Hi!!, im an avid league player and im doing a highschool project on lol and esports. what do you guys love about league of legends, why do you love it, and how does it affect you in your daily life. And what is your position when it comes to the esports scholarship program
The people, the personalities and the stats honestly.
As a devoted league player ,I think it's good to have an esports scholarship program because people who have a deep love for the game will be able to pay for college through their interests and hobbies .I think there should be more programs such as this to benefit people who enjoy the game, and also to help families who sometimes don't have the money to put their kids through college.
For me, I personally enjoy the nitty-gritty stuff and more importantly the idea of dueling. If someone is winning their lane over someone else, I like to know the hows and whys of it. What are they doing differently that is making them win/lose like this? What position/motions are they doing that is giving the player the advantage? It's these intricacies which pique my interest a bit, as anyone can say "x player is better than y" but it's funner to know why they are.
I don't care all that much about e-sport's personally to answer your question. You should probably make a straw poll, those would help you a lot! You can click here to make a straw poll.
I like it At work I tend to listen or watch it while working. I think the shoutcasters and the production level of LCS has gotten really good
It's generally you can see Riot puts effort into making it as professional as possible while retaining the fun aspect.
As someone who's been across the spectrum of esports and back in terms of viewing over the past few years, I can definitely say that League invests quite a handful of my time. As a game, my opinion is rather mixed leaned more to the negative side. But as a competitive scene, I find it just as appetizing as any other game considered an authentic esport. I'm pretty much on the side of League Esports not being pushed to equal that of a competitive sport but that's a different mention for another time.
As for your question. What do I love about it? It's ever changing landscape. Other esports titles can grow stagnant quickly given the company or platform (console games having it the toughest time only until this generation). With Riot, a new patch comes out every two weeks and there is almost always this possibility for something to change whether it be build style, macro play, flavor picks, etc. Once it hits competitive patch, it is kind of a test to see how the teams have adapted and with what tools in terms of the three noted mentions above.
Does it affect my daily life? As a game I play, not really (hell, I'm kinda on a semi hiatus til either Worlds or whenever I want my Silver border again). As an esport scene to watch, I can't disagree to that whatsoever. I've had cases where I would watch LPL, LMS, LCK, EULCS, and NALCS in a 21 hour marathon of just League broadcasting (I'm...not...crazy - it was literally the week before). Why does it appeal to me so? It's kind of just television to me these days until something like the Olympics comes on whenever that is (I know when it is). It's brought in quite a bit of interest along with the growth of the FGC (Fighting Game Community) to lead me into an option or hobby in honest blogging/journalism (Power Rankings, Performance Ratings, Event Rundowns). Aside from that brief stint lurking in Azubu Chat and my recent posts since IEM Oakland, I haven't pursued anything professional or close to it.
Esports scholarship programs? Particularly for League, I do believe the architecture behind them are developing vastly with the past few years of Collegiate LOL championships. And with a new champion from an unexpected outcome, it's likely that the interest will continue to boon. I do however think that said scholarship programs only work for cooperative games. Solo games have a different vibe to them. It's more like "How good are you and can you get there to prove it to those sponsors"
