RNG still refuses to admit defeat! Former vice president speaks out: The all-Chinese lineup is like a cage, corporate culture has been infiltrated.

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The overall environment of the LPL has been poor in recent years, with many clubs choosing to exit the league, including clubs like FPX. RNG, however, directly withdrew without any announcement, collapsing due to poor management.

Recently, RNG's former overseas vice president spoke out, explaining the reasons behind RNG's downfall.

Former vice president speaks out, revealing insider reasons for failure.

The foreign media Hotspawn recently published an article titled "The Rise and Fall of RNG." The content of the article is based on a conversation with RNG's former overseas vice president, Bobby Shen, providing some behind-the-scenes details about RNG's rise and fall. The media selected the key parts of the content.

Many netizens, after reading this article, exclaimed that RNG still refuses to admit defeat.

The article mentioned how successful RNG's all-Chinese lineup was during its peak period. The documentary released reached over a million views within just a few hours. Professional athletes from UFC, WWE, as well as football players, pop singers, and entertainment stars all sought collaborations, wanting to associate with the RNG brand.

This description of the peak period is not false. RNG's influence during its peak was indeed substantial, and it collaborated with many entertainment stars and athletes, both sides benefiting from each other's popularity.

However, after RNG started to decline, Bobby Shen revealed that the failure in S8 had a significant impact. During subsequent team annual meetings, many veteran employees shed tears. Later, the team atmosphere within RNG changed, communication issues arose among players, and a group of veteran employees who helped establish the club culture left.

The all-Chinese lineup has strong appeal but also resembles a cage.

Bobby Shen believes that one major reason for RNG's failure is the infiltration of corporate culture. After the old batch of employees left, the club's culture began to crumble. After the departure of these veteran employees, RNG brought in managers from large domestic enterprises. Many of these managers didn't even play the game, leading to many unprofessional decisions.

Afterward, RNG increasingly resembled a traditional enterprise rather than an esports team.

Bobby Shen also commented on the team-building philosophy of the all-Chinese lineup. He believes that this obsession with an all-Chinese lineup has strong appeal but also resembles a cage.

On the team level, Bobby Shen revealed that RNG once had an internal meeting with exceptionally tense atmosphere, collectively discussing the team's困境. However, one of the team's star players even directly缺席 the meeting. At that time, there was a huge trust crisis within the team; trust quietly破裂. There was no完善的心理健康管理体系 at that time, and under immense pressure, many players consequently崩溃.

Additionally, Bobby Shen talked about RNG's former Beijing venue—the venue was impressive, but it only hosted one or two matches per week. Most of the time it was empty, yet they had to maintain a 30-person operations team.

Still refusing to admit defeat, avoiding the real reasons.

Finally, when asked in the interview what could扭转 the situation if possible, Bobby Shen answered that it would be坚守 the original club culture.

Summarizing Bobby Shen's interview content, the reasons he currently lists for RNG's failure are: first, the huge defeat in the world championship, leading to players'心态失衡; second, although the all-Chinese lineup team-building philosophy brings high流量, it also limits the team's实力上限; third, because the team management changed, corporate culture was infiltrated, making it不像是一家电竞俱乐部.

The reason netizens feel RNG still refuses to admit defeat is that Bobby Shen避重就轻,并没有说出 the real reasons for RNG's failure.

Personally, I believe there are three core reasons for RNG's failure. The first and most important one is that RNG's parent company资金断裂. After having no money, RNG continued competing with a gambler's心态, constantly卡合同 to压榨选手. Outside the赛场,官司不断. The so-called original club culture of RNG also had problems;很早的时候 RNG was already manipulating contracts.

The second reason is that RNG adhered to the all-Chinese lineup philosophy but lacked a成熟的青训培养体系. The青训一度荒废 and couldn't be developed, leading to后期队内无优秀选手可用.

The third reason is the过度营销宣传 of the all-Chinese lineup philosophy. After eating尽 the流量福利 of the all-Chinese lineup, there was endless反噬. Not only did舆论呈现两极分化, but the club also无情放弃队内明星选手, even张开合同大手限制离队者无法在其他队伍效力,导致基本盘彻底丧失,生涯末期舆论崩盘,没人愿意为他们说话.