Gotaga spoke live on Twitch last night about the future of Gentle Mates… which is still uncertain regarding League of Legends.
The League of Legends scene is characterized by a franchise system that prevents esports qualification at the highest level. Only teams that can invest large sums of money can make it to the LEC, which creates frustrations, especially for Gutaga, the co-founder of Gentle Mates. During a recent stream, he shared his concerns about his club’s LoL division. “League of Legends is the game where I can't guarantee 2000% that you'll stay.”Advertise.
“It’s a game that, as we say, doesn’t represent us at all. We’re doing our best to stay there, but I won’t lie to you if there’s a game [dont il faudra partir]… I would rather give up LoL and go to Apex Legends or Call of Duty or even Counter-Strike. If we had choices to make, it would make sense to some extent. But our desire is to stay in League of Legends, especially since leaving now would still be a losing option: we arrived in LoL and we leave after having had a very bad season, it's a bit difficult. It's not like we left after finishing the BDS season, in a situation of “I came, I won everything, there's nothing else to do on this stage”. League of Legends is a complicated scene in our eyes because you are limited, you play in a league where there is no continuity unless you spend 20 million to get to the LEC. You won the Premier League, the EU Masters, and after that, there is nothing left. Being in the Premier League of football, you are far from being able to play with the best teams in the world. But the French Premier League is also a showcase, yes, I agree with that. Our desire is still to stay there, but if we have to choose the games that suit us best and we have to make compromises, League of Legends will be the first game that [sera évincé]…
However, the club’s Fortnite, Valorant, and Rocket League sections appear to be safe. Jotaga specifically highlighted the importance of these titles: “Fortnite, we started our adventure with them. Valorant, we definitely want to stay with them.”As for Rocket League, although it is expensive, “It's a game we particularly love and it allows us to reach a new audience.”
