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Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng is taking a break from professional League of Legends and therefore will not compete in the 2017 Spring Split. The news comes after a disappointing performance for Doublelift and his TSM team at Worlds. The team were favoured to do quite well, as the top seed from …
Read More »The League of Legends World Championship prize pool has passed $5 million
The prize pool for the League of Legends World Championship has passed the $5 million mark and continues to grow, despite the competition being over. Just before the grand final between SK Telecom T1 and Samsung Galaxy kicked off, Riot Games announced that, thanks to crowdfunding, the prize pool both …
Read More »FC Schalke 04 hosting 5 day League of Legends scouting event
FC Schalke 04 will host the Schalke 04 Scouting Days 2016, aiming to discover talent for its League of Legends team. The five day event will take place at the Gelsenkirchen’s VELTINS Arena, with Shackle scouts watching players’ every move. The five best performers over the week will be sent …
Read More »League of Legends World Championship prize pool now over $4 million
In game purchases have boosted the League of Legends World Championship prize pool by more than $2 million. 25% of all purchases of the Championship Zed skin and the Championship Ward are directly added to the prize pool, while 30% of team icon sales are sent directly to the teams. …
Read More »League of Legends is finally getting replays
After thousands of requests from players over the years Riot Games is finally adding a replay system to League of Legends. Currently players wanting to watch replays of their games must use third party software or simply record the action as they are playing. However this is a bit of …
Read More »Riot is finally introducing crowdfunding for League of Legends prize pools
Riot Games has responded to criticism of how it assists LoL teams financially by adding crowd funding options to the Worlds and MSI prize pools. Starting with Worlds 2016, which starts in just a few days, League of Legends players will be able to add to the prize pool by …
Read More »League of Legends has over 100 million monthly players
League of Legends has more than 100 million players each month according to studio co-founders Marc Tryndamere” Merrill and Brandon Ryze” Beck. The announcement was made in an interview with Polygon, where Merrill and Beck were reflecting on the studio’s growth and how League has surpassed anything they could have …
Read More »The groups for the League of Legends World Championship have been decided
The groups for the first stage of the League of Legends World Championship have been drawn, with group D hosting many of the world’s best teams. Group A sees Korean champions Rox Tigers face off against European champions G2 Esports, North America’s Counter Logic Gaming, who won the spring split …
Read More »Huma banned from all of Riot’s leagues
Huma, a Challenger Series League of Legends team, has been banned from all Riot sanctioned leagues after failing to pay its players. A ruling from Riot reveals that Huma has been “chronically late in paying its players the League-mandated Minimum Player Compensation” throughout the year. At the start of August …
Read More »Huma banned from all of Riot’s leagues
Huma, a Challenger Series League of Legends team, has been banned from all Riot sanctioned leagues after failing to pay its players. A ruling from Riot reveals that Huma has been chronically late in paying its players the League-mandated Minimum Player Compensation” throughout the year. At the start of August …
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