Team Liquid’s mid laner APA has a bit of a reputation for smack-talking before and during League of Legends games on-stage. Today, he put that reputation on the line by taking some playful shots at Chinese LPL runners-up Top Esports but was immediately shot down by the team’s veteran jungler Tian, who told the second-year pro to kindly “shut up.” 

Before today’s bracket-opening series against Top Esports at MSI 2024, APA tried to employ his now-signature trash talk tactic against the LPL juggernauts, reportedly taking jabs at his lane opponent, Creme, in the pre-game lobby. According to a post-series interview with Top Esports’ jungler Tian, APA tried mocking Creme in the lobby, saying things along the lines of “for a mid laner, you look a little bit nervous. Are you scared?,” as translated by Riot’s in-house Chinese-English translator Shi “Wendy” Wendi.