League of Legends is officially an Esport in America!
Esports is a smaller but rapidly growing and evolving community that’s home to a wide range of games from fighters to shooters to MOBAs, such as League of Legends and DotA (Defense of the Ancients). It’s exactly like it sounds. In the United States of America, you can receive a worker’s visa from out of country just to come play League of Legends for up to five years. You can even participate in teams and receive scholarships at select colleges throughout the US!
League of Legends has a vibrant and exciting Esports scene that is worldwide and incredibly active, most colloquially referred to in America and Europe as LCS or The League Championship Series. Every year represents a season, just like any other sport, in which teams from various regions compete first at a national level in order to secure spots for playoffs where in turn they will secure spots of group stages at Worlds, the international stage of competitive play. It is with no doubt a huge sport with massive events: Season 3 Finals of Worlds had a total viewership 32 million people watching a best of five with a 1st place prize of over 1 million dollars. Casual and dedicated players alike adorn to watch these games during regular season and at special events such as Worlds or other international stages. With the growth of platforms like Twitch, Youtube, and Azubu, access to this content has never been easier. All of this free material provides entertaining and informative lessons to the viewers of how to play the game better, whilst holding their attention with nail biting close games and neck breaking speeds of crushing victories.
