2015 LCS - Bigger and Better

By Helmight

            It’s official. The 2015 LCS season will have ten teams competing, as reported by lolesports.com. According to RiotNickAllen, the two additional spots in the LCS will be filled by a one-time Expansion Tournament that is planned to take place after Worlds. Slots for this tournament will be filled by top Challenger teams from the region, as well as losers of the Promotion Tournament. The top two teams in the Expansion tourney will earn a berth into the 2015 season.

            Additionally, RiotNickAllen mentioned that Riot has been considering adding some form of circuit points to the LCS. Currently, the Spring Split means relatively little in terms of a team’s World Championship dreams – provided they don’t get relegated, they still have just as much of a chance as any other team. Circuit points would make every match count, especially playoff games. However, this hasn’t been officially added to the LCS yet.

            Personally, I’m excited for the expansion of the LCS teams. As mentioned in our previous article, more teams will make the whole league more competitive and solve a lot of organizational headaches on the part of Riot. Much though I loved Super Weeks, five games a day for six days is a lot to watch and a LOT for teams to handle. Kudos to Riot for going ahead with this change.

            The circuit points, on the other hand, I’m not so sure about. Circuit points have always been a bit of a mystery for me and I’m sure they’re even more confusing for people who’ve never seen professional League of Legends before. Their addition would take a little bit of time to get my head around, and homogenize EU and NA’s competitive environments in terms of how the rest of the world operates. However, I do like the idea of having each match count – it would certainly keep teams from leaving the region during Super Week (lookin’ at you, CLG), and make Spring Split a little more exciting to watch. Only time will tell if Riot actually adds circuit points to the LCS, but I think there are more positives than negatives in this idea.

            Overall, the 2015 LCS season is going to be far better than before thanks to the addition of two more teams to the mix in each region, and could get even better with circuit points. Worlds hasn’t even happened yet, but I’m already excited for what’s to come.

What are your thoughts on the new and proposed changes to the LCS? Leave us your comments below!