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2020 LCS Season
The 2020 LCS season was the third year under partnership and eighth overall of the ''League of Legends'' Championship Series (LCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game ''League of Legends''. It was the first year that the league used a double elimination bracket for its playoff format. Championship points and the regional finals were also removed from the World Championship qualification process. The spring split began on January 25 and was scheduled to conclude with the spring finals on April 19; however, due to the spread of COVID-19 in the United States, the season was temporarily suspended on March 13. Four days later, it was announced that the LCS would resume on March 20, with all matches being played online. The summer split began on June 12 and concluded with the summer finals on September 6. The three teams that qualified for the World Championship in 2020 were Team SoloMid, FlyQuest, and Team Liquid. League changes Riot Games announced several ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends Championship Series
The League Championship Series (LCS) is the top level of professional ''League of Legends'' in the United States and Canada. The esports league is run by Riot Games and has ten franchise teams. Each annual season of competition is divided into two splits, spring and summer, which conclude with a double-elimination tournament between the top eight teams. At the end of the season, the winner, runners-up and third-place team of the summer playoffs qualify for the annual ''League of Legends'' World Championship. With the exception of some touring events, all games of the LCS are played live at Riot Games' studios in Los Angeles, California. In addition to a small studio audience, all games are streamed live in several languages on Twitch and YouTube, with broadcasts regularly attracting over 300,000 viewers. The U.S. government grants athlete visas for foreign LCS competitors. The first LCS player to be awarded a P visa was Danny "Shiphtur" Le. The LCS has attracted sponsorships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends World Championship
The ''League of Legends'' World Championship (commonly abbreviated as Worlds) is the annual professional ''League of Legends'' world championship tournament hosted by Riot Games and is the culmination of each season. Teams compete for the champion title, the 70-pound (32-kilogram) Summoner's Cup, and a multi-million-dollar championship prize. In 2018, the final was watched by 99.6 million people, breaking 2017's final's viewer record. The tournament has been praised for its ceremonial performances, while receiving attention worldwide due to its dramatic and emotional nature. The ''League of Legends'' World Championships has gained tremendous success and popularity, making it among the world's most prestigious and watched tournaments, as well as the most watched video game in the world. The tournament rotates its venues across different major countries and regions each year. South Korea's T1 is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won three world champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counter Logic Gaming
Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) is an American esports organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in April 2010 by George "HotshotGG" Georgallidis and Alexander "Vodoo" Beutel as a ''League of Legends'' team, and has since branched out into other games. CLG fields the oldest ''League of Legends'' team still active, having competed in every split of the North American ''League of Legends'' Championship Series (NA LCS) since it began in Spring 2013. CLG has won two NA LCS splits, the 2015 Summer NA LCS and 2016 Spring NA LCS. The team has also attended the 2012, 2015 and 2016 ''League of Legends'' World Championships, and was eliminated in the group stage on each occasion. The organization also fields ''Smite'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (CS:GO), '' Super Smash Bros.'', ''Fortnite'' and ''H1Z1'' teams, and previously included ''Dota 2'', ''Overwatch'', '' Hearthstone'', ''Rocket League'', ''Halo'', ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vulcan (gamer)
Philippe Laflamme, better known as Vulcan, is a Canadian professional ''League of Legends'' support for Evil Geniuses, in the League Championship Series (LCS). Previously, Vulcan has played for Cloud9 as well as Clutch Gaming, the team that drafted him. Professional career Clutch Gaming Vulcan was invited to the LCS proving grounds following the 2018 season, in which he showcased his skills, as well as his communication and teamwork. He was drafted fourth overall by Clutch Gaming, which gave the organization exclusive negotiation rights with Vulcan. Vulcan signed with Clutch, and entered the 2019 LCS season as their starting support, making his debut on January 26. The team had a rough start, going 5–13 in his first season, missing playoffs. Due to the team's poor performance, Vulcan's bot lane partner Piglet was released, and AD Carry Cody Sun was signed as his replacement. In the summer split, Vulcan and Clutch made playoffs as the fifth seed, and finished fourth overal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zven
Jesper Svenningsen (born 24 June 1997), better known as Zven (formerly Niels), is a Danish professional ''League of Legends'' player for Cloud9. He previously played for Team SoloMid, G2 Esports, Origen, and SK Gaming Prime. He had played for Origen and finished at 2015 Worlds semifinals. Then he joined G2 in May 2016 along with Mithy, ahead of the 2016 EU LCS Summer split. Zven joined Cloud9 for the 2020 LCS season wherein they won the Spring Split; Zven and Cloud9 won the 2021 Spring Split of the LCS as well. Zven was sent to the Cloud9 Academy team for the 2021 Summer Split. In 2022, he returned to the main roster, roleswapping to support after having played the role of botlaner for his entire career. Tournament results ;Origen * 3-4th — 2015 League of Legends World Championship * 2nd — 2016 EU LCS Spring ;G2 Esports * 1st — 2016 Summer EU LCS regular season * 1st — 2016 Summer EU LCS playoffs * 1st — 2017 Spring EU LCS playoffs * 1st — 2017 Spring EU LC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licorice (gamer)
Eric Ritchie, better known as Licorice, is a Canadian professional ''League of Legends'' player for Golden Guardians of the League Championship Series (LCS). Prior to competing in the LCS, Ritchie played for LCS Challenger teams, such as Cloud9 Challenger and Team eUnited. Ritchie signed with Cloud9 ahead of the 2018 NA LCS season; in his rookie season, he was won the league's Rookie of the Split award and reached the semifinals at the 2018 League of Legends World Championship. He made his second World Championship appearance in 2019, and in 2020, he won the LCS championship. After six splits with the team, ahead of the 2021 season, Ritchie was traded to FlyQuest. He was transferred to the Golden Guardians in the middle of the 2021 Summer split. Professional career Pre–LCS Early in his career, in 2016, Richie played for Cloud9 Challenger in the League of Legends Challenger Series, as a substitute. In December 2016, Challengers Series team eUnited bought out Richie's contract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cody Sun
Liyu "Cody" Sun ( zh, s=孙立宇; born April 25, 1997) is a Canadian professional ''League of Legends'' player who was most recently the bot laner for Mirage Elyandra of the (LFL). He first rose to prominence while playing for Immortals in 2017, qualifying for the World Championship in his debut year in the LCS. The next year he qualified with 100 Thieves, and again the year after with Clutch Gaming. Career Cody Sun began his ''League of Legends'' career in the Challenger scene, playing for several semi-professional teams from mid-2015 to late 2016. Immortals (2017) On December 9, 2016, he joined Immortals and in the following year debuted in the LCS as the team's bot laner. Following a seventh-place finish in the spring split, Immortals finished second in the summer regular season and advanced all the way to the summer finals, where they were defeated by TSM. Nonetheless, Immortals qualified for the 2017 World Championship by having the most championship points at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meteos (gamer)
William Hartman, better known as Meteos, is an American professional ''League of Legends'' player. In the League of Legends Championship Series, Meteos has played for Cloud9, 100 Thieves (twice), OpTic Gaming, and FlyQuest. During his time on Cloud9, Meteos won two NA LCS titles and appeared in every split."Q&A with Meteos: Being on a team is very similar to being in a relationship" Career Meteos was introduced to ''League of Legends'' by his brother. His first favorite champion was Singed. He played ADC in Season 2, but eventually switched to Jungle in April 2012. He ranked up playing Skarner, a champion that came to be associated with him. He favored Jungle Elise in Season 3. Meteos played "High Elo" ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ssumday
Kim Chan-ho (Hangul: 김찬호) better known as Ssumday, is a South Korean professional ''League of Legends'' player for 100 Thieves of the League Championship Series (LCS). Ssumday began his professional career in Korea on KT Rolster as their toplaner, before moving to North America where he spent a year with Team Dignitas, after which he signed with 100 Thieves in 2018. Ssumday won his first domestic championship in 2021 after eight splits with the team. Professional career KT Rolster Ssumday joined KT Rolster Bullets in early 2013 as their toplaner. The team had moderate success, placing third in Winter and second in Summer of the 2013 season. In 2014, KT Bullets took another third-place finish in Winter, but had no further success. At the end of 2014, after the World Championship concluded, the LCK announced large changes to its structure, which would include the two KT teams, KT Bullets and KT Arrows, merging into a single team, as well as the reduction from 3 splits a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 Thieves
100 Thieves, LLC is an American lifestyle brand and gaming organization based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2017 by Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag and Dan Gilbert. The organization competes in several video games, including ''Apex Legends'', ''Call of Duty'', ''Fortnite Battle Royale'', ''League of Legends'' and ''Valorant''. They currently own two franchise teams: 100 Thieves of the League of Legends Championship Series and the Los Angeles Thieves of the Call of Duty League. History 100 Thieves was founded in 2017 by Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag, a former OpTic Gaming ''Call of Duty'' team captain, (MLG) X Games gold medalist, and 2014 Esports Athlete of the year. In November 2017, 100 Thieves received a multimillion-dollar investment from Cleveland Cavaliers and Quicken Loans owner Dan Gilbert allowing the company to expand into a full-fledged esports organization. On October 23, 2018, 100 Thieves announced that they finished their Series A funding round co-led by Scooter Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid-Season Invitational
The Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) is an annual ''League of Legends'' tournament hosted by Riot Games since 2015. It is the second most important international ''League of Legends'' tournament aside from the World Championship. In 2015 and 2016, the event featured the Spring Split champions of the five major competitive ''League of Legends'' regional leagues ( LEC, LCS, LCK, LMS, LPL), as well as a wildcard team from a region determined by the International Wildcard Invitational, held a few weeks beforehand. In its inaugural tournament, Chinese team Edward Gaming emerged victorious by defeating South Korean team SK Telecom T1 3–2 in the final. Since 2017, Spring Split champions from all regions have been participating in the event. The International Wildcard Invitational was replaced by the Play-in Stage. The best Wildcard region receives a direct spot in the World Championship's Group Stage for that year for their Summer Split champion. The top four regions gets the pool 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends European Championship
The ''League of Legends'' EMEA Championship (LEC) is the professional ''League of Legends'' esports league run by Riot Games in the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) region, in which ten teams compete. Each annual season of play is divided into two splits, spring and summer, both consisting of nine weeks of round-robin tournament play, which then conclude with play-off tournaments between the top six teams. At the end of the season, the top performing teams qualify for the annual ''League of Legends'' World Championship. The LEC represents the highest level of ''League of Legends'' play in the EMEA. With the exception of some touring events, all games of the LEC are played live at Riot Games' studio in Adlershof, Berlin, Germany. In addition to a small studio audience, all games are streamed live in several languages on Twitch and YouTube, with broadcasts regularly attracting over 300,000 viewers. The popularity and success of the LEC has attracted significant media att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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