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I really hope LCS goes back to how it used to be next year

FuIlmute All·8/6/2016, 9:10:37 PM·2 votes·852 views

I am just REALLY not on board with this whole LCS1 and LCS2 attempt. I want to be able to put my full attention to what's going on in the competitive scene rather than trying to watch on two monitors when I'm bored just to realize that it is not worth it at all. I can't help but feel like I'm not the only one thinking this way.

The viewership hasnt been too high even with the two channels combined, because of people like me, who want to be able to watch it all, just really cant. And sure, arguably I can just watch them again on youtube but the joy (and mainly the twitch chat experience xd) of watching it live just makes the experience overall improved. Please go back to BO1 and 1 channel next year. I am not the only one who dislikes this so heavilly. Or at least have a poll at some point, maybe during this year's preseason so you can know what your community wants to see. For me personally, this has been the most inactive year for me watching LCS and I really want to, but I REALLY don't like this current system in place. If the majority likes it this way then I guess I can't complain but I need to know how many people are bothered by this too

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Shadowatom8/6/2016, 9:23:03 PM4 votes

I think if they could spread it out over more days it would be easier to stomach and they could keep it all on one channel while also using a bo3 format (bo1s are extremely ineffective in sorting out which teams are more effective, Echo Fox could've actually been 7th place if it was still Bo1 rather than 10th). I agree it's a bit difficult to see everything because of the two channels, and I think the only reason it's such a problem is because the fan base is still small, unlike sports that can afford to have games on multiple channels because of the large fan bases the teams have.

III BAKURYU III 8/7/2016, 1:02:10 AM1 votes

NA and EU both have a total of 10 games each.(20)

IF it was me I would put the Games Of The Week on Mondays to cheer people up that it's Monday and having to go back to work and start anew but also to lure people into the fresh week with the best games possible. MONDAY-EU/NA GAMES OF THE WEEK.(2)

A full day to watch games from your region, whats not to like. TUESDAY- Make it only EU games or vice versa with 3 games from that region. EU(3) WEDNESDAY- Which ever region had Tuesday have the opposite region now. NA(3)

THURSDAY- If I did up the schedule before the season would start I would for the most part, put the teams that I would think will not do so good for the upcoming split, or might not have the most fan support. Examples would be Echo Fox, Roccat,Phoenix 1 etc. Thursday could be huge mismatches that could be on the day and could surprise people for example TSM vs P1.
Na and Eu both have 1 game for the day(2)

FRIDAY- Honestly I think I would just Challenger teams on focus for this day only.

SATURDAY- 2 games from each region that starts at different times. (4)

SUNDAY- The remaining 3 games from each region all with 2 hour intervals apart. (6)

Nice post and Thank you for having me, Have a Good One !

Miror B8/7/2016, 1:26:10 AM1 votes

I'd personally like to see them adopt the whole "lck" thing where they have a different series going on each day aside from one. Despite being from NA, I've watched far more of LCK this year mostly because it's been so readily available for me as compared to the CS' in which I have to wait until two/three days and even then probably won't get to see all of the games.

Mazariamonti8/7/2016, 4:02:51 AM1 votes

I like the current format actually. Honestly I wish they would go all in on it and just put up the scores of matches previously played and ongoing in a little bar at the bottom of the screen so people would get over this idea of watching every. Single. Game.

I like this better. The match you 'really' want to watch will be at a pretty specific time and it's usually a pretty convenient time. I mean come on, you guys would really want matches to go on throughout the week? It's hard enough finding a few hours to put away Friday-Sunday, forget about a Tuesday or something. Eventually you'll just have to get over it.