Overall, the LEC is enjoying quite a lot of rostermania. Indeed, teams are trying to build the best rosters possible ahead of the incoming season. Accordingly, the G2 Esports LEC roster 2023 has just been announced – read on to learn more below!
For those unaware, G2 Esports is one of the most popular organization in the LEC. Naturally, this is thanks to the impressive legacy of this team in the region – this extended to last year too.
However, despite winning the LEC Spring 2022 event, they fell off towards the end. Specifically, they placed 2nd at LEC Summer, and then bombed at Worlds with a 11-14th placement.
Bearing this in mind, there’s been room for improvement.
Find the new roster below:
Sergen “BrokenBlade” Celik – Top
Martin “Yike” Sundelin – Jungle – NEW
Rasmus “Caps” Borregaard Winther – Mid
Steven “Hans sama” Liv – Bot – NEW
Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle – Support – NEW
Credits: Riot Games
Building around the veteran of Rasmus “Caps” Borregaard, this team now possesses a great mix of veteran and rookie talent.
When we speak of an organization in a particular roster, we usually talk about the professional team. However, an underrated component are content creators. Accordingly, the Cloud9 LCS 2023 team is parting ways with a popular creator!
Cloud9 LCS 2023 – Bouncing Around
Will put out a video detailing why this had to happen in a week or so, just know I parted on good terms with C9 and they were good to me the entire time. If the landscape of streaming changes in the future then I could be back with C9 in the future! https://t.co/mDsXaYzqYz
For those unaware, the likes of Christian “IWillDominate” Rivera has a long history in competitive LCS. Accordingly, after retiring from competitive play withsome respectable achievements, he dived into content creation.
Two years ago, he landed on Cloud9 as a content creator/streamer.
Since then, he’s been making popular content, helping Cloud9 continue to be one of the most popular teams in the North American League.
Credits: Riot Games
While we’re not sure why this change is taking place, it seems to do with Twitch itself as a streaming platform.
Accordingly, from this point the individual could stay as a freelancer or perhaps join another organization.
Otherwise, in the midst of the rostermania, C9 LCS Roster hasn’t made many changes yet and we’re curious to see what’s coming down the pipeline. As one of the most popular organizations, everyone’s looking.
Currently, competitive League of Legends involves a number of teams making changes ahead of the LoL Esports 2023 season. However, this year, the season will be starting slightly differently – read on to learn more below!
Offering a fresh start for competitive League of Legends professionals and casual players, the season usually starts with an All-Star event.
However, it seems that Riot Games has decided to change things up in the following press release:
The Kickoff event will replace the League of Legends All-Star Event. While All-Stars has provided players and fans with countless special moments over the years, the current calendar can be challenging for many All-Star players.
Replacing All-Stars with the Season Kickoff event will ultimately provide a much-deserved break for pro players and an exciting new platform for fans that will supplement the end-of-year local competitions and celebrations that regions typically hold during this period.
Credits: Riot Games PR
Credits: LoL Esports Flickr
Indeed, the event is global, taking place across 9 regions. Accordingly, the event will run between January 10th and 11th, involving the following regions:
LCS, LEC, LCK, LPL, LJL, CBLOL, LLA, PCS and VCS
As the event draws nearer, we’re curious to see what it has in store for us.
Indeed, here at esportsguide we understand the importance of viewership. Accordingly, it’s a great sign of comunity interest and general success of the esport. After an awesome year of esports, in this featured article we’ll be taking a look at the top esports events viewership 2022 below!
Esports Events Viewership 2022 – Some Staggering Numbers
Year upon year, improvement is what esports organizers are looking for. Accordingly, esports viewership figures are one way to measure such improvement.
Before we highlight the best events in the year, we should thank Esports Charts for their publically available information.
Kicking things off, we have the top Dota 2 esports event of the year. Accordingly, The International is the premier recurring yearly event which crowns a new world champion every year.
Indeed, although this year the prize pool was smaller than last year, it didn’t fail to make an impression on the competitive Dota 2 community. As the final piece of the Dota Pro Circuit, the event celebrated Dota’s return after a year of online competition.
Crowning the likes of Tundra Esports, the event was an awesome opportunity to show that Dota 2 esports is still one of the top in the world
#3 – PGL Major Antwerp 2022
Credits: PGL
Peak Viewership – 2,113,610
Average Viewership – 586,218
Venue: Antwerp, Belgium
Prize – $1,000,000
Moving on, we have the only competitive CS:GO event on this list. With $1,000,000 on the line, PGL Major Antwerp was the epic return of competitive CS:GO to the main stage.
Uniting the community with the top 24 teams in the world, May saw Antwerp take competitive CS:GO to the very next level.
Moreover, this event is most known for its incredible Grand Final match. Involving the titans of FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere, the community was treated to an incredible bit of competition. Since then, CS:GO has been on an upward trend and all Majors since have followed the same successful format.
Moving towards the top of the list as we remain roughly at the 2,000,000 peak viewership mark, the MSI 2022 event narrowly takes second place on this list.
For those unaware, the MSI is the first opportunity for the competitive League of Legends community to compete in an international playing field. Specifically, the very best teams from each region qualify to compete for global dominance – the only time before Worlds.
Featuring some incredible battles between Korean and Chinese teams, MSI was only a preview for what was to come next in the coming months at Worlds 2022.
#1 – 2022 World Championship
Credits: Riot Games
Peak Viewership – 5,147,701
Average Viewership – 987,437
Venue – State Farm Arena, North America
Prize – $2,225,000
Indeed, MSI was only a preview for Worlds 2022. Accordingly, here is where viewership simply imploded.
Taking place at the latter end of the season, Worlds is the yearly event which crowns an international champion every year for competitive League of Legends.
This year, the event saw the return of international LoL to the North American region for the first time in 4 years. Once again, Korean and Chinese teams fought for international dominance – DRX managing to take the crown with 5,000,000 viewers watching.
It’s been an incredible year for viewership – we can’t wait for next year!
Overall, the LEC this coming season looks to be shaking things up. Accordingly, after 8 seasons of using two splits in the season, a third one will be used this year. Read on to learn more about the LEC Winter Split 2023 below!
LEC Winter Split 2023 – Coming in January
Credits: Riot Games
What is a ‘split’? Indeed, used to refer to divisions in the season, it’s a means of dividing the schedule depending on the time of year.
With regards to competitive League of Legends, the following has always been the format for the past years:
Spring Split
Mid-Seasonal Invitational
Summer Split
Worlds
However, the LEC, Europe’s League of Legends scene, is trying something different.
Specifically, the competition will start a little earlier through the Winter Split. Kicking off on January 21st, the first two weeks of schedule are viewable in the following Tweets by the LEC:
For the past two seasons, Chinese League of Legends has dominated the international scene. Bearing this in mind, many eyes are on the LPL region as rostermania takes place. Accordingly, the LPL Royal Never Give Up roster is making a change – read on to lean more below!
LPL Royal Never Give Up Roster – Building for 2023
Credits: LoL Esports
Signed back in 2021, Li “Xiaohu” Yuanhao was brought into the team ahead of the 2021-22 season. On signing, the team went on an impressive run, dominating LPL and MSI 2022.
However, further down the line, for the organization’s standard, the team faltered regionally and internationally.
Due to this, the player has announced his leaving to Weibo Gaming. That leaves the following active roster:
As you can imagine, they’ll be needing a replacement before the season starts. Beyond the player, two days ago the likes of “KenZhu” (Coach) and “Bunny” (substitute) left.
Let’s see if the new roster they decide to build can improve over last season’s record:
After an immensely successful season for competitive League of Legends, we can’t wait what’s in store for 2023. Accordingly, in this episode of ‘Esports Road Map’, we’ll be taking a look at what’s coming in the next season – it’s looking very exciting!
LoL 2023 Esports Road Map – Multiple Top Regions
Credits: LoL Esports Flickr
Kicking things off, League of Legends next year will look to continue developing and enjoying competition in its Major Regions:
LPL – China
LEC – Europe
LCS – North America
LCK – South Korea
All of these franchised leagues continue to grow more successful, especially the LCK.
In addition, there are also the following minor regions which will enjoy further competition:
CBLOL
LJL
LLA
VCS
PCS
LCO
Now that we know the regions, let’s see how the competition will split.
Firstly, teams will compete in their regions in the Spring Split, hoping to earn enough points to qualify for the first international event – the Mid-Seasonal Invitational.
As of right now, dates have not been made official. However, one thing we will point out is that the LEC will be experimenting with a three split system – Winter, Spring and Summer.
Anyways, after the MSI, teams will continue regional competition through the Summer Split, this time attempting to qualify for Worlds 2023. Ending the season with a bang, Worlds will crown another champion.
Worlds and MSI 2023 – Format Changes?
Credits: LoL Esports Flickr
Do note that apart from LEC switching up the format a little, Riot Games does plan to make changes to Worlds and MSI.
Specifically, there have been rumours that a double elimination bracket may be tried after the competition expressing its desire to step away from the single elimination bracket.
Regardless of what they try, LoL will continue to be one of the top esports in the world – 2023 could be incredible!
Accordingly, a number of changes will be integrated into the LEC 2023 season. Ranging from format to schedule, there’s a few things to bear in mind. Read on as we take a quick look at how the schedule will be changing for the entire season!
Heading into 2023, the community will enjoy the ninth franchised series of European League of Legends.
Indeed, for those familiar with the past few season of the LEC, the format has always been the same – matches throughout the week, from Thursdays to Sundays.
However, according to a report from Alejandro Gomis of Blix.gg, next year will be different. Specifically, matches will take place on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays instead. Yes, Friday matches will no longer take place.
Introducing the new era of competition in EMEA! #EMEA23
In addition, there is an interesting change coming to the competitive year, with three competitive splits:
Winter Split – January
Spring Split – followed by Mid-Season Invitational
Summer Split – followed by the World Championship
Starting before any other region, the LEC will be experimenting with a Winter Split. Should this yield success, it’s likely other regions will follow in their path.
For those unaware, a big change is hitting LEC for 2023 season. Specifically, the likes of Misfits Gaming had their spot bought out by Team Heretics as announced back in July. Accordingly, this team is forming an all new squad with high hopes – read on to learn about the Team Heretics LEC roster below!
Although the organization itself is Spanish, the roster they’re going for is incredibly diverse. Keeping only one player from the former Misfits team, here is how the roster looks for their very first season:
Shunsuke “Evi” Murase – Top – NEW
Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski – Jungle – NEW
Lee “Ruby” Sol-min – Mid – NEW
Jakob “Jackspektra” Kepple – Bot
Mertai “Mersa” Sari – Support – NEW
As we hinted at in the title, perhaps the most interesting signing is of Shunsuke “Evi” Murase, a legendary Japanese player who has dominated Japan in the past for several years.
Credits: Riot Games
Beside him they’ve signed European legend, Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski, who has played a part to G2 Esports’ very successful history in Europe.
Between these two veterans, this roster is rock solid and is perhaps a threat for the upcoming season – we can’t wait to watch them compete!
Not everybody can be at the top all the time. Accordingly, FlyQuest hasn’t been able to get much going since their impressive season in 2020. Indeed, the FlyQuest LCS Roster 2023 is aiming to build on the weaknesses of their former roster – read on to learn more about team changes below!
Last season, the FlyQuest LCS roster ended on a low with a 7-8th finish at the LCS Summer event. Indeed, it seems that for the past two seasons, they’ve been stuck near the bottom end of the franchised league.
Bearing this in mind, they have two options – build on the achievements of your current team, or make a change. Ever since the off-season, it’s clear they’ve opted to make some changes.
With a total of four players leaving, they’ve started rebuilding with two new signings below:
Philip “Philip” Zeng – Top
Lee “VicLa” Dae-kwang – Mid – NEW
Bill “Eyla” Nguyen – Support – NEW
His time in Academy was an unquestioned success. Now he's here to shine in the #LCS
Namely, the signing of “VicLa” is a cross-regional signing, trying to venture out and sign some Korean talent. Considering the respect of the Korean region, this could be a vital change in the return of FlyQuest.
By improvement, we refer to a bump up in finishes from their past season:
