Riot Games has officially canceled one of its major tournaments, namely the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) 2020 due to the corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic which has not shown any signs of a significant decline.
As a League of Legeds developer, of course Riot Games has to rack my brains to keep the League of Legends ecosystem moving well. Therefore, Riot Games has finally created the MSI 2020 replacement tournament.
Riot Games has decided to present a replacement tournament entitled Mid-Season Cup: LPL vs LCK to replace MSI 2020 which has been awaited by the League of Legends community.
source: Liquipedia
Riot Games immediately invited the top 4 teams to LPL Spring 2020 and also LCK Spring 2020. The prizes were no joke, the Mid-Season Cup tournament: LPL vs LCK has a total cash prize of 600 thousand USD or equivalent to 8.9 billion rupiah.
This tournament will be held online, where the LCK Spring 2020 team will compete in LoL Park, Seoul, South Korea. Meanwhile, the team from LPL Spring 2020 will compete in the Shanghai LPL Arena, China.
This tournament will air on May 28 to 31 and will be divided into 2 groups, namely LPL Teams and LCK Teams. The top 2 teams in the group stage will continue their journey to the playoffs.
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There is a giveaway contest with a prize of 1 million rupiah in game vouchers in the application!
source: AFK Gaming
Realizing that there will be a ping problem later, Riot Games uses a third-party application so that the competing teams can play stably and have the same ping. In addition, the League of Legends community is prohibited from attending a place that has been used as a place to play for the LPL and LCK teams.
Not only that, Riot Games will also announce other events in the near future to entertain the League of Legends community. Don’t forget to keep visiting website us, to get the latest eSports news!
