Starting his career straight to the League of Legends European Championship, Pierre "Steeelback" Medjaldi had only been able to reconnect with his French roots last year, when he joined La Ligue Française with Vitality Bee. Inven Global sat down with Team Vitality's Support to discuss his experience in the league and who we should be looking forward to seeing in EU Masters.
Quinn is one of the first champions to ever hit Summoner's Rift in League of Legends, and now, Demacia's Wings are spreading further to a new realm.
On Tuesday morning, Riot Game's take on the FPS genre, Valorant, entered closed beta globally and, while many were able to begin playing, many others were riddled with error messages that prevented them from even logging into the game successfully. Numerous error codes began flooding social media platforms and the game's official subReddit shortly after the closed beta was turned on. The most common, Error 43, allows players to launch the beta client but didn't allow them to get into the main menu or do anything else. While others can be fixed by reinstalling the game, rebooting their client or restarting their computer, Error 43 is one that Riot is working to tackle internally as thousands of individuals who were given access to the closed beta are struggling to play the game they've been waiting for months to try out.
"We have insane players with a very high ceiling, and none of them have reached their full potential yet."
Riot Games has announced its changes and reworks for patch 10.8. Here you will find all you need to know regarding meta changes affecting junglers, the new Coven skins, Fiddlesticks' learning curve and hotfixes, as well as the increase on dodging penalties and improvements on matchmaking.
Solo found himself in the unfortunate position of going teamless in the 2019 off-season after a rough ending to his time on Echo Fox. But halfway through the 2020 Spring Split, FlyQuest picked him up as an assistant coach, a new role for the top laner. However, he soon transitioned into a substitute for V1per, and is now helping the team on the Rift as they fight their way through playoffs. Watch our video interview here:
Next weekend MAD Lions is set to face Fnatic, as Rogue and Origen will clash for a chance to play against G2 Esports.
Evil Geniuses Jungler Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen spoke to Inven Global's Parkes Ousley after the win over FlyQuest to break down the series, shed light on the team's adjustments throughout the split, and look ahead towards potential scenarios in the Spring Playoffs throughout the coming weeks.
Dignitas tweeted out that they are giving their World Finalist top laner, Huni permission to search for other options leading into the 2020 Summer Split. Huni may stay in NA, but there's strong argument that he may look abroad to other regions as well.
The year-long partnership will be part of the League of Legends European Championship series. The team has plans for videos, Kia-branded events during LEC tournaments, and some surprises along the way.
The entire starting roster of Cloud9 took was nominated as the 1st LCS All-Pro team, as one might expect from a 17-1 team with four LCS Player of the Week Awards.
SUPER TREEQUEST will double the amount of trees FlyQuest plants during Playoff matches, and will include a commitment to plant an additional 10,000 trees should the team win the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Spring Finals.
Golden Guardians, an esports affiliate of the Golden State Warriors, will donate all proceeds from the team’s new merchandise store throughout the month of April to the Restaurant Workers Community Foundation COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fun.
FlyQuest has seeded over 5,000 trees, via OneTreePlanted Organization donations.
The bracket has been set! Cloud9 takes 1st, and chooses 100 Thieves as their opponent, and Evil Geniuses takes 2nd and will battle FlyQuest. TSM and Golden Guardians await in the Loser's Bracket, ready to face the ones who falter. Read more on the LCS playoffs here:
Teenagers with unconventional skills and incessant amounts of drive cannot be curbed by conformist methodology. Zhiqiang "Shad0w" Zhao has overcome his high school dropout status, writing his own story as a successful professional gamer. Starting in 2020 as MAD Lions' Jungler at the LEC,
Golden Guardians support, huhi, spoke with us about rejoining the LCS and how he used his time in Academy to ensure his maximum growth. He explained his frustration in the off-season, but how he changed his mindset to stay positive and make the most of his situation. Watch the video interview on our YouTube channel or read the transcript here:
Tyler1 came out for LCS Cosplay Day Week 7, in a fancy Draven get-up done by Stella Chuu. Here's what he has to say about his time cosplaying, switching to jungle, potential for playing for an org, and his upcoming future. Read more here:
South Korean musical group (G)I-DLE star Soyeon broadcasted herself playing League of Legends on the band's YouTube channel today, March 23rd.
Evil Geniuses Mid Laner Daniele "Jiizuke" di Mauro was named Player of the Week for week 8 of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Spring Split. Through eight weeks, Jiizuke is the fifth Mid Laner to win the award.
