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The VCS hasn’t given up on Worlds 2021, continues to work with Riot to find a solution to travel restrictions, reports say

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Time Stamp: September 15, 2021 5:15 AM - Modified On: September 15, 2021 - Published By:
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VCS team GAM Esports has been working closely with Riot Games to find a solution to Vietnam’s woes at the 2021 League of Legends World Championship, according to a report by TheThao. The top teams representing the region, GAM Esports and Saigon Buffalo Esports, had been ruled out of the end-of-year event due to “travel restrictions,” having failed to acquire the necessary visas to travel to Iceland in time.  But, during the past few weeks, GAM has been communicating with Riot’s team in Singapore via emails to find a way

Worlds 2021 format, explained

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Time Stamp: September 13, 2021 6:14 AM - Modified On: September 13, 2021 - Published By:
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The 2021 League of Legends World Championship will host 22 teams in a three-stage, month-long tournament in Iceland, Reykjavík’s Laugardalshöll Indoor Sporting Arena from Oct. 5 to Nov. 6. Here’s everything you need to know about the format for the event. Play-in stage The play-in stage of the event will take place from Oct. 5 to 9 and feature 10 teams, including: The first seeds from Brazil’s CBLoL, Japan’s LJL, Oceania’s LCO, the Commonwealth of Independent States’ LCL, Latin America’s LLA, and Turkey’s TCL. RED CanidsDetonatioN FocusMEPEACEUnicorns of LoveInfinity EsportsGalatasaray

Rogue have automatically qualified for Worlds 2021 group stage after Riot confirms VCS will miss tournament due to COVID

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Time Stamp: September 9, 2021 10:13 AM - Modified On: September 9, 2021 - Published By:
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Riot Games officially revealed this morning that the 2021 League of Legends World Championship is being held in Iceland. With this announcement, the team also confirmed that the two representatives from the Vietnam Championship Series won’t be able to attend due to travel restrictions. As a result, the LEC’s third seed Rogue will be automatically moving up into the group stage of the tournament. In August, the VCS was forced to cancel its 2021 Summer Split due to multiple reported concerns, including contractual issues between Garena and Riot, as well

When is the 2021 League of Legends World Championship?

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Time Stamp: September 8, 2021 1:54 AM - Modified On: September 8, 2021 - Published By:
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The 2021 League of Legends World Championship is heading to Iceland, according to a report by Dot Esports on Aug. 30. Riot had originally planned to host the end-of-year event in China for the second year running but, due to unforeseeable circumstances, had to make the decision to pivot to Europe. “We figured 2020 would be the hardest Worlds we ever had to produce,” Riot’s head of esports John Needham said in a statement in August. “With vaccines being distributed worldwide this year, we anticipated a return to some sort

Sources: Worlds 2021 to take place at Iceland’s Laugardalshöll Indoor Sporting Arena from Oct. 5 to Nov. 6

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Time Stamp: September 6, 2021 6:04 PM - Modified On: September 6, 2021 - Published By:
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The 2021 League of Legends World Championship will take place from Oct. 5 to Nov. 6 in Reykjavík, Iceland, at the Laugardalshöll Indoor Sporting Arena, the same venue that previously hosted Riot Games’ VALORANT Masters and Mid-Season Invitational events, sources familiar with the plans told Dot Esports. The event will be broken down into five stages, the same as the previous format of the annual event. The play-in stage will take place from Oct. 5 to 9 with the group stage running from Oct. 11 to 18. The playoffs will

VCS reportedly won’t attend Worlds 2021 due to visa issues and COVID

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Time Stamp: September 1, 2021 1:05 PM - Modified On: September 1, 2021 - Published By:
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It’s been a rough year for Vietnamese League of Legends fans, who haven’t been able to see their representatives play at international tournaments throughout the 2021 season. And now, the region won’t be attending the 2021 World Championship, according to a report by TheThao.vn. This will reportedly be confirmed by Riot Games after the venues for the event are announced. Riot recently announced that the global team was making the tough decision to move Worlds from its original host location of China to Europe. Riot’s head of global esports John

Worlds 2021 Relocating From China to Europe Amid Delta Variant Surge

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Time Stamp: August 24, 2021 3:37 PM - Modified On: August 24, 2021 - Published By:
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League of LegendsWorlds is returning to Europe, Riot Games announced Tuesday. / Photo courtesy of David Lee/Riot GamesThe League of Legends 2021 World Championship will be hosted in Europe rather than in China, Riot Games Global Head of Esports John Needham announced Tuesday.Riot's global esports team, made up of members in Los Angeles and Shanghai, came to the decision after considering "all potential options" due to it opening up the best opportunity for the most qualified teams and their key players to be permitted to compete for the Summoner's Cup.

VCS reportedly cancels Summer Split, will still send teams to Worlds 2021

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Time Stamp: August 12, 2021 7:27 PM - Modified On: August 12, 2021 - Published By:
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After several weeks of uncertainty, the Vietnam Championship Series is cancelling its 2021 Summer Split, according to reports from South Korean publication Naver Sports. The reports said that even though the season will not be taking place, the Vietnamese League of Legends region will still be sending representatives to this year’s World Championship. The 2021 VCS Summer Split was originally delayed in June due to the country’s circumstances around the COVID-19 pandemic. Even if the league returned today, there wouldn’t be enough time for the teams to catch up with

SenpAI.GG wants to be your AI-powered video game coach

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Time Stamp: August 6, 2021 3:14 PM - Modified On: August 6, 2021 - Published By:
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With most popular online video games, there’s a huge gap between being a good player and a great one. A casual player might be able to hold their own against other casual players, only for a random pro to wander by and chew through everyone like they’re somehow playing with a different set of rules. Could an AI-driven voice in your ear help close that gap, if only a bit? SenpAI.GG, a company out of Y Combinator’s latest batch, thinks so. Much of that aforementioned gap boils down to practice,

Atari restructuring to focus on premium games, scaling down free-to-play and mobile development

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Time Stamp: July 5, 2021 8:25 PM - Modified On: July 5, 2021 - Published By:
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Atari announced that the company was going through some big changes back in April when it named a new CEO and essentially split the entire company into two distinct companies, the Atari Gaming and Atari Blockchain divisions. Now, that decision is coming to a head on the gaming front, as Atari CEO Wade J. Rosen revealed the decision to refocus on premium game development.  This move means that Atari, which previously moved away from working on larger games and instead released mobile and free-to-play titles, will now pivot into a