After the end of MSI, it was time for the LPL to start the summer games in full swing for the Asian Games and the World Finals. The North American LCS Division, which is far away by the ocean, has been unable to make ends meet due to poor results, resulting in many teams, including LCS giants. Seeing that the capital has the idea of divestment, Fist has made a new rule for the LCS division - that is, it is not mandatory for LCS teams to form youth teams.
But I never thought that this was originally a new rule to protect the normal survival of the team, but it caused a boycott including the starters, which directly led to the near shutdown of the competition area! Subsequently, the LCS Players Association also participated, and they did not allow any LCS player to play for any LCS team as a temporary substitute during the shutdown. And issued an announcement to make clear its position - refusing to compromise with the fist, saying that only negotiations and finalization of a plan acceptable to all parties can solve the problem.
For the joint pressing of players and players' associations, Riot chose to be tough: According to LCS media reports, Riot has ordered LCS teams to participate in LCS Summer Tournaments as scheduled, and allowed teams to temporarily recruit players or choose to participate remotely to compete.
Even the latest news from Riot is that the LCS is delayed, and if it exceeds two weeks, then the LCS Summer Tournament will not be able to run smoothly. To ensure a global system of fair play, Riot will only be able to cancel LCS's summer games. If the summer tournament is canceled, it means that the world quota in the LCS division will also be canceled.
Frankly speaking, the LCS division can make trouble to this point, and the king thinks that this is still a poor record. The New York Times wrote after MSI that "the (North American) esports world began to falter" is still vividly remembered. It was only a few days before LCS collapsed. Everything is without results, you must know the European LEC division, although the results in recent years are not very good.
But they managed to win the first Global Finals and the MSI title of the S9 season. The battle performance is really much stronger than the LCS that can only "eat, drink and have fun, a few in and a few out"!
For the performance of the North American division, the king can only say that "he deserves it, he did it himself". You must know that before, the North American division can be described as rich, who fancy, just take a blank check and smash it. It's a pity that whoever goes to North America will be quickly assimilated and then disappear into everyone. So much so that the friends who are familiar with the League of Legends e-sports circle call it the "retirement competition area".
If Riot does cancel the LCS Summer Tournament, how will they allocate World Places?
Frankly speaking, for the LCS strike or the cancellation of the summer game, the king is actually not worried, they go to the world championship is also to send children. My concern is how Riot will allocate world spots if it does cancel. You know, the LCS division originally had up to 3.5 world places (0.5 of which was the fourth place in the LCS Summer Tournament and the fourth place in the LEC, playing a BO5, the winner will qualify for the 2023 Global Finals)
And if the North American World Championship quota is canceled, how will the extra 3.5 places be distributed? In this regard, after discussing with other partners, the most in favor of 0.5 places will be given to the LEC division, one place to the MSI championship area LPL, one place to the LCK division with the most S champions, and one place to other wild card divisions to compete! In this way, except for the unhappiness of LCS, the other competition areas are vested interests, and the principle that everyone carries the big red flower palanquin in a row to divide the fruit is probably understood.
In the end, the king wants to say that the LCS farce, unless they join LEC to make a fuss, otherwise, the two sides will eventually compromise. That is to say, the redistribution of world places is probably a fantasy for us, Tu Yile. But dreams still have to be there, what if they come true (hell)? You say, right?