In 639 games as a professional League of Legends player, Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng had never played a single game of Miss Fortune. That changed, however, in week 5, day 3 of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Spring Split.
Lee “Rush” Yoon-jae joined Counter Logic Gaming as a streamer following the 2019 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split, and now, the former professional Jungler will be expanding into content creation for CLG as part of his new role.
The past few days have been tumultuous within the Turkish League of Legends scene. On Sunday, support player Mustafa Kemal "Dumbledoge" Gökseloğlu revealed that his unexpected departure from the Turkish Championship League team Papara SuperMassive was caused by systemic bullying and homophobia from other Turkish LoL personalities. The main culprit, according to Dumbledoge, was his very own teammate Berkay "Zeitnot" Aşıkuzun. Those mentioned by Dumbledoge then made public statements, ranging from apologies to denouncing Dumbledoge's allegations.
Ghost has joined DAMWON Gaming. On the 24th (KST), DAMWON Gaming announced through their official Twitter account that they've signed Jang “Ghost” Yong-jun. Ghost will be eligible to play
The LCK announcer, Kim Min-ah was sent to the hospital for examination due to slight fever. During the 2020 League of Legends Spring Split, analyst Ha “Bitdory” Kwang-seok delivered news
Earlier, support player Mustafa Kemal "Dumbledoge" Gökseloğlu issued a public statement about his sudden departure from Turkish Championship League team Papara SuperMassive. In the Twitlonger, he
The Turkish League of Legends esports scene has been shaken up by a serious claim of homophobia. Veteran support player Mustafa Kemal "Dumbledoge" Gökseloğlu posted a lengthy statement on why he
Esports organization INTZ had issued a public complaint to GIRLGAMER Esports Festival, highlighting the poor conditions athletes had been put under prior and during competitions. With a match delayed by 25 hours and terrible weather conditions, here is to hoping esports events featuring women mature and grow in infrastructure.
Due to the spread of the corona19 epidemic in China and its surrounding countries, LPL announced that they will be going on a hiatus after the Lunar New Years. However, on the 19th, after a long hiatu
Tickets for the Finals in Frisco, Texas are now available, offering both single day tickets and two day passes. The Finals take place April 18 and 19, and will be the first Finals after the new playoffs format changes were announced this year. Find links here:
The following was sent to Inven Global as a press release. - A Tale of endless war between humans and Yokais... A collectible RPG with over 100 uniquecharacters- Supports six languages including Engli
Gen.G and Seoul Dynasty recently announced a donation campaign on their Twitter, helping victims of the coronavirus. The org will be donating 100% of the proceeds from their Seoul Homestand in Week 5, as well as merch and skin sales. Read more here:
Wednesday morning, CLG tweeted out that former mid laner, Pobelter, would be re-joining the team as starting mid laner after a 1-7 start to the season. Pobelter replaces Crown, and will hope to help the team turn around their season. Read more here:
Riot Games shared an interesting tidbit of information about the League of Legends European Championship today. Four weeks into the competition, they shared the leaderboards for teams and players when
Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, the legendary Mid Laner of T1 has made a big announcement today. The player has re-signed his contract, gaining partial ownership of T1 Entertainment and Sports.
The first all-female organization in the world to join a top-level League of Legends esports league has been left out of the competition for the year due to its' poor performance. Organized by Riot Games Russia, the League of Legends Continental League starts on February 22nd, with a team ready to substitute Vaevictis.
The bot laners of each region took their spots as the leaders of KDA in their respective regions. In the LCK, LPL, LCS, and the LEC, there’s an interesting trend in data (gathered up to the 17th), which is similar across all four regions. Bot laners of each region were in 1st place in KDA, and currently, there are two players that have a perfect KDA. In the LCK, All iN, the mid laner for Afreeca Freecs is a player that currently holds a perfect KDA. Previously known as SSUN, he only played two games in the league, so this data may not hold too much meaning. Even still, All iN played Pantheon in both of his games and with a total score of 5/0/13, he holds a perfect KDA.
G-Rex is making a sudden exit of the Pacific Championship Series due to a restructuring of its parent company.
The return of Konstantinos-Napoleon "FORG1VEN" Tzortziou to the League of Legends stage was celebrated at the start of the year. However, after just three weeks into the League of Legends European Cha
LCK teams had to find alternate routes to keep fans and players united amid coronavirus quarantine. Teams like Afreeca Freecs and T1 announced on their social channels about the online fan meets since the LCK has rolled out with no audience due to the risks of spreading the virus.
