LoL Fans Voice Their Opinions on Amount of Major Tournaments

It’s a fine balancing act the Riot Games has to follow. If they have too many games available to watch, people tend to tune out, but if they don’t have enough games available, people can complain that they’re missing out. We reached out to the community to see if they are happy with the amount of international games available to watch, or if they wanted more when it comes to cross region play.

The happy

Quite a few people that responded seemed more than happy with the level of competitive international games currently available. Sam M. says that he thinks “The number of international tournaments we have right now are good. We can see how the regions stack up against each other in the middle of the year at MSI, plus the whole Rift Rivals thing that lets us “compete” with our regional rivals. Then we get the World Championship at the end of the year so we can watch the Koreans bet us all over again”. Chiming in on this, Jason C. wrote that “We have the serious stuff, like MSI and Worlds, and we have the less serious stuff, like Rift Rivals and All Stars, so I think we have enough for now”.

The not-so-happy

Other fans were quick to jump in and voice their thoughts on the matter, with Nick T. writing “Every year we see these teams from NA and EU talk about how much they improve, and every year they just get slammed by the Korean teams. If we had more international events, either they would get better, or at least stop thinking they have a chance”. His thoughts on the issue were not unique, with Alex A. stating “There needs to be more international events, so that the good teams from EU and NA can learn more often. If the top EU teams got to compete against Koreans more often, they’d probably be as strong in a year or so”.

The unsure

Not every person who responded was willing to come down on either side of the argument. Josh P. wrote “Too many big events cheapen the experience, so I don’t want to see one every month or anything, but at the same time they are the best things to watch, so more might be cool?”

Ultimately it seems that the fan base is still divided on the matter, and to be honest, who can blame them. The big production events like the World Championship and Mid-Season Invitational have produced some of the most exciting matches in competitive League of Legends, but at the same time, poorly run events tend to do more harm than good for the brand, as seen with the recent DotA 2 event at Katowice. The ultimate answer is unclear at this time, so fans will have to settle for what they have for now, and let Riot Games decide how the future will play out.

For more information on the international events coming up this year, check out the Global Events information page, here.