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1/9 10th League of Legends World Championships about to start in Shanghai https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/2/21351494/league-of-legends-world-championship-shanghai-september-riot-coronavirus
2/9 Last year's edition was watched by 100million+ https://www.businessinsider.com/league-of-legends-world-championship-100-million-viewers-2019-12?r=US&IR=T
3/9 The tournament comes with its own anthem
4/9 A host of sponsors https://esportsobserver.com/puma-league-of-legends-gen-g/
5/9 And some big-name endorsers https://opendorse.com/blog/the-rise-of-esports-sponsorships/
6/9 League of Legends is big business https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-25-league-of-legends-understanding-the-success-of-an-unprofitable-esport
7/9 However, this year's event is being staged against an increasingly tense political backdrop
League of Legends owned by Riot Games
Riot Games owned by China's Tencent
Tencent fallen under US government scrutiny https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/17/21444293/tencent-ownership-investment-riot-games-epic-us-investigation-trump-national-security
League of Legends owned by Riot Games
Riot Games owned by China's Tencent
Tencent fallen under US government scrutiny https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/17/21444293/tencent-ownership-investment-riot-games-epic-us-investigation-trump-national-security
8/9 Fortnite could be next https://fortniteintel.com/will-fortnite-be-banned-in-the-us-after-tencent-investigation/35064/
9/9 Not even esports are immune from mounting global geopolitical pressures
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Despite The Pandemic The ‘League Of Legends’ World Championship Feels Special https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikestubbs/2020/09/25/despite-the-pandemic-the-league-of-legends-world-championship-feels-special/#456d18d322e9
Another one for this thread....
How the League of Legends World Championship went on in a pandemic https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/29947502/how-league-legends-world-championship-went-pandemic
How the League of Legends World Championship went on in a pandemic https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/29947502/how-league-legends-world-championship-went-pandemic
