Riot Official Tournaments Quantic Domination Poses New Threat in NA LCS

There is a new bully in town. Quantic Gaming, the heavily favored challenger team to bust into the NA LCS, rolled over the competition to secure a berth in the NA LCS summer split. They defeated Team Astral Poke 2-0 in the first round. In the second round Quantic went rampant over CompLexity, also sweeping that series 3-0. CompLexity finished up the spring NA LCS season 5-5 and showed some serious promise moving forward. However, Quantic stifled their momentum by outclassing them and showcased their potential moving forward in the summer season.

League of Legends eSports Getting to Know Your All-Star Teams

Today is Friday, May 17th, which means that All-Star Week will be upon us shortly. From May 24th through May 26th, five teams from across the world will compete for not only the glory of the tournament, but for an extra spot at the World Championships for their region. Teams from China, Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America have conducted their own polls and will be sending the five players that the fans have voted to be the best in their region.

Riot Official Tournaments Jungle Ezreal Shifts Out of Velocity's Playbook

By now, you have probably heard about the Ezreal jungle that NK Inc and Velocity eSports pulled out against MRN. Maybe you’ve seen it in solo queue and, more than likely, facepalmed at how bad it was for solo queue. NK Inc’s jungle Ezreal was great but it would only be great in the specific circumstances that Velocity was able to create.

Riot Official Tournaments Storylines of the NA LCS Promotion

The North American LCS Promotion tournament starts on Friday, May 10th and it features some well-known names. These players are either attempting to get or stay in LCS. Players like Hai and LemonNation hoping this is their time after the terrible performance in January. Cris and Velocity have their eyes set on the ultimate prize after losing the fifth spot to MRN in the Spring Qualifiers. Teams like coL and MRN look to cling to their pro status. Can CLG and Dignitas stay at the top of the scene or will they tumble into irrelevance? The weekend should be exciting.

League of Legends eSports iBUYPOWER dives into the LoL community

UPDATEDThe League of Legends community has a new sponsor entering the fray this week and they won’t be sponsoring just professional teams. The team at iBUYPOWER has announced a week long of announcements about their new community-driven program.They designed the program to empower the community. In their words, “to give the community the power to influence the industry. To make a difference.” They plan to shake up the PC gaming industry with their sponsorships of prominent community figures.iBUYPOWER believes that the industry is not just about the professional teams but also about the streamers, the casters, the players, and the watchers. The gaming computer company plans to unify everyone.Throughout the week we will update this thread to talk about the next announced League of Legends sponsorship.ProtatomonsterThe popular highlight show creators, Protatomonster, were selected as a sponsorship in the iBUYPOWER community-driven program. The hosts have been doing the highlight show...

Riot Official Tournaments Storylines for the EU LCS Summer Promotion

The European LCS Summer Promotion tournament starts on Friday, May 3rd. The tournament features some new faces in the amateur League scene, some old faces, and the LCS teams that didn’t make the top four. Here are some storylines to keep track of over the weekend.Meet Your Makers RevengeMeet Your Makers felt like a shoe-in for the LCS in January. Unfortunately a poor performance when it mattered most against GIANTS and DragonBorns kept them out. Now, they get a chance for revenge.The veteran team of the Kukier brothers (Mokatte and Makler) drew the new Mousesports team (Dexter is Actually Evil) in the first round. If they can get past that formidable opponent, they will get their revenge against DragonBorns.Since failing in the LCS Qualifiers in January, MYM have been busy dominating the challenger teams. They took first place at Lille where they thrashed TCM and Alternate. They took first place in the Solomid Invitational #2 and #3 against teams like Alternate and Sinners Never...
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