Esports Daily: Jan. 28
Our top stories from Wednesday:
European League of Legends Championship power rankings: FORG1VEN leads H2k.
With all League of Legends regions playing the same patch, a look at the pick and ban trends among the NA/EU LCS and Korea.
Best from around the web:
The growing issue of League of Legends player eligibility based on Riot Games’ crackdown on checking visas has resulted in another player being out this week, H2k’s Yoo “Ryu” Sang-ook.
Esports lawyer Bryce Blum broke down why Riot’s timing and inconsistency with this issue is problematic.
Updating an earlier roster hole because of this problem, Unicorns of Love has acquired jungler Charly “Djoko” Guillard to fill in for Danil “Diamondprox” Reshetnikov.
After being removed from Giants Gaming’s starting lineup, Tri “k0u” Tin Lam tweeted what reads like an apology for all sorts of things.
A feature on Immortals’ strong start to the North American LCS season.
Speaking of Immortals, members of the staff did an insightful AMA on Reddit.
The second part of a series looking at the career of Bora “YwllOwStaR” Kim.
Rough Drafts’ podcast previewing this week’s European LCS.
Analyzing the strong League of Legends Champions Korea start by Jin Air Green Wings top laner Yeon “TrAce” Chang-dong
Kenneth “koosta” Suen talked about Enemy’s recent CounterStrike” Global Offensive success and looking forward to March’s Major League Gaming tournament.
Duncan “Thorin” Shields’ top-10 CS:GO team rankings.
Dan Gilbert, owner of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, is part of a group investing $35 million on tech startups, possibly including esports.
A look at how esports is driving digital video game sales.
Meltdown, a French esports bar franchise, is coming to North America.
The lineup for EVO, which takes place in Las Vegas in July, has been released.
Some veteran players talk about EVO and the growth of the fighting games community.
What ESPN needs to do to maximize its investment in esports.
Can esports and traditional, mainstream media ever coexist?
A conversation about the future of broadcast rights in esports.
Why console games will always face struggles when it comes to esports.
Can drone racing ever be as big as esports?
Call of Duty power rankings.
Results
League of Legends Champions Korea (Thursday)
Jin Air Green Wings 2:0 CJ Entus
KT Rolster 2:0 Samsung Galaxy
League of Legends Pro League (Thursday)
Invictus Gaming 2:1 Vici Gaming
EDward Gaming 2:0 Hyper Youth Gaming
League of Legends Masters Series (Thursday)
Flash Wolves 2:0 COUGAR E-Sport
MarsTV Dota 2 League LAN Finals
Group A
OG 2:0 Newbee
Vici Gaming 2:0 Evil Geniuses
Group B
EHOME 2:0 Mineski
compLexity Gaming 1:1 Team Secret
Group A tiebreakers (Thursday)
Evil Geniuses 1:0 Newbee
Group B tiebreakers
LGD Gaming 1:0 Team Secret
EHOME 1:0 compLexity Gaming
Team Secret 1:0 compLexity Gaming
LGS Gaming 1:0 EHOME
Team Secret 1:0 compLexity Gaming
LGS 1:0 EHOME
Playoff winners bracket
EHOME 2:1 Evil Geniuses
OG vs. Team Secret
WePlay Dota Season 3: Group Stage
SEA Division
MVP Phoenix 1:0 Execration
MVP Phoenix 1:0 TNC Pro Team
European East Division
Vega Squadron 1:0 Team TORNADO ROX
Vega Sqadron 1:0 Prodota Gaming
Schedule
European League of Legends Championship Series
Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/riotgames
Giants Gaming vs. Splyce, 12 p.m.
Origen vs. Team ROCCAT, 1 p.m.
G2 Esports vs. Fnatic, 2 p.m.
Unicorns of Love vs. Elements, 3 p.m.
H2K Gaming vs. Team Vitality, 4 p.m.
IEM Taipei: Group Stage (CS:GO)
Stream: http://intelextrememasters.com/season10/taipei/schedule/
Group A
CyberZen vs. Risky Gaming, 9:30 p.m.
MVP.karnal vs. Chiefs esports Club, 11 p.m.
Winners match, 12:30 a.m. Friday
Elimination match, 2 a.m. Friday
WePlay Dota Season 3: Group Stage
Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/joindotared
European East Division
Team Empire vs. Walrus Punch, 11 a.m.
Americas Division
Elite Wolves vs. Infamous, 5 p.m.
European West Division
COOKISS vs. No Logic Gaming, 3:15 p.m.
League of Legends Champions Korea (Friday)
SK Telecom T1 vs. e-mFire, 3:30 a.m.
Longzhu Gaming vs. Afreeca Freecs, 6:30 a.m.
League of Legends Pro League (Friday)
LGD Gaming vs. Masters3, 4 a.m.
Snake eSports vs. Team WE, 6 a.m.
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