According to ESPN sources, Riot Games is considering holding the 2020 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:League of Legends World Championship in a single city, using the bubble format. This means the 24 qualified teams will play the entirety of the tournament in Shanghai. The event was originally supposed to be held in six cities throughout C♉hina.
This bubble format emulates the NBA, in which 22 teams will stay in the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. Event organizers hope that this system will limit the spread of COVID-19 amongst those involved. All players and staff will be quarantined within a single hotel and move to a centralized location to play. ESPN also reports that North America will host the 2022 W✅orld Championship, as opposed to 2021.
The global pandemic changed schedules for every industry, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:esports included. Riot annually holds an industry-defining event for the finals of the tournament series, with the 2019 World Championship reeling in 100 million viewers. The COVID-19 outbreak put a major stop in Riot’s plans this year, however. Being the 10th anniversary of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:League of Legends, and the tournament being held in the country with the game’s biggest audience, fans predicted this would be the largest event to date. When Riot canceled the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mid-Season Invitational due to the outbreak, the canꦅcellation of the World Championship also seemed like𝄹ly to follow.
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Riot finished the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:2020 Spring Split completely online, with players competing at separate locations. This switch posed multiple challenges on the ꧋production side, resulting in a drastic drop in quality. As quarantine regulations bಌegan to lift in Europe, China, and South Korea, the production quality increased. If Riot finds a way to hold the event and keeps its impressive production quality from previous years, audiences may have an easier time adjusting to the fully-virtualized approach.
Truly, it would be nothing short of tragic if Riot doesn't manage to hold the 2020 World Championship. This year has brought about multiple interesting League of Legends storylines that fans are hoping to see develop. Cloud 9 is currently enjoying the most dominant split in North American History; Top Esports and JDG seem poised to continue the LPL’s🥀 dominance; Mad Lions is filled with explosive and talented rookies that fans want to see on an international stage. The event is poised to be the most interesting World Championship to date and everyone – from fans to players – deserves to see the event happen.
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