The #3 LCS seed ensured North America's safe passage from the Group Stage of the Play-In to the Knockout Stage, escaping from Group A as the 1st seed while the CIS representative will have to settle for the 2nd seed.
Splyce and Isurus Gaming will qualify for the Knockout Stage as Group B's respective 1st and 2nd seed, and by escaping the Group Stage, come one step closer to the Main Event of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship.
After NA disappointed and Europe made a good first step yesterday, the second day of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship Play-Ins tested Korea and more Minor regions. Group C and Group D too
Tore "Norskeren" Hoel Eilertsen, who had two incredible performances on Rakan, earned Inven Global's MVP for the first day of Worlds 2019 Play-Ins.
Let's take a look at how the first games of Worlds 2019 unfolded.
If there was any doubt that Evil Geniuses had made its return to the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competitive scene, it's time to shoot those doubts into the sun.
The first Semifinals match of ESL One New York 2019 featured a tense, back-and-forth match between Astralis and Evil Geniuses. The second Semifinals match, which featured Evil Geniuses and G2 Esports, was nothing like that.
ESL One New York 2019 continued with the Group Stage on day 2, with both Semifinals set by the end of the day. Group A featured a single best-of-three sandwiched into three Group B matches to decide who would play on the Barclays Center stage in Brooklyn this weekend. Let's take a look at how ESL One NY day 2 played out.
With all as it should be prior to the first day of conmpetition, let's take a look at how Day 1 of ESL One New York played out.
All six teams may have won their respective regional leagues, but international League of Legends esports continues to remind us that not all champions are created equal. Let's rank the six teams heading into the main event for MSI 2019.
After winning the Battle for Texas, Dallas Fuel held a press conference featuring Flex DPS Dylan "aKm" Bignet, DPS Zachary "ZachaREEE" Lombardo, Flex Tank Lucas "NotE" Meissner, and Head Coach Aaron "Aero" Atkins to discuss the successful 2-0 weekend and playing in front of the home crowd in Dallas.
The first match of OWL Ultimate Weekend was delayed one hour due to a power outage in the local area. That didn't stop any of London Spitfire's momentum, as a sweep of Paris Eternal put Cloud9's darlings at 5-0 in stage 2.
In what was perhaps the most epic LCS Spring Final in North American History, TSM defeated Cloud9 in a five game rollercoaster of a series that featured a tremor-inducing misplay from Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen and a live 'Silver Scrapes' performance from Mark "MarkZ" Zimmerman.
Cho "Maru" Seong Ju is the first player in StarCraft II history to win four straight GSL Code S Championships. Read about his journey through GSL Code S Season 1.
With its semifinals victory, TL has punched its ticket to St. Louis, where the team will face TSM in the 2019 LCS Spring Finals.
The 2019 LEC Spring Split is one third over, and G2 Esports put its stamp all over the first act of the season. The Kings of Europe now sit at 6-0 in sole possession of 1st place, but Splyce did not make it easy.
Nick Geracie recaps Week 3 Day 1 of the 2019 LEC Spring Split.
One week of play in the 2019 LCS Spring Split is too small of a sample size to make any definitive conclusions. However, the first weekend of games in North America gave some first impressions to be analyzed, and also raised questions to be answered as the season progresses.
World Champion Invictus Gaming took one more victory lap in 2018, triumphing over the new Topsports Gaming lineup 3-1 in China's 2018 Winter Demacia Cup.
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