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2024 LCS Season
The 2024 LCS season was the 12th, and final, season of the League Championship Series (LCS), a North American professional esports league for the video game ''League of Legends''. The season was divided into two splits: Spring and Summer. The Spring Split ran from January 20 to March 31, 2024. For the first time since 2014, the league had eight teams competing instead of 10. League changes Teams Following the 2023 season, TSM sold their LCS franchise slot to Shopify Rebellion. In addition, on November 19, 2023, Golden Guardians and Evil Geniuses exited the LCS, as their third-party administrator agreement with Riot Games was terminated. With not enough time to fill the two vacancies, the league announced that they would continue with eight teams for the 2024 season. The 2024 season marks the first time in a decade that the LCS had only eight teams competing in the league. Commissioner On December 13, 2023, Riot Games has announced that Mark "MarkZ" Zimmerman would be the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Championship Series (esports)
The League Championship Series (LCS) was the top level of professional ''League of Legends'' in the United States and Canada. The esports league was run by Riot Games and had anywhere from eight to 10 teams. Each annual season of competition was divided into two splits, spring and summer, which concluded with a double-elimination tournament between the top teams. At the end of the season, the winner, runners-up and third-place team of the summer playoffs qualified for the annual ''League of Legends'' World Championship. Established in 2013, the league was initially split into two regions: the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS) and the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS). The NA LCS featured eight teams, which were determined via a promotion and relegation system. In 2015, the league expanded to ten teams. In 2018, the NA LCS shifted to a franchise system with ten permanent teams, which became eight after the 2023 season. Along wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 Thieves
100 Thieves, LLC (abbreviated 100T) is an American lifestyle brand and Esports, gaming organization based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2017 by Nadeshot, Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag. The organization competes in several video games, including ''Apex Legends'', ''Call of Duty'', ''Call of Duty: Warzone (2022 video game), Call of Duty: Warzone,'' ''League of Legends, Marvel Rivals, Street Fighter,'' Teamfight Tactics, ''Teamfight Tactics'', and ''Valorant''. They currently operate four franchise teams, which compete in the League of Legends Championship of The Americas, ''League of Legends'' Championship of The Americas (LTA), Valorant Champions Tour, ''Valorant'' Champions Tour (VCT), Apex Legends Global Series, ''Apex Legends'' Global Series (ALGS) and the Call of Duty League (CDL) (branded as Los Angeles Thieves); their LTA team is currently a "provisional guest partner" in the North Conference. History 100 Thieves was founded in 2017 by Nadeshot, Matthew "Nadeshot" Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 In Esports
This topic lists the esports events for the 2024 year. If tournaments are held entirely online, it is denoted in the list below. For those tournaments that are held either partially or entirely offline, the host city that hosts the Grand Final is indicated last, if there are multiple host cities. ''Apex Legends'' ''Counter-Strike 2'' 2024 ESL Pro Tour ''Dota 2'' ''EA Sports FC 24'' ''Football Manager'' ''Fortnite'' ''League of Legends'' ''Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' ''Overwatch 2'' ''PUBG: Battlegrounds'' ''Rocket League'' ''Teamfight Tactics'' ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'' ''Tetris'' * June 7–9: 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship in Pasadena Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial d ... *: Alex Thach (" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vulcan (gamer)
Philippe Laflamme, better known as Vulcan, is a Canadians, Canadian professional ''League of Legends'' support for Cloud9 League of Legends, Cloud9, in the League of Legends Championship of The Americas (LTA) North Conference. Previously, Vulcan had played for Clutch Gaming, the team that drafted him in the League Championship Series (esports), League Championship Series (LCS), Evil Geniuses, and FlyQuest. Professional career Clutch Gaming Vulcan was invited to the LCS proving grounds following the 2018 season, in which he showcased his skills, as well as his communication and teamwork. He was drafted fourth overall by Clutch Gaming, which gave the organization exclusive negotiation rights with Vulcan. Vulcan signed with Clutch, and entered the 2019 LCS season as their starting support, making his debut on January 26. The team had a rough start, going 5–13 in his first season, missing playoffs. Due to the team's poor performance, Vulcan's bot lane partner Piglet (gamer), P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jensen (gamer)
Nicolaj Jensen, better known mononymously as Jensen, is a Danish professional ''League of Legends'' player for Dignitas. Earlier in his career, he was known as Veigodx and Incarnati0n. Jensen began as a player for Team Solo Mebdi, a team attempting to enter the European LCS via qualifier. He was banned for toxicity and DDOS attacks against other players. After his ban was lifted, Incarnati0n joined NA LCS team Cloud9 in 2015, replacing founding mid laner and strategist Hai on the roster, who had announced his retirement. In 2019, he joined Doublelift and former teammate Impact on Team Liquid. He was released from Team Liquid after the 2021 season in favor of his rival Bjergsen, who took over his position on Team Liquid. In 2022, he rejoined Cloud9, and in 2023, he joined Dignitas. In 2024, Jensen joined FlyQuest. He is considered one of the best mid laners in North America, competing for the spot of best NA mid laner against Bjergsen. A 2022 retrospective by the LCS st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaber (gamer)
Robert Huang (born January 4, 2000), better known as Blaber, is an American professional ''League of Legends'' player for Cloud9. Blaber is considered by many to be one of the best ''League of Legends'' players from North America. Huang was voted to both the League of Legends Championship Series Best Junglers and Best Players of All Time by a panel of experts as part of the LCS10 anniversary campaign. Early life Huang was born and raised in Maryland and played competitive travel badminton until the age of 15. He began playing ''League of Legends'' in the season 1 beta at the age of 9. He followed ''League of Legends'' esports from an early age and was originally a fan of Doublelift and CLG. Career Huang, then competing under the name "blaberfish2," was drafted by Cloud9 at the 2017 Scouting Grounds draft. A high school student at the time, Huang told the team that he wanted to finish school before pursuing a career in ''League of Legends''. After graduating in 2018, Huang comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bwipo
Gabriël Rau (born 24 December 1998), better known as Bwipo, is a Belgian-Brazilian professional ''League of Legends'' player for FlyQuest. He currently plays in the LTA North Conference, and has previously competed in the LEC for Fnatic, where his team was the runner-up of the 2018 League of Legends World Championship, as well as the LCS, the predecessor to the LTA North. Professional career Fnatic Bwipo joined Fnatic in January 2018 as a substitute top laner, backing up Paul "sOAZ" Boyer. He did not play in his first split with the team, and Fnatic went on to win the spring split. In summer, after only a week of play, Fnatic substituted out their bot laner and reigning MVP Martin "Rekkles" Larsson in favor of Bwipo, citing it as Rekkles's decision due to changes in the meta. Rekkles returned to his starting role on 9 August, and Bwipo returned to the bench. Fnatic also won the summer split, although Bwipo played in no further games in the EU LCS. Due to their victory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 League Of Legends World Championship
The 2024 ''League of Legends'' World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game ''League of Legends''. It was the fourteenth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, ''League of Legends'' World Championship, an annual international tournament organised by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament was held from 25 September to 2 November in Berlin, Paris, and London. It marked the fifth time Europe has hosted the tournament, having held the event in League of Legends: Season 1 World Championship, 2011, 2015 League of Legends World Championship, 2015, 2019 League of Legends World Championship, 2019, and 2021 League of Legends World Championship, 2021. Twenty teams qualified for the event based on placement within their regional leagues and results gained in the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI). The finals took place on 2 November at The O2 Arena in London, where T1 (esports), T1 of the League of Legends Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Mid-Season Invitational
The 2024 Mid-Season Invitational was the ninth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for ''League of Legends'', a multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was hosted in Chengdu, China, from May 1 to 19, 2024. All stages of the tournament were played at the . JD Gaming from China were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the event after losing to Top Esports in the lower bracket final of the 2024 LPL Spring Playoffs. The event was won by Gen.G of South Korea after defeating the previous years' finalist, Bilibili Gaming of China, in the final with a score of 3–1. Gen.G became the second Korean team (after T1) to win an MSI title, and their win marked the first time a non-LPL (Chinese) team has won the event after three consecutive years of prior Chinese winners. Format Eight of the twelve teams started in the play-in stage, with the second seeds from the League of Legends Pro League (LPL), League of Legends Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NRG Esports
NRG Esports (or simply NRG) is an American esports organization based in Los Angeles, California. It has rosters in ''League of Legends'', ''Overwatch (video game), Overwatch'', ''Rocket League'', ''Valorant'', ''Counter-Strike 2'', ''Apex Legends'' and a number of streamers on the internet platform Twitch (service), Twitch. History The team was founded by Sacramento Kings co-owners Mark Mastrov and Andy Miller (businessman), Andy Miller in November 2015. In March 2016, NRG announced that Alex Rodriguez, Shaquille O'Neal and Jimmy Rollins were joining as investors. On April 20, 2018, Tiesto was announced as an investor. In August 2017, the Canadian esports company Northern Gaming was acquired by NRG. Northern Gaming's co-owners were rolled into NRG, making twitch streamer Sodapoppin a named advisor and co-owner. In September 2019, it was announced that Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez had joined as co-CEO, after another announcement the same day that Hector and the Immortals Gaming C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immortals (esports)
Immortals is a professional esports organization based in the United States owned by Immortals Gaming Club. It was founded on October 7, 2015, after the acquisition of Team 8's LCS spot. Immortals applied for a franchise partnership with the LCS when the league began franchising in late 2017, but their application was declined by Riot Games due to financial concerns, despite the fact that they were one of three North American teams to qualify for the 2017 World Championship. However, in mid-2019 they rejoined the LCS after their parent company, Immortals Gaming Club, bought out OpTic Gaming and their LCS spot. Immortals previously competed in other esports titles, including ''Apex Legends'', '' Arena of Valor'', '' Clash Royale'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', '' Dota 2'', '' Overwatch'', '' Rainbow Six Siege'', '' Super Smash Bros.'' and '' Vainglory''. Ownership Immortals is owned by Immortals Gaming Club, a collective esports and gaming company. Other than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dignitas (esports)
Dignitas is an American esports organization based in Newark, New Jersey. It was founded by Michael "ODEE" O'Dell in 2003 as a merger of two '' Battlefield 1942'' clans. Dignitas was acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers in 2016 and is now a part of parent company Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE). The team is best known for its ''League of Legends'', '' Rocket League'', '' Fortnite'', and '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' squads. The organization rebranded in October 2018, dropping "Team" from its name and replacing its old "alien" logo with an owl logo. In January 2021, Dignitas once again replaced their logo, returning a modernized version of the original "alien" design and introducing it as a mascot named Digi. History Since the organization's inception in 2003, Dignitas have won 18 world championships and competed in 35 different titles. 2003 to 2009 Dignitas' first world championship came in 2005, when Chris Bullard won the FIFA Interactive World Cup. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
