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Last night Fnatic announced the 2017 rosters for both its LCS League of Legends team and its Challenger Series team. The flagship LCS team sees Martin "Rekkles" Larssen as the only returning member from 2016, with former Origen players Paul "sOAZ" Boyer Maurice "Amazing" Stukenschneider being the two other players …
Read More »Splyce re-signs its entire LoL roster
Splyce has announced that it has signed every one of its players from the 2016 season, meaning the team will be sticking together for 2017. After contracts expired Martin “Wunder” Hansen, Chres “Sencux” Laursen, Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle and Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup all left the organisation, looking to explore other offers. …
Read More »Bengi and Duke leave SK Telecom T1, Faker stays put
After winning the League of Legends world championship the SK Telecom T1 team has undergone some changes, with two players and a coach moving on. Both Lee "Duke" Ho-seong and Bae "Bengi" Seong-woong who played in the championship winning team have not resigned with the SKT organisation, and are free …
Read More »Fnatic’s 2017 League of Legends roster includes sOAZ and Amazing according to report
With the post season roster shuffle in full effect major League of Legends teams are starting to finalise their rosters for 2017. Fnatic has supposedly done just that by signing two players from rivals Origen. According to ESPN’s Jacob Wolf the new Fnatic roster includes Paul "sOAZ" Boyer, Maurice "Amazing" …
Read More »ROX Tigers seemingly disband after contracts expire
ROX Tigers, the team that placed second at Worlds last year and top four this year, have disbanded after player contracts expired. Song "Smeb" Kyung-ho, Lee "KurO" Seo-haeng, Kim "PraY" Jong-in, and Kang "GorillA" Beom-hyeon have all seemingly left the team after their contracts expired on November 25th. Over the …
Read More »Riot releases documentary on Rick Fox and his son’s eSports journey
Riot has released a 20 minute documentary that shows Rick Fox’s journey from first attending a League of Legends event with his son, through to starting up his own team. The documentary, which can be seen at the bottom of this post, starts with Rick and his son Kyle heading …
Read More »H2K hits out at LCS relegation in lengthy statement
H2K Gaming has issued a statement detailing its thoughts on relegation in the LCS. The issue has been a hot topic recently with many team owners sending Riot a letter, which was leaked, demanding that they remove relegation from the league, as it creates a lot of issues. H2K has …
Read More »Riot’s sale of LCS streaming rights to MLBAM seems inevitable after new report
Riot Games looks set to sell the streaming rights for its League of Legends Championship Series to Major League Baseball Advanced Media. The deal, which was originally reported on by Richard Lewis and Sports Business Daily, seems to be in the final stages of negotiations after a report from the …
Read More »Riot’s sale of LCS streaming rights to MLBAM seems inevitable after new report
Riot Games looks set to sell the streaming rights for its League of Legends Championship Series to Major League Baseball Advanced Media. The deal, which was originally reported on by Richard Lewis and Sports Business Daily, seems to be in the final stages of negotiations after a report from the …
Read More »Virtus Pro returns to League of Legends
CIS eSports organisation Virtus.Pro has returned to League of Legends by singing a new team. After a lengthy hiatus from the League scene Virtus.Pro has signed a new roster with the aim of competing in the LCL Open Cup and in the next season of the LoL Continental League. Daniel …
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