not necessarily an issue“. The words of the Frenchman were quickly broadcast on the networks and logically, all the fans of the structure ask that the KCORP quickly rise in LEC for the benefit of all. For the moment, except for some rumors that reveal that the KC could buy the slot from a structure, nothing more concrete came out when we are already in June.
The future of the Karmine would therefore not seem to be in the LEC for the moment, or at least not before 2024 and this risks curbing the ambitions of a project that has everything to succeed. In addition, if the structure does not go up in LEC this year, it could lose several of its players, including Sakenwho is desperately waiting for a second chance in the league and who fully deserves it given his performance over the past two years.
To see how this story will end for him but we hope it will end like his former teammate and friend, Raphael “Targamas” Crabbewho did his return to the LEC this year at G2 Esports and who directly won the title in the Spring Split.