It's a problem that has plagued NA for years, players and coaches sometimes struggle to get their visas approved in timely fashion. Team Liquid now has three of their members facing this problem, Broxah, Cain, and Shernfire.
Julia "Mayumi" Nakamura became an overnight celebrity after playing for INTZ during Superliga ABCDE in Brazil. The support player caught the attention of the Chinese LoL Esports community.
José Roberto "Sparda" do Nascimento Junior has become an important figure in the Brazilian LoL Esports scene, due to a quite unusual motive. The RED Canids streamer has previously revealed that the reason behind his streaming is to raise funds for his family's medical treatments.
On the 30th (KST), KeSPA officially announced the rosters of the teams participating in the round 2 of the quarterfinals of the 2019 KeSPA Cup.
RNG have won the 2019 Demacia Cup, playing the entire tournament with new bot laner, Betty, taking down EDG in the finals after 4 games. Read more here on the tournament results:
Based on a comparison of results between both leagues, Esports Charts has conducted a data analysis to rank which teams are the most popular among fans, with the ranking being based on the average viewership for team matches. With the use of the Inven Global Data Lab, we are complementing the research with each team's social media performance.
Riot Games has taken action against Galatasaray Esports. The team, participating in the Turkish Championship League (TCL), has been suspended from competing for the entirety of the Spring Split, after
The Demacia Cup Quarters featured Vici Gaming vs Top Esports and EDG vs Team WE, with Vici and EDG taking the win to advance further into the Knockout Stage. Read more about the games and the rest of the tournament here:
Preparing for the 2020 season of the LCS, TSM has practiced pre-season strategies in China and South Korea. While visiting the country, Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg met up with Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok to catch up and play Korean battle card.
The 2019 KeSPA Cup's previously cancelled English broadcast was revived just before the beginning of the event, casters Max "Atlus" Anderson, Brendon "Valdes" Valdes, and the English broadcast production crew have only needed a day to prove that it was worth re-instating for a fifth consecutive year.
This is the first year in the KeSPA Cup's five year existence that an English broadcast will not be aired alongside the native broadcast in South Korea, and T1 Esports CEO Joe Marsh is having none of it. Marsh tweeted about the importance of an English broadcast for this year's KeSPa Cup, and put his money where his mouth is by assuring both SK Telecom T1 and fellow LCK organization Gen.G were ready and willing to share the costs of airing the separate production for English-speaking viewers.
The German Federal Government has approved the changes in regulation in correspondence to the new Skilled Immigration Act, which will introduce a dedicated esports visa in spring of 2020. Germany, specifically Berlin, is a hotspot for premiere esports events, specifically for League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and PLAYER UNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG).
Riot Games is fusing two competitve League of Legends leagues to become one big region. The League of Legends Master Series (LMS), founded in 2014 and comprised of teams from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mac
On the 20th of December (KST), KeSPA made an official announcement for the players of the 16 teams that will be competing in the 2019 KeSPA Cup Round 1. Round 1 of the tournament will take place at th
The premiere North American LoL Esports competition returns with the 2020 LCS Spring Split on January 25th, and 12 days prior, IMT will host fans of all ages at Button Mash in Echo Park to commemorate its first split participation in two full seasons.
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On the 18th (KST), Vici Gaming announced via their official Weibo that Lee “PoohManDu” Jeong-hyeon has joined their League of Legends team as a coach.
The LCS is changing their schedule for 2020, the first time since they switched to "Bo1" two years ago. They will emphasize Academy games, adding them in the midst of LCS, and there will be games from Fri-Mon. Read more on how the new schedule will look here:
Clearlove joined EDG upon its inception at the beginning of 2014, and now, he will be trusted to lead it.
FunPlus Phoenix confirmed as of December 16 that it had signed former SK Telecom T1 Top Laner Kim “Khan” Dong-ha, and according to a tweet by ESPN Esports’ Tyler “FionnOnFire” Erzberger, Khan will he paid over $2 million per season by FPX.
