LGD and SUP advance to the next series in the Play-In knockout stage, playing against Legacy Esports and Unicorns of Love, respectively. Read more on their series here:
Winning a head to head will not provide an immediate higher seed, there will still be tiebreakers in the Worlds 2020 Play-In Stage. Read more here on how that will work.
Riot not inviting a single member of the LPL English broadcast team to Worlds is an absolutely heinous mistake that will not only negatively affect this year's Worlds broadcast quality, but also the careers of the LPL English casting team and the international broadcasts of the future. Read more here:
If you're filling out your Pick'Ems, there is a clear solid group of teams to bet on. But don't forget that the chaos of COVID can amount to some crazy upsets and really shake up the final standings.
The last team that made it through the 2019 LoL World Championship Play-ins was Splyce. Not many expected the game would be this close; Splyce defeated Unicorns of Love in an extremely close 3-2 match
Damwon Gaming advance after an incredibly entertaining series against Vietnamese squad, Lowkey Esports. After losing Game 1 in a throwback lane swap from Lowkey, Damwon turns around the series, playing each game stronger than the last. Find out how they win their series and who was the man of the match here.
I could pick any of Jang "Nuguri" Ha-gwon, Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu, or Heo "Showmaker" Su and would have smurfed the selection. But I just can’t do it, it isn’t fair to...