It was inevitable: after the expected game releases and conventions, the third victims of Covid-19 as regards our world are e-sports and multiplayer competitions.
Il Mid-Season Invitational of League of Legends - important annual event -was officially canceled Thursday morning by Riot Games. It is an event that traditionally brings together the winners of the regional Spring Split. Initially scheduled for May, the MSI was postponed to July in March, but conditions from the pandemic apparently suggested to Riot the drastic solution of cancellation.
Currently all regional League of Legends competitions (Europe, China and North America) are being held strictly online and, but this option remains highly impractical for an international competition in which line problems they can in all likelihood create disadvantages for several participants.
Despite the difficulties in this first half of the year, Riot has made it known that he will do everything to not give up the most important LoL event of the year, il League of Legends World Championships. scheduled for next fall and hosted by the People's Republic of China. The reason is clear: it will be the tenth edition of the tournament, and it looks like Riot (also on the crest of the wave for his brand new Valuing) do not want to miss the opportunity to a great (self) celebratory event.
