In losing to the 4th seed FlyQuest, 6th seed Golden Guardians is the first team to be eliminated from the post-season.
This is the first year in the KeSPA Cup's five year existence that an English broadcast will not be aired alongside the native broadcast in South Korea, and T1 Esports CEO Joe Marsh is having none of it. Marsh tweeted about the importance of an English broadcast for this year's KeSPa Cup, and put his money where his mouth is by assuring both SK Telecom T1 and fellow LCK organization Gen.G were ready and willing to share the costs of airing the separate production for English-speaking viewers.
Another paragon of the LoL Esports scene is hanging up his mouse and keyboard. AD Carry Gu "imp" Seung-bin is retiring from professional League of Legends now that the 2019 season has concluded.
Despite only being within a game of Worlds qualification, both DragonX and TusiN agreed it would be best to go separate ways.
Before the conclusion of the 2019 Worlds Finals post-game broadcast, it was announced that the Finals of Worlds 2020, which will take place in China, would be hosted by Shanghai Stadium.
NA fans, you know where to sit. KR faithful, pull up a chair — the sidelines of Worlds 2019 will be watching in style.
Despite both Norskeren and Splyce agreeing that the former's conduct was completely out of line, the League of Legends community discourse continues to split down the middle on the issue even nearly two days after the controversy came to light.
Let's take a look at the potential post-semis scenarios and the subsequent Grand Finals matchups.
The very first matchup of the Worlds 2019 Knockout Stage will feature Griffin, the #2 seed from South Korea's LCK, and Invictus Gaming, the #3 seed from China's LPL and the defending World Champion.
While it might make the average LCS fan feel better just to chalk it up to Worlds being on European soil, as it was in 2015 when the NALCS' infamous 'Week 2 0-10' occured, there's many factors to consider when analyzing what led to such a disappointing performance from North America at the World Championship. Let's take a look at how the LCS teams' Worlds 2019 performances compared to their respective expectations.
