What started as an outbreak in Wuhan and the delay of the LPL in China led to a plethora of canceled and reformatted events around the globe. The Coronavirus outbreak has affected many aspects of esports, here is the list so far:
UPDATED 4/19: Due to complications surrounding the global COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam representative GAM Esports will not be able to travel to Iceland to compete in MSI 2021. The format for the event has been adjusted as a result.
Abbedagge will be able to start for the team as one of two imports alongside jungler Can "Closer" Çelik now that top laner Kim "Ssumday" Chan-ho has declared NA residency after acquiring his green card.
Turkish esports publication Esporin has reported that 100 Thieves is in talks to acquire mid laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dincer from Fnatic.
The statement comes in response to multiple members of the European League of Legends community taking online to post screenshots telling other players to 'get cancer' as well as threats to intentionally feed in ranked games from the League of Legends European Championship veteran.
After an emotional final, Inven Global sat down with Rookie of the Split Javier "Elyoya" Prades Batalla to talk about how his team ended the G2 era and what he's looking forward to at MSI.
Elyoya easily proved himself this split.
MAD Lions has won its first LEC title as an organization and will represent Europe at the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational.
Rogue will now move on to face MAD Lions in the finals of the 2021 LEC Spring Playoffs, which is a first for both organizations as well as the first final to not feature either G2 or Fnatic in EU post-season history.
Rogue has guaranteed a top 3 post-season finish, and will face off against G2 Esports next to see who will meet MAD Lions in the finals.
MAD Lions has defeated G2 Esports in the 2021 League of Legends European Championship Spring Playoffs. In a 3-1 victory, MAD will move on to the finals as the only undefeated team in the tournament, while G2 will have to survive the lower bracket with FC Schalke 04 Esports and Rogue.
After upsetting a stronger-on-paper Rogue in the first round of the LEC Spring Playoffs, MAD Lions prepare to take on tournament favorites G2 Esports tonight. Inven Global spoke with Lions' support No
S04 has ended four straight years of top 3 post-season finishes for Fnatic, and will face off against Rogue next week.
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MAD Lions will move on in the upper bracket to face G2 Esports, with the winner moving onto the finals undefeated.
The Mid-Season Invitational is a little more than a month away. Due to the restrictions that came from the COVID-19 pandemic around the world in 2020, the event was forced to cancel to ensure the safe
G2 will continue on to play its second match in the upper bracket against the winner of Rogue and MAD Lions, who will face off tomorrow.
SK is the first LEC team to be eliminated from the post-season after losing to FNC in the first lower bracket match of the Spring Playoffs.
It was an odd feeling to sit across the table to interview a friend I knew for years. The last time I was in a professional setting with him was when we were both on a Challengers Korea team called bbq Olivers.
UPDATE 3/17: Following its 9th place finish in the 2021 League of Legends European Championship Spring Split, Astralis has decided to continue playing with MagiFelix and has extended his contract throughout the rest of 2021. This also marks the departure of nukeduck, who first joined the organization to play for Origen in the 2019 LEC Spring Split.
