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Professional Esport... Scripted like WWE?

darkorpse··3 votes·3,820 views

So... I'm wondering if there is any validity too this

Professional League of Legends play is all SCRIPTED!

I don't mean computer scripts as in the players are cheating, I means Riot Games has determined who the "good" and "bad" public figures are and which teams will play at what levels (who will win, how much they'll win by, if it will be a come back victory, etc) in order to manipulate summoners into viewing their large scale tournaments.

I recently requested that I be provided information on how to become a Riot Tournament provider with access to the Tournament Realm (their LAN client for official Riot Event) [to clarify, this is much different than being a community event provider which is very easy to do].

Chopper from Riot Games stated this directly in response to one of my partners support tickets:

"LCS teams are limited to playing in the LCS and the official Riot international tournaments (e.g., Worlds, MSI, etc) for several reasons, one of which being the insurance of a coherent and consistent storyline regarding both their play and the global eco-system for esports."

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Beerstein2 votes

It means they don't want to confuse their viewers by having league teams play outside the league and stream games that players might think matter when they don't. On top of that they want their viewers to follow the league like a story line of how players perform etc. which off tournaments would detract from.

Not only is it understandable but it makes a lot of sense to keep all events sanctioned.

Azmoran2 votes

LOOK! Bigfoot is over there!

Yxgl222HaX1 votes

No that is just Nunu coming to gank you because you forgot to item 2044 , Scrublord

Valhalla Rising1 votes

dafuq?

TurquoiseYoshi1 votes

I don't think it's scripted. If it was scripted, TDK would be in the playoffs. Also, I don't understand your question and how it relates to Riot's answer. Did you ask "Can I use the LAN client used in LCS?" and they answered "LCS teams can only play in Riot events."? I looked through the LCS ruleset, and I didn't even see this rule. Cloud9, TSM, Alliance (now Elements), Fnatic, UOL, and Gambit (and more I think) all competed at IEM tournaments last year as well. I am extremely confused by this entire post.

darkorpse1 votes

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I don't think it's scripted. If it was scripted, TDK would be in the playoffs. Also, I don't understand your question and how it relates to Riot's answer. Did you ask "Can I use the LAN client used in LCS?" and they answered "LCS teams can only play in Riot events."? I looked through the LCS ruleset, and I didn't even see this rule. Cloud9, TSM, Alliance (now Elements), Fnatic, UOL, and Gambit (and more I think) all competed at IEM tournaments last year as well. I am extremely confused by this entire post.

If you look at LCS player contracts they are required to get written permission to participate in any event that is not the LCS/LCK/Whatever-they-are-contracted-for

IEM/Worlds are official Riot Tournaments run on the Tournament Realm; if you read the message it states the teams MAY play in those.

Also, why would TDK not be in the playoffs if it was scripted? Having an underdog go far is great publicity stops stagnation; if they lose in the playoffs it's even better realistically.

TurquoiseYoshi1 votes

Can I see the contracts? I don't know where they are.

IEM is run by Intel. It has no affiliation with Riot, to the best of my knowledge.

TDK would be in the playoffs if it was scripted. Because they aren't, I'm pretty sure it isn't scripted.

darkorpse1 votes

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Can I see the contracts? I don't know where they are.

IEM is run by Intel. It has no affiliation with Riot, to the best of my knowledge.

TDK would be in the playoffs if it was scripted. Because they aren't, I'm pretty sure it isn't scripted.

The contracts can be found if you google search hard enough; one of the first links is an overview and analysis of the contract -- http://www.dailydot.com/esports/lcs-contract-analysis-league-of-legends-riot-games/

IEM is sponsored by intel (whether their staff or Riot's run's it I'm not 100% sure) and hosted on the "Tournament Realm" Riot's official LAN client that is only available to Official Riot LAN Tournaments such as LCS/LCK, Worlds, IEM, and a few others.

{quoted}

It means they don't want to confuse their viewers by having league teams play outside the league and stream games that players might think matter when they don't. On top of that they want their viewers to follow the league like a story line of how players perform etc. which off tournaments would detract from.

Not only is it understandable but it makes a lot of sense to keep all events sanctioned.

The phrasing is open to interpretation and that is how I initially took it a well, then I began to wonder...

Also, we understand the time-line and tournament structure; we were applying to become an officially sanctioned tournament and requesting information on the process.

TurquoiseYoshi1 votes

Still, what does this have to do with the games being scripted? And what does it have to do with your original question?

Icestar11861 votes

Screenshot pls

PoisonedTea1 votes

It is not,

Now some scandals might happen like teams throwing.

But it is not scripted.

X8ViEhkPS01 votes

Back in season two Curse and Dig were stripped of their tournament winnings because of collusion and deciding who would win the games before they happened.

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