Team Liquid has had multiple visa problems this year, but the team has kept positive and worked out a solution for the time being. Here's what Pobelter and Broxah have to say about Liquid's current predicament:
Cloud9 has announced the departure of Zachary "Sneaky" Scuderi from their League of Legends roster after being with the team for nearly 6 years.
Ablazeolive sat down with Inven Global's Nick Geracie at Golden Guardians' media day ahead of the 2020 LCS season to discuss what he learned from TSM Mid Laner Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg, how he came to join Golden Guardians, and signed off with a vote of confidence for Golden Guardians starting LCS mid laner Greyson "Goldenglue" Gilmer.
IMT rounded out their return to LCS by hosting a Season Kickoff at a popular LA arcade bar, Button Mash. Here's what you missed and what the team had to say about the new season:
Lolesports has finalized the LCS schedule, posting all 90 games of the regular season. The end-of-season run is crucial, see who has the best late season schedule for securing a strong playoff seed.
Less than one month away from competing, Royal Youth has confirmed that it will not have a League of Legends roster for the 2020 Turkish Championship League.
Riot frustrated some fans after removing the Spring Split Championship Points, but this makes Spring more impactful and meaningful than ever before. Teams now have more security in finding long term solutions to their problems, and the LCS should be more improved by Worlds than previous years.
Inven Global had a chance to speak to the newly built roster, as the team took some time off their hectic schedule in their bootcamp in Korea to talk about themselves and their 'evil' plan to take over the LCS.
Dignitas has added yet another talent, announcing former FlyQuest head coach, Invert, as their assistant coach to Thinkcard. This finishes up their off-season moves. Read more about the move here:
Riot Games announced that the 2020 Season of the LCS and Academy will be expanding their weekly match schedules, with LCS starting on January 25 and Academy on January 24.
After visa issues with their previous Academy top lane signing, Rodov, Dignitas has signed former LCS top laner, Lourlo. Dignitas is now only lacking a support player for their Academy roster, boasting four veterans on the Academy so far.
Team Liquid may be playing their streamer, TF Blade for their early LCS games. According to his stream, Ashkan “TF Blade” Homayouni mentioned that “there's a good chance” that
Golden Guardians hosted a media day showing off their recent re-brand and new LCS roster. Only Hauntzer remains from the 2019 Spring Split, and he spoke with Inven Global about his thoughts on the upcoming year.
It is the second day of the year, and by now, a large amount of new year resolutions made on the eve of 2020 have already been broken. The easiest way to get around this, of course, is to not name your resolutions until the second day of the year. That being said, here are new years resolutions for five of the most exciting teams competing in the 2020 LCS Spring Split.
Evil Geniuses has announced their Academy bot lane, signing support, Matt, and ADC, Deftly. The two are former GGS teammates, and will likely be a strong point in the new EG Academy roster, opening up potential for young talent elsewhere. Read more here:
It's a problem that has plagued NA for years, players and coaches sometimes struggle to get their visas approved in timely fashion. Team Liquid now has three of their members facing this problem, Broxah, Cain, and Shernfire.
2020 has an incredible ring to it, and it coincides with League's 10th Season, another great milestone. Not only are there a bunch of new games to be released by Riot and Riot Forge, Summoner's Rif
2019 has been a year that's been full of ups and downs. In the world of competitive League of Legends, when there's laughter being shared, there are also tears on the other end of the spectrum.
Based on a comparison of results between both leagues, Esports Charts has conducted a data analysis to rank which teams are the most popular among fans, with the ranking being based on the average viewership for team matches. With the use of the Inven Global Data Lab, we are complementing the research with each team's social media performance.
Change can be good, but NA proves change can also be bad. Here is each team's relative strength with their new roster. Who won, and who declined this off-season? And will someone be able to take down Team Liquid? Find out more here:
