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    The LCS is the 3rd most popular sports league for young adults across all major sports in the US

    Despite "dead game" memes plaguing League of Legends all year, the LCS and most of professional League is on an upswing. According to a recent study, Riot is the third most popular sport in all of the US. Read more here:

    · Dec 17, 2019
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    [Official] Vici Gaming hires kkOma as coach, confirms iBoy as bot laner

    Vici Gaming has announced two additions to the organization for the 2020 season of the LPL. Kim "kkOma" Jeong-gyun, the renowned coach who spent almost seven years at SK Telecom T1 (later branded to T

    · Dec 17, 2019
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    [Official] Damonte joins Team Dignitas Academy for the 2020 season of the LCS

    Team Dignitas announced earlier this afternoon that the mid laner Tanner "Damonte" Damonte re-signed with the team, being part of the Academy roster.

    · Dec 16, 2019
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    Global Esports Federation formed in Singapore with founding partner Tencent

    The Global E-Sports Federation has been established in hopes to bring together the esports industry and traditional Olympic sports values, with the largest gaming company and multinational conglomerate Tencent.

    · Dec 16, 2019
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    Teamfight Tactics to receive item overhaul in patch 10.1

    Last Thursday, Riot Games released a bit of information as to what's coming to Teamfight Tactics in patch 10.1. In addition to Leona and Karma joining the list of playable champions, Lunar, their origin, is coming as well. More details were shared last week that will shake up which items players create and how to use them. In the blog post, numerous items were removed/reworked all together or had their numbers tweaked. The goals, according to the development team, were threefold:

    · Dec 16, 2019
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    Harrisburg University launches stand-alone Esports BS Degree program

    Harrisburg University is one of only a handful of universities across the U.S. to offer an Esports undergraduate degree program.

    · Dec 16, 2019
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    SK Gaming locks in 2020 LEC roster, signing LIMIT and Trick

    SK Gaming has finalized their League of Legends roster for the 2020 season of the LEC. The team has signed the jungler Kim “Trick” Gang-yun and the support player Dino “Limit” Tot to replace Oskar “Selfmade” Boderek and and Han “Dreams” Min-kook.

    · Dec 16, 2019
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    [Official] Griffin brings GBM on board as coach

    Though many teams have found their rosters for the 2020 season of League of Legends esports already, there's still some movement going on. Today, Griffin announced the signing of Lee "GBM" Chang-seok.

    · Dec 16, 2019
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    After announcing his retirement from pro play, Mata is joining RNG as head coach

    Just days after support player Cho "Mata" Se-hyeong announced his retirement from professional League of Legends play, he has found a new home. Mata is joining LPL's Royal Never Give Up, the team he p

    · Dec 16, 2019
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    [Official] Invictus Gaming signs Puff and Southwind as bot lane duo, adds Fly as coach

    Invictus Gaming has confirmed three new signings for their 2020 LPL roster, as announced on the team's Weibo account. The 2018 League of Legends World Champions have added bot laner Ding "Puff" Wang a

    · Dec 16, 2019
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    [Official] FPX signs Khan, renews contract with GimGoon

    On the 16th (KST), FunPlus Phoenix announced that Kim "Khan" Dong-ha has signed with their League of Legends squad.

    · Dec 16, 2019
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    [Official] Flame re-joins DAMWON Gaming as their top laner

    On the 16th (KST), DAMWON Gaming has announced that they have re-signed Lee “Flame” Ho-jong as their top laner.

    · Dec 16, 2019
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    GRF Sword files a police report against DRX cvMax, claiming assault

    Sword is pressing charges against cvMax, claiming assault.According to a report from News1, Choi “Sword” Sung-won recently filed a charge on his former head coach, Kim “cvMax”

    · Dec 15, 2019
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    G2 Jankos shares the truth behind Caps and Perkz swapping roles for LEC 2020

    On Friday, December 13, G2 Esports uploaded a video to its twitter account featuring Bot Laner Luka "Perkz" Perković and Mid Laner Rasmus "Caps" Winther swapping into each other's roles for a Ranked game of League of Legends, with hints that the roleswap may be occuring on the actual team for the 2020 LEC Spring Split. Two days later, Jungler Marcin "Jankos" Jankowski provided context to G2's most recent roleswap on stream via Twitch.

    · Dec 15, 2019