The League of Legends LPL Spring Tournament has now come to an end, but except for the all-Chinese class battle of the spring finals, the popularity of the regular season has been far from the past. Because there are too many teams, it is even more difficult to guarantee the ratings whenever there is a clash between weak teams. How to avoid these problems and increase the spectacle of the game has become an urgent issue for the official.
But today, that has finally changed, and the League of Legends tournament has officially confirmed the format changes. Starting with the 2024 LPL Summer regular season, a new format will be introduced. The long-discussed "Global BP" is officially launched, and the regular season will be divided into 4 stages: draw groups, set group matches, group matches, and place grabbing matches.
The format given in the official feed is very long, but it is actually relatively simple to summarize. After sorting it out, let's take a look at the "stream-saving version".
The initial draw will divide the 17 LPL teams into four groups, and the strength of each group will be relatively balanced according to the results of the spring season.
The final group stage will use a double round-robin method to determine the ranking, and the period is also the stage of global BP application. In the end, the last two teams (8 teams) from each group will advance to Group B, and the remaining teams will advance to Group A.
The in-group stage format has returned to normal mode, and through a single round-robin BO3, the top 7 teams in Group A will directly enter the playoffs. Group B eliminated 4 teams, and finally the remaining 6 teams started the tie-break.
The tie-up match has changed to BO5 sign mode, and 6 teams in Group B compete for 3 playoff tickets, and the losing team can directly prepare for the S15 season.
At this point, the summer season is just as good as it was before. Essentially, this change in format is just a change to the regular season. The application of "global BP" events is also relatively restrained, and does not actually cover the entire schedule. Only in the initial final stage will the hero pool of each team be tested.
The core purpose of the official restructuring of the League of Legends event is also to make the regular season more exciting. After all, each group has a contest between topic teams, and the heroes used are not the same. As for why the global BP can't cover the whole process, it may be related to the inability to coordinate the competition system in the outer divisions. After all, only LPL teams play like this in the playoffs, which basically does not help the World Championship.
However, the adjustment of the regular season format will still have an impact on some of the original perceptions of the original group. For example, there will be no more 0-16 records, because if a team loses both the group and the group match, they can be declared off after only 13 games. During the Spring Split, EDG and UP both had 13 losses.
This adjustment of the competition system can be called the biggest change after the cancellation of relegation and relegation in the LPL. So do you think that when the LPL Summer Tournament arrives, the viewing experience and the popularity of the event can surpass the past?