We spoke with Cloud9 Mid Laner, Nisqy, to get his take on the team's performance issues, the mid lane meta, and his hopes for qualifying for Worlds. Read his thoughts on the team here:
After a few shaky openings dictated by Golden Guardians' explosive early games, Team Liquid closed out all three games of the series to win in a clean 3-0, becoming the second NA team to qualify for W
Everyone knows not to take the LCS All-Pro Team, Coach of the Split, and MVP votes as perfect signifiers of the region's strongest. However, there were three major snubs this year... Read more here:
Partway through the 2020 LPL Summer Split, former World Champion ADC, Jackeylove, partnered with One Foundation to release a song, "Pray," for LPL Cares. Hear the song and see behind the scenes here:
To start, I want to ask what everyone has been wondering, where is the rest of this seven-man roster? Why haven't we seen the others on the team that actually started off the year with you guys? For s
We spoke with Hauntzer after his series against TSM, breaking down Golden Guardians' win and performance as a team, detailing how they prepared and then dismantled their counterparts. Read the full interview here:
Golden Guardians started off the Playoffs with an upset over TSM, sweeping them in a clean and quick three games. Golden Guardians finished the League Championship Series Summer Split at 9-9, three ga
The most recent League patch was directly aimed at changing and balancing gameplay at the professional level, and there is guaranteed to be more diversity in the Playoffs starting up now. Read more on what to expect in the meta here:
Johnsun secured his first-ever professional post-season, and he's in the running for Rookie of the Year. We spoke with him about his growth, the inner workings of Dignitas, and who he thinks deserves that award. Read his thoughts here:
Team Liquid is announcing an unprecedented fan recognition program, building a platform that registers fan engagement across all aspects of Team Liquid . From watching professional esports matches, to watching players' Twitch streams, to responding to tweets, interacting with the community on Discord and Reddit, and more, Team Liquid will have a place to recognize their fans. Read more on the new platform here:
Team Liquid announced the launch of their new community outreach platform, Liquid+, which will change the way fans interact with their favorite team and players. Steve dove into the idea behind the platform, read what he has to say about its inspiration and social impact here:
After failing to qualify for LCS playoffs in both spring and summer, CLG has parted ways with both of their coaches, SSONG and Weldon. Read more about the change here:
Coming into Week 9 of the LCS Summer Split, not a single team was eliminated from the Playoffs, with 100 Thieves, CLG, Dignitas, and Immortals all vying for the final two spots. Dignitas secured it with a tiebreaker victory, and complete the playoff bracket. Read more on the LCS playoffs here:
WildTurtle has worked himself back on the team after spending the majority of the Summer Split playing for FlyQuest Academy. Read more about how Turtle refound his passion for the game and competition here:
US President, Donald Trump, signed an executive order banning transactions to Tencent Holdings Ltd., who own Riot Games, and part of Epic Games, Blizzard, Supercell, and others, causing a massive shakeup in the gaming and esports industry. Read more here:
We spoke with Phreak about casting in the quarantine, caster bias, how the LCS needs to improve, and his recent addition of harsh criticism towards some plays and decisions LCS teams are making. Phreak has received abundant praise over the summer, learn more about how he has worked and grown here:
We spoke with 100 Theives Support, Poome, about his playstyle, his history throughout amateur, orgs' scouting abilities, and the problems the amateur scene has and how they can be fixed and further developed. Read it here:
With only two games left before Playoffs, CLG is reportedly benching their League Championship Series Mid Laner, Pobelter, who re-joined the team partway through Spring Split. Read on his benching here:
Let's take a look at how the 2020 LCS Summer Playoffs picture changed after week 8, how the number of teams qualified for the post-season doubled, and take a look at a serious shakeup atop the standings.
Riot Games and League of Legends have had a busy summer, with two new champions beyond Lillia and Yone already being leaked, meaning they may not be too far behind. Check out what's on the roadmap for the rest of the year.
