Two teams accepted an agreement to exit cutting the league from ten teams to eight. It could have been more and now Riot Games are left desperately needing the NA league to turn the corner.
I believe we are seeing the slow demise of LCS as we all know it. I hate to say it but Doublelift was right, LCS have been dying but instead of pulling the plug and accept their losses, they decide to become a vegetable and let it rot. Who is in charge of this cloud fiesta? While having 8 teams is good for the short term stability, the long game is going to be bleak at best. Maybe Saudis will have a hand into it, who knows. As for viewership I think we all know where it is going, the East are taking over league and we all know it. As your boy Monte says, high schools don’t play league, colleges don’t play league, even NA solo Q is dog crap. How is the LCS today dickheads? And oh LEC you laugh now but this may happen to you to if your league don’t get your crap after this latest Worlds debacle and off-season rumors. I wish the LCS the best but also the worst. Also FUCK EG.
Ultimately the question is whether there will remain a core LCS audience or whether the LCS will die and Riot will try something else in NA. I don't see a world where Riot just completely moves on from NA considering that's where their headquarters are. But maybe that's on the table too internally.
I believe we are seeing the slow demise of LCS as we all know it. I hate to say it but Doublelift was right, LCS have been dying but instead of pulling the plug and accept their losses, they decide to become a vegetable and let it rot. Who is in charge of this cloud fiesta? While having 8 teams is good for the short term stability, the long game is going to be bleak at best. Maybe Saudis will have a hand into it, who knows. As for viewership I think we all know where it is going, the East are taking over league and we all know it. As your boy Monte says, high schools don’t play league, colleges don’t play league, even NA solo Q is dog crap. How is the LCS today dickheads? And oh LEC you laugh now but this may happen to you to if your league don’t get your crap after this latest Worlds debacle and off-season rumors. I wish the LCS the best but also the worst. Also FUCK EG.
Ultimately the question is whether there will remain a core LCS audience or whether the LCS will die and Riot will try something else in NA. I don't see a world where Riot just completely moves on from NA considering that's where their headquarters are. But maybe that's on the table too internally.