Despite most of the focus this off-season revolving around Doublelift and TSM's side of the big roster swaps, Liquid may have won out on the deal, with Tactical ending 7/0/6 in the opening matchup against the two teams.
Team Liquid Mid Laner Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie about TL's Spring Spilt, his individual performance throughout the season thus far, and Edward "Tactical" Ra starting in place of Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng after the latter joined TSM in the 2020 LCS Summer Split.
Jatt has been with Riot Games for the past eight years, most often as an analyst and color caster, but he recently joined Team Liquid as their new head coach. With the recent loss of Doublelift and a 9th place finish, Jatt and TL have a lot of work to do. Read more on his mission here:
Team Liquid made a few changes to both their LCS and Academy squads this off-season, sending former Academy Bot Laner Tactical to the LCS squad to replace the winningest LCS player of all time, Doublelift. Listen to Tactical's experience and plans for the future here:
In yet another off-season change from Team Liquid, Academy Jungler, Shernfire, was released from the org on May 15th. He played with the team only one Split, starting off on the main TL roster during Broxah's visa delay, and then switching to Academy upon his arrival mid-season. Read more on his story here:
Team Liquid has made an off-season splash ahead of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split by signing Joshua "Jatt" Leesman as its Head Coach. Jatt has spent the majority of the past decade as a caster and an analyst for Riot Games' LCS broadcast.
ESPN Esports' Jacob Wolf has reported that Team Liquid AD Carry Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng will be heading back to his former organization TSM. TL put Doublelift on the trading block last week after the team finished in 9th place this spring after four consecutive League of Legends Championship Series championships.
According to a tweet made by Travis Gafford, Team Liquid has placed Doublelift's contract is up for trade. Doublelift had an underwhelming split thsi Spring after winning his fifth title in a row last year from Summer 2017 to Summer 2019. He tweeted his lack of motivation and loss of trust from his teammates earlier this year. Read more on his potential trade here:
Ashkan "TF Blade" Homayouni's account for KR server was banned. TF Blade revealed his account has been banned by riot games due to bad behavior via twitch streaming. TF Blade was currently challenging
The League of LCS has been leveling up its tailgate in the 2020 season, and this weekend featured cosplayers from around the scene. From streamers like Emiru, to caster Riv, and then even Blue, Team Liquid's new mascot. See the cosplays here:
Many great leaders in history shared the same dream. From Genghis Khan to Alexander the Great, they all wanted to have the world within their grasp. In the world of League of Legends, there's a player
Jensen spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie after TL's win over DIG to provide insight on the team's early-split issues, improvements in play since Broxah's arrival, and the team's current form relative to its floor and its ceiling.
Today's cartoon is about the four major regions of competitive League of Legends, the LCK, LCS, LEC, and the LPL. Despite it's late start and no spectators, the competition in the LCK continues to be
Broxah joined Inven Global for his very first LCS post-game interview, in which he discussed his first impressions of North America, playing with his team on stage for the first time, and what his expectations of Team Liquid are now that he has arrived in the US.
After visa delays for both Broxah and Shernfire, MikeYeung returned to Team Liquid and has rediscovered his passion for competition. Watch our video interview on YouTube, or read the transcription here:
Team Liquid Support Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie to discuss developing synergy with Shern "Shernfire" Cherng Tai in light of Mads "Broxah" Brock-Pedersen's visa issues, the differences between support play in LCS and the League of Legends European Championship, and gave some perspective on Yuri "Keith" Jew's roleswap to support for Golden Guardians.
Blue is a white horse with a blue mane, directly inspired by Team Liquid's logo and conceptualized in a Japanese art style by TL Graphic Designer Stacey Yamada.
Team Liquid has had multiple visa problems this year, but the team has kept positive and worked out a solution for the time being. Here's what Pobelter and Broxah have to say about Liquid's current predicament:
Team Liquid may be playing their streamer, TF Blade for their early LCS games. According to his stream, Ashkan “TF Blade” Homayouni mentioned that “there's a good chance” that
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.