Weibo Gaming is a Chinese

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organization owned by the

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. Its ''

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'' team competes in the LPL, the top-level league for the game in China. It was owned by

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company Suning.com for most of its history and was previously known as Suning. Weibo are also members of the Esports World Cup Foundation Club Support Program, funded by

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, which gives teams monetary rewards for painting the Esports World Cup tournament series in a positive light and driving engagement to the tournament, which is seen to some as a sportswashing tool that Saudi Arabia is using to distract the public from their poor human rights record.

''League of Legends''

History

The ''League of Legends'' team was founded as Suning Gaming on 28 December 2016, following Suning.com's acquisition of the ''League of Legends'' team T.Bear Gaming. A roster was formed to compete in the LSPL, China's secondary pro league; it consisted of XiaoAL (now Langx), Avoidless, dian, Fury, and Yoon. Suning placed second in the 2017 LSPL spring regular season and later swept Young Miracles in the spring finals to qualify for the LPL.

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