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FACEIT is an esports platform founded in London in 2012. [1] The company has administered leagues for games such as Counter-Strike 2, League of Legends, Rocket League, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2.
League of Legends (LoL), commonly referred to as League, is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games.Inspired by Defense of the Ancients, a custom map for Warcraft III, Riot's founders sought to develop a stand-alone game in the same genre.
Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles, California.It was founded in September 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill to develop League of Legends and went on to develop several spin-off games and the unrelated first-person shooter game Valorant.
ESL Play is an esports platform that provides tournaments and ladders across all games and skill levels. ESL Open, the first cup on the league ladder, is open to everyone, including beginners. ESL Major competitions have entry requirements, and winning on this level is required to earn a spot in ESL Pro competition.
Team-based, competitive games such as League of Legends (2009), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2012), Dota 2 (2013), and Overwatch (2016) benefit from skill-based matchmaking. In contrast, Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012)—a game that primarily focuses on single-player accomplishments—does not benefit from skill-based matchmaking. [8]
On December 13, 2012, SK Telecom expanded into League of Legends esports by acquiring the roster of Eat Sleep Game, and created the team SK Telecom T1 S. On February 26, 2013, they created their second League of Legends team, SK Telecom T1 K. [5] In the same year, SKT T1 won their first League of Legends World Championship. [13]
Many matchmaking systems feature a ranking system that attempts to match players of roughly equal ability together. [2] One such example of this is Xbox Live's TrueSkill system. Games such as League of Legends use divisions and tiers for their matchmaking rating system. Each player competes in a variety of tiers : Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold ...
In April 2023, NRG acquired Counter Logic Gaming and its League Championship Series (LCS) slot, returning to the league for the first time since 2016. [ 11 ] In September 2023, NRG announced the dissolution of their Apex Legends team, citing lack of support from EA for competitive Apex as the reason.