Riot Games has recently been under fire for not taking proper care of their solo queue environment. Even Voyboy made a video earlier this week, and now Riot has responded. Here's their plan to improve the playerbase.
The current global pandemic has affected many people, with most now working from home and, at times, struggling to stay connected with family and friends. HyperX came together with Pokimane, Vakyrae, Fuslie, and basketball star, Gordon Hayward, to share how their families are staying connected amidst the chaos.
Sports leagues, teams and athletes across the globe are taking part in a campaign to celebrate and thank our doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other frontline workers, and the esports community is right there with them. Learn more about the project here:
Riot Games launched their VALORANT Closed Beta about a month ago, but not everyone can get a Key, so Riot Games just announced a small reward to those who are participating in their Twitch partnership - a unique player card available at the game's full release for all those watching these Twitch streams.
Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler walks through various stories from his past that helped lead him to his current passion, casting esports. Listen to Kobe's story, how he navigated hardship and worked through the early days of casting. Hear him talk about the pain during the death of his idol this Spring, but his resilience. And hear how his connection to the community drives him.
Just days after the competitive queue launched in the VALORANT Closed Beta, retired CS:GO pro and Cloud9 streamer, TenZ, became the first NA player to reach the highest rank tier - VALORANT! Yes, the rank shares the same name as the game. Read more on the story here:
One of the greatest ADCs of all time, Uzi, is now a Free Agent after his contract expired with Royal Never Give Up yesterday, April 30th. He has played over 400 games with the organization since his start back in 2012, but has been inactive since Worlds 2019. Learn more about his free agency here:
Riot Games announced their first global TFT tournament, the TFT: Galaxies Championship. However, it left off a few of the main League of Legends regions, including Oceania. But now they're here, uniting with NA for a chance to represent their region in the Grand Finals of the TFT: Galaxies Championship. Read more on their inclusion and the tournament's changes here:
Huni has been dropped from Dignitas in Riot Games' Global Contract Database meaning he is no longer with the team. Grig was also dropped from the database last week. See what this means for both Dignitas and the players, Huni and Grig, here:
In collaboration with Riot Games, FACEIT returns in 2020 to host the Scouting Grounds Circuit, the group of qualifying tournamentsto determine which teams take part in NA Scouting Grounds at the end of the year. Read more on the FACEIT NASG Circuit format here:
Twisted Fate will hit the playing board along with other Rising Tides expansion members, like Gangplank and Nautilus. Twisted Fate is a tricky Champion, boasting a variety of different mechanics. He's relatively weak for a 4 cost unit, but immediately gets to play one of his cards, Blue, Red, or Gold. Check out how to make the most of his tricks up his sleeves here:
In order to uphold competitive integrity, Riot Games has implemented a stream delay in their broadcasts. However, in Game 1 of the LCL Finals between Unicorns of Love and RoX, one of the streams didn't have a full three minute delay, and was instead casted live in English. That game had to be remade by request of the losing team. Read more on the story here:
Legends of Runeterra has been teasing a ton of new content, featuring champions, companions, spells, and more. Now they've announced a new region, Bilgewater, featuring a slew of new cards and mechanics. Learn more about the expansion here:
After a rocky early start to his career followed by him leaving the LCS and taking a break for a couple years, Rami "Inori" Charagh returned to professional League of Legends, winning his first split
Lee Sin joins the Legends of Runeterra card collection as a ferocious fighter. Riot Games has found some cool ways to mimic his Summoner's Rift abilities, fitting in nearly each of his seven spells in their competitive card game. Check out more on his card kit all all the Aspects of the Dragon that come with it here:
Reapered is really proud of himself and the team, however, he didn't expect this Spring to work out as well as it did. "At the beginning, we were not that insane of a team... We had a lot of problems." Read more on how Reapered and Cloud9 overcame those issues here:
Dropping only two games in the entirety of the 2020 Spring Split, through both the regular season and the playoffs, Cloud9 have the most dominant season in LCS history, and claim their first title since 2014. Read more on their dominant 3-0 run here:
Riot Games is confident in Vanguard, their VALORANT anti-cheat system. So confident, in fact, that they're offering up to $100,000 if someone can crack it and reproduce a legitimate security concern. Learn more on how Riot Games is protecting its VALORANT players' security and data here:
After a dominating second half of the split, Cloud9 Academy climbed through the 2020 League of LCS Academy League Spring Playoffs and beat out Evil Geniuses Academy in a clean 3-0 sweep to take the title. Read more on their victory here:
Blaber is your 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Spring Split Most Valuable Player. All five members of Cloud9 were All Pro first team. Top three came down to Blaber, Nisqy, and Zven with Blaber being crowned MVP. Read more on his acheivements here.
