Though followers anxiously anticipated the return {of professional} EMEA League of Legends with the beginning of the 2023 LEC Winter Split this previous weekend, almost each recreation performed in week one skilled some type of delay or pause. This made it in order that five-hour recreation days become upwards of eight hours, not solely making the viewing expertise troublesome however forcing gamers to endure longer hours than anticipated.
Artem Bykov, the commissioner of the LEC, defined on Twitter at present that these delays are the results of an inner concern that “didn’t appear during the rehearsals.” He famous that the LEC can be working all through the week to resolve these points and supply a extra everlasting answer to the issue, quite than depend on the non permanent options the workforce has resorted to.
While the LEC is anticipated to happen on Saturdays and Sundays—and Mondays if it’s a tremendous week—from 11am CT to 4pm CT, this primary weekend’s video games have added one-to-two or extra hours to the schedule as followers and gamers sit by way of sudden delays plaguing almost each recreation. In that point, the analyst desk has offered content material for followers to get pleasure from and damaged down the varied adjustments made to the LEC and its groups this break up.
Team Vitality’s mid laner Perkz talked about yesterday that the timing of the LEC, each with and with out the delays, might influence the utilization of the brand new EMEA Champions Queue, which is anticipated to debut tomorrow night. While this weekend’s delays will seemingly not seem in an identical quantity sooner or later, he famous concern relating to per week of late nights for professional gamers merely desirous to partake in essentially the most aggressive League they will.
The 2023 LEC Winter Split will proceed subsequent week because the winter playoffs shortly method. While the LEC is engaged on the problems that brought about this weekend’s delays, it isn’t clear if they are going to be totally amended earlier than subsequent weekend.
