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.
Riot Games has revealed Astra, the newest agent to join the roster of tactical shooter VALORANT. The agent from Ghana will be the newest addition to the Controller class alongside Brimstone, Omen, and Viper.
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.
"I feel I'm just starting to hit my stride," LeTigress told Inven Global, as we sat down for a quick interview with the LCS host.
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.
The 2021 Overwatch League season schedule is live with 208 total matches slated for the regular season. Each team is scheduled to play 16 regular-season qualification matches, plus additional contests across the four tournaments. Teams will be divided into two groups based on their location for the season: East and West, with all 20 teams are competing for a share of a $4.25 million prize pool in 2021.
No other LCS CEOs have made any type of public statements regarding the proposal to remove the LCS Import Rule at this time, and after the community reactions to Jack Etienne's and Reginald's statements, it is unlikely we will see anything but of a professional formal statement, if anything at all, from other organizations regarding the proposal.
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology will host third annual Pennsylvania Cup featuring collegiate esports teams from across PA competing in Overwatch and League of Legends from February 27-28. The collegiate esports tournament will take place entirely online this year due to complications and restrictions caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic.
RESPAWN Marketing Manager Alex Gonzalez provided Inven Global with the following statement regarding how the execution of the partnership with Misfits around the globe would be affected, if at all, by the COVID-19 pandemic:
In a post-press conference Q&A session with TSM, which was part of a recent LCS Mini Media Day on February 16, Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg fielded a question from Inven Global regarding what factors led to TSM's significant improvements shown during its 3-0 week 2.
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.
Before the release of VALORANT Patch 2.03, Riot Games published notes on the patch going over the first balance changes for newest agent Yoru since his addition to the game's roster.
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.
