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Riot Games Michael Sherman: "It is not going to be long until there is a student who can say 'I could go to Stanford, Ohio State, or Harvard to go play League of Legends.'"

Riot Games Michael Sherman, Head of College Esports in North America, revealed Riot's process in supporting collegiate Esports. With six years of experience in organizing college Esports and 4 with...

Interview with LS: Why he came to Korea, his view on coaching, the game, and more

come to happen? What was your opinion on it? I wasn’t upset with Riot. The most recent hotfix that came to light, I think, was the Banner of Command patch. I think the problem is that in the recent...

Bryan Curtis, Assistant Athletic Director at Columbia College, Reveals Columbia's Mindset On Collegiate Esports.

into League of Legends. This is due to the fantastic collegiate scene and what Riot is doing for the scene itself. We are also focused on building our name. We are definitely interested in games such as...

Kala: "Every single person in Heroes of the Storm complains about the lack of knowledge in the game and no one was doing anything about it."

community, hell yeah, that’s awesome. It’s not on Blizzard to educate the community as it’s not on Riot to educate League of Legends players. The responsibility is on the community itself. Tempo Storm...

Q&A With Riot Games Ariel Horn, Global Executive Producer: "Presenting Esports like a legitimate traditional sport."

All answers credited to Ariel Horn, Global Executive Producer, Riot Games Ever wondered what really goes on during League of Legends broadcasts? Who is in charge behind the scene so you can see the...

KeSPA Officially Announces the 2018 LCK Summer Split Round 1 Roster

with the ‘bbq Olivers vs MVP’ match on June 12th (KST). This split will be co-hosted by Riot Games/KeSPA and co-broadcasted by OGN/SPOTV GAMES. Roster changes compared to the last split are marked in green....

China’s LoL line-up for the Asian Games has been announced

: Yan "LetMe" Jun-Ze Jungle: Liu "Mlxg" Shi-Yu Mid: Su "xiye" Han Wei ADC: Jian "Uzi" Zi-Hao Support: Tian "Meiko" Ye Substitute: Shi "Ming" Sen-Ming Coach: Ji "Aaron" Xing Photo courtesy of Riot Games...

Support Big joins OpTic Gaming

Left without a support player since the departure of veteran Daerek "LemonNation" Hart after the end of the Spring Split, OpTic Gaming has finally filled the role. According to Riot’s official...

Former NA LCS member and LA Gladiators operating organization Phoenix1 rebrands to Sentinels

Split, with Phoenix1 going 4-14 to finish last, the organization decided to sell its LCS spot following Riot Games' announcement that the NA LCS would undergo a massive restructuration, which included a...

Supports beware: Janna, Lulu and Karma shields to receive huge nerfs on Patch 8.12

started. The big question now is whether these shielding abilities will see even more changes before we wrap up with the current testing cycle. If Riot continues its trend of bi-weekly patches, Patch 8.12 will hit the live servers on June 13th. Photo courtesy of Riot Games...

Turkish Champions League to be franchised next year

an announcement on the official LoL Esports Turkey website, Riot Games said that the decision was made to build a long-term structure for all viewers and fans. The current model with relegations makes...

FNC sOAZ and Caps on 2018 MSI, the Ultimate Dog Champ, and Improving as a Team

many jungle camps and scuttle crabs as they can, and I hope a change is made to this. I understand that they [Riot] wanted to make the game more dynamic by adding more fighting action to the game. But...

LoL Patch 8.11: The Top 5 ADC’s and Supports to Dominate the Bot Lane

where you are 40cs behind after 10 minutes, rendering you virtually usually for good part of the game. Draven has perhaps found his ideal companion coming from the sea – but maybe it is just not the one he expected. Photos courtesy of Riot Games...

Pride Month in the Overwatch League: Parties, Merch, and More

▲ Cheers Love! via Blizzard Entertainment In the United States, June is Pride Month. For the last 48 years, people have come together across the nation to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots, a key...

2018 LCK Summer Split Will Commence on June 12th

Games will be held 6 days per week due to Asian Games schedule. On the 4th of June (KST), Riot Games announced the schedule for the 2018 LCK Summer Split. The 2018 LCK Summer Split will start on the...

Epic Games invested $100,000,000 into fortnite esports: here is what they need to do next

Games isn’t going to miss $500,000, for example. I’m not saying that Epic Games can’t go down the same route of Riot Games with League of Legends or Blizzard with the Overwatch League, but

YamatoCannon: “Coaching was seemed as a joke in western LoL. Probably the whole western esports scene wasn’t taking it as a professional role.”

you have to come and see this.” I was thinking of what would have happened because I was on an edge for a very long time. I was talking with Riot about how we have to behave in order to not get...

Korean LOL Team for 2018 Asian Games Announced

be given. Indonesia secured a spot as the host. Meanwhile, the leagues that have conflicting schedules with the Asian Games will be rescheduled. Riot Games will be announcing the schedule for the LCK...

thesource: “Running teams and working with players is the most volatile thing I’ve ever done in esports."

commentating for a few years and then Riot took things in-house for the LCS and I transitioned into doing interviews for Leagueapedia. I went to MLG Dallas in 2013. After deciding to work at Leagueapedia...

CORRECTION: Uzi’s stream did NOT reach 8.5 Million simultaneous viewers

mark of 8.5 million viewers is just out of this world – which perfectly suits the best ADC professional League of Legends has ever seen. Photo courtesy of Riot Games Screenshot courtesy of Maisesports...