{"id":10557,"date":"2021-11-24T11:31:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T09:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/?p=10557"},"modified":"2021-11-24T11:31:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T09:31:05","slug":"worlds-2021-the-one-yearly-dose-of-league-i-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/worlds-2021-the-one-yearly-dose-of-league-i-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Worlds 2021 – The one yearly dose of League I need"},"content":{"rendered":"

League of Legends is one of, if not\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/i>biggest e-sport on the planet, so naturally you would expect something\u00a0grand from its yearly world championship tournament as well. This has indeed been the case for many years now, as Riot Games has\u00a0been turning the event\u00a0into a small festival with way more to see than just 10 people sitting at their computers and playing a video game. This year was a bit different, however, due to the global that-which-shall-not-be-named, so\u00a0the whole thing went digital.\u00a0No live shows, no live audience, and everything happens in a studio. Sounds awkward on paper, but despite all these\u00a0challenges, Worlds 2021 did not disappoint.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Make or Break – this years’ tagline<\/em><\/p>\n

There are two main things to really talk about in the finals stream: the\u00a0show\u00a0open\u00a0and the final match itself. The\u00a0mostly\u00a0music-based\u00a0opening\u00a0was only 14 minutes long\u00a0(<\/span>and is watchable in its entirety on Riot\u2019s YouTube channel<\/span><\/a>)\u00a0but\u00a0made\u00a0sure\u00a0to hype you up for the games, while also\u00a0heavily\u00a0promoting the new\u00a0Netflix\u00a0series\u00a0Arcane\u00a0that takes place\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0LoL universe.\u00a0The\u00a0clip\u00a0is essentially a long music video with\u00a0high quality\u00a0animations\u00a0and sets\u00a0for the music acts and some small story related clips about Arcane. The show stealer is easily the semi-animated segment for Imagine Dragons, a band that Riot Games has worked with in the past when they made the official 2014 championship song\u00a0<\/span>Warriors.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>This time they were responsible for\u00a0<\/span>Enemy<\/span><\/i>, the theme song of Arcane.\u00a0Other acts included\u00a0Bea Miller with more music for Arcane, and PVRIS, an American alt-rock band that performed this\u00a0year’s\u00a0official Worlds song Burn It All Down.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the reason everyone\u2019s there: the final best-of-five match between the reigning Korean world champions Damnwon Gaming and the Chinese powerhouse EDward Gaming, who\u2019s never even made it as far as the semi-finals before. Leaving aside the technicalities only other LoL-players would understand a word of, this was a real thriller of a final, as it\u2019s only the second time in the 11-year history of LoL as an e-sport that we\u2019ve seen a final match last the maximum amount of five games. EDG took the first game in the series and tensions were already high as the underdog started strong, but DK instantly came back and took two matches in a row. After the 4<\/span>th<\/span> match was taken by EDG, the 2-2 situation had our entire watch party at the edge of our sofa. Though DK put up a fight, the finals were finally won by challenger, and EDward Gaming took home the gold, meaning we\u2019ll likely be seeing next year\u2019s finals in China.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After EDG won this crucial teamfight, the rest of the fifth match was pretty much settled.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

As someone who has stopped playing League some years ago, it\u2019s still nice to come back once a year to feel like I\u2019m part of a larger community, and even though my skills and knowledge of the game are rusty, a general game sense has remained and I\u2019m still able to recognize a huge play or a critical mistake, so the excitement can still be grasped. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever return to the game, but this year once again reminded me that there\u2019s still something in it for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pictures taken from lolesports.com promotional articles (https:\/\/lolesports.com\/article\/worlds-2021-location-and-format-announcement\/blt52ec273a991d3261 & https:\/\/lolesports.com\/article\/worlds-2021-primer\/blt62509b20849344d4) and the official Worlds livestream.<\/em><\/p>\n

Pre-show: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1OzoFq4Q3_c&ab_channel=LeagueofLegends<\/p>\n

The matches: https:\/\/lolesports.com\/vods\/worlds\/worlds_2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The end of the year is closing in, so it\u2019s once again time to see who the best League of Legends team in the world 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