THIS IS SO HYPE!! | Worlds 2024 Opening Ceremony REACTION!

[@fnc_wave]

honestly just say screw it and go on a league of legends cinematic marathon. riot is king of making us forget theyre NOT a music company xDDD

[@ig_hakari647]

i think they've already done that

[@Roi55]

and all the worlds tbh

[@aditya.t6489]

Riot is surprisingly good at everything else but the game league of legends lol

[@fnc_wave]

@@aditya.t6489 indeed

[@Sir-Bane]

*FAKER* - Is he the team captain? Team captain...5 times world champion...first inductee into hall of legends... best midlaner of all time.... best league player of all time... G.O.A.T of League and Unkillable Demon KING 🔥

[@borgilboldhuyag5862]

And the first inductee into Riot Games' Hall of Legends.

[@NyanNyan-gs3ih]

They did notice his AURA even before they seen the name on the jersey....thats so cool haha

[@xBigBean]

I think you kind of undersold him a little bit...

[@dkdkdkdkdkdk22]

Frauder is actually 0-14 in Worlds finals: 2011-2012: Evicted from the womb too late to participate 🤡 2013: Carried by Piglet 👎 2014: Couldn't qualify + Owned by PawN 🤡 2015: Carried by MaRin 👎 2016: Carried by Bang and Wolf 👎 2017: Gapped by Ruler in the final (would've been gapped by Khan if not for the ardent meta) 🤣 2018: Couldn't qualify 🤡 2019: Eliminated by a Western team 😂🫵 2020: Couldn't qualify + benched cuz bad 🤡 2021: Gapped by Showmaker who was later gapped by Scout 🤣 2022: Lost to a 4th seed who finished 5th and 6th in LCK 😂🫵 2023: Carried by meta ❌ 2024: Carried by meta ❌

[@hiltonman21]

@@dkdkdkdkdkdk22 I found the LPL fan everybody!

[@aryelle7396]

5:30 the 2nd song is called still here and it's from the 2024 cinematic. the two singers are dressed to represent the sisters morgana (the purple one) and kayle (the one in white) who are champions in the games

[@bynflew8552]

you guys should definitely check out the Trailers/Teasers for the Semi-Finals between T1 and Gen.G and the one for the Finals. Most epic and hype videos ever and they will tell you the story of how the teams got to where they are and it will make everything have more meaning when you know their stories.

[@kingarmish]

I don't think people with no prior knowledge of teams, split seasons ,history can fully understand the depth of those worlds teasers! best for them right now is to just watch cinematics, previous worlds songs and then slowly synchronize with everything

[@bynflew8552]

@kingarmish well no they wont FULLY understand it but they will get a good picture of it. I showed thise videos to my friends who knew nothing before we watched the finals together and it made them hyped

[@kingarmish]

@@bynflew8552 cause you were there and can tell them what's going on lol. In this case, I still think the teasers are more of an in-depth thing rather than just visuals and music! prolly it is just me but I fully refrain from suggesting worlds teasers to newbies!

[@viseph2476]

@@kingarmish I highly disagree considering the peeps over at the AstraVision Studios channel was able to understand and react to the 2024 semi-finals and finals teasers just fine despite being complete newbies to the esports. I think you're underestimating how much of these teasers are just storylines between teams that doesn't require any game knowledge to understand.

[@AsherJaskar]

If you're going to that much effort just watch T1 Rose Together lol

[@뉸뉴냔냐냔]

Faker is the GOAT. I am Korean, and he is really really really famous in Korea. I dont even know LOL, I know him well. Most Koreans do. Even Korean celebrities want to meet him.

[@elliotyun6850]

I went to a BBQ in Korea. The tenant was like 'what is this cap you have?' (Had a G2 cap). Told him 'It's a League of Legends cap'. He was like 'I dunno the heck you're talking about'. I told him 'FAKER' and he understood everything. I left with a signed baseball ball and memories for life.

[@mudlee]

In terms of money and prize poool 1. the prize pool for this years worlds was 2,225,000 USD 445k for 1st 335k for 2nd. 2. The players get paid from their team a salary, For example t1 is estimated to pay Faker around 6 Million USD annually 3. Then they get paid from sponsors of course

[@marcinjankowski4432]

4. The prize pool is increased by sales of in-game worlds related content. 5. The winning team get skins and get a % of the sales.

[@oddiefy]

And worlds winner get royalty from worlds skins, that's where the bag is.

[@mudlee]

@ thank you sir

[@joshler2604]

it's crazy how little these guys know aboout esports lol

[@rainy6987]

6 millions??

[@edgarsilva8030]

Also aside from the winning prize pool, the winners get their own skin line which they take a portion off. Usually skins in league make millions so they are pretty much set.

[@nyanception9452]

So, in regard to the prize money, the winning team players get to choose one charecter each. They then get to design a skin for that character and get a portion of the profits the skin makes.

[@DavidSzajnuk]

Millions per player in payouts

[@hippityhoppityw]

The winning team gets a lot of cash as well to split among the players.

[@DavidSzajnuk]

@@hippityhoppityw not really, it pales in comparison to The International and is only the $400K mentioned here plus a portion of championship skins. Worlds is about prestige and those coveted worlds skins over everything

[@eggsacuteme3456]

@@DavidSzajnuk yea tournament prize money is just icing on the cake, the real money is in the player salaries which could go up to $10million+ contracts

[@xxklesx1]

@@DavidSzajnuk Dota or Counterstrike Players are like Tennis Player, the earn money if they win prize money. LoL Players (as the biggest E-Sport Title) are more like football players, they earn a lot of money in their organisations as salary and some money from prizepools.

[@LeBlanctochally]

We recommended some other WORLDS OPENING CEREMONIES in (2017, 2018, 2019) these 3 years are top 3 for me when it comes to epicness

[@Gladiatore9]

Worlds is not about the money, Worlds is about the Glory.

[@mikanob37]

yup prize money is not big compared to their salary😂

[@DavidSzajnuk]

Faker $7M per year for reference

[@Adonna2424]

And the endorsement deals. 😅

[@TheironsamuraiX]

One word, "sponsor by Mercedes benz"😂😂

[@davidk.8011]

The most out of the world thing in the whole video is the one guy not knowing Linkin Park

[@BigBooner]

so small amount of info, Faker has now won 5 world championships, T1(Fakers team) has been to 3 straight worlds finals and won the past 2 back to back after they just BLG this year.

[@mounibro]

All the previous opening ceremonies are also so sick , would love to see y'all react to them

[@edgarportillo2182]

i wouldnt say all of them are, but a majority of them are fire.

[@Odellmx]

Need to react to opening ceremonys all are insane!!!

[@forg_tful.]

2:46 "no way his name is zeus" lmaoo, his in game name is zeus, his real name is wooje. but they are linked - woo-je backwards is je-woo(s), and koreans don't have z in their alphabet, they pronounce it as j. so the name zeus kinda comes from his name wooje. his mom famously gave him the idea for the zeus ign. (also, he's faker's teammate in t1, since i know you know faker lol)

[@zeothesnowwolf2937]

Also instead of the way most people pronounce Zeus like Zoos. His name is pronounced like Z-aye-us

[@MrWokkieTokkie]

The prize money of 445.000 for 5 people may not seem much, but Faker ( the most known league player) roughly makes 6 million USD yearly. (I just read, RIOT now also pays all the professional players a salary of roughly 75.000 a year that's without any other prize money or anything) So a little backstory on this world championship, the winning team (T1) and their best player (Faker, won his 5th world title this year Don't know if you're interested but this is the reason this team is so hyped and Faker is so popular ( by the way, in China/Korea and other countries league is WAY bigger, this world championship final had over 6.9 million viewers, and that's not with china's numbers). 1. They have NEVER lost a Best of 5 against the LPL (chinese region) at the world championship ( 26 games in total, they won 21 of those) 2. Each region has their own qualifier league, T1 had a VERY rough qualifying this year and if they did not win their series against KT (this came down to 1 game), they would not even BE at the world championship this year. 3. Faker himself won his first world title in 2013, he just won his 5th in 2024 4. The moment in the finals teaser you see him feeling his wrist where you said '' get his wrist going'', is actually different, in the 2023 LCK season Faker was suffering from a wrist injury, and had to step out for a couple of months. (Fun fact: Fakers right hand is insured for A LOT of money) 5. To just emphasize how insane this is what Faker is doing and if u want to have some fun, google the ages of all the other competitors at the worlds stage ( The whole of T1 at maximum is 22), most of them are 20 through 24, he is in gaming terms '' far beyond'' his prime, and he is still competing at the maximum level. 6. Faker was the first inductee for the Hall of Legends ( Hall of Fame for league), here is the video if you'd like to watch it, to see all of his achievements: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpXJh6Kjppifd8U 7. In the first trailer, the opposing team (GenG) is stated to have won the LCK in 2022,2023 and 2024, each time also beating T1, even in the World Championship 2023, they beat T1 in the swiss stage, who won worlds? T1 still. The crazy part is, in a best of 5 T1 is just insane at worlds. 8. This T1 roster is already called the greatest roster to ever exist, and they're still going.

[@DRamsay]

The reason why the prize pool is that small is because, when you win each player of the team gets a champion skin of their choice made and a20% of sales of that skin then goes to the team and that is where a lot of money comes from.

[@lapotysh]

You need to react to Hall of Legends:Faker !!

[@MayLee-s6q]

yayyyy! y'all should check out the opening ceremony for last years worlds finals too!! also the teasers/trailers are pretty dang good especially this year's T1 vs Gen.G and last year's T1 vs JDG trailers!

[@zsjf24]

You guys need to react to the trailers of the worlds 2024 they are gorgeous and the storytelling is super nice ! Hope you guys will enjoy it. You can watch the ones from G2 and T1 semi final and the one from the final !!!

[@Jaemy_art]

5:28 i forgot you guys didnt watch this cinematics yet, its called still here

[@MeiUzu]

I think they watch it, it was the first reaction they make of LoL

[@xMrAfonso]

On the first song, that's simply her style, which by coincidence, is similar to powder/jinx. The song is called "Pain the town blue" and also has a music video, it was made for the League of Legends series on Netflix called "Arcane" which the season 2 just came out. I recommend watching it! 2nd song, they both represent morgana (purple) and Kayle (white). The song is called Still Here and it has its own music cinematic which was the cinematic for this season. Also, just to explain how the prize works, in league of legends, the main income does not come from the prize money. They mostly get a lot of sponsors and one thing that sets this apart from other leagues, Riot Games pays EVERY Pro player a salary and funds leagues. This is not something that happens in other games. Additionally, winning teams of Worlds are allowed to choose one champion that they played during the tournament, per player of the team that will get a skin. Riot Games works with the players directly and the players give the ideas for the skins, and riot executes it. Then, a percentage of the profits of the skins goes to them. Furthermore, each team has their own emotes ingame which they also get a cut of.

[@Coltxx]

The teams pays salary no? I don't think it's Riot.

[@iamtheresurrection7221]

Guys now you have to watch the 2019 ceremony, it's by far their best ever

[@biglong321]

And yeah LoL was never about prize pool, its about the prestigie and being the best, also some players have salaries in the 7 digits so again they're not too concerned about the prize pool

[@PaddyBaddie]

the two singer for "Still here" were dressed as Morgana and Kayle from the cinematic the song is from and its so fitting for this championship as T1 (faker team) are still here for the 3rd time in a row in the finals and faker after 11 years in the sport is a finalist and his 5th trophy. Also makes the "Heavy is the crown" fit amazingly well

[@chaeyoungdasilva]

Faker has so much aura that even when you don't know who he is, you already feel that he is different 🔥🐐

[@NyanNyan-gs3ih]

12:43 even before they seen the name on the jersey the noticed his AURA...thats so cool! haha

[@Azrael_Xx_]

Guys remember, they get paid regular salaries in hundrets of thousands / millions of dollars. This is pretty much a bonus for winning.

[@un1xel]

You were right, in the second song the wolf represents kindred. She’s the embodiment of death in lore and she’s a lamb who travels with a wolf. They were once whole but they spilt into two so that they could always have a friend.

[@Quitchy]

The singers in the second song represent Morgana and Kayle from the 2024 season opening cinematic "Still Here". The event took place at the O2 arena in London. League doesn't do big prize pools, the players make their money through the salary. The intent is to make it a consistent career, rather than tournament dependent.

[@TylPhumin]

15:23 what ever u googled might only be the base. There are also worlds skins and stuff to buy ingame players, and the profit off of those specific things, go to the winners too

[@Shorkii.]

The prize money isn't what pays them the most. It's their salaries. Faker as the most paid player is on a """low""" contract of 6 million a year. I say low because he has denied much higher offers just to stay with his current team T1

[@wixo1105]

7:15 no, thats kayle and morgana, two sisters, you can see them in the cinematic when they fight against aatrox, they are champions from league

[@dogukanoksuz6242]

This was probably one of the best reactions i saw to the opening ceremony! Love you guys

[@limetitan]

For context the winners of Worlds each player also gets to pick a champion in the game that will get a skin and 25% of the revenue earned from the skin goes to the player. This means that Faker now will have 5 total worlds skins (he has won 5/13 worlds) which he gets paid for yearly which is probably an insane amount of money.

[@porozil4068]

There's many other Worlds opening ceremonies from previous years, and they pretty much are all this good, this year's is amongst the best by the community

[@dizzlebizzle8424]

this felt like watching a reaction to esports from 10 years ago. nowadays most people talk about the graphics or the music or the performance, but you guys just now seem to be finding out that nerds took over. yes it's bigger than most other sports in the world and has millions of dollars invested into it's production.

[@TeckTheBlooded]

The one disappointment I had with this event was Emily didnt wear the outfit she had in the animated MV for Heavy is the Crown

[@astonross766]

I was there and i felt like a child the entire time. i could not recommend it more.

[@Hosigie]

Oh we went there last week haha. The games were really intense, but my favourite part of the whole event was the fan fest in front of the O2 arena. We got to meet some players and streamers, win some prizes, play some games, see cosplayers, overall a really nice experience for a League fan.

[@Rainoth_Rai]

Regarding the talk you guys had, you're absolutely right. However, the 450k they won is the guaranteed minimum. They also get a % from the in-game cosmetic sales from the event. They have in many cases multi-million $ contracts to play for the teams too. Then there's sponsors too.

[@jezko5913]

Now ya'll gotta watch ALL OF THE CEREMONIES

[@PaddyBaddie]

Most singers either are big fans of league or have had a part in it in the past so most are very passionate indeed

[@mr.complicated2674]

7:18 yes they were LOL Champs. They're representing Morgana and Kayle in that song 'Still Here' and it was released earlier this year

[@conneryechout7143]

the 30 sec countdown into all 3 of you guys just like "hmmm what to do while we wait"

[@affenaxt3647]

Its always funny to me how people that are not into e-sport underestimate just how big it has become over the last ten or so years. Love those reactions.

[@reapertempest4580]

you guys should def watch the trailers as well, they are crazy

[@Nominokoni]

Worlds production so good many reactors was fooled with the background screen effect that they thought those were real wow.

[@hanna76543]

The level of stress when playing on a big stage like this with tense game conditions is not something everyone can handle. And Faker is the one who handles it best, the one who keeps a cool head and clutches the best in lol

[@Peppita_]

deffo check out 2019 Worlds Ceremony, it's still the best to me to this day!

[@theknights5086]

Y'all probably don't know anything about LoL but if y'all just watched a blind reaction to just a finals highlight reel I'd find that very entertaining. It was an insane finals.

[@bl3ndsout]

All of those Players play on National Leagues wich is kinda of a Franchise System u have to buy in your Spot (for around 500k per spot I dont know the exact amount but ist a very big price). All the players in those leagues get payed thousands of the contracts plus they get Prices for winning Winter/Spring/Summer Split plus The Season wich u participate in if u where good enough on those 3 splits. There is also 1 international MidSeasonInvitational (MSI), wich also tagged with a Price Tag, plus the Winner is qualified for Worlds. The best players make hundred of thousands only from the contract. The Prize Money is usually only on top but the Org's get the most pay Cut as far as I know. Apparently Faker is a big stand out making Millions, he's the Goat of the Game he has Sponsor deals on top with commercials etc. The Korean league is the biggest and those players get treated like the Idols there (So they r Popstars with big commercials etc.)

[@brandonvelasquez7927]

Funnily enough, the guy who did the last (15?) SuperBowl half time shows did this years worlds ceremony too, idk if he has done other worlds opening ceremonies before.

[@raizv]

the two singers we're 2 champs from the game Purple one Morgana and the other one was Kyle

[@koraegi]

The two girls singing are color matching with the two angels in the call

[@arianne888]

Worlds is always an amazing time. Doesnt matter if you’re a hardcore or a casual, you are in for a treat watching the best of best battling it out. What’s amazing as well are the narratives, the stories they tell about the teams. If you watch trailers for the knockout stages, it’s so cinematic and well written. The dudes on the mercedes/redbull jackets are T1. Back to back champions and of course they have the face of not just LOL but esports in general Faker.

[@miguelmaykot632]

watch the worlds 2023 opening cerimony

[@depressean8295]

The team in the mercedes jackets are at their 3rd consecutive finals, and won the year prior. Faker, their midlaner, is also known as the Unkillable Demon King, and is the GOAT of League of Legends. The peak viewership of the final was 6.9M without including China. The reason the winner prize isn't so high is the players get their own skins in the game and get a percentage of the earnings from those skins. Which is in the millions.

[@florianstuder3128]

gotta watch the ceremonies for the other years aswell!

[@vidiveniviciDCLXVI]

250 million people watched.

[@Lililllliliiililillilil]

My GOAT looks clean ✨

[@rasmusnielsen5163]

The finals had approximately 10 million live viewers.

[@undeniablysvt3180]

Should have also check out the winning moment of the team!!! Its also EPIC

[@gumarizzler]

Please react to Worlds 2024 Cinematic teasers. Even if you were not able to follow the story and journey of these players from the beginning, the teasers were able to capture the juicy bits, emotions and history between the teams.

[@ooSneh]

This is the 14th worlds. They started doing opening ceremonies in like 2014. You have 10 more of these (some amazing others ok) to watch lol. Madison beer performs in 2018 btw :D

[@Airfay15]

Hey guys! Glad you enjoyed this Opening Ceremony! Quick note, you should know that although is prize money is "not that big", players gets paid all year based on contract terms with their respective team, and if you think about it that way, being in the roster that wins the world indirectly makes your salary grow cause you're a big asset they'll want to keep. Teams gets paid a lot in sponsorship like any other sports, so communication and branding makes most of the money. Worlds is for the glory and the fame and we love it 💪

[@josediaz-sn8qn]

That is only the amount that Riot Games offers, but if we count the bonus, the value increases if you reach the final, as well as winning the championship ring, their contracts with their professional teams, which are thousands or millions of dollars, each one wins a minimum of 4 million. dollars in wrolds if you are from Korea or China whose regions are LCK and LPL

[@Kalolui94]

7:15 bro you reacted to still here a month ago xD

[@Kevin-hd3cv]

The prize money / pay is actually a very interesting topic. 8+ years ago the prize money for these tournaments was larger, but there were very few other ways to get paid, so it created a very feast or famine situation among pro players. After a pro player killed themself from the stress of overworking and needing to win certain tournaments in order to support himself, huge regulations came in that standardized and evened out the pay and treated the pro players as people with full time jobs. They receive salaries now, and things like sponsorships, prize money, etc. is just extra incentives. IMO it was a very good, foundational change to eSports.

[@cynart6598]

in regards to the singers in the 2nd song its supposed to be kayle and morgana from the music video

[@viseph2476]

If you guys want some more esports, I recommend watching the Worlds 2024 teasers! It gets into the storylines between these teams as they face off and is pretty easy to understand even as a complete newbie imo.

[@awsamagbarya7275]

Everyone from 1st to 20th teams gets prize money, not just the first. So the total is around 2.25mill just for the teams

[@eggsacuteme3456]

prize money from tournaments is more like icing on the cake. The real money is from player salary which could go up to millions of dollars per year for top players

[@leleellellele]

13:18 "i gotta experience this game bro" Whos gonna tell him guys ?

[@Roi55]

you should react to all the opening ceremonies for every worlds!

[@Creepy___]

I am not exaggerating when I say you NEED to react to EVERY league of legends cinematic, like right now. they are just THAT good

[@remidussert]

Let's watch the 2023 Worlds Opening Ceremony !

[@Kaiszer6655]

Aside the prize pool we'll each players have own skins

[@DoctorNerf]

Seb: Imagine trying to clutch up Faker in game4/5: Yes.

[@biglong321]

Man if you loved this one you guys should also check other years opening ceremony

[@gusbloksberg7720]

Need to watch the Faker introduction into the hall of fame just to understand how amazing his career and impact on the game is and was.

[@khazms]

The pool for the Worlds 2024 is 2.2 million but the winners do get 400k, among other things like the Trophy, Winners Rings and other content.. Also, this is not to mention the fact players are on a payroll from being signed with a team and get money from sponsors/sponsorships. Faker for example signed for 6 million for 1 year. Another pro (no pun intended) for a pro player is most of them "stream" and since they are relatively famous in their regions, they get decent revenue from that. I saw another comment post this, but I'll say it here anyway. They also get proceeds from people that purchase in game skins and battle passes. Which.. is A LOT of money.

[@buke8923]

The people in the mercedes jacket have been on the worlds final stage for 3 consecutive years and became the champions twice in a row, maybe they are looking more comfortable because it`s their playground haha

[@Cepadre]

The real prize to winning world is having your own skin developed and sold along with a cut for each sale

[@kamakaarchangel9301]

You guys should react to some games in the T1 vs BLG finals, the two teams you guys saw in this opening ceremony

[@arianne888]

It should also be noted that this match holds the most number of audience for an esports match. 6.9million viewers if im not mistaken. This number doesn’t even include China.

[@smilylaugh_0]

yesss, you should watch the best worlds opening in 2019 to me nothing ever topped that

[@anmbaring]

Faker is the team captain, btw!

[@Coco99021]

the prize is not just the 440k cash prize they also get their own skin line which makes millions / in game emotes, wards... for reference faker has currently 9 in game skins including this worlds, one of them cost 500$ and it sold 2.3M$ in the 1st hour of its release in china alone.

[@GhostMan407]

league events have never been about the money, its about the prestige of being the best and having the trophy. Their salaries are crazy they do not care about prize money

[@Mustwatch-music]

React to the 2019 Opening Ceremony, that was the GOAT!

[@sminyr]

Please please watch “Faker” documentaries! And the best plays of LoL. I’m a hardcore BTS Army and a die hard fan of T1(2024 World Champion) so I really enjoy your reactions! I want to see you guys play the game too😂 Ps. I liked how you guys were hyping when V and Olivia came up on your Grammy reaction😂😂 all 3 of you😂Apobangpo💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆T1 the BEST roster of all time🫶🏻 Keep up the good work!

[@ElfenMisa]

Riot stuff is so addictiv and for a good reason , its rly GOOD! . One day you are like "oh no ME? dw im just gonna try ones" >>>Next days watching/playing hours of it 😂😅you should go into Valorant lore/game aswell, its RIOT too! and im pretty sure (rly wish) we ll get a serie about it !

[@yessie5491]

The prize money might not be much but the contracts these players have for the teams are insane . Faker is considered the goat at this game and he was one of the first players that had a million dollar contract to play at this game.

[@gecgoodpasi1654]

A big difference between LoL and other Esports is that they make world skins every year for the winning team and they get royalties on them which is a absolutely massive bag cause they sell like crazy

[@vornamenachname1509]

They earn much more. Faker earns 6 million salary a year... the winners get their own worlds skin sales and much revenue from others sources too. Winning worlds or even the regional leagues guarantees you to become millionaire, so there is some motivation :D.

[@masonfletcher2314]

With the prize money they are also on contracts. Faker made 6mill this year on his contract alone.

[@草掘文]

you guys can watch the opening ceremony in the past years. compare to every ceremony in league of legends, the older ceremony didn't mean is bad or boring, the more recent ceremony also didn't mean is good or nice to watch.

[@unicorntorian]

Fun fact: Faker actually did clutch up. He lived up to his nickname as the Unkillable Demon King by helping his team wipe out 4 of the enemy team and him walking out of the fight with like 1hp😂