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AdsMoFro
Profile Joined January 2015
Australia3967 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-06 08:38:55
January 06 2020 08:38 GMT
#1
The off-season is finally over!



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AdsMoFro
Profile Joined January 2015
Australia3967 Posts
January 08 2020 14:40 GMT
#2
https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/2020/01/2020-lcs-format/

LCS format update

3 days of games (4 on Saturday/4 on Sunday/2 Monday Night)
New Playoffs format (different for Spring and Summer)

Personally not a fan of the new Summer format. 8 teams getting to the playoffs in a 10 team league is stupid.
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Uldridge
Profile Joined January 2011
Belgium2011 Posts
January 08 2020 14:52 GMT
#3
I guess normal season is just the scrape off the bottom of the barrel and then proceed to see which teams can stunt.
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Torchise
Profile Joined May 2012
Canada180 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-08 15:37:17
January 08 2020 15:33 GMT
#4
All Worlds participants are now determined by their ranking in the Summer Playoffs. So there are no more Championship points which means no gauntlet and Spring Split only determines who goes to MSI. I think it's an improvement because we only get teams that perform the best on the current summer meta to Worlds.

They are also finally introducing a losers bracket, personally I hope they start experimenting with that in international tournaments since there are so few of these and it makes it suck so much more to see your favorite team(s) get knocked out early with no chance of redemption.

8 teams in Summer playoffs is weird indeed, I guess they just want to let more bottom teams have a better shot at making playoffs. It would help with their brand if they can claim that they made playoffs and possibly get an upset Bo5 win.

LCS games are now spread out over 3 days because they want to intertwine academy games within it. Don't really like that, would have received the news better if more LCS games were played as well but we still only get 18 Bo1s in a split. At least the Academy games are still grouped together in the same day so we can skip them if we don't to watch them.

There is also this weird tidbit of info concerning live games: "Tickets to watch games at the LCS during the 2020 Spring Split regular season are only available for Saturdays and Sundays at the LCS Studios. Monday games will continue to be held in front of a live audience but tickets are not available for public sale." Not sure what that implies, is it only open to Rioters and players' friends/relatives?
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Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States22620 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-08 16:00:14
January 08 2020 15:57 GMT
#5
Good move to shift the hype matches to Monday to get people more open to non-weekend games again. Boo that it's still Bo1s. Baby steps, I guess.

Playoffs is a mixed bag. Hurray double elim(or at least a semblence of it) but why does the team that comes out of the winner's bracket not get an elim credit?
Uldridge
Profile Joined January 2011
Belgium2011 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-08 15:58:46
January 08 2020 15:58 GMT
#6
I think its because most people work/go to school and they dont expect a full studio after a days of work/school. Also, extracurricular activities.
Taxes are for Terrans
DarkCore
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany3643 Posts
January 08 2020 16:36 GMT
#7
Personally not a fan of the new Summer format. 8 teams getting to the playoffs in a 10 team league is stupid.


That discourages playing well in the regular season because you can still technically win the whole thing and make it to Worlds, so stupid. If you end 8th in the regular season you don't deserve to even have a chance. That said, the loser bracket is a good step forward. And Worlds spots being decided by only Summer is kind of good, although imo I found people exaggerating the problem of teams falling off a cliff between seasons (did see it in NA though).
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Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States22620 Posts
January 08 2020 16:44 GMT
#8
7/8 are immediately in the losers bracket, and considering the gauntlet doesn't exist anymore, I don't think it's terrible.
AdsMoFro
Profile Joined January 2015
Australia3967 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-12 07:59:07
January 12 2020 07:26 GMT
#9
https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/2020/01/2020-lol-esports-season-begins-jan-13th/

The major leagues have announced their starting times:

LoL Esports kicks off on January 13th with the LPL and a juicy matchup with FPX vs iG.

LEC starts on the 24th of January with G2 vs MAD Lions (replaced/name changed Splyce),

LCS starts on the 25th of January with TL vs C9.

Finally, the LCK is holding out until the 5th of February. The schedule for the LCK has not been announced yet.

The calendar is updated for the first 4 weeks of LCS/LPL/LEC.
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DarkCore
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany3643 Posts
January 12 2020 12:49 GMT
#10
iG vs FPX will show if the former has completely imploded, or a glimpse of a possible powerhouse.

Also, Jackey hasn't revealed what team he's on, iG haven't listed him on starting roster. Rumours that he's going to be on RNG have sprung up, since Uzi's old man hands are a serious concern for him.
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Torchise
Profile Joined May 2012
Canada180 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-25 01:47:31
January 25 2020 01:43 GMT
#11
Anyone tuned in to the Friday LCS Academy games? This new Academy Rush format is such a mess, they constantly alternate between all 4 current games for 30-seconds highlights so it's fucking hard to follow what is going on. And during these transitions, Dash comments over the caster which makes it a giant cacophony... Like WTF is going on?
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Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States22620 Posts
January 25 2020 02:01 GMT
#12
So they're trying to do NFL Redzone with Academy?
Torchise
Profile Joined May 2012
Canada180 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-25 03:10:46
January 25 2020 03:10 GMT
#13
Yeah something like that, albeit a poorly executed version of it. I think it can definitely be improved but this 1st showing is not a good look for a format designed to encourage LCSA games viewership. People should watch a few minutes of the VOD just to get a peak at this disaster of a broadcast and see if they manage to not get a headache.
The baylife, it burns!
AdsMoFro
Profile Joined January 2015
Australia3967 Posts
January 25 2020 04:56 GMT
#14
On January 25 2020 11:01 Gahlo wrote:
So they're trying to do NFL Redzone with Academy?


HMM...I wonder why NFL redzone style doesn't work with LoL
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Redox
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany12169 Posts
January 25 2020 07:37 GMT
#15
Sounds incredibly stupid. I even hate this in (European) football where its arguably more suitable. A game just does not make sense if you only see snippets.
Off-season = best season
Redox
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany12169 Posts
February 13 2020 16:46 GMT
#16
Forgiven after being benched by Schalke:


Sounds almost like a joke and he is making fun of himself. Sadly I believe he is actually serious.
Off-season = best season
DarkCore
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany3643 Posts
February 13 2020 16:52 GMT
#17
It's just bizarre trying to understand him as an outsider, because you don't know if he has a valid point, or if he really is an impossible team mate. All those years where people hyped him up and defended him, combined with all the rumors and poor showings.
Fixed a bug where LeBlanc could lose
AdsMoFro
Profile Joined January 2015
Australia3967 Posts
February 13 2020 17:01 GMT
#18
You can say you wanna be the best and only the best all you want...but if all you do is quit at any moment of adversity then you're not a real champion.

You can either put in the work to be the best or just go, and I'm quoting forg1ven here, suck a dick.
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DarkCore
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany3643 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-02-13 18:02:20
February 13 2020 18:01 GMT
#19
It's comments/tweets like that why people have a raging hate boner for him. But I think in this current story, it sounds like Forg1ven is fighting against a team which is interested in building up their brand, and being a top team comes second, especially because from what I've heard, esports still isn't very profitable when sponsoring is taken out of the equation. Also the fact that SO4 has a mountain to climb if they want to compete with G2, Fnatic while losing some of their best members (which ironically opened up a spot for Forg1ven).

And that environment turns Forg1ven into a toxic dickhead.
Fixed a bug where LeBlanc could lose
Sent.
Profile Joined June 2012
Poland5227 Posts
February 13 2020 18:51 GMT
#20
Forgiven leaving a team while triggering public drama before the end of the split? I am shocked! /s

Well, I actually am surprised, but only because it happened so early.

On February 14 2020 03:01 DarkCore wrote:
But I think in this current story, it sounds like Forg1ven is fighting against a team which is interested in building up their brand, and being a top team comes second


What do you mean by prioritizing brandbuilding? Something related to team environment or just prefering to sign players who are more marketable but not necessarily better?
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