The League of Legends World Championship final may only be on October the 19th, but the preliminaries start today, on September the 18th. Riot teamed up with the popular band Imagine Dragons to put together a war cry to kick things off. Check that, as well as the schedule for the tournament below.
The battle begins, and sixteen teams across the globe are fighting towards one goal – to win the League of Legends World Championship. To kick off the start of the action, we set out to craft a war cry to rally behind. Whether you’re a solo queue warrior or fighting off the LCS jitters – every moment counts.
“Warriors” — a creative collaboration by Imagine Dragons and Riot Games
I think that’s rather rad. It sets the tone for what is to hopefully be the best League of Legends tournament yet. Like the song? You can download it for free right here.
Schedule
I’ve never delved into the eSport side of League of Legends myself, but I do plan on catching some of the action for this year’s tournament. Interested too? Here’s the schedule, as well as the Twitch channel you should keep your eyes glued to. Keep in mind that our local time in South Africa at the moment is basically the same as CEST (via League of Legends).
GROUP STAGE ONE: September 18th – 21st
Taipei, Taiwan
CEST: 11am – 5pm
PDT: 2am – 8am
KST: 6pm – 12pm
GROUP STAGE TWO: September 25th – 28th
Singapore, Singapore
September 25th-26th
CEST: 11am – 5pm
PDT: 2am – 8am
KST: 6pm – 12pm
September 27th – 28th
CEST: 8am – 2pm
PDT: 11pm – 5am
KST: 3pm = 9pm
QUARTER FINALS: October 3rd – 6th
Busan, Korea
October 3rd
CEST – 10am – 3pm
PDT – 1am – 6am
October 4th – 5th
CEST – 7am – 12pm
PDT – 10pm – 3am
October 6th
CEST – 10am – 3pm
PDT – 1am – 6am
SEMI FINALS: October 11th-12th
Seoul, Korea
CEST – 10am – 3pm
PDT – 1am – 6am
FINAL: October 19th
Seoul, Korea
CEST – 9am – 2pm (8:30am Opening Ceremony)
PDT – 12am – 5am (11:30pm Opening Ceremony)
Watch live video from Riot Games on www.twitch.tv
By the time you read this, the games should be well underway. I’m a complete newbie, so I have no idea what team I will be supporting. What about you? Who do you want to win the championship this year?
Last Updated: September 18, 2014
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 18, 2014 at 13:39
Who do I want to win? PROOOOOOOOOOOOOVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINCE!
Hammersteyn
September 18, 2014 at 13:50
I see your taste in rugby is the same as your preference in how your steak must be prepared.
TERRIBAD!
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 18, 2014 at 13:54
Why would I want my cup wins to be RARE? 😀
Hammersteyn
September 18, 2014 at 13:59
The 2012 Currie Cup was a good year for you
*Looks further down the line
So was 2001
*Looks at Super Rugby Champs
Hmm, maybe you don’t like steak?
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 18, 2014 at 14:00
haha I was just thinking I should have said victories instead of cup wins.
Hammersteyn
September 18, 2014 at 14:02
There you go 😛
Jedi Consular Kromas
September 18, 2014 at 13:55
Go Sharks!?
Hammersteyn
September 18, 2014 at 13:55
Anything but passion gaps.
Spaffy
September 18, 2014 at 14:20
You a blue bull then?
Hammersteyn
September 18, 2014 at 14:26
Yeah, also my eyes feel funny
http://img0.joyreactor.cc/pics/comment/%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0-1244904.gif
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 18, 2014 at 13:56
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh wait… were you serious? O_o
Jedi Consular Kromas
September 18, 2014 at 13:55
When it comes to gaming and relevant music I only believe in L90ETC.
Hammersteyn
September 18, 2014 at 13:55
Tons of people viewing this E-Competion live it seems.
Rags
September 18, 2014 at 14:04
Just gonna leave this here:
Hammersteyn
September 18, 2014 at 14:10
hehehe Mooooobas
SlagywaG
September 18, 2014 at 14:30
This kind of article for stuff like Dota TI’s and CS:GO ESL would be great also (OR ANY OTHER ESPORTS)…
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 18, 2014 at 14:34
They had a ton of articles for the international. It was great for my power naps.
hairyknees
September 18, 2014 at 20:53
We did quite a bit of coverage for TI 🙂
Lothy
September 19, 2014 at 07:33
I don’t play the game anymore but I got to say I really look forward to this event! Riot has shown how to bring gaming to the big screen (and now DOTA2 as well) and its truly a spectacle!
Rbitencourt USA
September 30, 2014 at 12:02
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