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Can You Really Call It The NA LCS If 3/4ths of the Players Aren't From NA?

FlashNeko·6/28/2015, 9:27:39 PM·2 votes·427 views

I realize the topic sounds a bit flamebait-y and I apologize for that, but I'm actually legit curious about something.

What's the current ratio of players who were born and raised in NA vs those who have either moved their entire teams from Korea/China (on the perception that NA would be an "easier" region to reach Worlds from) or are ringers that NA-based teams have brought in to bolster their line-ups? How do the numbers break down for those who are (for lack of better words) "true" NA players vs "import" NA players?

Until this current split, C9 was the only team to have all five members that were purely from NA but now even they had to look outside of NA to replace Hai (and that's been working out as well as Sampson walking into a barber shop).

In addition, is the ratio of "true vs import" to a severe enough degree that it becomes something the LCS should be concerned about in terms of the region actually developing as it moves forward or just being choked out by whoever can throw the most money at big name players from other regions?

3 Comments

Diode6/28/2015, 10:43:24 PM3 votes

NA LCS is a league, not a fcking requirement. Look at european soccer teams with players from different countries,or basketball teams with players from other states. Look at EU LCS with Fnatic having a bunch of koreans. The LCS has different leagues and anyone can choose which one to play for, the NA and EU just specify where its fcking located, not where the goddam players are from.

Anyways, NA has the most diverse county in the world (US) and Canada is kinda diverse too. The bulk of NA(US) was created by immigrants technically, for immigrants as well, and its the only country like that, So having foreign players actually lives up to NA's reputation.

PierreAndreis6/28/2015, 10:35:11 PM2 votes

can u really call real madrid from spain when 3/4 of the best players arent from spain?

TurquoiseYoshi6/29/2015, 6:05:26 AM1 votes

I definitely see what you mean, but don't EU and China have these problems too? I thought a few of EDG were Korean, and Fnatic definitely has some Koreans.