Over this past season, T1’s season has been a series of up and downs. Accordingly, having a seven-man roster has helped them experiment and keep opponents guessing. However, heading into the largest event of the year, an official lineup has been declared. Read on to learn about the T1 Worlds 2021 Roster!
T1 Worlds 2021 – Building Around Faker
Accordingly, the official lineup heading to Worlds 2021 was made official in the following Tweet from T1 over on Twitter:
The community isn’t too surprised though. Why? Because, this was the five-man roster that led to victory at the LCK Regional Finals to clench their seed to Worlds 2021.
Indeed, it only makes sense to work on what’s been working and not make any switch-ups before the event of the year.
Credits: Riot Games
Placing second at the LCK 2021 Summer Playoffs beneath DWG KIA, the team has a great shot of making a deep run at Worlds 2021.
At Worlds, they’ll sit in a group with 100 Thieves and EDward Gaming who will definitely prove to be a challenge.
With many teams heading to Worlds 2021, there are just as many not attending the huge event. Indeed, rostermania has already begun for teams who didn’t make the cut this year. Accordingly, we have news from Europe with regards to Astralis. Specifically, Astralis Drops MagiFelix is the topic of this article!
Astralis Drops MagiFelix – An Unfortunate Loss
Take a look at the following Tweet which has the whole community stirring:
Today we part ways with @magifelix_lol as his contract will not be extended. Thank you for your time, and we wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.
It’s unfortunate that nothing could come of the combination. Accordingly, the youngster’s stock was through the roof after dominating the junior leagues on previous teams. Bearing this in mind, although his time at Astralis couldn’t prove very fruitful, we’re sure he’ll be givenanother chance.
The mid-laner, however, is not to blame for the poor performance from this past year. Take a look at the performance of the organization:
7-8th – LEC 2021 Summer
9th – LEC 2021 Spring
Credits: Riot Games
After not extending the player’s contract, here’s how Astralis looks like right now:
Matt “WhiteKnight” Somunen – Top Laner
Nikolay “Zanzarah” Akatov – Jungler
Jesper “Jeskla” Stromberg – Bot Laner
Hampus “promisq” Abrahamsson – Support
Will this team make any further changes before the season continues a while after Worlds 2021?
Over the past day, the competitive LoL community turned its eyes to a very curious broadcast. Accordingly, the Worlds 2021 Group Draw took place today to determine how the competition will progress across all stages. Indeed, read on to find all the groups for both the Main Event and the Play-In.
Let’s dive straight into it. First we have the Main Event Group Draw. Selecting teams from the biggest regiosn in the world, random selection gave us the following groups:
Group A
DWG KIA
FunPlus Phoenix
Rogue
Play-In
Group B
100 Thieves
EDward Gaming
T1
Play-In
Group C
Fnatic
PSG Talon
Royal Never Give Up
Play-In
Group D
Gen.G
MAD Lions
Team Liquid
Play-In
It’s no wonder the community is excited for Group A. Accordingly, this looks to be the so-called ‘Group of Death’ for the event. However, all the groups look to be awesome.
Patiently, we’ve been waiting for more details for the upcoming Worlds event for League of Legends. Accordingly, with the uncertainty behind the global health situation, finding a venue isn’t easy. However, sources now have it that Worlds 2021 Iceland is in the books – going back to what’s worked before for Riot Games!
Worlds 2021 Iceland – Coming 5th October
Credits: Riot Games
Specifically, the event looks to be held at the Laugardalshöll Indoor Sporting Arena as reported by Dotesports.
For those unaware, this is the same venue Riot Games has made use of for some massive events in the past. Recently, both the LoL 2021 Mid-Season Invitational and the VALORANT VCT Stage 2 Masters were held here.
Accordingly, dates have been released too. Indeed, kicking off on 5th October, the multiple stages of the event should build up to November 6th.
Credits: Riot Games
Bearing this in mind, all 22 teams will be traveling to Iceland for this time period, except for the VCS teams due to travel restrictions.
Overall, the exact venue doesn’t make much of a difference. Indeed, we’re just glad that a venue will be used after all and not online.
Yet, we’re still waiting for more details, which we’ll quickly bring to you as soon as they’re public.
Finally, after an intense few weeks, the final Worlds 2021 Seeds have been confirmed. Following the conclusion of the regional seasonal events, we have a final list of the best teams in the world. Read on as we list these competitors for you in the following article.
Worlds 2021 Seeds Confirmed – Main Event and Play-In
For those unaware, seeding will work as follows. Firstly, for the Main Regions, the top teams have qualified for the Main Event with one seed for the Play-In. Otherwise, smaller regions will have seeds for the Play-In.
Worlds is the pinnacle. Here, you’ll find soaring victory or crushing defeat. Life-changing wins or legacy-shattering losses. Champions… and everyone else.
Who will make their dreams come true – and whose will be broken along the way? pic.twitter.com/jBJ9bmQcs9
Indeed, one of the top teams in the LEC is definitely G2 Esports. Accordingly, one of the top players on this team is none other than Rasmus ‘Caps’ Winther. Recently, it was confirmed that the player would be extending his contract. Read on to learn more about Caps G2 Esports!
Caps G2 Esports – A Long-Term Investment
Credits: Riot Games
Up to this point, it was already public knowledge that the mid-laner would be signing to the 2022 season. However, it was only made public recently that the player actually agreed to sign a further deal to 2023.
Why is this significant? Well, for the first time in a long time – roughly 6 years – G2 Esports failed to qualify for Worlds 2021 this year. Following an incredible run by MAD Lions and a devastating loss to Fnatic in the Loser’s Bracket, G2 Esports has been left in the dust.
Accordingly, the community is expecting this team to possibly make some changes to bump up the roster for next season.
Credits: LEC
However, we’re not sure if this roster needs a change. Take a look at the roster’s record this year:
Last weekend, the LCS Summer Split 2021 concluded in an epic manner with 100 Thieves making history with their very own victory. However, despite the incredible competition, the viewership hasn’t proven very impressive. Accordingly, read on as we discuss the LCS Summer Split 2021 Viewership!
LCS Summer Split 2021 Viewership – Reviewing the Years Since 2018
Congratulations again to @100Thieves on winning the 2021 #LCS Championship!
Thank you to all of the teams, players, coaches, staff, partners, and fans for joining us throughout this year! GG WP! ❤ pic.twitter.com/lanfHqGCek
Indeed, the best way to compare this is to look at the past few seasons of competitive LCS. Let’s start all the way from 2018 to view this trend. Do note that all the following statistics were taken from Esports Charts.
Specifically, we’ll be taking a look at the peak viewerhip of each summer split:
As you can tell, there’s a clear change from 2020 to this year. Specifically, that’a 33% loss in peak viewership.
Beyond that, the community is discussing the fact that potentially, this could have been affected by the lack of a live audience to generate excitement.
Otherwise, although content, we’ll need to see stronger statistics next year for this region.
As we grow closer and closer to Worlds 2021, each region needs to conclude competition in order to determine seeds. Accordingly, one such region is none other than the LPL. Over the next few days, the LPL 2021 Regional Finals look to take place. Read on as we discuss all the viewership details in this episode of ‘How to Watch’!
Event Background
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Haven’t the LPL 2021 Summer Playoffs already taken place? Indeed, the LPL Regional Finals is an entirely separate event.
While 2 seeds were already awarded for Worlds at the Summer Playoffs, this event is a second chance offering a third and fourth spot for teams.
Bearing that in mind, qualification for this event is inviting the top 4 teams based on Championship Points (earned throughout the season, excluding teams already qualified). Rewarding teams for the season-long efforts, this is the final chance for qualification for Worlds 2021.
Every year in September, there’s always a legend being written. Many have come and gone, and there’s only ever room for one Champion!
In terms of format, there are two rounds of competition we need tro focus on, with every match being a best of five in a single-elimination bracket. However, this bracket has a twist.
First, the two highest seeds will face one another. In this case, RNG and Team WE will compete for the direct seed to Worlds 2021.
The loser here will not be eliminated but progress to round 2 – fighting for the Worlds 2021 Play-In seed.
At the same time, the two lower seeds will compete for a chance to fight for a Worlds 2021 Play-In spot.
The winner of this match will face the loser of the higher seed match to finally determine the seed for the Play-In.
Schedule for the LPL Regional Finals 2021
With how short this match is, we’ll happily list the entire schedule for you as seen below:
0930 CEST – September 3rd – RNG vs Team WE – Qualification for Worlds 2021 Direct
1030 CEST – September 4th – LNG Esports vs Rare Atom – Round 1 For Worlds Play-In
1130 CEST – September 5th – Qualification For Worlds Play-in
Three matches for two seeds – very high stakes with such as small format.
Credits: LPL
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So, predictions here are fairly simple at face value, however Championship Points do note include the recent performances from teams.
Hence, we’ll opt to take a look at the recent LPL Summer Playoffs 2021 where all these teams faced off.
Unfortunately ,We lost to EDG 0-3. Even though we lost,we still have a chance to qualify through the regional qualifiers! We have a lot of room for improvement. Thank you for your support! pic.twitter.com/D1FyEHlWYg
It’s actually here that both LNG Esports and Team WE managed to pull of stunning runs despite their poor season, as Team WE took down Rare Atom and LNG Esports took down RNG.
Bearing this in mind we’d like to favour Team WE for trhe Worlds 2021 qualification and LNG Esports for the Worlds 2021 Play-In spot.
With lots of details and rumours over this year’s Worlds 2021 event, Riot Games has happily revealed details for next year. Accordingly, in a recent public announcement, the Worlds 2022 Venue should be in North America for the first time since 2016.
Worlds 2022 Venue – Tonnes of Excitement
All of this comes from the independent YouTube channel of Travis Gafford, in a long interview. Take a look at it for yourself below:
Accordingly, the biggest takeaway from this long and thorough interview is that Worlds is coming back to North America, and not Europe.
Indeed, this year, rumours have it that Riot Games still has its eyes on Europe, likely moving to Iceland.
Anyways, the idea of hosting in North America is great – especially after the disappointment following the fact that LCS Championship Finals couldn’t be held live.
Credits: RIot Games
By hosting it in America, this means that the multiple stages of competition will take place across multiple region here.
Back in 2016, with a peak viewerhip of 1,620,065, hosting the event in North America was certainly a success. Hopefully the global situation looks better once it all clears up.
Over this past weekend, there were a tremendous number of LoL events. Accordingly, this weekend multiple LoL Regional Summer Finals events took place to conclude the regular season and locate seeds for Worlds 2021. Read on for a concise recap for all these events.
Do note that some of these results are for Play-Ins while others are directly seeded into the Playoffs. Accordingly, below find some confirmed seeds as listed below:
There’s still so much action to catch up on. Indeed, with details for Worlds 2021 still releasing, teams are desparate to qualify for the largest event of the year.
