There's no doubt that CLG has been snakebit this season, but Broxah is maintaining an optimistic perspective now that he's made it through his visa issues. Broxah spoke to Inven Global after CLG lost to 100 Thieves about how his visa issues on Team Liquid in 2020 are providing him with a different perspective on his current situation, what he thinks CLG does well and needs to improve on, and how he feels the new LCS format affects CLG's chances of turning its season around.
It didn't take long for Team Liquid to finish off FlyQuest, and after the win, TL jungler Lucas "Santorin" Larsen spoke to Inven Global about how things played out against his former team, his thought's on Team Liquid's current form relative to its record, and how the changes to the LCS format for the 2021 season affects the competition.
After Cloud9 won its first match of the year against Evil Geniuses this weekend, Vulcan spoke to Inven Global about contributing factors to C9's strong play, went in-depth on his thoughts regarding any adjustment or removal of the LCS import restrictions, and pondered on the potential role of the LCS Players Association in the current situation surrounding the import rule.
UPDATE 2/28: RiotScruffy took to Twitter to correct a statistic featured in the most recent developer update after a mistake was pointed out on the League of Legends subreddit. The previous statistics included games of ARAM and URF, which the community viewed as misleading since competitive balance revolves around and matters most to the standard game mode on Summoner's Rift. RiotScruffy provided updated statistics and said that Riot Games will be putting out another developer update on Friday, March 5 that will, among other things, include the correct statistics updated with a new week of data.
In a brief interview with Inven Global during TSM's winstreak, support Hu "SwordArt" Shuo-Chieh spoke about adjusting to the playstyle of a new region, how Los Angeles played a part in his decision to compete in North America, and his international aspirations as a member of TSM in 2021.
After Team Liquid's victory over Cloud9, head coach Joshua "Jatt" Leesman shared his thoughts with Inven Global on the current competitive jungle meta, the contributing factors of Team Liquid's less-than-stellar first half of spring, and why the team's recent performances give him confidence heading into the second round robin of the split.
During the first round robin of the 2021 LCS Spring Split, Immortals jungler Andrei "Xerxe" Dragomir spoke to Inven Global about Immortals' current form and fighting through visa issues to join IMT with support Mitchell "Destiny" Shaw and head coach Andre "Guilhoto" Guilhoto after an arduous 2020 season on Origen.
Mid laner Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen spoke to Inven Global about defeating Golden Guardians, Team Liquid's up-and-down start to the Spring Split, and the current state of the competitive mid lane meta.
Let's take a look at some of the more notable reactions and how they've advanced the discussion around LCS imports and North American talent development.
In the wake of TSM's 3-0 showing in week 2 of the LCS, Inven Global sat down with Spica to discuss the revamped TSM and how and why Udyr took a stranglehold over the jungle role.
Patch 11.4 may have no skins, but it certainly is introducing a variety of changes to the current League of Legends landscape. In the upcoming LoL patch, Riot Games has buffed 14 champions, nerfed five others, and changed a handful of items with the specific focus being on mage items and items that inflict Grievous Wounds.
League of Legends streamer Joedat "Voyboy" Esfahani has teamed up with FlyQuest as its new official partner and influencer in an effort to boost FlyQuest's #BeeQuest effort to save the bees.
This is unfortunately a familiar situation for Broxah, who made his North American debut for Team Liquid in week 4 of the 2020 LCS Spring Split after visa issues forced him to miss the first three weeks of play.
Broxah was the last starter in the 2021 League of Legends Championship Series to be stuck in visa purgatory, and has missed the entire LCS Lock In and the first six games of the LCS Spring Split.
In a meta defined by power-farming picks like Udyr and Olaf, Dardoch has not only ignored the latter of the two best jungle champions but has also shown that a willingness to be more flexible than his peers can give Dignitas the edge it needs to exceed expectations throughout the start of the 2021 LCS Spring Split.
Griffin spoke to Inven Global after the match about Counter Logic Gaming's mood after its first win of the 2021 LCS Spring Split, his dynamic within CLG's current roster, and how Patch 11.3 has affected the current competitive jungle meta.
llorim spoke to Inven Global about why he was looking towards playing in Europe in the off-season, his role on the 2021 LCS broadcast, and continuing to compete in the North American amateur League of Legends scene.
Allorim spoke to Inven Global about his experience on Immortals throughout 2020 and making his LCS broadcast debut following the conclusion of IMT's season.
100 Thieves plays Cloud9 tomorrow, the latter of whom, at 3-1, can tie 100 Thieves for first place with a win in the aforementioned faceoff.
The 2021 League of Legends Championship Series Spring Split takes place every Friday-Sunday, but this week, the community surrounding North America's premiere League of Legends esports league took center stage when 100 Thieves content creator Moe "Yassuo" Abdalrhman was sent a letter of Cease & Desist from streamers Belluh and Jackson "KatEvolved" Dohan for making public defamatory statements and inciting both violence and harassment towards on his Twitch account.
