Twitch – the world’s leading streaming platform plans to host a League of Legends tournament in 2019

Known as one of the largest Streaming platforms in the world, Twitch is the convergence of Hot Streamers, famous professional players of most of the top e-sports such as Dota 2, League of Legends, PUBG , Fortnite…

However, this cult brand has shown that they do not want to stop at transmitting celebrity images to fans, but besides, Twitch is showing its ambition to make a mark on the sports map. world eSports, with the announcement of its own Esports tournament system, starting with League of Legends.

This tournament system is named Twitch Rivals, and will start with the first League of Legends tournament taking place in January 2019. In fact, this tournament has been cherished by Twitch and Riot Games for a long time, with the inclusion of show-match matches in the Riot Games event system, such as at the 2018 North American LCS Finals. , or allowing Hot Streamers to attend the recent All-Star.

But Twitch also insists that their tournament is completely different, meaning it won’t take place in a “for-fun” fashion, but will have competition rules and a unique prize system. 16 League of Legends teams were created by Hot Streamers or professional players who “didn’t compete in Riot Games’ top-tier tournament system (played in the 2nd division or below or retired from professional competition)” , all have the opportunity to attend.

Announcement our first #TwitchRivals event of 2019, the @LeagueOfLegends Showdown!

Starting January 15th, stream teams will battle for a $75,000 prize pool!https://t.co/SNaRbXjn2V pic.twitter.com/mbssfhYBeL

— Twitch Esports (@TwitchEsports) December 20, 2018

Another interesting point is that this tournament will not be broadcast uniformly, but the participating Streamers or professional players will broadcast the tournament on their own Stream channel, and the team’s fans. will of course follow through the Stream channel of the members of that team.

Also, here are some background information about the League of Legends Twitch Rivals tournament:

– Event time: January 15 – January 23, 2019

– Prize: Total value of 75,000 USD

– Location: North America

– Number of participating teams: 16 teams

– Competition format: Choose Hide BO3

– Rules: The most important rule is that all players participating in the tournament must own their own Stream channel on Twitch and are required to broadcast the tournament during the participation period.

This can be considered a rather creative move by Twitch, when League of Legends has had a tumultuous year, and unexpected developments come from the Koreans being defeated at a Worlds after more than half a decade. “lonely and defeated”, accidentally made the gaming community excited again and expressed the need to see more big tournaments.

After All-Star 2018, the Streamer community and professional players competing in the lower leagues will have one more playground to compete for the title.

In that context, Twitch Rivals is not only a playground to help Hot Streamers or professional players have the opportunity to rub and test their skills, but also satisfy the tastes of the gaming community.