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Riot Games wants fans to predict the 2021 League of Legends World Championship winners

Pick’em is back.

If you’re a betting person who loves League of Legends, Riot Games wants you to guess who will win the 2021 League of Legends World Championships. That’s right, Pick’em is back — the reoccurring community event where fans predict who will win the biggest esports event of the year.

The premise is simple: successfully choose a team’s placement on brackets and various stages to earn points that you can use to get exclusive rewards in League of Legends. Stuff like summoner icons, reward capsules, blue essence, and ultimate character skins for champions. Pick’em returns for every League of Legends Worlds tournament, but Riot introduced a new feature called the Crystal Ball this year.

“The Crystal Ball gives you the ultimate opportunity to say I told you so,” Riot Games said on Lolesports. “If you predict the correct Finals winner from before Worlds even starts, you will be granted 20 extra points at the end of Worlds, a nice pad to your leaderboard standing.”

Check out the full Pick’Em announcement for yourself below.

If you’re going to be watching the 2021 League of Legends World Championships, there’s no reason not to participate in Pick’em. It’s an opportunity to win free stuff with no price of admission, after all. You can’t beat that!

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. 

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Riot Games announces on-air talent for 2021 League of Legends World Championships

There will be 22 on-air personalities hosting and commentating on the English broadcast alone.

With the 2021 League of Legends World Championships looming on the horizon, developer Riot Games went ahead and announced who’ll be commentating and hosting the event. It’s an extensive list featuring a staggering 22 on-air personalities, and that’s just for the English-speaking broadcast! 

“We will utilize the LEC studio as our English broadcasting home base with some regional faces back in the studio for the first time since 2019,” Riot Games said on Lolesports. “The LCS and LCK studios will contribute to and support the broadcast virtually.” 

There’ll be casters on the mic from each of League of Legends’ four prominent professional regions, Dot Esports  reported Thursday. That’s eight from LCS, seven from LEC, and seven more from the LPL and LCK, respectively. 

Check out the on-air talent list for yourself below. 

The 2021 League of Legends World Championships play-in stage will begin on Oct. 5 live from Reykjavík, Iceland. As is always the case, this will be the biggest esports event of the year. Ten of the best League of Legends pro teams will battle it out to figure out who’s numero uno, so it’s a can’t miss event for esports fans the world over.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. 

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‘League of Legends’ and ‘Valorant’ are just some of the games coming to Riot’s desktop client

Finally, you won’t need several launchers to play Riot’s games.

After all these years, Riot Games is launching a dedicated desktop client for its titles. Soon Legends of Runeterra, Teamfight Tactics, Valorant, and League of Legends will be available on a single launcher that begins rolling out on Sept. 20. 

“With the new Riot Client, it’ll be easier for you to discover and access all of what we have to offer,” Riot said in a statement. “All desktop Riot games will be accessible from one client, with each game having its own dedicated product page with game-specific content including the latest news and events. You’ll be able to clean up your desktop and only have one Riot Client launcher where all your favorite Riot games will live!”

Check out a small teaser of the Riot Client for yourself below.

Riot stresses that you won’t need to download or install new applications for the new client. Though if you would like to maintain individual desktop shortcuts, that’s doable. While every game in Riot’s portfolio will use the launcher, each will have a dedicated landing page along with details specific to that game. There’ll be extra stuff like cinematic backgrounds too! 

Riot Games will distribute the desktop client next week; its worldwide rollout won’t begin until Oct. 4 to ensure stability. The Riot Client’s support page doesn’t really say how you opt into using it on Sept. 20, though. Guess we’ll just have to wait for more information!

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. 

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Iceland’s Laugardalshöll Sport Center reportedly to host 2021 League of Legends Worlds

The tournament in esports will likely be heading back to Iceland.

The 2021 League of Legends World Championship Series might be heading to the Laugardalshöll Sports Center in Iceland, Dot Esports reported Monday. It’s also looking like the event will run from Oct. 6 through Nov. 6.

Rumors of the event taking place in Iceland have been circulating for a while now, which isn’t particularly surprising considering Riot Games put on several esports tournaments in the country recently. The Mid-Season Invitational for League of Legends and Valorant Champions Tour events took place at the venue back in May, so there’s precedent for it. 

According to the same report from Dot Esports, every stage of the event will take place exclusively in Iceland due to players from most regions being able to travel to the country. 

Apparently, from Oct. 5 to Oct. 9 will be the dates for the play-in stage, while the group stage is taking place from Oct. 11. through Oct. 18. Playoffs will begin on Oct. 22 and conclude on Oct. 31, with finals happening Nov. 6.

None of this is concrete until Riot Games confirms (or denies) the information, but it all seems likely.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. 

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Clayton Raines will not commentate the 2021 League of Legends World Championships

The shoutcasting legend wants to focus on his health for now.

Clayton’ CaptainFlowers’ Raines is one of League of Legend’s most iconic commentators, but the 2021 World Championship Series will have to do without him. Though not for any other reason than Raines wants to make his mental and physical health a priority.

“I’ve been pretty open these past few years about how poorly I’ve been doing overall,” Raines said in a Twitlonger post. “My physical and mental health are both a long way from where I’d like them to be. I still never get enough sleep, and I haven’t been able to motivate myself back into the gym since everything first shut down last year. I lost all my momentum with my personal stream, and I love making content as a creative outlet.” 

Raines continued: “How does this relate to Worlds? Worlds is an all-encompassing event when you’re working it, and it lasts for over a month. It undoes all your routines, plans, and habits. The schedule usually flips everything upside down, and it’s hard to have much of a life outside of Worlds. These changes are harder for some people than others, and I’ve always been one of the people who don’t adapt well. Even before everything shut down in 2020, international events were largely remote for on-air talent, and it’s always been tough on me.”

Read the full statement from Raines for yourself below.

Raines then goes on to apologize for his decision, particularly the fans. Stressing again, this was his choice alone and had nothing to do with Riot Games or anyone else. Hopefully, Raines will feel comfortable returning by the time the next big League of Legends event happens.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. 

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‘League of Legends’ ofrecerá un concierto interactivo de heavy metal

League of Legends está por armar un concierto virtual de heavy metal con Pentakill, una banda dentro de su universo. ¡Sí, leíste bien! Los fans hasta podrán influir en el espectáculo mientras sucede. ¿Cómo funcionará exactamente este encuentro? Los …

League of Legends está por armar un concierto virtual de heavy metal con Pentakill, una banda dentro de su universo. ¡Sí, leíste bien! Los fans hasta podrán influir en el espectáculo mientras sucede.

¿Cómo funcionará exactamente este encuentro? Los fans necesitarán ir a la Wave page del concierto el 8 de septiembre a la 1:00 pm PT / 4:00 PM ET para participar en el espectáculo. Los asistentes podrán tomar decisiones que impactarán lo que suceda en el escenario en tiempo real y podrán platicar con otros asistentes. Por otro lado, si lo que deseas es solo asistir como espectador y no participar, está la opción de verlo en YouTube y Twitch.

Traducción: El 9-8-21, #LostChapter cobrará vida en una experiencia interactiva con TheWaveXR. Únete a Pentakill y haz historia. Regístrate ahora: wave.watch/Pentakill

“Estamos emocionados de continuar llevando la música y las historias a otro nivel con Pentakill”, dijo Toa Dunn, director de Riot Games Music, en un comunicado. “Junto con nuestros socios en Wave, The Mill y We Are Royale estamos determinados a mostrar cómo se verá el futuro de las experiencias virtuales de entretenimiento”.

El evento es una especie de cuenta regresiva para el nuevo álbum de Pentakill Lost Chapter, que estará en todas las grandes plataformas de streaming cuando el concierto termine.

Artículo traducido por Gabriela Enríquez

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‘League of Legends’ is hosting an interactive heavy metal show

What, you’ve never been in a virtual mosh pit before?

League of Legends is about to put on a virtual heavy metal concert with its in-universe band Pentakill. Yes, you read that right! Fans will even be able to influence the show as it happens. 

So how does this online shindig work, exactly? Well, fans need to head over to the concert’s Wave page on September 8 at 1:00 PM PT / 4:00 PM ET to participate as it happens. Concert-goers can make choices that will impact what happens on stage in real-time while chatting with other attendees. Though if you would like to watch rather than participate, there are options to view it on YouTube and Twitch as well.

“We’re excited to continue to push the envelope in music and storytelling with Pentakill,” said Toa Dunn, head of Riot Games Music said in a statement. “With our partners at Wave, The Mill, and We Are Royale, we have set out to showcase what the future of virtual entertainment experiences can be.”

The whole event is a sort of countdown to Pentakill’s newest album Lost Chapter, which will be on all the big streaming platforms right after the concert is over.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. 

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Iceland rumored to host 2021 League of Legends World Championship Series

The Mid-Season Invitational was in Iceland, so why not Worlds?

Riot Games recently announced that the 2021 League of Legends World Championship Series would be moving from China to Europe, and it looks like Iceland might be hosting the event.

While Riot Games have yet to confirm if Iceland is where the tournament will play out, a Dot Esports report claims that will be the case. Given that several big League of Legends events have taken place in Iceland, including the Mid-Season Invitational back in May, it’s not hard to believe Riot Games would return for the 2021 League of Legends World Championship Series.

One thing’s for sure, though: shifting the event from one region to another is due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“We figured 2020 would be the hardest Worlds we’ve ever produced,” said John Needham, Global Head of Esports at Riot Games, in a press release. “With vaccines being distributed worldwide this year, we anticipated a return to some sort of “normal” in 2021. Well, unfortunately, this hasn’t been the case. With the Delta variant, travel restrictions and COVID protocols have been even MORE complicated to navigate in 2021 than they were in 2020.”

You can watch Needham’s complete statement about moving the 2021 League of Legends World Championship Series from China to Europe below. 

Like everything else in the world these days, COVID-19 continues to make live esports events challenging. Hopefully, by the time the 2022 League of Legends World Championships happen in North America, there will be some semblance of normalcy.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. 

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League of Legends World Championship Series returns to North America in 2022

The biggest esports event in the world is coming back to North America.

It turns out that the 2022 League of Legends World Championships will take place in North America. 

Chris Greely, LCS Commissioner at Riot Games, confirmed during an interview with content creator Travis Gafford that the wildly popular international tournament series would take place in several unannounced cities across the continent. Of course, this is all COVID-19 permitting, but all the same: it’s a huge deal! North America hasn’t hosted a League of Legends tournament of this scale since the 2016 World Championships in Los Angeles. 

Check out the clip from Gafford’s interview where Greely breaks the news for yourself below.

There’s been plenty of fan speculation that the 2022 League of Legends World Championships would happen in the region already, but now it’s a certainty. No news just yet as to the cities hosting the events, but at least League of Legends fans in North America won’t have to travel far to attend this time.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. 

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