Inven Global had the opportunity to sit down with Azael during the Worlds 2022 announcement event and discuss the crazy offseason, his perspective on Worlds, and the future of the LCS.
Golden Guardians have retained all members of their coaching staff this off-season, but aside from Inero remaining in the head coach position, the LCS staff structure looks very different from last year's Golden Guardians, and frankly, different from any other LCS team.
Svenskeren's contract with Evil Geniuses expires on November 15, 2022, but following the acquisition of Rogue jungler Kacper "Inspired" Słoma, it looks as though Svenskeren is without a job for the 2022 LCS Spring Split unless a team wants to buy him out.
After signing Tactical for their LCS squad, TSM has competed their Academy roster ahead of the 2022 season.
Inspired will be taking over the starting position previously platooned by Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen and Juan "Contractz" Garcia, the latter of whom has been signed by Counter Logic Gaming.
After trying the cumulative experiment over 2021’s LCS season, the league will be back to a format that separates the two splits.
In the preview post regarding format updates to the LCS, it explains the move is a response to the criticisms leveled by pro and amateur players.
Vulcan debuted in the LCS with Clutch Gaming in 2018 and has played for Cloud9 for the past two seasons.
Nisqy took to Twitter himself to state that the buyout negotiations were not the only factor in what has resulted in his teamlessness regarding competitive play for the 2022 season.
UPDATE Nov. 15: During the Dot Esports League of Legends Free Agency Show, Jacob Wolf stated that the clause in Perkz's buyout contract from G2 Esports to Cloud9 that prohibits Fnatic from signing Perkz through 2023 was signed by both G2 & C9, but not Perkz himself.
UPDATE Nov. 12: Following Doublelift's streams regarding Reginald's treatment of TSM members past and present, some former members of TSM such as Cloud9 CEO Jack Etienne have spoken positively about Reginald, often sharing anecdotes from their pasts with TSM CEO that paint a far more pleasant picture than Doublelift's accusations towards Reginald on his streams earlier this week.
The report states that multiple teams from both the LCK and the LCS are interested in acquiring Teddy from T1.
Because of Nisqy’s lasting until Nov 20, 2023, he will need a team to buyout his contract for the remaining years.
According to a report by Upcomer, Gabriël "Bwipo" Rau has made a verbal agreement to compete with Team Liquid for the upcoming 2022 LCS season.
UPDATED 10/28: Team Liquid is reportedly looking to sign Bjergsen for the 2022 LCS season, which would mean current mid laner Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen would roleswap to AD carry, leaving the future of current TL AD carry Edward "Tactical" Ra unknown should the report be true.
According to a report by Upcomer, following announcements that former-star mid laner Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg has left the TSM organization, it appears that rival LCS organization Team Liquid is one of the leading candidates pursuing him.
Cloud9 stood as the last hope for the West, as they played Gen.G in the last quarterfinal match of Worlds 2021. Despite the unified support from the Western fans, however, the match was a clean 3-0 by
The quarterfinals match was expected to be contentious, with Cloud9 even having a fair chance at winning the series in the eyes of many, but Gen.G showed up in stronger form than any previous game at Worlds 2021 and snuffed out the hopes of the LCS in a clean sweep.
All eight quarterfinal teams for the 2021 League of Legends World Championship have been locked in. On day 7 of the group stages at Worlds 2021, a four-way tie occurred for the first time in Worlds hi
The very last match of Worlds 2021 group stage - day 5 had two teams in a very happy mood. Despite being confirmed elimination from the tournament pretty early into the day, 100 Thieves managed to ste