Let's take a look at how four different coaches from LCS organizations approached working with amateur talent at NASG 2019, and in doing so, examine how their respective approaches benefitted the players, the organizations, and the community at large.
A whole year has passed since Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in joined Team Liquid. It was quite a successful year for CoreJJ, although Team Liquid didn't do that well at Worlds. He won both spring and
How have you been after Worlds? I was having a break, having some quality rest. I was looking at the team's situation and taking care of my wrist. I recently moved, so I've been furnishing the new
Team Liquid's Top Laner Jung “Impact” Eon-yeong announced in his twitter earlier today that he was the proud owner of "Impact Tower".
League of Legends esports fans across the globe are voting for their favorite players from their respective regions to compete in the 2019 All-Star Event in Las Vegas, but it has already been confirmed that North America will be missing its two most decorated stars.
It's the beginning of the 2020 season and after winning four consecutive titles, Liquid looks to make some upgrades to continue the streak and perform better internationally. Here is what their roster looks like now:
The 2019 Honda Scouting Grounds Draft has concluded, and these are your drafted players with their respective teams. As expected, KatEvolved claimed first pick, see the rest here:
Team Ocean Drake, a team composed of five rookies with little to no competitive experience, has gotten the opportunity to work with the LCS organizations Team Liquid and Counter Logic Gaming at NASG 2019. Let's take a look at the five players in green and what we can expect from them on the LCS stage on the final day of Scouting Grounds.
Whatever the reasons are for Team Liquid and NA's overall failure to make it out of groups, it is unacceptable. No matter what the problem was. But this isn't just a Liquid problem, this is an NA problem, and it needs to change.
At international events, there are always exciting narratives. There are also always stories writers want to write, but can't. Here are the stories we never told - the stories we wanted to tell, but couldn't.
While it might make the average LCS fan feel better just to chalk it up to Worlds being on European soil, as it was in 2015 when the NALCS' infamous 'Week 2 0-10' occured, there's many factors to consider when analyzing what led to such a disappointing performance from North America at the World Championship. Let's take a look at how the LCS teams' Worlds 2019 performances compared to their respective expectations.
On the 20th, IG took down Team Liquid on the last day of the group stages in the 2019 LoL World Championship. In this do or die match for the very last ticket into the quarterfinals, the defending world champions took down NA's final hope in a dominating fashion.
Team Liquid’s ADC, Peter ‘Doublelift’ Yiliang Peng, joined Jeesun Park in the official LCK broadcast for the post-match interview to share his thoughts about the victory over AHQ.
On the 14th, TL took down AHQ in day 3 of the group stages in the 2019 LoL World Championship.
On the 12th, Team Liquid took down DAMWON Gaming in day 1 of the group stages in the 2019 LoL World Championship.
TL Bot Laner Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng sat down with Inven Global's Nick Geracie after defeating Clutch Gaming in the LCS Semifinals and discussed how G2 Esports had terraformed the competitive landscape of League of Legends.
Worlds has finally, truly begun! And the Impact Worlds buff is already in full effect, as he smashes Nuguri on his signature pick, catalyzing Liquids first victory in Worlds 2019.
On the 12th, Team Liquid defeated DAMWON Gaming in day 1 of the group stages of the 2019 LoL World Championship.
With a proper lens, the 2019 LCS Summer Split and Summer Playoffs statistics can be used to provide insight on the North American teams at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship. Let's take a look at what a look back at LCS Summer can tell us about the chances of Team Liquid, Cloud9, and Clutch Gaming escaping their respective groups at Worlds 2019.
With Worlds 2019 around the corner, the team decided to bootcamp in The Netherlands. We went for a visit and talked to the five Liquid players. While enjoying a Dutch treat, 'pepernoten', they discussed their thoughts on other teams, and what the team itself still could improve on. They also played two games to reveal more about themselves individually, and about each other as teammates. It became an interview filled with banter and trolling, though through the cracks of it all honesty and passion showed.