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Riot has announced that both the EU and NA LCS leagues will use a new ten ban system in 2017 instead of the traditional six ban. All LCS matches will now kick off with each team banning five champions and picking five champions. The exact order can be seen in …
Read More »Former LCS coach releases keyboard designed to combat injury
Former coach of Fnatic’s League of Legends team Luis "Deilor" Sevilla has announced a brand new keyboard designed for pro gaming. Known as the Shortcut keyboard the device features two pads, one for each hand, that each have fourteen keys and some kind of thumb stick/button. It is specifically designed …
Read More »A conversation with cArn part 6: LCS relegation
This is the final part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon. Last time he spoke about Fnatic’s League of Legends team while today he jumps into the complex world of LCS relegation and franchising. Fnatic have been a stalwart of the European …
Read More »Milwaukee Bucks owner in talks to buy NA LCS slot
Co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks NBA team, Wes Edens, is in the final stages of buying a slot in the NA LCS from Cloud9, who owns two spots in the league. According to ESPN the deal is only pending approval from Riot, with the total figure for the sale hitting …
Read More »Echo Fox signs Looper
North American LCS team Echo Fox has signed former League of Legends world champion Jang “Looper” Hyeong-seok for its 2017 roster. The announcement was made over on Yahoo eSports, where they revealed that the former member of the world championship winning Samsung White team would be heading to the NA …
Read More »NA LCS sister teams will not be able to gain LCS promotion from Challenger Series
Riot Games has announced that NA LCS sister teams that qualify for the promotion tournament in the Challenger Series will not be allowed to play in it. Over recent splits many teams have had one team in the LCS and one team in the Challenger Series. Some teams have seen …
Read More »Fnatic announces new League of Legends rosters
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 »Counter Logic gaming setting up an NA Challenger Series team for 2017
North American organisation Counter Logic Gaming has announced that it plans to field a team in the North American Challenger Series in 2017. This new team will sit alongside it’s championship winning LCS team, and most likely act in a similar way to those of Cloud9 and Team Liquid. New …
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 …
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