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Publish Date: August 23, 2021
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If one had been keeping an eye on the MVP votes, one would see an astounding following around the Chengdu Hunter’s DPS Huang ‘Leave’ Xin. For those who haven’t seen the APAC region games, it might be confusing why. Yes, the Hunters have been in the regional tournaments twice, but haven’t won either of them though having a good showing both times.
This season has been a perfect storm for Leave to attain the MVP award as many factors seemingly have fallen into place for him. Here is how Leave captivated the hearts of so many in the community.
In the Overwatch League, the end-of-season awards are always a highly anticipated moment for the fans and players. In the four seasons, there has rarely been any Chinese player representation. To be fair, there has been little representation other than the Korean players for most of the awards.
For example, the Grand Final MVP has been all Korean players though all three years have been won by EU/NA teams, the three years with London Spitfire Junyoung ‘Profit’ Park in 2018, San Francisco Shock’s Hyobin ‘Choihyobin’ Choi (2019), and Namjoo ‘Striker’ Kwon (2020). Though this is common across all the awards, that it is Korean-dominated.
The only exception is the Dennis ‘Internethulk’ Hawelka award which no Korean or Chinese player has ever won.
The role star awards started in 2019, as it wasn’t in the inaugural season of the Overwatch League. In 2019, 7 of the 12 candidates for role stars were Korean. The only Chinese player to get an award was Qiulin ‘Guxue’ Xu, from the Hangzhou Spark. In 2020 it was even more saturated than the year before. 12 of the 13 candidates that got the role star award for DPS, Tank, or Support were Korean.
There was no Chinese representation at all. Of all the awards given out during all the seasons, Guxue stays the only Chinese player to get an award. That is not to say players from Chinese Teams haven’t gotten awards, but many times those players that were highlighted were Korean.
The MVP award for 2020 is one that the Chinese fans could take pride in. It came in the form of Byungsun ‘Fleta’ Kim, the newly transferred Seoul Dynasty DPS player to the Shanghai Dragons. His performance helped the Dragons be dominant for most of the 2020 season. Fleta is a highly beloved player within China.
So though Fleta was not Chinese, he was a player who represented a Chinese team getting one of the highest awards of the Overwatch League.