Trial by Ember
Our Donezo Manifesto
TL;DR
We were given the opportunity to pursue our passions. We tried to do something big and different. We were equipped with everything we needed to win. But we still fell short, so the original team at Ember disbanded last month. Don’t feel sorry for us, we got paid to live our dreams. When you fail in sports and esports, the public wants to know what happened. There has been rampant speculation since we haven’t said much at all. It’s time to set the record straight.
Challenger Series
The bottom line is that ascending to the League Championship Series (LCS) through the Challenger Series has turned from a low probability event to a very low probability event. We felt good about the odds last November when there was still auto-relegation/auto-promotion and one best-of-five match. Things changed this January when Riot Games announced the revamped Promotion/Relegation system. The new system has no auto-relegation and Challenger teams would need to win at least two best-of-five matches to get into the LCS. While this new system is a much-needed step for ensuring stability in the LCS, it makes running a Challenger team much less appealing because:
- LCS teams have more experience with pressure. LCS teams play eighteen games live onstage during the regular season and each…
