Last April, Riot Games officially announced that the 2020 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), which was originally postponed to June, will be completely cancelled. The reason is that the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has not improved and MSI 2020 cannot be held.
This step was taken by Riot Games to keep all players, teams and organizers safe. Stakeholders And the League of Legends community in South Korea is to minimize the transmission of COVID-19.
However, the League of Legends community doesn’t feel empty. Event Most of Riot Games have been cancelled.In exchange, Riot Games Show match To replace the canceled 2020 MSI.
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Riot Games Korea in preparation Show match This is because the LCK and LPL teams took the lead in holding an exhibition match so that May would not be empty in the Korean match schedule.
The idea started with Joe Marsh, T1 CEO, who invited three LCK teams (T1, Gen.G, DragonX) and LPL teams (JD Gaming, TOP Esports, FunPlus Phoenix) to an exhibition match. This was expressed by Joe Marsh. His personal twitter account akun..
Riot Games Korea is happy to accept the idea of the T1 CEO. In particular, watching the exhibition match and seeing the enthusiasm of the Korean League of Legends community, who also wanted Invictus Gaming and Damwon Gaming to participate,
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“The off-season period will last for two months as MSI has been officially canceled. We are currently preparing for an extraordinary tournament. Nothing has been decided at this time, but the tournament details and schedule are available. Coming soon. We hope this contest will be a good gift for the community currently fighting the COVID-19 epidemic. ”Clearly Riot Games Korea is similar. Quoted from Invenglobal..
This match can be used not only as a replacement for MSI 2020, but also as a replacement for the Rift Rivals that the community has been waiting for every year. The 2020 MSI Exchange Tournament is expected to take place in May this year and, of course, goes well. onlineDon’t forget to visit website Contact us to get the latest news about eSports.