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All news: LCS LoL: North American League of Legends Championship Series

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The LCS, also known as the LoL Championship Series, is the League of Legends title tournament series run by Riot Games for North American teams. The first esports events in North America under the auspices of the LCS began to take place in 2013. As of 2018, the LCS switched to a franchise league format. Teams from the LCS receive direct seats in Worlds tournaments on par with South Korea, China and Europe.
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21.09.23
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Shopify RebellionShopify Rebellion
Shopify Rebellion has acquired the position in place of TSM in the LCS league
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09.06.23
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The strike in LCS has ended - the players' association has reached an agreement with Riot Games
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31.05.23
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Due to the strike, Riot Games has decided to postpone the summer season of LCS, which has resulted in the possibility of teams missing out on participating in the Worlds 2023 competitions
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24.05.23
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Potential strikes may occur in the LCS due to the implementation of new rules by Riot Games
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06.01.23
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Riot Games has announced a special two-day event Season 2023: Kickoff - the event will take place from January 10 to 11
During Season 2023: Kickoff, you will be able to watch the participants of nine title leagues in the LoL competitive ecosystem.
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18.12.22
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Riot Games intends to terminate the LCS deal with FTX through the court
The publisher is about to end its partnership with the FTX exchange, which has reportedly caused irreparable "reputational damage".
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16.12.22
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LCS studio in Los Angeles will host the matches of the American League VCT 2023
The updated Riot Games Arena (now it is called that) will host the best League of Legends and VALORANT teams.
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15.12.22
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FlyQuestFlyQuest
FlyQuest unveiled a new roster for the LCS
The team may face a language barrier issue.
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06.12.22
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Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
Evil Geniuses unveiled the starting roster for LCS 2023
It included veterans of the team, as well as 2 newcomers.
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03.12.22
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
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Team Liquid unveiled a new roster ahead of the start of the LCS 2023 season
The European esports organization has unveiled a top liner and jungler, as well as a new coach.
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07.09.22
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TSM remove Spica from LoL roster
There are four players left on the roster.
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15.06.22
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FlyQuestFlyQuest
FlyQuest retained roster for LCS Summer 2022
The leadership of the esports club did not make any changes to the roster before the start of the LCS summer split.
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27.04.22
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Cloud9 plans roster rebuild ahead of LCS Summer 2022
Recall that Cloud9 took fourth place in the LCS Spring 2022.
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16.04.22
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Team Liquid Academy became the winner of LCS Proving Grounds Spring 2022
In the final of the competition, the team beat 100 Thieves Academy with a score of 3:2.
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28.12.21
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Cloud9 announced roster for LCS Academy Spring 2022
Microsoft sponsored the youth roster.
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17.11.21
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LCS format changes
LCS does not stand still and how the format of the tournament is being changed last year
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08.06.21
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Zven probably won't perform at LCS Summer Split 2021
Jesper Svenningsen may not return from Cloud9 academics until the summer split begins.
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06.02.21
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Rumors: LCS Not Satisfied With Riot Games Policy
They want to achieve the lifting of restrictions on the number of legionnaires in the squads.
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24.07.19
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Echo Fox will sell their slot in LCS
Representatives of the esports club reported that they intend to sell their slot in the LoL Championship Series.
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09.04.18
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Team Liquid is a champion of NA LCS Spring 2018
Liquid prevailed at the spring season of 2018 NA LCS.
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27.03.18
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A slot in EU LCS will cost $13,000,000
Teams that have already been participation in the league will receive a discount.
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18.11.17
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Ex-players of NA LCS will get $12,000,000 from Riot Games
Riot Games announced that they will compensate for ex-participants of NA LCS and NA Challenger lost slots in 2017/2018 season.
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26.03.17
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Stixxay will miss out the 9th week of NA LCS Spring 2017
One of the players of the team Counter Logic Gaming, Trevor «Stixxay» Hayes will miss out all matches of his team at the 9th week of NA LCS Spring 2017.
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06.12.16
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Rumors: Team Liquid gathered a roster for North America LCS Spring 2017
Team Liquid gathered League of Legends roster for participation at the spring season of North America LCS 2017. The resources of esports portal ESPN announce that next year two members of Team Liquid academy and a new member of the club Kim «Reignover» Ui-jin will play for the team.
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07.08.16
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[2017 NA LCS Spring Promotion] Echo Fox vs NRG Esports: Who will come back to the LCS?
Only one of these former LCS teams will live to see another LCS split next year. With two teams already qualifying to the NA LCS, which of these teams can outshine the other?
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06.08.16
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ROCCAT and Origen will re-qualify for the 2017 EU LCS Spring Split!
After doing quite poorly for the 2016 Summer Split and getting to be a part of the relegation teams of the Summer Split, ROCCAT and Origen will be back for another split next year in Spring.
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22.07.16
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Cloud 9 Challenger and Team Liquid Academy has qualified for the NALCS Promotions!
Who knew the first match of the NACS, the sub-division of the NALCS, would repeat itself The sub-club sister teams from the top-tier teams of Cloud 9 and Team Liquid edged everyone out to have a chance and prove their worth in the NALCS Qualifiers.
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The LCS first appeared in 2014, but before that, the Riot Season 3 NA Championship Series took place, which can be safely called the progenitor of the series. Under the auspices of the LCS itself, the tournament began to be held in 2014, but with a slight amendment.

NA LCS (2014-2018)

With the creation of the League of Legends esports environment in North America, Riot Games has outlined plans for the future in other regions. It was NA LCS, which later got rid of the NA prefix, that became the standard in terms of Riot's approach to the formation of competitiveness.

In the first season of 2014, Riot Games outlined the format for holding esports events in League of Legends. Until 2018, they will receive minimal changes.

NA LCS format

  • The league is divided into two splits: Spring NA LCS and Summer NA LCS
  • 8 teams participate in each split
  • LCS participants play each other in a round robin format, where over 10 weeks of competition they meet each other 4 times
  • The splits are divided into two stages: the group stage and the playoffs.
  • The top 6 teams from the group stage advance to the playoffs.
  • A special Promotion tournament is played between splits, where the participants of the next roster are determined

Already in the second season of NA LCS, that is, in 2015, the number of participants increased to 10. The format remained untouched even further. Only the time of the league was reduced, which now lasted 9 weeks.

Global changes awaited the North American League of Legends in 2017, when the announcement of the transition of the LSC to a new model of holding took place.

Updated LCS format

The announcement of the transfer of the LCS to a franchise model happened in June 2017. The first tournament under the new rules for players and clubs took place in 2019 and received a simplified name without the prefix NA - the championship was called LCS Spring 2019.

10 teams still participated in the tournament, but now the list of participants was known in advance. Teams had to apply for the opportunity to become an LCS partner, which carried a lot of bonuses.

The principle of income sharing

One of the main levers of attraction to the LCS was the income distribution model used in big sports, it gave guarantees to the participants in the competition.

LCS partners were entitled to 32.5% of franchise revenue. Half of the amount was distributed equally among the participants, and the other half was divided depending on the “impact” of the organization: the place where the team ended the season played a role, how many spectators it attracted, and so on.

The minimum wage for players has changed. Now the lower limit was $75,000 per year, which is 15 higher than in Europe, although this did not stop some teams from the LEC from applying for participation in the LCS.

Players Association

In the pursuit of high standards in the esports industry, Riot has formed a player association for LCS members. The organization acts as an intermediary in negotiations between Riot, clubs and players.

This mechanism helps LCS players to be more confident in the future and plan their careers in advance.

Slot cost in LCS

A place in the LCS, like any other franchise league, is paid. If a club lives up to Riot's standards and is willing to make America's League of Legends great again, there will be a price to pay.

The fee for participation in the LCS is 10 million dollars.

Members of the LCS

The first iteration of LCS partners included almost all the top clubs in North America with League of Legends rosters. Among them: 100Thieves, Cloud9, Clutch Gaming, Counter Logic Gaming, Echo Fox, FlyQuest, Golden Guardians, OpTic Gaming, Team Liquid, TSM.

Over time, the pool of LCS participants has changed, but not drastically. For 2023, LCS partners are: 100 Thieves, Cloud9, CLG, Dignitas, Evil Geniuses, FlyQuest, Golden Guardians, Immortals, Team Liquid and TSM.

Best LCS Team

Cloud9 remains the most titled LCS team in the history of the League. Oblaka participated in all LCS tournaments and played at the world championships, where they reached high places several times.

Cloud9 results in the international arena

  • Worlds season 3 - TOP 5-8
  • Worlds 2014 - TOP 5-8
  • Worlds 2015 - TOP-9-11
  • Worlds 2016 - TOP 5-8
  • Worlds 2017 – TOP-5-8
  • Worlds 2018 – TOP 3-4
  • Worlds 2019 – TOP-9-12
  • Worlds 2021 – TOP 5-8
  • Worlds 2022 - TOP-15-16

Cloud9 is the only LCS team that hasn't missed a single tournament.

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