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[Cartoon] Double the intensity, but the pause never dies? Thoughts on the first week of online LCK.
Today's cartoon is about the LCK matches being held via online for the first time in history. In such chaotic times, even the fact that the LCK will be resuming was great news. Did it really matter wh
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[Official] Riot Games announces VALORANT Closed Beta starting April 7th, accessible through Twitch
Riot Games announced VALORANT will begin a closed beta April 7th in collaboration with Twitch. Next Tuesday, players will be able to gain access to the beta by watching select Twitch streams, following similar steps as their original closed beta for Legends of Runeterra, Riot's competitive card game. Read more on the beta and how to gain access here:
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Legends of Runeterra patch 0.9.3 increases weekly rewards, tweaks Expeditions
Last week, the Legends of Runeterra developers opened up about their philosophy for the game's progression system. The overall sentiment was clear: players need more agency when it comes to acquiring cards. This week's patch 0.9.3 aims to accomplish that by shifting Expedition rewards to weekly Vault rewards. Additionally, Riot Games is making text changes to a bunch of cards to illustrate their effects better.
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[UPDATED 3/30] The 2020 LCS Spring Split concludes Monday, March 30th with four tie-breaker matches
100 Thieves closed out the day by defeating Counter Logic Gaming, which put the team in a three-way tie for 2nd place with Evil Geniuses and FlyQuest at a 10-8 record. Simultaneously, a three-way 8-10 tie for 6th place and the final seed in the 2020 LCS Spring Playoffs exists between Immortals, Dignitas, and Golden Guardians. Four tie-breaker matches will be played on Monday, March 30th to decide post-season seeding.
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Riot's esports technical lead talks Corona virus pivot and more during IGEC 2020 digital panel.
To start off our digital conference series, we invited Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez, Trisha Hershberger, Freya Fox and Scott Adametz, Esports Tech Lead at Riot Games to join Inven Global's Director of Corporate Strategy, Nick D'Orazio in a frank discussion about how the esports industry can survive and even thrive in the new normal that is COVID-19.
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Interview
C9 Vulcan: "...I didn't want LCS Player of the Week to get in the way of denying TL the playoffs."
Cloud9 Support Philippe "Vulcan" Laflamme spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie about how C9 is adjusting to competing during the outbreak of COVID-19, LCS Player of the Week, and who he has his eye on in the post-season after denying Team Liquid a spot in the 2020 LCS Spring Playoffs.
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KT Aiming: "Truth be told, I’m confident with all Marksman Champions. (Not just on Ezreal, but) I think I can outperform anyone else."
On the 29th (KST), KT Rolster took on Afreeca Freecs in Round 2 of the 2020 LCK Spring. After suffering a five match losing streak in Round 1, KT made a huge comeback and was tied for 4th alongside Af
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[LCK Today] T1 continues their climb to the very top of the standings, KT Rolster extends their match win streak to 7 games
In Day 28 of the Round 2 of 2020 LCK Spring Split, T1, APK Prince, and KT Rolster each took match victory against Hanwha Life Esports, SANDBOX Gaming, and Afreeca Freecs respectively. In the first mat
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APK HyBriD: "We’re all really close, so although no one would feel salty over stealing the Penta, I think that the feeling of unison was bigger within the team."
On the 29th (KST), APK Prince took on SANDBOX Gaming in Round 2 of the 2020 LCK Spring. In Game 2, APK was up 1-0, but because of an early deficit, it looked as if the series was going to a Game 3. Ho
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T1 Ellim: "I believe that Clid is currently the best Jungler out there. If I get to start against Gen.G, I don’t think it’s going to be easy."
On the 29th (KST), T1 faced Hanwha Life Esports in Round 2 of the 2020 LCK Spring. With a set score of 2-1, T1 managed to defeat HLE in a very heated match between the two teams. Although Choi “
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TSM, 100 Thieves & Evil Geniuses qualify for the 2020 LCS Spring Playoffs
FlyQuest's win against Team Liquid gave the reigning LCS champion its 10th loss of the season, and because the worst TSM, EG, and 100 can do is 9-9, they've secured spots in the Spring Playoffs regardless of the result of their respective final matches.
