Shoulds Riot allow more teams into the lcs?

PhantomGG·Apr 1, 2016·3 votes·529 views

Should the cap being raised? The Nba has like 50 teams along with the nfl and nhl. I am not saying riot should allow 50 teams but I would say it be a nice idea to raise the cap to 15-20, their is SO MANY amazingly talented challenger players who deserve to play in the lcs, and so many go unoticed simply because job space to fit players into the lcs is so tiny.

We have big names like Shaq and the owner of the lakers/kings investing into esports now.

If the world is willing to step up into our world, then shouldn't we step up as well and allow a growth of more players and teams to show what they can do on the big stage?

16 Comments

TurquoiseYoshiApr 2, 20162 votes

I feel like an interesting idea for NA is to have an East LCS and a West LCS, with the winners meeting up in the split finals/3rd place game. China already has an alike, but smaller system, and it would work very well with Riot apparently wanting to have a simulcast. Now, if they get their heads out of their asses and play one Bo2/Bo3 per week rather than two (seriously, this new system is the dumbest thing I have ever seen), then it would work almost perfectly.

Also, as a note, NBA, NHL, and NFL all sit at 30-32 teams.

GhostOfTsushimaApr 2, 20161 votes

No that wouldn't work out

Because whos know if the other team may be better than the other sides Let's say TSM is 5th but they could be better than the whole team on the other sides including the first place team.........

If LCS did that it would be unfair and stupid because they would be denying the better team point to go to WORLD

TurquoiseYoshiApr 2, 20161 votes

That's why you balance it beforehand, or equalize it afterwards, or just expand Worlds. It's not that hard of a fix.

GhostOfTsushimaApr 2, 20161 votes

ofc its not hard because they could just do something like the LPL doing but it would be harder because they can't fly across the world to just play one short 30min game with another team

And balancing/equalize? How on Earth would you equalize something like that?

GhostOfTsushimaApr 2, 20162 votes

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WE DONT WANT TO SEE MORE 20MIN TURRET TRADING ACROSS THE MAP, 5 GAME IS ENOUGH AND I ONLY WATCH AT LEAST 2 TEAM PLAY LCS WHICH IS C9 AND IMT

GhostOfTsushimaApr 2, 20162 votes

And just another, you don't have to be in the LCS to say they have a job in the League career

Challenger Teams is also............

ShadragonApr 1, 20161 votes

If they did this and also made Zed and Lee Sin no longer esports worthy, then the LCS would actually be worth watching. That is exactly why it will never happen.

TotalJerkApr 2, 20161 votes

That doesn't even make a remote inkling of sense.

ShadragonApr 2, 20161 votes

There are two reasons that esports is boring. The prevalence of boring champions like Zed and Lee Sin, and the fact that there's five people total who make up the entire esports scene. If they let new people in and made interesting champions strong, then LCS would be worth watching as a result.

TotalJerkApr 2, 20161 votes

Zed's pick/ban rate so far this split is 11% Besides, who's more interesting to you? Cho'Gath?

ShadragonApr 2, 20161 votes

And? 10% is pretty big chunk of games, especially when you consider that some champions have an all time esports record of less than 10 games. Champion that were ancient before Zed was even released. Meanwhile, Zed has always been relevant ever since his release.

TotalJerkApr 2, 20161 votes

You could evenly distribute a 10% pick/ban among 20 mid laners. That's above average for the LCS, but it isn't anywhere near dominant considering the fact that so many champions have kits that are either intrinsically unplayable or situational in a pro game unless they are OP.

MeaningfulOrgyApr 2, 20161 votes

First, NBA only has 30 teams not 50; it's about the same for each of the other leagues you mentioned has well. Secondly, given the current setup of the LCS it would be really hard to accommodate that many teams. The pro sports leagues play for 6-9 months of the year, while the LCS plays for 3 months at a time. They would have to entirely change how they operate the league to fit in more teams.

III BAKURYU III Apr 2, 20161 votes

I thought of something like that with 2 conferences with 8-10 teams in each conference but that amount of teams and players that is a lot of paycheck handed out and I'm pretty sure Riot and sponsors don't want to give out anymore money than they have to.

JRobin31Apr 2, 20161 votes

I wonder... if there is really so much talent waiting to enter the LCS, then why were so many of the LCS teams unfilled until very close to the start of the season? I'm all for more teams if the existing teams get stable rosters for a new season in a timely fashion. I'd rather not see a bunch of teams that get crushed easily because they didn't really have the talent to fill them.

TotalJerkApr 2, 20161 votes

I'm sure they plan to do so when the LCS gets larger, As of right now 10 teams is enough.