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Flash Wolves jungler Hung ‘Karsa’ Hau-Hsuan suspended for early disconnect

Hung ‘Karsa’ Hau-Hsuan, the star jungler of the Flash Wolves, has been suspended by the team for intentionally disconnecting early during a match. Riot Games’ rulebook says that players should not leave a match until either a victory or defeat message is shown on the screen. In a match between …

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League of Legends 10 ban system has left Yasuo out in the cold

Since the introduction of League of Legends 10 bans system, allowing 10 champions to be banned in both normal and ranked games, one champion has spiked to a 40% ban rate. Yasuo is in a weird place in the meta right now, where he’s viewed as incredibly powerful and feared …

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League of Legends’ North American Challenger Series changes to best-of-three format

Riot Games have announced that League of Legends’ North American Challenger Series is going to be adopting a best-of-three round-robin format, effective immediately. The Academy League is expected to take over in 2018, and so the NA CS is being prepared for the transition and responding to feedback from Challenger …

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BAFTA to honour Riot Games with Special Award

BAFTA is to honour League of Legends’ Riot Games with a Special Award at an event at The London West Hollywood on Monday June 12th over E3. The event is part of BAFTA’s growing global games strand in the USA and the award will be presented to Riot’s co-CEOs and …

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Twitter to broadcast Oceania League of Legends tournament this weekend

After a busy day announcing franchising for the NA LCS, Riot Games has also announced that the upcoming League of Legends: League of Origin tournament will be streamed on Twitter. The competition will run on June 3rd and 4th at the ESL Studio in Sydney, Australia. Players from across the …

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League of Legends pro Ben4 suspended for racist comments in game

Riot has suspended professional League of Legends player Tu “Ben4” Xin-cheng after he was found to be making racist remarks in public games. Ben4, who plays for Chinese team I May, will be suspended for one best of three match in the LPL. A statement on Chinese social network weibo …

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Riot to make League of Legends runes and masteries free

Riot Games have announced that they are overhauling the runes and masteries system within League of Legends and will make them all free. Despite doing very similar things, giving small buffs to champions depending on which are selected, the two systems have been in League for years. If players want …

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NA LCS Summer Split Finals to be held in Boston

Riot Games has announced that it will be hosting the finals of the North American League of Legends Championship Series in Boston, Massachusetts. The two day event will feature the third place play off match as well as the grand final of the Summer Split, a nine week competition that …

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Ha ‘Comeback’ Seung-chan was stressed in EU LCS because “food didn’t suit my tastes”

Ha ‘Comeback’ Seung-chan, previously known as Hachani, has spoken about his time playing in the European LCS series for Vitality, saying that he had a lot of stress because “the food I ate overseas didn’t suit my tastes.” He said this in an interview with Fomos’ Kim ‘Kenzi’ Yong-woo, in …

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