League of Legends Riot Games is making huge adjustments to the broadcast schedule of all major regions ahead of the 2023 Spring Split.
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Riot Games is making huge adjustments to the broadcast schedule of all major regions ahead of the 2023 Spring Split. The biggest and arguably most controversial adjustment comes in North America, as the LCS is moving to weekdays. With the move of LCS studios to Riot Games grounds to accommodate for the VCT games taking up the North America weekend slot, NA fans are now without home-region League of Legends action on the weekend – or so they thought.If you need more information about Amateur League of Legends Gets Boost From Riot’s New NACL Schedule then read carefully and don’t forget to share with your friends.
One of the other big changes announced by Riot earlier this month was the acquisition of the all-new North America Challengers League for Academy. The appropriately named NACL will pair ten academy rosters with six amateur rosters from the North American scene to compete against each other. Equipped with a regular season, playoffs and relegation system, the Riot has gone on to promote even more homegrown NA talent. The cherry on top for NA League fans? This new league will be streamed on weekends.
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This will undoubtedly bring a huge boost in viewership for Riot’s latest project within the scene. The hope is to create a North American viewer-base that has the high-end NA league to watch throughout the week and weekend with the LCS and NACL on separate dates. On top of that, all NACL players will have access to the Champions Queue, which should hopefully mix LCS pros and the NACL even more in the new format.
Riot recently announced their full schedule for the NACL, including a January 21 start date and the return of the promotion tournament to North America in late April. The Challengers League will host sixteen teams in total, including all ten former Academy rosters from LCS organizations. All previously known Academy rosters are now known as Challenger rosters. The remaining six teams were selected from a list of applicants from the amateur organization,With some big names from the amateur scene like Area of Effect Esports being officially placed in the NACL.
Another notable event in late January is the first set of open qualifiers for the relegation tournament to be held in late April. With the former path to the LCS and Academy merged with the North American Challengers League, these qualifiers will play a bigger role in building pressure and competition in the NACL. During the first split of NACL,Penn qualifier tournaments for any amateur organization with a roster made up of high-elo players will struggle to get a chance to take a spot from the worst performers in the league.
The first set of qualifiers for these hungry amateur rosters is the NACL start date, January 21st. There would be several sets of open qualifiers throughout the winter and spring to set up the first relegation tournament seen in the North American league in years ,There is a ton of uncertainty and unknowns surrounding North American leagues right now, but the future is certainly looking bright for the all-new North American Challengers League in its new weekend slot.
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