On Monday, Riot Games announced that it would be holding two esports tournaments in Reykjavik, Iceland. The first will be 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:League of Leܫgends’ Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), which was canceled last year 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:due to COVID-19. MSI. The event, which features top global teams, will run from Ma🧔y 6 to May 23.
The MSI is the second most im🌼portant international League of Legends tournament aside from the World Championship. Last year, MSI was replaced by the 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon, which features international competitions and exhibition matches from multiple regions. The event was꧅ primarily held raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts.
The tournament included the top four teams from the spring season of the LCK (South Korea) and LPL (China). The games, which were played online with artificially standardized ping to guarantee competitive integrity, had playe🦄rs compete at their respective league's home arenas without a live audience. The tournament's total prize pool was $600,000.
On May 24, Riot will kick off the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Masters Reykjavik, the first live international tournament for the gaꦏme. Ten teams will compete to qualify for Valorant Champions 2021, the final global tournament of the Valorant esports season.
According to Riot, "The VALORANT Champions Tour will feature three levels of competition: Challengers, Masters, and Champions. Challengers will focus on regional competition and will be organized both by 𒁃Riot and top-tier tournament partner operators, some of whom you’ve already seen running Ignition Series events and First Strike qualifiers."
Like most esports, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:League of Legends and V🅘alorant have had to adjust to changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of tournaments were held virtually to ensure the safet✨y of players, many of whom were unable to travel abroad. Despite the pandemic, Riot managed to host last year’s in-person League of Legends World Championship in Shanghai by implementing strict safety protocols.
For both upcoming events in Iceland, which will be held in the Laugardalshöll indoor sporting arena, teams will be required to quarantine once they land. In additioꦑn, there will be no audience attendance, however, all MSI🐟 matches and VCT Masters Stage 2 matches will be livestreamed online.