ESPN reported FNC is making moves this off-season. Along with Mithy joining as new head coach, they've signed SK jungler Selfmade to fill their jungler role, hinting at a departure from Broxah.
LCS and LEC teams are really shaking up the scene this off-season, and Alfonso "Mithy" Aguirre Rodriguez has joined in the fun, switching to a coaching role for Fnatic! Read more here:
According to a recent report by ESPN's Jacob Wolf, Vincent "Biofrost" Wang is returning to TSM in a transfer, sending Andy "Smoothie" Ta to CLG. Read more about the story here:
In a report by ESPN, Cloud9 and Dignitas have verbally agreed in a trade deal that will send Vulcan to Cloud9 in exchange for $1.5 million and Johnson "Johnsun" Nguyen, former TSM Academy bot laner. Read about it here.
Nobody has ever owned ia physical copy of the game before, and for it's first physical release, Arc System Works is going all out with exclusive collectors' items. Purchasing the North America Deluxe Edition for the Nintendo Switch will provide a Collector's Edition Steelbook, Sol Badguy Headband, Commemorative Coin, and more.
The young and talented Connor "Artemis" Doyle is praised for his ability to lead and inspire. From Scouting Grounds, to talent development, to Worlds and his coaching duo, Artemis has a lot to say about NA, his career, and the future.
The 2019 Honda Scouting Grounds Draft has concluded, and these are your drafted players with their respective teams. As expected, KatEvolved claimed first pick, see the rest here:
Sources close to Inven Global report that EG has bought IMT's NASG 2019 draft pick for an undisclosed amount. EG now has the first and fifth overall draft pick. Read more here:
The group stage is through and the seeds are set, but unfortunately, Infernal placed last. They play Team Cloud in the 3rd place match at noon PST today! Meet the Team before their final series!
As of Wednesday, Nov. 12th, the LACS is now able to field two imports, with one slot reserved for emerging region players only. This rule allows for a more broad spread for talent scouting for the region.
There are a bunch of top NA talents at NASG this year, and multiple coaches across various teams called these out as having the highest likelihood to prove they're worth an Academy or LCS slot this Spring.
The 2019 Honda Scouting Grounds Dragon Draft has finalized and these are your teams!
After a long break from social media following TSM's loss in the Regional Finals, Jesper "Zven" Svenningsen has finally spoken out about his plans. He is a free agent looking for a team in EU or NA! Where will he go?
100 Thieves have welcomed Tony "Zikz" Gray as their new head coach in an announcement video with new GM Christopher "PapaSmithy" Smith. Zikz and PapaSmithy will build out their roster and plan for new growth moving forward.
As reported by Jacob Wolf and ESPN on November 11th, Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon has reached a verbal agreement with Team Dignitas for a two year contract extension totaling $2.3 million guaranteed.
What was likely the most stacked Semifinals in Worlds history delivered eight incredible games. Join us in celebrating some of the best players to ever install the game: Doinb and Perkz. Each of them a monster in their own way.
Within the last couple weeks, the esports viewership record has been broken multiple times from various Worlds 2019 series! The SKT vs G2 series peaked at a near 4 million! Check it out here:
After announcing his retirement, Winter spoke with Inven Global about his esports experience, problems in the scene, how to improve Scouting Grounds, and advice to young players on how to make the most of NASG.
Just a week before Scouting Grounds 2019, Winter quits competitive League of Legends despite qualifying for his 4th year in a row. He brings up some great points on NA talent development that need addressing. NA has some deep issues when it comes to working with new players.
The Semis rematch from MSI 2019 did not disappoint, living up to the expectations set on these two Worlds giants. In the end, G2 took the series 3-1 over SKT - but that is not at all a perfect representation of how this series played out.
