Jump to content

2018 NA LCS season

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Bullshark44 (talk | contribs) at 18:25, 27 March 2018 (←Created page with '{{Infobox sports season||title=2018 NA LCS Spring Split|color=|color_text=|league=League of Legends Championship Series#North America|North American League of...'). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
2018 NA LCS Spring Split
LeagueNorth American League of Legends Championship Series
SportLeague of Legends
Number of matches5 best-of-fives in the play-offs, 90 best-of-ones in the regular season
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)Twitch
Regular season champions100 Thieves
  Runners-upEcho Fox
2018 NA League Championship Series Spring Playoffs
2018 NA League Championship Series Spring Finals
Seasons
2018 NA LCS Summer Split →

The 2018 Spring North American League of Legends Championship Series split (2018 Spring NA LCS) is the sixth season and eleventh split of the North American League of Legends Championship Series, (NA LCS) the highest level of professional League of Legends play in North America.

Format

Starting in 2018, the North American LCS will begin to franchise. There are various reasons for this. First, it changed the overall structure of the league, encouraging long-term investments from owners. This allowed the league to implement revenue sharing, leading to a better foundation for both the teams and professional players. Lastly, the professional players were given a larger voice and more protection within the league.

The buy-in price for the league was $10 million for existing League of Legends teams, who had previously participated in the League Championship Series or Challenger Series. New teams would be subject to an additional $3 million (a total $13 million), which was distributed to the teams that were replaced in the league. Interested parties were given applications in June, due on July 28, 2017. Over 100 existing esports organizations, traditional sports teams, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs reportedly applied.[1] Those applications were then narrowed down to a shortlist, nicknamed "phase two", which saw participants travel to Riot Games' Los Angeles office to interview and review their applications.[2] Riot Games and the North American League Championship Series players' association also decided that league would not expand and instead remain at 10 teams.

Buyers for the league were decided in mid-October. Several existing teams from the league — including Cloud9, Counter Logic Gaming, Echo Fox, FlyQuest, Team Liquid and Team SoloMid — were reportedly accepted back into the league.[3][4][5] Other existing teams, such as Immortals, Phoenix1, Team Dignitas and Team EnvyUs, were declined from entry into the restructured league.[6][7] The team welcomed four new teams — one endemic esports team and three NBA franchises or affiliates. Longtime esports organization OpTic Gaming was reportedly awarded a spot in the league after receiving investment from Texas Rangers co-owner Neil Leibman.[8] The other three new spots went to Golden State Warriors co-owner Joe Lacob and his son Kirk as the Golden Guardians, the Cleveland Cavaliers and affiliated venture capital firms as 100 Thieves, and the Houston Rockets as Clutch Gaming.[9][10][11][12]

Regular season standings

Pos Team W - L Points Qualification
1. United States California 100 Thieves 12 - 6 +6 Advance to semifinals
2. United States California Echo Fox 12 - 6 +6
3. United States California Team SoloMid 11 - 7 +4 Advance to quarterfinals
4. United States California Team Liquid 11 - 7 +4
5. United States California Cloud9 11 - 7 +4
6. United States Texas Clutch Gaming 11 - 7 +4
7. United States California Counter Logic Gaming 7 - 11 -4 No qualification for Playoffs
8. United States California FlyQuest 6 - 12 -6
9. United States Texas OpTic Gaming 5 - 13 -7
10. United States California Golden Guardians 4 - 14 -10

Playoffs

Bracket

Template:6TeamBracket-with 3rd

References

  1. ^ "Overwatch League, North American LCS head in different directions". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  2. ^ Greeley, Chris (2017-09-22). "Mid-Flight Update on Our Selection Process for NA LCS 2018". LoL Esports.
  3. ^ "Sources: Team SoloMid, Cloud9, Team Liquid and Counter Logic Gaming to rejoin NA LCS". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  4. ^ "Immortals out, Echo Fox in for the NA LCS, sources say". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  5. ^ "FlyQuest accepted as NA LCS franchise". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  6. ^ "Sources: Dignitas' League of Legends Championship Series franchising application declined". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  7. ^ "Sources: Phoenix1 and Team Envy declined entry into newly-franchised LCS". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  8. ^ "Sources: OpTic Gaming to join North American League Championship Series". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  9. ^ "Sources: Warriors co-owner lands League of Legends franchise spot". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  10. ^ "Sources: NA LCS team roster finalized with Rockets". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  11. ^ "Cavs added as League of Legends franchise". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  12. ^ "NA LCS Team Announcement". Riot Games. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2018_NA_LCS_season&oldid=832733992"