There were 3 big news today in the League of Legends scene. On the one hand, Riot announced the introduction of a franchise system for the North American LCS league.<\/p>\n
In the EU, popular caster Mitch proclaims "Crepo<\/strong>\u201cVoorspoels that he is stepping down from his position for the time being.<\/p>\n And the third message brings us back to America, Team Echo Fox has announced the members of its new Challenger Team and the names sound more like fan dreams: Imaqtipie, Scarry, Dyrus, Voyboy and Shiphtur<\/strong>. With this, 5 legends come back from retirement to prove once again what they can do.<\/p>\n As of 2018, all teams in the North American LCS League will be Riot partners. That means there is no more relegation and each team gets a share of the LCS profit. This is a common system in other American sports like football (NFL) or basketball (NBA). This gives the teams and players financial security, on the other hand, of course, critics say that some teams may no longer exert themselves 100% if it is impossible to relegate.<\/p>\n Since eSports is still in its infancy, it is certainly a sensible step, especially at the beginning, to ensure more security and thus more sponsors. This step was developed by Riot together with the largest teams, so it reflects the wishes of both sides.<\/p>\n This also has advantages for the players, Riot guarantees them an annual salary of 75,000 US dollars and 35 % of league income. Due to the percentage participation, all parties are required to ensure a high quality of the games.<\/p>\n A further step is the revision of the 2nd league, called League of Legends Challenger Series. In this, the subsidiary teams of the LCS teams will compete against each other and allow the promotion of new talents.<\/p>\n Which teams will belong to the new LCS will be decided through an application and selection process until June 14th. There will also be a monetary entry barrier, 10 million<\/strong> Each team will have to spend US dollars on a spot. 5 million immediately, the rest over the next few years. In this way, Riot ensures that only stable teams with a minimum of infrastructure and sponsors participate.<\/p>\n By comparison, Blizzard has made headlines for the past few weeks with similar terms for the planned Overwatch League. Just the blizzard 20 million<\/strong> directly requested, and a possible profit sharing of the teams takes place in a few years at the earliest.<\/p>\n So it's not surprising that several organizations have fired their Overwatch teams. For half the price you can join a long-standing, proven league in one of the most famous games in the world. While Overwatch seems unsafe at least for the moment, but maybe Blizzard is now in a tight spot and is reconsidering the conditions.<\/p>\n You can find the official Riot announcement video at the beginning of the article.<\/p>\n You can have an almost one hour discussion between the Riot Esports representatives and the team owners \/ CEOs of Team SoloMid and Team Immortal at the colleagues of Yahoo Esports <\/a>find.<\/p>\n Mitch Voorspoels, better known by his player name Krepo, announced his retirement from his position on the commentator team of the European LCS via Twitter.<\/p>\n pic.twitter.com\/qXM5fGLVhk<\/a><\/p>\n - Mitch Voorspoels (@Krepo) 2nd June 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nLeague of Legends - NA LCS Franchising<\/h2>\n
10 million for a League seat, 20 million for Overwatch<\/h2>\n
EU LCS - Krepo resigns from his position as caster<\/h2>\n
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