Official All-Star Shanghai 2013 Discussion Thread

[quote=Jebus McAzn][h2]Overview[/h2] The All-Star matches begin on Friday, May 24th in Shanghai. Five teams from around the world comprised of the best players in each region will face each other in a double elimination tournament. In addition to this tournament, there will also be exhibition matches for the three lanes and in the jungle. All matches are best-of-three. The winner of the All-Star tournament earns an extra spot at the World Championships for the team's region. Play lasts from May 24th until May 26th. [img=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=665177&d=1366328056] [h2]Patch Info[/h2] Games are played on Patch 3.06, the Freljord patch, with [[Lissandra]], [[Sejuani]], and [[Trundle]] disabled. Notably, this is the patch where [[Wither]] was nerfed, [[Quinn]] was buffed, [[Thresh]] received his Q/E functionality change, [[Udyr]] received his change to [[Tiger Stance]], and [[Zed]]'s [[Shadow Slash]] interaction with the cooldown of [[Living Shadow]] was changed. This is also the patch that increased the cost of [[Elixir of Fortitude]] from 250 to 350, and capped the maximum number of potions at 5. [h2]Participating Teams[/h2] North America Europe Southeast Asia China Korea Stream: http://na.lolesports.com/ [h2]Misc[/h2] Official Leaguepedia entry: http://leaguepedia.com/wiki/All-Star_Shanghai_2013[/quote]

[quote=Pheyniex]errmmm, why are trundle, sejuani and lissandra disabled?[/quote]

[quote=Jebus McAzn]New champions are usually disabled when a tournament is played on the patch where they're introduced, IIRC. Trundle and Sej are reworks, so I'm not surprised that they're disabled, too (even though they're hardly any different from before).[/quote]

[quote=IAmByakuya]Thats gay but it will be interesting indeed, though i wud loved to see some [[Lissandra]] action[/quote]

[quote=Jebus McAzn]please refrain from using "gay" as a derogatory term (otherwise i agree that it's disappointing to see a lack of freljord in this tournament)[/quote]

[quote=Jebus McAzn]HELLO EVERYBODY IT'S MAY 24TH AND ALL-STARS BEGINS SOON The opening ceremony starts at 1:00 AM EST, and the first skill competitions will begin at 2:00 AM! The first match between NA and China will begin at 3:00 AM EST. Details will be provided in the OP, as well as in this post. Stream: http://na.lolesports.com/ Leaguepedia article: http://leaguepedia.com/wiki/All-Star_Shanghai_2013[/quote]

[quote=Hogopogo]I would go but Im in school right now :( I only live an hour away :(((([/quote]

[quote=Luther3000]Boy these times are horrible for Europe.[/quote]

[quote=Lugignaf]It's not particularly fun for the NA scene either. :I[/quote]

[quote=Jebus McAzn]twitch stream has 140k viewers at 2:00 AM EST also: GO NORTH AMERICA GO I BELIEVE THE 2V2 COMPETITION IS THE ONLY ONE WE CAN PROBABLY WIN[/quote]