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">https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/2/...
2/9 Last year& #39;s edition was watched by 100million+ https://www.businessinsider.com/league-of-legends-world-championship-100-million-viewers-2019-12?r=US&IR=T">https://www.businessinsider.com/league-of...
3/9 The tournament comes with its own anthem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek-672uRnhQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
4/9 A host of sponsors https://esportsobserver.com/puma-league-of-legends-gen-g/">https://esportsobserver.com/puma-leag...
5/9 And some big-name endorsers https://opendorse.com/blog/the-rise-of-esports-sponsorships/">https://opendorse.com/blog/the-...
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">https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/...
7/9 However, this year& #39;s event is being staged against an increasingly tense political backdrop
League of Legends owned by Riot Games
Riot Games owned by China& #39;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">https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/17...
League of Legends owned by Riot Games
Riot Games owned by China& #39;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">https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/17...
8/9 Fortnite could be next https://fortniteintel.com/will-fortnite-be-banned-in-the-us-after-tencent-investigation/35064/">https://fortniteintel.com/will-fort...
9/9 Not even esports are immune from mounting global geopolitical pressures
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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">https://www.espn.com/esports/s...
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