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Riot announces big format changes to Amateur and Academy going into 2021
Take a look at the first actions Riot is taking to improve Academy and Amateur - they won't be their last. Over the long term, Riot will continue listening to the community's feedback and adapting, but check out all of the upcoming plans for developing NA talent here:
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Team Liquid signs Spawn and Kold as Academy head coach and LCS positional coach
After the 2020 season, Team Liquid announced the departure of much of their coaching staff. Now they're announcing two new members to their staff, Spawn and Kold, with Yaltz moving up to head analyst. Check out their completed staff here:
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Just a day after the pre-season began, Riot is already hotfixing broken items and champions
Riot Games has launched their players straight into the pre-season with Patch 10.23. Not even two days have passed since the pre-season went live and Riot is already updating the game, launching a hotfix for items and champs. Read about the changes here:
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Riot Games issues statement responding to controversy: "[Seraphine] was not based on any individual"
On Thursday, November 11, Twitter user @step_nie published a statement via Medium, claiming Riot Games had created Seraphine in her likeness. Seraphine is the most recent League of Legends champion released by Riot in 2020, and is the first to have an entire online persona that lives through a Twitter account, @seradotwav.
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[UPDATED 11/12] G2 Esports, Cloud9 reportedly agree to terms for buyout of Perkz
UPDATE 11/12: Cloud9 has reportedly agreed to buyout G2 Esports mid laner Luka "Perkz" Perković. The agreement is only verbal as a deal cannot be finalized in writing until the start of the free agency window on Monday, November 16th at 7:00pm ET. G2 Esports will now look for a new AD carry to replace Perkz, and since Perkz will be returning to the mid lane with C9 should the report hold true, it would mean current C9 mid laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dincer would be placed on a buyout.
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Steve Aoki, Xavier Woods named award presenters for 2020 Esports Awards, Lexus returns as sponsor
This year Lexus will be the title sponsor and sponsor two awards including Esports Personality of the Year which will be presented by superstar DJ Steve Aoki, and Streamer of the Year which will be handed out by WWE legend Xavier Woods.
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Immortals Gaming Club reportedly looking to sell LA Valiant Overwatch League spot
As first reported by Bloomberg, Immortals Gaming Club, who owns the Los Angeles Valiant of the Overwatch League is seeking to sell its spot in OWL. According to the report, this is one of the possible options for the future of the organization. This move comes off the heels for the Valiant as they finished 8th in the regular season and 5th-6th in the North American playoffs in the 2020 season.
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EXCEL ESPORTS introduces The Power of Better into major brand update
The leading British competitive gaming brand unveils ambitious manifesto and vision of The Power of Better, incorporating purpose into its brand identity to help improve the gaming and esports industry and looking beyond the esports “lifestyle brand”
