Deep Cross Gaming weren't even in the LCP a year ago — now they're at MSI. The Taiwan-based side climbed out of tier two on the back of relentless, fight-for-everything League, led by 19-year-old top laner Lo "Flauren" Chak Kin. Right before their Play-In opener against Karmine Corp, RFT.GG sat down with him in Daejeon to talk about the climb, their fearless identity, and their international debut.
We're right before MSI, so first things first — how are you feeling?
Definitely very hyped. Shout out to my teammates and to the whole team. Teamwork is what brought us here — now we'll prepare and hopefully get good results.
DCG's journey is unique — you went from tier two straight into the LCP, and now your first international. How do you look back on it, and did you expect to be at MSI already this year?
Honestly, it surprised all of us. Back in the regular season we weren't playing well, so we just focused on giving everything in the playoffs and made the right adjustments heading into MSI. None of us expected it to come this fast.
You had a rough Split 2 regular season, but you'd already been the second seed and a finalist in Split 1. How do you explain the slow start, and how did you bounce back to the final?
In Split 1 we were the region's second seed too, and people started seeing us as a new power in the LCP. After that, the other teams did their research on us — they got familiar with our style and figured out how to play against us. And we made it back as the second seed.
