UPDATE Thanks a ton everyone! A couple of us are headed out but we'll still be checking in. Loved the questions and mix of current players and new players. See you soon!
Hey everyone!
We are Metro Esports League, a free-to-play platform for competitive gaming that focuses on hosting regular tournaments, “for fun” events, and community streams! While we are planning to include several games, our primary focus right now is League of Legends - this includes prizes for winning teams, events, and regular giveaways.
With us today are three (of four) founders:
/u/lane-jacobs - Lane
/u/jdubl - Jake
/u/MELmagictwinkies - Austin
Currently we are wrapping up our Season 1 and soon to be diving into Season 2! Part of this AMA is for exposure and part of it is to provide information for anyone who is curious, or who is already part of the community and would like to take this time to ask questions that you haven’t been able to before.
Something unique about us that I’d like to share is we’ve created an app that allows you to see your schedule for games, manage a team, register as a free agent, and sign up for events. We have waaaaay more anticipated for the app’s functionality but the newly released version is turning out to be an excellent tool to experience MEL.
Here’s the boring stuff, but equally important.
We frequently stream games here: https://www.twitch.tv/metroesportsleague
The MEL community is active here: [PM ME FOR DISCORD LINK]
Get started with our app!
iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/metro-esports-league/id1450112424?mt=8
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metroesports.mel
As a bonus, our infamous League of Legends 1v1 tounament on Howling Abyss happens this Saturday 1pm PST [75 CS // First Blood // First Tower]. We've got some crazy one tricks and would love to add some of your challengers to that pool and compete for RP prizes.
Otherwise, we really really really love engaging with our current members, and are excited to answer those tough questions from you guys. Fire away!
EDIT: For anyone wondering, we do have some devoted players here with us responding as well! Shout out to them for swinging by :)
The Microsoft Store North American League of Legends Championship!
Where: Microsoft Store @ Stonebriar Centre Mall (2601 Preston Rd. Frisco, TX 75034)
When: 2 PM - 9 PM
Information and Registration: smash.gg/SBCLeague
Have questions? Please ask!
The reason why this is so important to me because I haven't won anything except for a spelling bee in 10th grade.
At the back of my mind, I thought I was a failure at any extracurricular activities and never thought I could win anything. I'm 25 now.
My self esteem has risen so much. I just though I should share this.
Thank you for reading.
Sixty Six Games is hosting a $6,000 sanctioned League of Legends LAN tournament in Central Illinois!
Taking place at the Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington, Illinois on January 17th-19th, 2020, the Sixty Six Games Esports Tournament presented by State Farm Insurance with feature both a college/open division and a high-school only 5v5 tournament! Tournament structure will be Best of 3, Double Elimination.
The event will also feature (tickets get you full access to everything):
- Full video game convention with 45 booths including artists, indie developers, games for sale, and more
- Esports clinic for those interested in learning how to their own esports program or team
- Cosplay contest, VR and free play classic consoles
- Special guest Billy Mitchell with two Pac-Man kill screens
Registration deadline is January 10 soon and is available online through Battlefy by clicking here.
The event will be streamed live both days with full color commentary on our Twitch channel and feature a main competition stage with chairs sponsored by Respawn.
We're also in need of volunteers including referees, tech support, and more! Please visit our website and fill out our volunteer sign up form!
Rules
- All teams are required to pay their entry fee at the time of registration to avoid no-shows.
- Players must register in a group as a "full team" of five. You MUST register with the Summoner Name of the person competing in the tournament. Seeding is based on current MMR of players.
- 18+ years of age is required for our Open division. However, players under 18 must have a waiver signed by the parent or legal guardian (emailed prior to the event) to hand in at check in.
- Teams are allowed to have one alternative player
- Each team must complete its roster of up to six players and designate a team captain.
- High school teams need a valid high school email from an administrator or faculty advisor and must consist of freshman-seniors from the same school.
- Players are asked to bring their own keyboard, mouse, and headset.
- The Open tournament is a 3-day event (Fri-Sun), and high school tournament is a 2-day event (Sat-Sun) so please plan for overnight stays. Group/discounted rates are available under "L
Here is a tier list of the tails in league of legends and what I think of their tails as a whole:
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Some explanations on some positions as follows:
Aurelion Sol: The fact that it's mostly seethrough causes it to lose points to fall out of S tier
Cho'Gath: Would be S tier - but lacks smooth animations and loses points for that
Neeko: Looks tacked onto a human body - lack of flow causes it to lose points
Ahri: Similar to Neeko - and some weird modeling issues causing the tails to appear to extend from random places without a recent skin - has quantity over quality issues.
Nami and Cass: Never personally been a fan of leg replacement type tails
Shyvana and Nidalee: Both lose points for not having their tails all the time
If there is any other position you are confused about, let me know!
of course, a tail tier list like this will be subjective by nature - so I'd love to hear your personal opinion on the various tails of league and which ones you think are the best! Note that this is my first list for league, and as such some things can be moved around and re-positioned.
Thanks for reading my dumb list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_media_franchises
Will League of Legends ever surpass Shrek, and if it does, when? Will we call it the Shrekening?
LFT to play play league of legends tournaments and flex q, Diamond 5 main support, text me ingame (Burstel)
Come to our League of Legends tournament co-hosted with KASA on Sunday March 15, 12-6PM, the tournament is open to any student at any university too! Feel free to DM with any questions!
https://www.facebook.com/events/826929651140643/
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Hi DragonCon goers! I am looking to find a few more members to form a team for the League of Legends Tournament on Saturday. I am a Plat 3 support main and I have a GrandMaster ADC. We are looking to fill Top, Jungle, and Mid roles. I am paying the full entry fee for the team. Just come out and play your heart out with us and win.
SarroGaming on LoL SarroGaming#8621 on Discord
As title says we are running a league of legends tournament being played at 365 gaming lounge over the course of 6-8 weeks.
Starting on the 27th and 28th of April and running right through until the end of may.
You don't have to have a full team to sign up we will put you on one and all the details and sign up are on the website.
It's a bit of fun and a chance to win some monies too.
Hey everyone,
We're hosting a League of Legends tournament on November 23rd for 8 teams to battle it out for a prize pool of $1000+
8 teams, single elimination, BO3 each round, at ZEN Gaming Lounge.
If you're based in Melbourne and interested in joining the event you can send us an email at kingsonlygaming@hotmail.com, head to our instagram page instagram.com/kingsonly.gaming, or our Facebook page facebook.com/kingsonly
Thanks!
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Hi, Dante here. Some of you who are in the UK might have heard of insomnia, it is a gaming festival that is held at the NEC. They have loads of tournaments for various esports games. I was asked to join the winning team of Obnoxious gaming 1 week before the start of the tournament. We practiced everyday and had 3 support mains on our team 2 of which went into other roles (including myself, adc) feel free to ask any questions whether about the experience or anything else. Article
League of Legends Tier List of the Best Champions for Season 9. We have included valuable stats like Win Rate, Ban Rate, and Pick Rate to better help you see how popular some champions are.
We also have "Counters" This will help you pick the right champion when you know what your opponent is going to play.
Then there are "Builds" which take the hassle of figuring out which items you should buy. But we also help you with Runes and Summoner Spells as well.
Depending on what lane/role you play you might be more interested in something a little more specific.
Top Lane Tier List - Best Champions, Builds, and Counters
Jungle Tier List - Best Champions, Builds, and Counters
Mid Lane Tier List - Best Champions, Builds, and Counters
AD Carry Tier List - Best Champions, Builds, and Counters
Support Tier List - Best Champions, Builds, and Counters
Now that you are on your way to ranking up in lol all that's left is what rewards you will get at the end of the season for the league.LoL Season Rewards
Season 9 Split 1 Emote (Currently being tested on PBE Server and is NOT final.)
MARCH 9TH & 10TH
Purdue Fort Wayne Esports is hosting its annual League of Legends Spring Tournament. There will be 3 different competing divisions which include: Collegiate, High Elo, and Low Elo.
Attending the event is free, however, we take attendance seriously so please only register if you know you are coming 100%. If you are not sure, thats okay too! If you are not sure if you can go but would like to register, you can sign up as a substitute. We are as inclusive as we can be!
**THIS IS A TWO DAY TOURNAMENT unless you are in low elo**
Low elo - Gold 4 and below (you have to be level 30 and have 16 champions)
High elo - Gold 4 and up Collegiate - Any rank.
Have your coach or team captain DM the president of the club on discord to sign up.
GOLD 4's CAN CHOOSE HIGH OR LOW ELO
**Low elo tournament is only on Saturday while High Elo and Collegiate are both days**
In order to register, join our discord and look for the registration links in the #announcements page or DM an officer.
*Food will be provided by PFWE for Collegiate, High elo, and Low elo on Day 1 and breakfast and lunch will be provided by PFWE for Collegiate and High Elo on Day 2. *
Any other questions, feel free to message us on discord- we respond VERY fast.
https://discord.gg/7BvpEdP
Hey everyone!
For anyone in Melbourne, we have a 1v1 League of Legends tournament coming up with over $400 in prizes.
The Big LAN is Saturday 18th January from 10am - 10pm in Mitcham, Victoria.
Check out the prizes we have available HERE.
If you'd like to come along tickets can be purchased on our website or through our Facebook event.
Feel free to ask any questions or make suggestions as to how we could make the event great!
So, Riot Games makes an annual event for League of Legends - the World Championships. As part of this, viewers can predict how the games will go, in what's called 'Pick 'Ems'. Here is an example of Pick 'Ems.
I've been able to create a survey for the Group Stage, as it only required people to rank teams in each group from 1-4, and it was easy to collate the results. If you actually work with data, feel free to judge my methodology; I'm terrible.
However, the bracket stage is going to be far harder to create a survey for - people need to predict the winner of the quarter-finals, then the winner of the semi-finals, then the finals, all at the same time. I could do four separate surveys, one for each day, but that would get different people responding each time. I could also just have everyone predict the semi-finalists, finalists, and grand finalists at once, I guess, but possibly have some skewed results (everyone thinks team X might win the grand finals, but also thinks they'll lose to team Y in quarters.)
Any ideas on how this could be done on Google Forms? What's the most effective way for me to go about this?
Saturday -- Double-Elimination Tournament
- 5v5 Summoner's Rift
- Winner is the team who completely destroys their opponent's Nexus or forces their opponent to surrender. The tournament will be played as Best of 3 double-elimination until the Winners' Bracket and Losers' Bracket have finished, at which point a final, 5-round Grand Final will be played between the last two teams. Tournament structure may be changed to Swiss/Round Robin if fewer teams participate. Any changes to tournament structure will be discussed with team captains before being implemented.
Hey guys, Josh here back with another low elo tier list from Blog of Legends. Since there was very positive reception to our last low elo tier list, we've decided to do them more frequently going forward, along with our regular tier lists.
The difference here is that our regular tier lists use data from Plat+ players, but our low elo tier lists use data from Silver players. If you're looking to climb the ladder, these are the picks the multiple sites out there consider to be the strongest. Note that we're not breaking them out by lane like we do in our regular tier list because there's much less data to pull for low elo, so we can't glean quite as many conclusions about the meta as we can from the regular tier lists we evaluate.
In any case, here you go: https://blogoflegends.com/2019/05/10/league-of-legends-patch-9-9-tier-list-low-elo/
Thanks for reading! And, once again, if you're interested in writing about League of Legends we are still accepting applications for new writers! Go to fansided.com/join and apply to make your voice heard today!
Some friend and I have put together a tournament open to players of all skill levels for fun. It is called Rift Gauntlet. The teams are randomly created based on skill levels and roles are decided within the teams. Casters live stream the event and host mvp interviews after the games. It is relaxed and for fun and has been a great time. The games start tonight at 7pm east and will be on a weekly or biweekly schedule after that. Come join us for a great time.
Looking for 4 other players to join me and play in the LoL tournament at the Microsoft Store in Southpoint Mall on 9/16. Entry is free and any skill set is welcome. PM me if you are interested so we can coordinate signups as a team and play!
