LoL professionals pay homage to Bjergsen’s “legendary” profession following shock retirement

  ❘   Revealed: 2023-04-07T22:37:00

  ❘   Up to date: 2023-04-07T22:37:08

League of Legends professionals who’ve performed in opposition to and competed alongside Bjergsen have come collectively to have a good time his legendary profession and lengthy reign over the LCS.

On the level that professionals are in a position to compete in a serious area league just like the LCS, issues get insanely aggressive. Whereas professionals are likely to have a mutual respect for one another, profitable is what’s on their minds. It’s uncommon that everybody takes a step again and acknowledges the importance of a sure competitor.

However Søren ‘Bjergsen’ Bjerg’s retirement is a distinct story. He’s a participant that’s been at or close to the highest of the LCS for nearly a decade, and his illustrious profession cemented TSM as the highest group within the LCS throughout their heyday.

His retirement got here with none prior discover, surprising everybody. Professional gamers, present and retired, have come collectively to pay tribute to Bjergsen’s professional profession.

Fellow rivals come collectively to honor Bjergsen’s legacy

Bjergsen has turn out to be a reputation synonymous with the LCS. Although he got here in as an import participant, the LCS (and extra particularly TSM) is the place he constructed his legacy. And, although he by no means managed to duplicate his home success internationally, his home success is near-unprecedented.

6 home titles is nothing to scoff at, to not point out all of the runner up-finishes and excessive regular-season placements.

Nevertheless, Bjergsen’s retirement didn’t come with no motive. He had this to say in his announcement video: “For a very long time, I’ve sort of felt and even instructed the individuals round me that, if I didn’t really feel I might give my absolute all towards profitable and being the most effective and felt like I may very well be probably the greatest gamers on this planet, it could be time to cease. And that point is now.”

At the least evidently Doublelift plans to maintain competing for now, however we solely received a break up with these two again collectively. A break up that didn’t finish the best way they’d have preferred. Regardless, LCS professionals, followers, org house owners, and neighborhood figures all got here collectively to have a good time his profession.

Whereas it’s a tragic day for the LCS, individuals appear to be glad he performed within the first place moderately than unhappy about his retirement. His teammates are blissful to have performed with him, and different rivals are blissful to have performed in opposition to him all through his lengthy historical past with the league.

The LCS 2023 Spring Finals are developing, with Golden Guardians and FlyQuest being top-of-the-table groups for the primary time shortly. Competitors within the LCS is heated, with orgs who didn’t fairly make it this far attempting to determine how they are often on high in Spring.

For some time, although, every thing appears to have stopped to acknowledge simply how a lot impression Bjergsen had within the LCS.