Riot por fin ha dado información sobre el Expansion Tournament, que permitirá añadir 2 equipos a cada LCS, es un poco follón, pero aquí está:
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The Expansion Tournament will take place from November 15 - December 21, featuring 13 teams drawn from the Promotion Tournament, Challenger Series playoffs, and Ranked 5s ladder. The top two teams to emerge from the tournament in NA and EU will secure an LCS spot in their region.
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The ladder lock date for Ranked 5s teams entering the Expansion Tournament will be at 11:59 AM PST on November 2nd, 2014 for NA and 23:59 CEST on November 9th, 2014 for EU.
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Both the NA and EU tournaments will feature two rounds of online competition, followed by an additional three rounds of competition which will be broadcast live from ESL’s studios in Burbank for the NA Expansion games and in Cologne for the EU Expansion games.
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To prioritize in-game competition over acquisition gamesmanship, owners with a stake in one or more teams already playing in the Expansion Tournament are restricted from obtaining a stake in another Expansion Tournament team without divesting their previous stakes.
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Players who played in the most recent split for a professional team that compete in the Expansion Team and gain entry into the LCS cannot be acquired by another LCS organization until the completion of the 4th regular season week in their respective regions.
Based on the qualifications above, the six teams that have pre-qualified for the Expansion Tournament in North America are: Team Coast, compLexity Gaming, Curse Academy, Denial eSports, Team LoLPro, and XDG Gaming. Europe’s six pre-qualifying teams are: Gamers 2, H2k-Gaming, Millenium, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Reason Gaming, and SK Gaming Prime.
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November 15-16: NA Expansion (Round 1)
November 22-23: NA Expansion (Round 2), EU Expansion (Round 1)
November 29-30: EU Expansion (Round 2)
December 12-14: NA Live Expansion
December 18-21: EU Live Expansion
La información completa aquí
