Introducing The LTA - 2025 Explainer

[@jessejames7116]

Rest in Pease, LCS. :( it was a good half my life.

[@themanhimself436]

ur not going to combust at the age of 22

[@leandroroca9213]

Lcs dies when tsm retired of it

[@Dylan-ec7dq]

​@@leandroroca9213tsm died when it came out how awful regi was 10 years ago

[@kolbybryant1]

Was it though 🤔?

[@rebornthanos]

"Franchising will grow the league in viewership, international success, bring in more money, more viewers, more teams which means more competitiveness" Name one of these things that they not only didn't accomplish but in fact did the polar opposite. We can't even afford our own league, can't afford to have best of 3's. The management of this entire league is one of the worst I've ever seen.

[@zeit6614]

RIOT saw how well NA did at internationals after implementing BO3 and said "nah"

[@domin0s141]

bro PSG cooked NA in both MSI and worlds Play ins when did ur teams played good at internationals? NRG and FlyQuest doesnt count as "doing wel" becouse they advanced winning only on EU and wildcard teams

[@AndGuo]

Idk if making to playoff without beating any eastern teams is consider doing well lol beside na teams are all imports anyway

[@ayoubammor2795]

​@@domin0s141no one can deny the legendary performance of FLY against GENG

[@Creepah804]

@@domin0s141 bro did not watch fly vs gen g

[@lincolnjohnson4428]

@@domin0s141 Bronze alert! Have no clue how league works.

[@Rerags_]

they really brought fucking bo1s back, are you kidding me... the reason lcs was so much better this year is, because they played bo3s

[@carlosmaguellal]

But isn't that only for split 1?

[@Navarog07]

@@carlosmaguellal split 1 is the bo3 tournament. Split 2 has the bo1s, then split 3 is back to bo3

[@AndrewSlurf]

they dont have time i think because they have msi and worlds and the other invitational event they got to do one split best of ones. LCK skipping the first split and just doing a mini tournament to save time and spliting the 2nd split its strange

[@colin5197]

Is that really why we were better tho? We literally played the same amount of games as we previously did with bo1s. LCK and LPL still played triple our games at least.

[@rensomusni8419]

They could've just copied the LPL format with this much teams but somehow they didn't

[@moonfish817]

RIP LCS. I was here before you, and I'll still be here after you. Hopefully the future is bright for our new region!

[@rebornthanos]

Most people were saying that after franchising was announced in 2017, they slowly started killing it until people couldn't take it anymore which led to the freefall of all people watching. Now we have to use brazil for viewership.

[@CURichard2019]

​@@rebornthanos You're in every thread complaining about franchising. 😂 I think people losing interest in a video game is pretty natural. Think about the rise of Overwatch, Fortnite and other esports during that time period of 2016-2018. It only makes sense that viewership dropped. People like trendy things and LoL wasn't trendy anymore. Expecting the same success over time with potentially infinite-competing products is difficult. Riot failed to market what they had to a larger audience and grow the game. I was tutoring kids in high school at the time while I was in college, so just a few years younger, and they had never heard of League of Legends. What does that tell you? They were losing their audience to other games because they weren't even grabbing their market. You're so stuck on this franchising thing you fail to see any of the factors around why league and the greater esport landscape as a whole have changed. I just don'r think you get it. You've heard "franchising bad" so many times you can't think about anything else.

[@willsanborn2178]

I hope it doesn’t change the vibe of the production and talent.

[@Jaaz7]

Hope it strengthens it.

[@user-xj4yj2dg3z]

I agree

[@Blktallgeese]

Gotta do something. Take the risk, see what happens in a poor position

[@Classiclybrad]

Most confusing shit of all time 💀

[@AwkwardPain]

I am sure it will sink in eventually, but yea... Giant switchups!

[@selina1358]

nah have u seen the new lck format

[@narfidy444]

Format explainer explained exactly nothing lmao

[@rensomusni8419]

They shouldn't have separated North and South when the purpose of this is to bring them together in the first place to make them more competitive in Internationals. They should've just went with LPL's format with this much teams

[@babooskii5710]

Are you all hard of hearing, or did you fail school? This is incredibly easy to follow and digest. Big changes, but not complicated at all.

[@cacliiacactus4391]

I thought we already learned bo3 is better than bo1

[@lipat97]

Riot saw FLY make quarters and said "Holy shit, never again"

[@rensomusni8419]

If they just went with LPL's format, the teams would've been able to grow much better with bigger pool of competition but somehow they went with this

[@purplekey9330]

2/3 splits are still Bo3s. I dont get this complaint International events gave both Bo1s and Bo3s, it makes sense that both are used in here

[@cacliiacactus4391]

@purplekey9330 they call the bo1 the "learning split" is why it's a complaint. We already know that bo1 is an inferior format. They advertised all of 2024 as the learning year and we learned in 2024 that bo3 is better

[@ME14-00]

​@@cacliiacactus4391 still most of the year is BO3

[@Kaiziku]

I've lived long enough to see the conception, entire lifespan, and death of the LCS. Holy crap, I wonder how this will change the competitive scene.

[@ayoubammor2795]

I'm too dumb to understand this new format RIP LCS

[@rebornthanos]

I mean the league is too dumb to even be able to manage having 10 teams in the league period much less a decent format or even having bo3's

[@zealot416]

(Its bad.)

[@baronnashor158]

Its not that you are too dumb. In fact, you are not dumb enough, to try to understand or care for pure bullshit

[@jaybiven5926]

I mean it’s the leagues fault for you coming out of the video confused. And you aren’t the only one. This shit is dumb as hell

[@chetranqui]

Nah. You're to smart to understand something so dumb. This is on them, not you.

[@RisenFreedom]

TLDR split 1 everyone fights bo3 domestically, top 4 from north and south meet up and compete in a top 8 single elim bracket. The final is bo5 and winner goes to new international event (split 1 all fearless draft) split 2 everyone fights domestically and domestically only, bo1 regular split, top 6 domestic playoffs, north and south winners go to MSI split 3 everyone fights domestically in bo3s in a weird mcdonalds swiss format where losers pick their next opponents that won and they repeat this process until theres 3 teams left in north and south, then north and south meet up for playoffs. #1 seed from north and south are automatically in winners finals of the bracket so they qualify for worlds by default, and the other 4 teams fight in losers bracket for a chance to qualify as 3rd seed (or to go for trophy) oh and apparently theres a relegation/promotion system for those "guest" slots to make tier 2 exciting? not a lot of info on this

[@rebornthanos]

People who have been calling for franchised teams to be able to be relegated do to their absolute mismanagement and incompetence in our league are the reason for that last announcement. They are advertising (relegations) in hopes people will come back, but actively not advertising the part about how no franchised teams can be kicked out which is the exact thing everyone wants to hold them accountable to actually be competitive.

[@RisenFreedom]

@@rebornthanos yep…we can relegate you unless you pay us LOL

[@EgoCarry1]

Pretty good explanation, thanks

[@OneWingedRose]

You should have written this video.

[@blakenoel]

idc how tough the schedule is, bring back BO3

[@ME14-00]

Split 1 and 3 are BO3

[@eVill420]

@@ME14-00 split 3 will have 3 matches and already start the playoffs bro.

[@rebornthanos]

The Na scene does not care about competitiveness if they did they would add in full promotion relegations back to where franchised teams can be kicked out and held accountable for making no effort and being non competitive in a season.

[@MohammadKhan-ne4zm]

@ME14-00 why do you want double round robin best of 1s over LEC split 1 format that implemented best of 1s better ?Also, best of 3 SINGLE ROUND ROBIN was liked by a majority of people, and it's not in any of the three split formats.

[@Darkstormsun9865]

Ofc you don't know. You aren't the one who has to make it work

[@thecaulkster6542]

Didn’t hear a single thing bad about bo3 it was the best change riot made and now we are back to our shitty format

[@rebornthanos]

They don't care about competitiveness here or they would add back full promotion relegations to hold teams accountable for being non competitive or putting in no effort in a season. This is just another example of the absolute incompetence of management in the lcs.

[@jaydee4177]

I don't think you actually watched the video, only split 2 before MSI is bo1, the other two splits are still bo3...the majority of the year will be bo3...

[@Darkstormsun9865]

​@jaydee4177 people always hear one thing only XD

[@asambi69]

Probably want to cut production costs

[@CURichard2019]

​@@rebornthanos I suggesr you learn about how promotion/relegation works using EU soccer as an example first. The English Leagues are a good example. You have to understand a few things. First the same teams just bump up and down all the time. From tier 1 to tier 2 constantly because of the money it takes to be competitive. Second the teams at the botttom have players literally playing part time. Tier 5 teams for example. This dream/accountability factor doesn't really matter to players, as teams can just shuffle them around. It matters to teams/owners, but as long as it doesn't matter to players it won't affect their performance. Why would I care if my team gets relegated as long as I have a contract with a new team lined up? Hint: Look at rosters year to year in lcs/lec and you'll see the same players floating around on different teams just different combinations. Promotion/relegation is a myth, and all comes down to money. The only team making any head way right now is Wrexham. Why? Because Hollywood money. Case and point. But historically look at players on lower tier teams, they leave the second they get signed by bigger clubs. It's about the money. And like I said in another response to your franchise whining, what are teams lacking in esports right now? Oh yea money. Venture capital running out.

[@matsuri3423]

It’s sad that the LCS has disappeared. The 'League of Legends Championship' was the only tournament, unlike the LEC, LCK, or others, where you didn’t need to specify the region in the name. It’s a shame to lose such a classic title.

[@lizzb1065]

Big agree. RIP

[@argantyr5154]

LPL = League of Legends Pro League

[@bruce8703]

It use to be NA LCS back when there was the EU LCS

[@yoannme1181]

This is untrue but ok

[@Listless5228]

REAL. LCS already made sense, they didnt need to change it. wtf

[@thomaslarue7280]

I genuinely hate that acronym, LTA is the best you could come up with? Why not ACS- America's Championship Series or LAS- Leagues America's Series. Also gonna need MARKZ to do some great explanations for why we are back to B01's, thought we figured out the few times the LCS did it, it led to lower viewership and less competitiveness. I do like the idea of rotating lower league teams but overall I think there is so much change that a lot of people are going to turn away from it leading to even more lower viewership.

[@pedrorcarneiro]

i think they didnt went with the LAS acronym because it used to be the name for the LLA before it merged. Previously there were 2 regions for the latin america, LAN and LAS

[@linklandin]

All I see is ATL with my dyslexic ass

[@Raxiums]

Or just keep the same name and use the acronym LCA, League Championship of the Americas. Like they already have a fine name, they just decided to make the acronym beyond stupid by removing the "championship" part of it.

[@reformed_attempt_1]

LAS was a thing already in the past bro 😐

[@baronnashor158]

LCA

[@lukewooten5397]

Well, sucks more than I hoped. Back to bo1s is depressing

[@Dawnality]

Waiting for the MarkZ explanation as to why we're back to Bo1's before I get angry...but I'm already pessimistic

[@purplekey9330]

2/3s of the year are Bo3s tho Like worlds still has some Bo1s, so keeping a little of the year to be Bo1 makes sense to me

[@eVill420]

@@purplekey9330 nah it really doesn't, the only matches that are bo1 are the non-elimination games

[@purplekey9330]

@eVill420 still plenty valuable. If you win those two FT1s, you only need to win 1 of 3 ft3s. Not to mention cheering out a ft1 win over a higher seeded team is a lot easier.

[@eVill420]

@@purplekey9330 Bo3, first game is the same as a Bo1. The teams prepare the same way for first game for both formats. not to mention, getting to the 0-2 or 2-0 stage and not having Bo3 experience is way worse

[@purplekey9330]

@eVill420 I would have to disagree. In a Bo3, the first game is the least impactful. This makes it ideal for scouting or testing the opponents. Generally using it to improve their game 2 and 3. In a Bo1 you give it everything you have, and try to broadside your opponent. Also you're talking like they said "No more Bo3s". Which is just wrong. A single of 3 splits will be Bo1s, and its before MSI. The worlds split is Bo3, and includes cross regional practice. So I don't think this is gonna suddenly break NAs steam

[@ryangloff4946]

I think Rito cooked a little too hard here. Too many changes

[@rebornthanos]

I disagree that there were too many changes. But I do agree that all of the changes were wrong and will actively hurt the Na scene but the thing is they don't care. The reality is they gave up on the Na scene after the incompetent mismanagement of the league when everyone left and we lost 40% of our teams. So now what they are doing is leeching off brazil viewership for american sponsors.

[@MagiRemmie]

@@rebornthanos We did not lose 40% of our teams. If you really think the teams leaving were good or even did anything for the scene then you are mad coping. Only Fly, TL, and C9 actually ever did anything ignoring summer this year for C9. Getting rid of trash is a good thing.

[@HenryDang-z6o]

@@rebornthanos yeah, but this year has actually been a good year for NA. Couldn't they have waited?

[@rebornthanos]

@@MagiRemmie That's not the point, before franchising all 10 teams that were in the league were either trying to be competitive or they were relegated. We factually did lose 40% of the teams we went from 10 to 6. In terms of performance we lost clg which had Na's top performance ever at an international event, tsm which made it to semis in worlds and also won a lan tournament with asian teams in them. You must be a paid responded if you think tsm didn't completely usurp every other team in terms of popularity. Getting rid of trash is a good thing i agree which is why I support full relegations to allow players who are good to be in this league, not franchises who pay so they will never be relegated. And in terms of support we don't even have a league anymore we are getting combined with brazil and latin america because noone is watching our league at all. It's gone completely. Our region was growing and prospering before franchising came into play, we were ahead of europe in viewership, now we've lost 90% + of all fans that will never come back to the absolute incompetence of everyone who has managed this league.

[@rebornthanos]

@@HenryDang-z6o No because the people who managed the league absolutely bankrupted themselves with incompetence. 90% of all the fans stopped watching so they needed something fast to get money to come back. So with brazil being a growing region just like na was before franchising ruined it we will be using their viewership to sell to American sponsors.

[@IronCobraTD]

We went from clowning on EU minimum 27 games per team… now we have minimum 26 games per team. Edit: for the entire year. What a joke of a format. Edit 2: Assuming Bo3 means 2.5 average games and Bo5 means 4 average games: LTA- 47.5 games/year average. Split 1 - 8.625, Split 2 - 22, Split 3 - 16.875 LEC - 63.5 games/year average. Split 1 - 17.2, Split 2 - 28.9, Split 3 - 17.4 LCK - 112.7 games/year average. Split 1 - 21.7, Split 2 - 49, Split 3 - 42

[@colin5197]

Last summer the minimum was 14 games

[@IronCobraTD]

@@colin5197 I'm talking across the entire year. We have 4 minimum games winter (4 bo3), 14 games spring (14 bo1), and 8 games summer (4 bo3). Hope that puts it into perspective.

[@royalsapphire1196]

How many games per year did we have in 2024 season?

[@IronCobraTD]

@ bottom teams had a minimum of 28 games

[@colin5197]

@@IronCobraTD We had a minimum 28 games across the whole year last year... 1 more than EU btw. Calm your tits lmao

[@TriTexz]

Well dang the only reason me and all my friends actually watched LCS this past year was because of the BO3s :/

[@LeastSaneBRDMain]

Really giving "Riot forced our hand hard."

[@CURichard2019]

Couple of suggestions for these types of videos. 1. The background music has too much going on and is distracting. Pick something with less tempo, percussion, and random screaming noises to avoid this. 2. While I love Pastry Time as a caster, he does struggle with his pronounciation of the letter F frequently in the video. 3. Again, love Pastry Time, but this is a video explainer for NA/SA, but we don't have someone from NA/SA explaining it. Feels like we're missing an easy moment in a region where the narrative is all imports that you could use talent from the region. Were Azael, Captain Flowers unavailable?

[@IronCobraTD]

Why the hell would you bring BO1 back?! Edit: this summer format is also bad. Teams going from playing minimum 7 bo3 to possibly being eliminated in 4???? 4 BO3 and your split is done?? What a joke.

[@colin5197]

if you're that shit then good riddance. Idk about you, but i'm here to watch the good teams. Not shopify vs immortals

[@IronCobraTD]

The actual numbers: Assuming Bo3 means 2.5 average games and Bo5 means 4 average games, LTA- 47.5 games/year average. Split 1 - 8.625, Split 2 - 22, Split 3 - 16.875 LEC - 63.5 games/year average. Split 1 - 17.2, Split 2 - 28.9, Split 3 - 17.4 LCK - 112.7 games/year average. Split 1 - 21.7, Split 2 - 49, Split 3 - 42

[@sr202-n7c]

If we include literally every format suggestion we've ever heard, everyone will be happy with it, right? ...right?

[@EmoPorEmilio]

for spanish speakers "LTA" is something similar to "up yours", rofl

[@UwU_Blaster]

This will either be the best or the worst decision ever made for this environment. I'm leaning towards the latter so far. edit: now we are the only major region doing best of ones again, this is already looking so bad

[@rebornthanos]

The fact that you are still on the edge says a lot about your dedication you are truly the last 1% of viewers that somehow still give the management of the lcs some sort of the benefit of the doubt. Everyone else either stopped watching years ago or only watches for worlds.

[@twpterror4995]

Split 3 looks like the worst format I have ever seen. So the 4th,5th,6th seeds from LCS are going to be eliminated from Worlds with a BO3????? So for example this last year 100T would have been fighting Cloud9 for worlds possibility in a BO3 and never even get a BO5 if they lost. Insanely bad. Imagine making a format where your whole season hinges on one BO3 if you happen to lose to the top 1 or 2 seed.

[@pronoob6927]

Goodbye LCS. If the theme song don’t stay the same I will riot.

[@user-xj4yj2dg3z]

Amen to that

[@JPLangley_]

Is this a test to see how much you can make LCS fans hate Brazil?

[@deadchannel2837]

yoooo

[@andytrommald5327]

LCS teams get robbed of a slot from Brazil and get IRL robbed when they have to go and play in Brazil

[@catoblepas8697]

i can see both fanbases becoming extremely toxic against each other

[@Heylow]

As excited as i am for the teams, competition, and guest slots having to be defended: The format seems super all over the board.

[@doloran-]

Well this is fucking depressing. After 10 years of dropping the ball and letting the fans down they finally make some good changes last year like Bo3 just to throw them away. If you really want us to stop watching so badly, then we will.

[@thinhso]

I had already quitted watching since they moved the schedule to weekdays. Now we have timezone and countries different.

[@rebornthanos]

Welcome to the Lcs, where franchising took over advertising all these positive changes coming to the league and instead they absolutely ruined it. Now our region doesn't even have a place where our players can showcase our skills without being in the hands of utterly incompetent management that is only there because they convinced some idiots to let them burn 10's of millions of dollars.

[@yumei5058]

Man this sucks, I miss LCS

[@lucratyo2285]

not enough money i guess riot earned in LCS

[@ProtatoPvP]

Back to bo1 in spring 💀 everytime they making an improvement, they instant going 2 steps backwards

[@rebornthanos]

Notice how this has been the case ever since franchising began in 2017? It's been like this for a long time and it's the reason a majority of Na fans stopped watching. I used to have 20-30 friends minimum who regularly watched the lcs and there is not one of those same people who do now. At best they tune in for some worlds games.

[@phanci]

Still don't know who I feel about this :/

[@phanci]

Also bo1's coming back is negative pace

[@rebornthanos]

Come join the rest of the 99% that stopped watching years ago after we all realized franchising decimated the league from the top down. It's still fun to watch at worlds, but the entire management structure in this league is so utterly incompetent that they lost most of their viewers.

[@ethanniblock5341]

Everyones commenting on the BO1's but why in the hell do the teams that go 2-0 up in split 3 play against the worst teams that are 0-2?

[@Greenshawd]

Been watching since season 1 of LCS. It looks like a lot of games which is fun, but Bo3 is how you make your teams better for worlds. Really dislike the less focus on winning worlds, sure the regional rivalry will be cool but I could care less about SA teams.

[@hippityhoppityw]

Split 2 is confusing to me but Im excited to see more international play.

[@colin5197]

less international play from NA teams tho

[@jonahhenry846]

This is too confusing. Sure, I can learn how it works, but this is convoluted enough to make people not want to try and understand, and instead just give up, lowering viewership. Too confusing, riot plz fix.

[@knowfake]

you guys know the best of ones are to determine seeding for a DOUBLE ELIMINATION BO5 bracket, right? that the season starts with a double elimination bo3 bracket? and ends with a bo3 single round robin into elimination bracket? which also determines seeding for another full BO5 bracket? honestly think this isnt toooo much of a downgrade. it sucks that only finals of those bo3s are bo5, it should be semi finals and finals, and the bo1's arent great but! its only for half a split. and then the other half of that split is bo5 just like msi, i think this will do a pretty good job of preparing our teams for all the avenues through which international play takes place, not just for late bracket worlds, but getting there more consistently too.

[@MammothMitten]

Glad to see we're taking steps backwards and going back to Bo1

[@andytrommald5327]

I absolutely hate this format for split 2. It feels like the regions are completely independent, with 0 interplay.

[@lyria317]

Kinda hate this. Really reduces me caring about pro league as an LCS fan.

[@Dylan-ec7dq]

Why?

[@MrOPS310]

Go to LCK better format. Watch it last year was good

[@caseychambers2693]

At least North gets to beat up on the South but what a shame for the LCS

[@cakecheese4569]

I don’t understand why they insist on making league formats so confusing when you look at traditional sports are so generic with their format regular season and playoffs. It’s not a broken system that needs fixing.

[@TheAcidJazzSituation]

I hope this new rivalries make a more competitive scene so we can be a contender internationally

[@jmonterroso12]

As much as I think this is a huge improvement, three splits is way too confusing to keep track of. It seems it makes even more splits meaningless in the grand scheme just cuz they can run it back in a few weeks. I think its horrible in Europe and now with a whole new setup in the Americas, its gonna make an already confusing split worse. Let's hope dropoff isnt too wild

[@colin5197]

Every region is doing 3 splits. And 3 splits was actually the best format back when OGN was running lck

[@argantyr5154]

I can't wait to hear Jatt, make fun of/complain about 3 splits like he have done ever since the LEC implemented it (and it have been terrible with 3 splits).

[@rebornthanos]

You are truly the first comment I've seen about any of these changes that mentions it being some sort of improvement. We've lost 40% of our teams, we've lost worlds spots, we now no longer even have our own region, we have to syphon off brazils viewership to appease american sponsors since the managers of this league absolutely destroyed it.

[@AwkwardPain]

Tentatively optimistic. We will see how this all shakes up!

[@UnknownGamerxd]

If Im understanding Worlds qualification correctly, the “top seed from each conference will already qualify for worlds, while the rest of the teams will battle for the last remaining slot”. So do playoffs not matter at all if two teams already qualified before playoffs even begin? Whats up with that?? The “pick and play” system seems complete bogus - bad teams will be forced to play teams above their weight class which will likely make for low quality games, and when the pick priority flips, the best team will pick the worst team for the same effect on game quality. I’m also not a fan of how the North and South interact. You mean to tell me that we’ve consolidated three regions, nuked LLA from orbit, only to keep them mostly separate anyway? From the outset, this format appears to be a massive fumble.

[@Kalesvol]

Back to bo1s, really? LCK/LPL plays 50 bo3s a year while we're stuck with bo1s is just such a fucking joke

[@colinree6131]

Split 1 and 3 are majority bo3 AND we also have three sets of playoffs

[@Galandwood32]

@@colinree6131 And all that and it still won't equate to even half the amount of games played by the LCK/LPL, and people wonder why there's a giant gap in talent 🤣

[@numberM4]

50 is an exaggeration, LCK teams in 2024 played 36 Bo3s

[@skojuzija]

I dont get it why esports in general need to complicate things. Just make it double round robin with bo3 fearless draft, top 6 into double elim playoffs bo5 fearless draft and all good.

[@toxicity9558]

This format is so shit its actually insane i dont think they could make a worse one if the tried holy

[@iandoesthings]

Pretty dope that DSG made it to the LCS or LTA north or whatever, good for them. Also super excited for fearless drafts, it will inevitably lead to players having to flex champ pools

[@boomingbob1579]

It’s been a good ride LCS bit time for a new era for western League you won’t be forgotten

[@lizzb1065]

I miss the LCS already. 😢💔 HOW DARE YOU, RIOTGAMES!!!

[@user-xj4yj2dg3z]

:,(

[@lucratyo2285]

from 10 to franchise to 8 to 6 how many year NA league will survive

[@rebornthanos]

It just ended what do you mean, we are now combining with brazil to use their viewership for american sponsors. We no longer have our own league because those who managed it ran it straight into the ground after franchsing was implemented.

[@lucratyo2285]

@@rebornthanos yes ,but c9 TL still NA team right ?

[@rebornthanos]

@@lucratyo2285 No we are the "americas" region now which means It's the former lcs, former latin american region, and former brazilian region all coming together. We can't afford our own league anymore sadly.

[@Ghrim5vortex]

I'm so excited :) The development is good for the League overall.

[@rebornthanos]

No real person that's not a bot or a paid riot messenger trying to do some massive damage control thinks this, they are getting decimated riot now for these changes.

[@I_likecows]

Classic Riot NA move. The higher ups make a terrible decision that is so flawed that a child could point out the holes in it. And because they have the most power nobody can correct them or bring up how bad this plan is

[@icedragont2170]

Finally they did something to improve the league with a concrete plan from top to bottom, now to prohibit imports for a couple of years to let the home talent settle first

[@longers1028]

I thought it was going to be two teams from LLA. I'm happy we get 100 Thieves and Disguised next year, but I'm just surprised they couldn't find a 2nd LLA team to take the spot.

[@Masterchief77]

Fearless Draft should be the way to go. More champions more whacky combos lets goooooooooooooooo

[@apenguin__]

NOOOO bo1s in split 2 WHY

[@jeremiahkoehn6187]

This feels beyond bad. All my hope for competitive 2025 west just got drained out of me, while watching this video.

[@devinosborne3396]

I wish it was full Bo3... but maybe something will change. Bo3 is too good

[@devenclark3962]

I can already see everyone being confused, burned out from watching, and just not happy

[@bobbuilder6761]

Feels bad to go back to B01s. This year has been so good. We'll see how it goes next year. Not sure about this format

[@nate-404]

Every other region is doing Bo3 and we swap back to single games???? So stupid!!!!

[@shemonlau5542]

Better teams smashing wild card teams. Only rule is you can import within LTA but restricted to 2 players. Maybe after the first split well see alot of salary caps and roster changes

[@MrAltairantares]

Wish you all the best, if LCS is done, so am I.

[@nathanrossi409]

People are scared of change. I'm excited for this. We have to change to bring league esports as a sustainable system for years to come. This is a step in the right direction and it will have road bumps along the way but that's life! Im excited!

[@rebornthanos]

I mean for nearly 8 years straight since franchising came in their changes did nothing but lose over 90% of the viewership do to how absolutely terrible each of their changes were. We lost 40% of our teams, we lost worlds spots, and now we lost our ability to even have our own region. I hate to tell you this but if you think these changes are for anything other than to use brazilian viewers to sell american sponsorships you are going to be very mistaken this is no positive for the lcs or brazil It's all for money.

[@RomnysGonzalez]

Why not just call it LCS???... it It really was perfect since i didn't got like "NALCS" or "LEC". LCS was such a good name it can be put to all regions BACK TO BO1?!. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!. This region going back to shit again. WHY?!. WHY REMOVE ThE BO3?!!. BO3 should be MUST for all 3 splits. Split 2 should be Bo3 too. Why have one single split with BO1? That limited the grow an development of rosters Split 2 and 3 are such a dumb stupid formats. Like what is this crap? who though this formats were good?

[@willsanborn2178]

@@RomnysGonzalez I agree. It is a pointless rebranding.

[@bt_18]

They could've even called it the LCA and it'd sound a lot better

[@Xxyion86]

I don't really understand why we didnt mirror the LEC format where we get a 4 round robin of Bo3 games culminating in a double elimination tourney at the end. Maybe since we are the weakest major region they are using us a testing ground...but i dont think thats a good idea. I'll still watch because as much as our format keeps switching, we keep improving as a region and i want to see us go farther at worlds.

[@asadad12]

Yes broo

[@rebornthanos]

It's because nothing in the lcs is making money do to how they mismanaged the league to the point where noone watches. So they are doing this as cost cutting measures instead of actually trying to build the league.

[@cedrichofstetter4057]

Gonna be an interesting new chapter. Goodbye LCS, you will always be special in my heart. I don't understand why there will only be 1 stadium event in NA every 3 years, that's unacceptable. Live events are what make esports real and without them, it is so hollow

[@brianchen6366]

Kinda sad about this but can't believe DSG is in LTA that's incredible

[@NZ_YT]

Rest in Peace LCS, it was the best of times - cheers to what the future holds

[@rebornthanos]

If franchising is still here the future will only hold a trajectory downward or the league being in a straight freefall. That's what the future holds since that's what the league has been since franchising came in.

[@NateCarl]

Pretty lame how LCS loses an MSI spot to the south. We have 2 teams that are competitive internationally but its likely a worse southern team will take TL/FLY spot.

[@rebornthanos]

It's all about viewership and using brazils viewers to appeal to american sponsors. They mismanaged the lcs to the point it no longer exists and now they are about to do the same to brazil since they view the lcs as far too damaged to recover I assume. If they actually wanted to grow the league they would never make these changes, this is them finally giving up on the region.

[@rensomusni8419]

With 16 teams, why didn't just copied the LPL format and allowed all teams to compete with each other for 3 splits instead of splitting North and South separately before playoffs?? With the LPL format, all teams would actually be allowed to grow together with bigger pool of competition and make the winning teams more competitive once they get to MSI and Worlds

[@colin5197]

Because then you have to move all the teams to either SA or NA and 1 side would be upset. Although the NA orgs would probably love to move to SA, it's way more affordable than LA lmao

[@rensomusni8419]

@@colin5197 There's actually a simple solution to that. Split 1 or Winter Split can happen in SA while Split 2 or Spring Split gets held in Latin America and finally Split 3 or Summer Split happens in NA

[@colin5197]

@rensomusni8419 that sounds even more costly lmao. Now orgs need to have a base in NA and SA?

[@Darkstormsun9865]

​@rensomusni8419 you think riot wants to pay for that

[@rensomusni8419]

@@Darkstormsun9865 If they really want the West to ever hope at getting close to Eastern Teams' caliber, they should. EU West could also get united with Nordic and EU East to boost competition

[@KeithKoch10]

I feel like Charlie Brown listening to his parents talking

[@Nubtastic]

Can anyone make an explainer for this explainer?

[@rebornthanos]

Lcs no longer has it's own region do to the incompetence of the management in the league. So we are now combining with brazil and the latin american regions to use their viewership to appeal to sponsors here in the u.s.a we lost 40% of our teams also. And they are advertising relegations but it is not since none of the franchised teams can get relegated.

[@PeTe_FIN]

So, nobody was watching league in US, so the focus is south america for growth and money.

[@rebornthanos]

Exactly, they took the growing flourishing lcs before franchising. Then proceeded to completely mismanage it to the point where noone watches, and now we are going to ruin brazils growing region to use their viewers for american sponsors. Poor brazil they don't know what these people did to this region and what's to come.

[@brocksutterfield4103]

I like the Logo designs, gonna miss Bo3, and also this shit was confusing

[@UwU_Blaster]

I'm more confused after the video than before the video!

[@cadenengel7749]

Split 2 with the double bo1s just seems pointless.

[@Poe_Tae_Toes]

Why the hell is it BO1 in split 2?! Not only is bo3 better as far as competition, but it also had better viewership last split as well. Then split 1 and 3 being bo3 but b01 in split 2 just makes zero sense.

[@Acesa24]

Split 3 format is interesting but man does this feel bad.

[@Monkeyrage22]

Every region has to bring three splits in sadly :( idk if the third international tournament is worth it

[@Acesa24]

@ sorry I was referring to the 3rd split Picking system. Seems like something kinda new a different but overall this feels bad cause LCS was fun to watch last year.

[@zer0_cool]

I don't really understand the whole "losers pick stronger opponents" thing. What determines the order of which team picks first and why wouldn't they just pick the weakest looking team? Also why do winners play losers, don't you want teams of equal level playing each other, like in regular Swiss?

[@jasonesports]

Rip LCS!!! Excited for the new chapter with our American hermanos!

[@BrendanGeormer]

Riot makes good format decisions challenge: IMPOSSIBLE

[@nevinzavell4207]

Just when it feels like LCS actually got the formula right, feeling like a good balance of a fun watchable product and competitive league; they go ahead and just break everything apart and create this mess. RIP to the LCS, I guess we got close to a good run.

[@ImmortalScrub]

Really can't put into words how not excited I am for Bo1's again. And LTA?This new format and name change has really killed all the excitement I had after the positive steps LCS took this past year

[@dutchdude1985]

Its official both LCS and LEC are f*cked. Ive been a loyal follower of both but this right here doesnt make any sense. If each conference has 2 guest spots it makes sense to me have 2 NA teams guest appear in the south america conference and the other way around aswell. As for the rest of this format LEC does it too trying to give each split its own "flavour" just ruins a working formula. You finally had it right with BO3 setups and toss it the very next season...wow just plain wow.

[@identity9984]

Split 2 MUST be single RR Bo3s. Mr Zimmerman let us down 😔

[@BritishBlaze]

Who the fuck designed this? Bo1 double rr, pick and play, this is undoing Markz great work which LEC is now learning from. America deserves better after a decent Worlds showing.

[@mikyu4758]

what’s the point of the best of 1’s though im confused

[@rebornthanos]

Nobody is watching the league so they are limiting the amount of games they broadcast to save money since no product they are pushing is making money. They don't care about competition only cutting costs.

[@RobinD0903]

I got a question for split 3 week 5-6. Are there matches in between the weeks? It seems like the winner of the upper bracket moves to qualifying series. The two winners of the lower bracket play each other, let’s call it match X. The loser of match X goes to week 6 elimination series. The winner of match X plays the loser from the upper bracket and the winner moves to the qualifying series while the loser goes to the elimination series? Did I get that correct? I’m not sure why those matches aren’t displayed in the graphic

[@acatwithwiskers9273]

I really like it when companies fix what isn't broken

[@wfcnexus2984]

Especially this dogshit Company lol saying less then 0.0006% gets permad is ridicolous and ppl believe that. And thats like what 200thousand accs that got banned according to "Riot"

[@Gokkee]

Ooh this sounds great 😁👌

[@kingisred5407]

How will the LTA MSI one and two seed be decided?

[@ThandrieDavis]

The LCS gets one world slot (in effect). North America + South America gets just two world slots now total?

[@scotthoran8855]

Why the hell does Shopify have a permanent spot yet 100 thieves who are better, have a much bigger following, better org, better management etc. do not have a permanent spot. How stupid

[@ehllumination]

Clear as mud 👍

[@notTORYY]

Bo1s suck major ass but the gauntlet in Split 3 should be interesting

[@Karlojey]

What's the difference between a 'Partner' team and 'Guest' team?