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EF Academy members trolled a ranked LoL match

Echo Fox Academy members Tristan "Cake" Côté-Lalumière, Mingyi "Spica" Lu and presumably Joshua "Mabrey" Alan Mabrey intentionally banned main champions for two of their teammates in a ranked League of Legends match, sparking controversy.

JULY 28

LoL MMORPG either teased or joked about

Riot Games have released an interactive map of Runeterra, the place where League of Legends is set, which sparked the ever persistent rumours of a League-themed MMO in the works. Marc Merrill further added fuel to the flame via his Twitter.

JULY 25

Tencent vs Montoon copyright lawsuit

Riot Games' parent company Tencent has recently won a lawsuit against Moonton Technology CEO Xu Zhenhua, due to blatant copyright infringement with their game Mobile Legends, which is similar to League of Legends in more ways than one.

JULY 19

League of Legends future champion plans

Riot Games' lead game designer talked about the future of League of Legends' champion roster expansion and reworks in an interview with PCGamesN where he stated that "there's an enormous amount of things Riot Games still want to do".

JUNE 26

Riot Games reach 1 billion views on Twitch

Riot Games are the Psy of video games and their Gangnam Style is, of course, League of Legends. Riot's Twitch channel became the first to break into the 1 billion views bracket, although the numbers are from Twitch.tv instead of YouTube.

JUNE 25

Fnatic Rekkles not on Fnatic roster tonight

Fnatic's star player Rekkles will apparently not be in the roster for the upcoming EU LCS matches as the team director Joey "YoungBuck" Steltenpool announced Bwipo will be the starting "ADC" due to strategic reasons in the latest meta.

JUNE 22

Taric rules the mid lane in League of Legends

League of Legends is currently in what is probably the worst shape the game has ever been in. Riot Games are struggling to keep any semblance of balance and an actual support being the most successful mid laner testifies to that claim.

JUNE 5

TheCynicalBrit is no longer with us

John Bain, video game critic and YouTuber widely known as TotalBiscuit, TheCynicalBrit or TotalHalibut on the internet has passed away at the age of 33, after a prolonged battle he fought with cancer. The message was relayed by his wife.

MAY 25

China is number one in LoL MSI 2018

Korea's firm grip on the League of Legends competitive scene has loosened up during MSI 2018, as Kingzone DragonX didn't manage to win the first spot in either group stage or in the final. Meanwhile, congratulations to RNG on first place.

MAY 21

Faker's earnings were revealed recently

Hong “YellOw” Jin-ho, a former StarCraft player, has recently revealed how much SKT T1's superstar Faker is earning. We have decided to put up a comparison between League of Legends' most popular player and Fortnite's streamer Ninja.

MAY 18

League of Legends will add Parental Approval

If you're a League of Legends player from Europe that's younger than 16 years, you may be asked for parental permission by Riot Games in the future. These permissions requests will be handled via e-mail. What could go wrong, right?

MAY 16

Pyke from League of Legends sounds familiar

Riot Games have teased the next League of Legends champion on their official YouTube channel, where he can be heard talking about taking revenge on people who betrayed him. At first he is growling, but starts sounding familiar later on.

MAY 11

League of Legends will have more tiers in S9

Riot Games have updated their blog with the plans for League of Legends' 2019 ranked season changes. It may look a little early to talk about Season 9 now, which prompts one question - why exactly are they announcing the changes so soon?

APRIL 26

Return of the Blue Essence Emporium

Blue Essence Emporium is making a return to League of Legends, offering players to empty out all the unused Blue Essence for items that are otherwise available only for Riot Points. On top of it, Riot Games are bringing out new mini icons.

APRIL 19

Team Liquid reveal their training facility

Team Liquid have revealed the new Alienware training facility for their League of Legends squad. This happened just in time to host a celebration for their coronation as the NA LCS Spring Champions that happened one day prior.

APRIL 10

inSec joins Origen for the new season

Former LCK and LPL star is joining Origen for the upcoming European Masters tournament which consists of the best team in Europe's minor leagues. This is the first time out of All-Stars matches that two iconic players meet in the same team.

APRIL 2

Ex WoW boss says the FPA is a bad idea

In case you didn't catch it, gaming industry leaders have recently formed the Fair Play Alliance, dedicating to combating toxicity of online players, but former team lead of Blizzard's World of Warcraft has now called it a "bad idea".

MARCH 28

FPA formed to address issue of toxicity

More than 30 gaming companies have congregated in what they dubbed the Fair Play Alliance, so as to combat toxic behaviours of players in online multiplayer games, with their first summit on 21 March 2018 at the Games Developer Conference.

MARCH 23

How to get back into competitive games

Revisiting competitive games after a break shows the decay of your skills like nothing else. Our reflexes are non-existent and our brain processes visual and audio cues at a crawl. So how does one get back into top competitive shape?

MARCH 17

Fortnite beats both PUBG and LoL on Twitch

Epic's put a lot of effort into Fortnite: Battle Royale and the results are showing. Namely, the game's latest Twitch numbers mean that Fortnite has wiped the floor with PUBG and League of Legends. LOL.

MARCH 7

League of Legends Global eSports event announcement

Riot Games have announced full dates and venues for all of their major tournaments due in 2018. It appears they are looking to break more records, following the 2017 League of Legends World Championship in China success.

FEBRUARY 28

Jax's Counterstrike bug fix didn't work in League of Legends patch 8.4

League of Legends bugs are often of the funny kind and other times they're made funny by the community. In this case, the super top laner Hashinshin made the Counterstrike bug into a meme. A less funny fact is that it's not fixed yet.

FEBRUARY 27

Riot Games offer a closer look at League of Legends loot boxes

Riot Games have released an article detailing drop rates from Hextech Chests in League of Legends. The article seems to be sort of an announcement for their new Masterwork Chests that will be released in an upcoming patch as well.

FEBRUARY 24

League of Legends: Vietnam is now an independent competitive region

Vietnam got promoted to an independent region when it comes to League of Legends tournaments. This will be important for Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship 2018 as Vietnam will now have their own spot for these tournaments.

FEBRUARY 22

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