The official League of Legends esports account has just posted asking players via Twitter how they experienced Worlds 2025 Swiss Stage, and the entire conversation is… well, it’s really quite a different affair. The turmoil of emotions is such that the viewers seem to be more or less inside the ring with the fighters. An image showing a mood graph with varied emotional states ranging from “Everything was perfect” to “NA has disappointed and is trash every time” was shared alongside the tweet – and the last one gets a lot of mentions in the replies, spoiler alert.
Mile✨ was the first to reply and stated that “@lolesports 8 is very spot on” – if you take a look at the graph, you will notice that the number 8 is assigned to the claim “NA has disappointed and is trash every time.” Ouch. That sentiment is quickly mirrored in marty’s reaction, who simply posts “@lolesports 8. NA is disappointing and trash every time” as if they didn’t need to think it over, the emotional impact was that potent. Kris endorses the 8 rating but then goes into a lengthy diatribe on appropriate seeding and the desire for all teams to play all five rounds of Swiss in-bo3 format, which actually sounds like they have been mulling over this format for quite some time and holding some very strong opinion about it.
But the conversation is not only about the disappointment in NA – Paweł “Bozy” Bożydaj chimes in, “@lolesports 6 by far,” and the number 6 on the chart is “I’m in pain, but I’m used to it,” which is just… such a mood for so many esports fans, honestly. That acceptance of suffering that is endless is kinda beautiful in its own way.
Next, SuckaFree hit the jackpot with this utterly witty remark, “@lolesports Forgive me for doubting you guys @CTBC_cfo,” plus what looks like a photo of celebration. This respondent is intriguing because he/she indicates that not everyone is on the sad side – there are some fans who are having a good time and getting the validation that their team is doing well. The CTBC team is presumably the one that has changed the minds of the doubters, and this fan is happily swallowing their words.
The situation is different for the EU fans, though. Their representation is really strong, as indicated by zedxzs, who goes, “@lolesports Sjokz is all of EU fans 😭😭😭” – if you are not already familiar, Sjokz is one of the most adored League esports personalities, especially in the European scene. The crying emojis suggest that the EU has gone through a pretty emotional phase during the Swiss round. It is still unclear whether those were tears of joy or sorrow, but there were definitely feelings involved.
Grizzman delivers some real nuanced thinking when he declares, “@lolesports Definitely 1\n\nAnd 2 for 100T, they did a great job with that horrendous draw…” This player is clearly having a great experience (rating 1 is “Everything is perfect”) but still acknowledging the 100 Thieves’ efforts for getting through what sounds like a very hard draw. It is heartening to see someone actually recognizing when teams perform well amidst difficulties, instead of just grinding them down with region jokes.
The emotional roller-coaster that a single tweet with an emotional graph has created can be compared to a Rorschach test for the players about how the Worlds 2025 were for them. While some are just here for the meme (which is a very common activity by now), others are really celebrating their teams’ wins, and some are simply… in pain but used to it. The Swiss system always brings up such wonderful storylines due to the nature of the matchups, and these reactions are a great reflection of that.
The tendency of people to immediately pick the “NA is disappointing” option is a clear signal of how high the expectations were compared to the disappointing reality for that region in the international events. And the same thing goes for the EU fans who get all emotional, only that there are still these small groups of fans who are actually having a great time in the limelight because their team has performed better than expected.
It’s pretty hard to believe that one single image can represent the whole gamut of feelings that players go through in such big tournaments. The highest peaks when your team scores an upset to the lowest depths when your region suffers the worst in terms of being made fun of – all these and more are reflected in these reactions. And it’s a fact that this emotional roller-coaster is part of the attraction of following esports, even if it sometimes gets painful, it’s still part of the fun.
The Swiss stage at Worlds always has these moments when the fans of a certain team are very disappointed with the tournament and vice versa, depending on how the brackets played out for their respective teams, and we can really see this split in the responses. While some are living the dream, others are mourning all their life choices that led them to support certain teams. Oh what was I saying – right, the emotional mayhem of Worlds.
Ultimately, the reactions show that no matter how the tournament goes, players are there, they care a lot, and they are not afraid to express just how they feel about the results. They might do it through memes, giving a genuine round of applause, or simply using crying emojis, but the passion is surely still there when it comes to the next event at Worlds 2025.
The G2 Esports organization is one of the most prominent in the scene, and their performance often draws significant attention from fans across different platforms including PlayStation and Xbox communities.
