Every now and then, competitive players announce their retirement. Accordingly, headlines are live with the story behind GimGoon LoL Retired. Indeed, the former World Champion has decided to put up the sticks and leave behind the competitive scene!
GimGoon LoL Retired – Leaving Behind a Legacy
Indeed, Kim “GimGoon” Han-saem has had a long and rich career in competitive League of Legends. As one of the staple players of the Chinese LPL, his greatest achievement is a World Championship victory with FunPlus Phoenix back in 2019.
GimGoon has announced his retirement. GimGoon was the top laner for FPX back in 2019 when they won Worlds. At that time, he was known as the "Weak Side King" .@FPX_Esports#lpl#lolesportspic.twitter.com/RgqdNJX2uK
Indeed, within the LCS, there is also an academy side of things. Accordingly, following the completion of the regular season, some rostermania has taken place here too. Specifically, we have some news regarding the Cloud9 LCS Academy Roster 2022 below!
Announcing some new talent, such as the likes of “Malice”, “Zven” and “Winsome”, make this announcement very exciting. Accordingly, a mixture of new and old names reveales the following active roster:
Darshan “Darshan” Upadhyaya – Top
Sebastian “Malice” Edholm – Jungle
Jouhan “Copy” Pathmanathan – Mid
Calvin “K1ng” Truong – Bot
Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen – Bot
Kim “Winsome” Dong-keon – Support
Besides the aim of winning some lower tier championships, an academy team offers the main LCS franchise team some talent to nurture and perhaps graduate.
Credits: Cloud9 LCS
Regardless, heading forward this team will look to improve over their past season of competition:
7-8th @ LCS Proving Grounds Summer 2021
2nd @ LCS Academy League Summer 2021
2nd @ LCS Proving Grounds Spring 2021
1st-2nd @ LCS Academy League Spring 2021
This is certainly one of the more exciting rosters in the Academy scene for the LCS. Let’s see how much of an impact this roster has in the coming season.
After a season of competition in the LPL, the region is thrilled to have won Worlds 2021. Accordingly, the region celebrates the largest event of the year, with the Demacia Cup 2021. Read on as we provide a recap for winners – Top Esports Demacia Cup!
Top Esports Demacia Cup – On Top of the Region Again
Putting everything on the line, this was also an opportunity for teams to try out new regions.
Here, the top 24 teams from across all of China – both the LDL and LPL offered up teams together with 4 amateur teams.
As always, we love to recap our winner’s journey – it was very difficult here. Accordingly, seeded in Group A, the Winners from last year had to fight for a single Playoffs spot.
Here Top Esports had to win the first seed to progress – they did so by winning a tiebreaker against Team WE. Following this, they reached the Quarterfinals.
TES 3:2 FPX Because of daring to fight, we have unlimited possibilities. Thank you all for your company and support. We are also thankful for everyone's contribution in front of and behind the camera.
Seeded against Royal Never Give Up, they then swept Royal Never Give Up.
It was then, in the Semifinals, that they swept Invictus Gaming. However, smooth sailing ended in the Finals, as Top Esports squeezed out a victory from FunPlus Phoenix, making them champions once again.
Indeed, some organizations are sick of not getting results. An example of one such organization is Victory Five. After two seasons of placing poorly in the LPL, they’ve made a tonne of changes in hopes of better odds this time around. Read on as we discuss the Victory Five Roster 2022 below!
Victory Five Roster 2022 – Hopes For Achievement?
[Official] Victory Five announces the appointment of Jeong "NoFe" Noh-cheol and Yoon "Zero" Kyung-sup as head coach and coach respectively.#LPLpic.twitter.com/7qrhTBQd7l
Indeed, after yet again not making it to any international competition this past season, a lot of change went down since August. Specifically, the roster changes involved sweeping out the majority of the roster, and most recently the organization signed Lee “Rich” Jae-won as their final Top Laner. Specifically, here is the full roster below:
Lee “Rich” Jae-won – Top
Xu “TTS” Yang – Top
Li “Invincible” Xiao-Bing – Top
Li “XLB” Xiao-Long – Jungle
Hung “Karsa” Hau-Hsuan – Jungle
Tan “Dream” Wenxiang – Mid
Song “Rookie” Eul-jin – Mid
Ying “Photic” Qishen – Bot
Guo “ppgod” Peng – Support
Credits: LPL
As I’ll reiterate, this team can only go up in this coming season:
17th @ LPL Summer 2021
12th @ LPL Spring 2021
5th @ LPL Summer 2020
17th @ LPL Spring 2020
As one of the largest leagues, it’ll be tough, Let’s see what Victory Five can pull of this coming season.
It’s been a fantastic year for esports. Accordingly, the majority of esports scenes managed to jump back from a difficult year in 2020. Indeed, we can show this off with another Top 5 – our very own Top 5 Viewed Esports Events 2021!
Before we proceed, let’s give a warm thanks to Esports Charts for making such viewership details public.
Starting strong, we have the highest prize pool in the history of esports. Accordingly, following last year’s cancellation, there was a lot riding on this.
Yet, after 2 years, the entire community loved the event and reminded us about why Dota 2 is one of the top esports in the world, with a surprise story thanks to Team Spirit which only made the event better.
Valve took as to an offline environment after two years of online Dota Pro Circuit action. Meeting expectations, it’s a great start to our top 5 list.
#4 – PGL Major Stockholm 2021 – Top 5 Viewed Esports Events 2021
Credits: PGL Major 2021
Peak Viewership – 2,748,434
Average Viewers – 593,061
Offline
Prize Pool: $2,000,000
Moving onto an event more viewed event, we’re climbing to 3,000,000 peak viewers. Specifically, as the largest CS:GO major all year long, the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 event was insane. With massive storylines and exciting matches, everyone realised that CS:GO was back after a tough time.
Crowning the veterans on Natus Vincere, the CS:GO community made a lot of noise and loved every second of it – the entire esports industry was impacted by this event.
#3 – PUBG Mobile Global Championship Season 0
Credits: Tencent
Peak Viewership – 3,801,998
Average Viewers – 528,822
Online/Offline
Prize Pool: $2,000,000
Moving onto the PUBG Mobile Global Championship, we can’t believe that the peak viewership keeps climbing. Taking us back to January 2021, the Grand Finals concluded the inaugural year of the event.
Accordingly, proving that PUBG Mobile is the world’s top mobile esport, the esport also showed it’s one of the top esports in general with the end of the season event. Almost reaching 4,000,000 peak viewership, the PMGC0 pushed the limits for competitive PUBG Mobile.
#2 – 2021 World Championship
Credits: Worlds 2021
Peak Viewership – 4,018,728
Average Viewers – 1,298,219
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Prize Pool: $2,225,000
Coming in at number 2, the 2021 World Championship has earned a spot on our list. Specifically, with a record peak viewership of 4,000,000 viewers, thi s year had something special about it.
Although Worlds 2020 took place last year successfully, this year was even better. Uniting all the regions once again for some epic competition, this year we saw the rise of the LPL as EDward Gaming proved their skill, taking down former champions DWG KIA in an epic Grand Final.
#1 – Free Fire World Series 2021 Singapore
Credits: Garena
Peak Viewership – 5,415,990
Average Viewers – 2,087,460
Offline
Prize Pool: $2,000,000
At the top of our list, we have the most jaw-dropping numbers of the year. Indeed, most didn’t see this coming, but the $2,000,000 Free Fire World Series 2021 Singapore was insane.
Blowing the remainder of the industry out of the water, the peak viewership proved what we’ve been observing with competitive Free Fire all year long. Climaxing all the growth, a total of 5,415,990 peak viewers also writes a story to make Free Fire a strong competitor to PUBG Mobile.
Rostermania for League of Legends isn’t over yet. Accordingly, the European side of things are still ongoing, with Misfits Gaming adding to the environment. Indeed, they’ve just announced their full team for the next season – read on as we cover the Misfits Gaming LEC Roster 2022!
Misfits Gaming LEC Roster 2022 – Hungry for Results
So, what does the organization have to work with for the 2022 season? Accordingly, by building off of two remaining players, three more were announced. Indeed, they’ll be approaching the upcoming season with the roster below:
Kingslayers in 2021. And we will be kingslayers again.
Accordingly, Team Misfits is taking a gamble with these youngsters. Specifically, they look to try and find success which they haven’t really found in a while. Moving on, they’ll want to try and improve on the past achievements:
This season is a huge season for Team BDS in the LEC. Accordingly, after they finally acquired a spot in the highest tier league, the organization is hungry to achieve. Indeed, read on as we discuss the new Team BDS LEC 2022 Roster below!
Team BDS LEC 2022 Roster – Can They Make an Impact?
So, what does the organization have to show for this upcoming season? Accordingly, following a press release on Twitter, the roster has been announced below:
Adam “Adam” Maanane – Top
Jakub “Cinkrof” Rokicki – Jungle
Ilias “NUCLEARINT” Bizriken – Mid
Matthew “xMatty” Coombs – Bot
Dino “LIMIT” Tot – Support
Taking some veteran leadership from “Adam” as a former Fnatic player, the remainder seem to be making their debut for the LEC as rookies.
With a new coach and an organization with well-known resources, perhaps they can pull of more success compared to Schalke 04, from whom they purchased the spot.
Accordingly, the only thing they have to show for is their performances in the LFL, the second tier French league:
Many teams in the LCK League of Legends franchise also host an academy team. Indeed, with the purpose of holding onto young talent, they’ve recently promoted one such competitor to the main roster. Read on as we cover the Liiv SANDBOX Roster 2022 below!
Liiv SANDBOX Roster 2022 – A Promising Line-Up
Indeed, ever since the LCK took off, Liiv SANDBOX never really did. While they’ve reliably remained in the middle of the pack, the team is striving to perform better in the future.
We are pleased to announce that ‘Ice’ has been called up to LCK team. We hope for your support and look forward to us in the future. pic.twitter.com/SohYaLtpZ8
Recently, the academy player called Yoon “Ice” Sang-hoon was moved to the active roster. Now, here’s our look for the roster next year:
Jeon “Howling” Ho-bin – Top
Kim “Dove” Jae-yeon – Top
Kim “Croco” Dong-beom – Jungle
Lee “Clozer” Ju-hyeon – Mid
Byeon “KingKong” Jeong-hyeon – Bot
Yoon “Ice” Sang-hoon – Bot
Lee “Envyy” Myeon-joon – Bot
Kim “Kael” Jin-hong – Support
Credits: LCK
Accordingly, they look to improve on their past season performances:
4th @ LCK Regional Finals 2021
5th @ LCK Summer 2021
8th @ LCK Spring 2021
It’s by signing young talent like this that rosters enjoy a new surge of energy and desire to win. Let’s see if that can push Liiv SANDBOX into title contention.
Moving on into the LEC season next year, the stakes are rising. Even though the European region didn’t do too well at Worlds last year, new favourites are always rising. Accordingly, the newly announced SK Gaming Roster 2022 has turned heads and we’re ready to discuss it.
Like many teams that didn’t make Worlds, the SK Gaming team went through a tonne of changes ever since August. Accordingly, the majority of the team wa let go of, with the aim of rebuilding for the future.
Bearing this in mind, the following is the roster for the upcoming season:
Janik “Jenax” Bartels – Top
Erberk “Gilius” Demir – Jungle
Daniel “Sertuss” Gamani – Mid
Jean “Jezu” Massol – Bot
Erik “Treatz” Wessen – Support
Behind the scenes of our #LEC roster announcement 🎥 🔥
What’s the goal here? It’s clear that over the past two years, SK Gaming has struggled to make an impact on the region. Indeed, making it to the podium for a regional event would be a success for this upcoming season.
Specifically, they’ll want to improve on their history:
9th @ LEC Summer 2021
6th @ LEC Spring 2021
6th @ LEC Summer 2020
9th @ LEC Spring 2020
Let’s see if they can break through their dry run.
What better way to kick off a season than a pre-season event? Accordingly, the 2022 LCS Lock-In is an awesome event taking place in January. However, Riot Games has already announced groups for this event. Read on as we reveal the 2022 LCS Lock-In Groups below!
2022 LCS Lock-In Groups Announced – An Awesome Return
For those unaware, the LCS Lock-In 2022 tournament will feature all 10 teams from the LCS fighting for a $150,000 prize pool. Taking place from 14th January to 30th January, Riot Games drew the following Groups:
What importance to these groups play? Specifically, the event kicks off with a Group Stage. At this point, only 4 teams from each group will progress to the Playoffs.
Credits: LCS
It’s in the Playoffs that teams will be seeded in a single-elimination bracket with BO3 matches in the Quartefinals. Moving on, the Semis and Grand Finals will be BO5.
We can’t wait to see how the teams use this event to gear up for the upcoming season.
