PC

League Of Legends World Championship Promises ‘The Biggest Payday In ESports History’

League of Legends will put $US5 million up for grabs this summer and fall in its second annual world championship series, pitting the winners of six regional championships against one another at the University of Southern California’s Galen centre on Oct. 13.


May 5, 2012
PC

Riot Closes ‘Bull****’ League Of Legends Exploit, Bans Hundreds Of Players

A small percentage of League of Legends players have been using an exploit that lets them cast powerful spells one right after another. The exploit let players add more points to the game’s Mastery system that would normally be allowed. But LoL developer Riot Games says such tactics are “bull****” and made moves to fix the loophole that made the cheat possible as soon as they heard about it.


January 14, 2011
In Real Life

New And Maybe Better Way To Stop People From Being Jerks Online

The people running the video game League of Legends knew they had a problem. They had the same problem that makes much of the internet unpleasant. Too many people were being jerks online. They’re hatching a novel solution: citizen justice.