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.
Everyone's said it, these are quite possibly the best Semifinals in Worlds history, and if anything was sure, this would be a close series. FPX took it in the end, but it wasn't as one-sided as a 3-1 might seem!
The Quarterfinals are done, with three first seeds and the defending World Champions advancing to the Semis off the back of some incredible performances, especially from the solo lanes. Here's why these four claim MVP.
We spoke with Gabriel "Invert" Zoltan-Johan about the unique meta development at this year's Worlds compared to the past, as well as NA's problems and routes for improvement. Find out why we are seeing these picks, and what we should see more in the rest of the Knockout Stage.
The LCS Players Association met with Riot officials this off-season to work out a way to increase professional level practice. Pros can now stream their matches on the Tournament Realm - the same server used for official LCS matches based in LA.
Europe did it! After the FNC and SPY elimination, there was a nervousness stirring that the Worlds hosts would not send any representatives to the Semifinals. But G2 showed up on the day to take out DWG!
The three time World Champions, SKT, press forward to the Semifinals, after taking down the European third seed. They dropped a game, but secure the series after an incredible few games from Khan and Teddy.
