Mlxg claims to have not been paid his streaming salary or the down payment on his streaming contract, and that he filed the lawsuit last month.
UPDATE Oct. 9, 00:50 CET: Shortly after the allegations of draft strategies being leaked by BYG's mid laner Chien "Maoan" Mao-An surfaced, Riot Games issued a competitive ruling, suspending the player for the remainder of Worlds 2021.
The first day of the Play-in knockout stage of the 2021 League of Legends World Championship has concluded, and two more teams are going home.
Riot Games isn't messing around in the year 2022.
Six teams will compete to see who secures the last two spots in the group stage of the main event of Worlds 2021.
DFM finished tied for 1st place in Group B of the Worlds 2021 Play-in and triumphed over North American #3 representative Cloud9 from the League Championship Series to auto-qualify for the group stage.
UOL won its last game in Group B of the Play-in in an upset over Cloud9, but met its end at the hands of Beyond Gaming in the subsequent tiebreaker.
LNG Esports has qualified for the main event of the 2021 League of Legends World Championship after a 4-0, 1st place finish in Group A of the Play-In.
On October 6, LCK announced that DWG KIA had been fined ₩2,000,000, and Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu has been fined ₩300,000 and received a 30-day restriction on his account.
On September 30, PSG Talon posted on twitter that “We are sorry to hear that the teams from the VCS will not be able to attend Worlds again this year.” PSG Talon will wear the VCS Championship badge on their jersey to honor the support of the Vietnamese fans and to bring more focus of the world's attention to the strength of the South-East Asia region.
With the 2021 Lol World Championship coming soon, Inven surveyed Korean League of Legends experts, including former and current coaches, players, commentators, and more, to make the Worlds 2021 Power Ranking. The ranking is based on the average ranking from the surveyees.
On Oct 3, T1 announced their 2021 LoL World Championship [Worlds] jerseys. According to the social media post on T1's official channel, T1's 2021 Worlds jerseys were designed by their official sponsor
It seems Suning Gaming has been acquired by Weibo. On October 2, multiple Chinese media reported that Suning Gaming's academy building logo has been changed to Weibo, and confirmed the rumor about Sun
The Vietnam Championship Series will be extending its season in lieu of its region's absence from the 2021 League of Legends World Championship.
Former world champion and legendary mid laner for 2021 Taipei Assassins, Kurtis “Toyz” Lau, has been arrested under drug trafficking charges. According to reports by multiple Taiwanese new
G2 Esports bot laner Martin "Rekkles" Larsson will likely leave the team in the upcoming off-season, Dot Esports' Pablo Suarez reports.
Fnatic has reached an agreement with Zdravets "Hylissang" Galabov to extend the support's contract with the team for two more years to 2023, the organization confirmed Tuesday.
UPDATE 9/27: Riot Games has published a new Champion Roadmap that provides updates on everything discussed in the previous roadmap, sans the grappling mid-lane marksman, who was released as Akshan, and Dr. Mundo's VGU, which went live on Patch 11.12.
Spoiler: It's Faker.
UPDATE 9/26: Riot Games has changed the layout of the Pick'Ems page on the LoL Esports website for the 2021 World Championship.