LCS Moving to Chicago?

OpTicDyNO·8/12/2015, 2:20:07 AM·4 votes·31,590 views

So as Riot is rolling out their new servers, located in Chicago, Illinois, I was curious about what the professional teams intended to do. While the West Coast used to be privileged to the low ping and local LCS broadcasts, I was wondering if any of this would change. 30 additional ping may not seem to be a very large increase to many of us Plebs, but as MonteCristo pointed out that many of the Korean and Chinese teams play right outside the servers in their respected region, with ping as low as 8 (allegedly). Any professionals or Riot Employees care to comment on this possibility? @RiotRepertior I know you have been good at replying recently.

Would people attend a Chicago showing of the LCS?

Let me know!

47 Comments

RiotTiza8/12/2015, 8:02:10 AM15 votes

We have no plans to move the LCS next year. The LCS, as was mentioned above, is played on an offline client, so the Battle Arena will live on in sunny Los Angeles!

disregardable8/12/2015, 2:24:04 AM2 votes

iWillDominate said that the issue wasn't the ping increase itself but that the ping isn't stable. It's just as easy to be pro on a stable 100 ping as it is on a stable 30; you train yourself to use the champion in certain time frames to accomplish what you want. The problem is when the ping changes, so your instincts become off/badly timed. If solo-queue has a much higher ping than the competitive server does, they won't be on the top of their game in competitions.

SadBoyRhymes8/12/2015, 5:08:09 PM2 votes

PLEASE! I visit Chicago so much!

Teslyn8/12/2015, 5:17:50 PM2 votes

still dont like chicago as a living place

i am glad the servers are going their ... but it is no place for human occupancy from my experience. reasoning for the servers. it should be pretty cheap being only 40% of the city is actually occupied so plenty of room to grow if they need more space.

i am more likely to fly to cali to see an LCS match then go to chicago. while i live on the east coast. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IOThHshbZi4/UBizwEv-uXI/AAAAAAAAH2c/WBX95UUTs6s/s1600/untitledtbttb+-+Copy.png ~~even Sao Paolo, mexico is safer.~~ anywhere would be safer than here.

"GET GUD SON"

DrCyanide8/12/2015, 3:35:30 AM1 votes

The LCS games are played on local servers, at next to no ping. That will remain the same if the teams are located in California or Chicago.

I think the bigger question is if Riot is planning on moving the studio. I have a hard time imagining an LCS team flying back and forth between California and Chicago every weekend. If they stay in California, then LCS teams will probably ask for private servers to do their scrims against other LCS teams on.

Telemachus78/13/2015, 6:31:24 PM1 votes

If they played games in Chicago, i would be there as much as I can. I live just across Lake Michigan from Chicago. Only a 3 hour drive, traffic permitting. I would love to go to an LCS match. Any pro match really.