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LEC fines Astralis League of Legends team
LEC commissioner Maximilian Peter Schmidt revealed on LoL Esports the result of its investigation on Astralis’ recent actions. The European league decided that Astralis needed a fine. It was Astralis’s own staff that reached out to the LEC in the first place. They experienced both missing salary payments and issues with their interim general manager. […]
2020 LEC finals sets a new record for esports viewership
In an official blog post on its new portal, Riot Games released the viewership numbers of the 2020 League of Legends European Championship finals. Despite the current situation, the LEC finals showcasing G2 Esports versus Fnatic broke many records from last year. As a result of everything else being canceled due to the pandemic, many […]
League of Legends esports LEC and LCS finals crown champions
The LCS and LEC 2020 Summer Split season comes to an end with two huge finals. TSM and G2 Esports, two of League of Legends esports’ best teams fought hard to take their spots as champions. On the western side of the world, the LCS Summer Split grand finals featured Team SoloMid and FlyQuest. Both […]
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LEC ends NEOM partnership within 15 Hours
In less than 15 hours, the LEC both announced and cancelled their partnership with Saudi Arabia’s NEOM company. “As a company and as a league, we know that it’s important to recognize when we make mistakes and quickly work to correct them,” stated Alberto Guerrero, Director of Esports, EMEA. “After further reflection, while we remain […]
LCS and LEC return online after coronavirus suspends them
Both the LCS and the LEC will be set to return on March 20 with online matches for the remainder of the Spring Split. “Due to the ongoing developments of the coronavirus pandemic we have decided to play the remainder of the 2020 LEC Spring Split 100% remotely online, with matches resuming Friday, March 20th. […]
Forg1ven leaves Schalke
After League of Legends’ Konstantinos “Forg1ven” Tzortziou’s grand return to LEC, he stepped down from the team’s main roster just three weeks after LEC action. Forg1ven announced his decision via Twitter in an effort to get his team to take necessary measures in improving their current situation. “In my 7+ LoL career i always played […]
League of Legends Season 10 Meta: Champion spotlights
League of Legends Season 10 is now underway. The LPL is already active, and the LCS and LEC begin this week. League’s meta evolved over the preseason and the best champions already separated themselves from the rest. The general meta is very quick and volatile. Top champions can either do large bursts of damage or […]
Astralis Group becomes a public company
DENMARK – Esports organization Astralis Group recently announced historic plans to go public next week. Shares in Astralis Group will become tradeable on NASDAQ’s First North Growth Market Denmark on December 9. A “subscription period” took place through November, giving investors the opportunity to back the company before going public. Børsplanerne er klar. Vi har […]
How can the LEC dominate?
The 2019 League of Legends World Championship had a lot in common with its predecessor. A Chinese winner, a European runner-up and Kaisa or Xayah played in nearly every game. With a few nerfs, Riot Games is working on the latter, but what can G2 Esports and the rest of Europe do about the other […]
Splyce to be rebranded as MAD Lions for LEC 2020
Splyce’s League of Legends European Championship team will be no more this coming year. Their parent company, OverActive Media, has shut down their New York-based office which Splyce has run since 2015. The new headquarters is underway to move to Toronto, Canada. During this move, many key employees have been let go. The move is […]
