Time to remove regional roster restrictions?

SciFi Scrivener·Oct 16, 2017·2 votes·556 views

Here me out before hitting the down vote. One of the main reasons Riot has decided to keep the NA LCS to 10 teams is because of the available talent pool. They feel there is not enough NA talent to fill more than 10 competitive rosters. Wouldn't it make sense then to lift the regional restriction?

If Riot allowed NA LCS teams to have more than 2 international players we could have more teams. There are plenty of talented players either stuck on bad teams in other regions, or riding the bench on really good teams.

WhiteLotus, Blank, Untara are just a few names off the top of my head that could find spots in NA. Look at the lane dance TL had to play when they wanted to bring in Mickey for mid lane. They had to take Reignover out of the jungle and play Dardoch to free up an international player spot. Shouldn't they be able to play their best players no matter their nation of origin?

Maybe raising the limit to 3 is good enough, but raising or removing the limit should be considered an option to allow NA LCS to have more teams and a much more competitive environment.

11 Comments

IncrediPhiLLOct 16, 20172 votes

I see your meaning, but I don’t like it. I’m not even thrilled about having 2 imports. It hardly feels like NA as it is.

OsbeornOct 16, 20172 votes

I think there should be no imports at all, would be much more interesting if everyone had to play in their own region.

HellmetOct 16, 20171 votes

Exactly, they should get rid of the current imports all together. If you want to build a franchise in the America you need to do it with... wait for it.... Americans. I hate the fact that most of these teams can't even communicate in English.. or that the damn coach can barely speak it.

Gen NakazoraOct 16, 20171 votes

Well... English or French or Spanish (It is NA, not US. Mexico and Canada still count as North America. North America =/= USA) That said, imports feel like they should be a little less common for the sake of communication... but it also helps the players learn these different languages a bit. It isn't quick, but it is something they might be striving to do. What better way to do that than to dive right in. Sure, it would be hard at first, but that's why you don't dive in right before a big competition. lol That just screws up everything.

ForFoxSakesOct 17, 20171 votes

With that rule then we'd kick out Bjerg and Sven b/c they arent American either

ChompyWulfOct 16, 20171 votes

If more imports were allowed would that actually allow for more teams, or would we instead see more import talent being aggressively poached to squeeze out more wins and more NA players would be dropped into free agency and then left looking to find a team in IWC regions?

Regions should be expected to keep mostly to the talent of a region, especially to connect with fans of that region.

The only way I can see lifting import regulations would be if a separate sort of elite league was formed, where instead of regions sending teams to worlds there would be multinational teams with their own league that has a playoff that culminates in the Summoners Cup while the regions are more like a Challenger league.

MysterQOct 16, 20171 votes

I think Imports should be allowed to have one full imported team in each other league. To improve that team (and NA practicing in Korea) and to improve the league (Korean team training NA teams).

xJLx MCHammerOct 16, 20171 votes

If I rather not see teams import 5 players speaking Koreans. I rather not see interviews in NA LCS with translators

I don’t mind seeing a few Koreans in each team because they have an incentive to learn English and intergrade

MysterQOct 17, 20171 votes

I want there to be just one full KR team in each region. It would help that Kr learn our meta, we learn from them as well. It would be a good way to see what happens.

ForFoxSakesOct 17, 20171 votes

So essentially you're all in favor of racism Danish & EU players playing on NA teams speaking English - "No problem" Korean players on NA teams - "GTFO of my country"

FYI many Koreans and Chinese know English and can learn English you bigot

xJLx MCHammerOct 17, 20171 votes

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So essentially you're all in favor of racism Danish & EU players playing on NA teams speaking English - "No problem" Korean players on NA teams - "GTFO of my country"

FYI many Koreans and Chinese know English and can learn English you bigot

Do you not even read what I said?

I said, I don't mind seeing Korean/Chinese players in NA, but they need to integrate into our society. Those Danish/EU players know English. Their culture are more inline with NA culture. If you see that as racism, you are being idiotic.

See how Impact, Flame, Huni..etc when they were in a roster that mainly spoke English encouraged them to learn English. Do you see how Impact on C9 is trying to speak English in interviews. That's why I expect from other players to do who come from other regions to represent NA.

If they are in NA as 5-6 man roster of Korean speaking only, they are a lot less likely to do that. I don't believe they represent NA. That's not me being racist. That's me telling you that they can't represent NA when they can't even take the effort to learn our language.

SO GTFO of here with your accusation that I'm racist.