The League of Legends Master Series (LMS) was a professional League of Legends league with teams from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau from 2015 to 2019.[1] Eight teams competed over two seasons to qualify for the League of Legends World Championship. In September 2019, Riot announced that the LMS would merge with the League of Legends SEA Tour (LST) to create a new professional league for all Garena-affiliated regions except Vietnam, the Pacific Championship Series (PCS).
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| Formerly | League of Legends Nova League (LNL) |
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| Sport | League of Legends |
| Founded | 2014 |
| First season | Spring 2015 |
| Ceased | 25 November 2019 |
| Replaced by | Pacific Championship Series (merged with LST) |
| Owner(s) | Garena |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Countries | Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau |
| Headquarters | Neihu, Taipei |
| Venue(s) | Garena e-Sports Stadium |
| Last champion(s) | J Team (1st title) |
| Most titles | Flash Wolves (7 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | Garena Live, Twitch, YouTube |
| Sponsor(s) | Garena, Riot Games |
| Relegation to | Elite Challenger Series (ECS) |
| Related competitions | Garena Premier League |
| Official website | lms |
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| Traditional Chinese | 台港澳職業聯賽 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 台港澳职业联赛 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | TW/HK/MO Professional League | ||||||||||
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History
editAn announcement was made by Garena in October 2014 about plans of creating a new league to separate Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau from the rest of the Garena Premier League (GPL) of Southeast Asia. The league would have two seasons per year, spring and summer.[2] The regional quota of two slots in the GPL and a single seed in the World Championship every year temporarily offset the dominance of the Taiwanese teams, but these conditions were not enough as the slots of the Southeast Asia in the World Championship 2014 were both filled by Taiwanese teams. As part of the changes to the 2015 GPL, the region consisting of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau left the GPL and began to compete instead in the League of LMS, which replaced the Nova League in Taiwan. This action was done to allow Southeast Asian teams a better chance at winning the GPL, as Taiwanese teams had won every GPL season.
In September 2019, it was announced that the LMS would be merged with the League of Legends SEA Tour (LST) to create a new professional league for all Garena-affiliated regions (excluded Vietnam), the Pacific Championship Series (PCS).[3]
Logistics
editEach LMS team was supported by Garena with NT$200,000, which did not include prize money. Teams from Hong Kong and Macau were provided with flights and accommodations, and received an additional NT$60,000. The beginning of the LMS coincided with the construction of the Garena e-Sports Stadium, located on the first floor of an office building in Neihu, Taipei.[4][5]
Format
editGroup stage
edit- Offline tournament
- Double round robin, matches are best-of-three
- Top four teams receives a spot in playoffs
- Bottom team will play in the promotion tournament for a spot in the next season
Playoffs
edit- Offline tournament
- Single elimination tournament, seeding is based on regular season ranks
- All matches are best-of-five
- Total prize pool is NT$5,800,000 (≈$182,740 USD)
Past seasons
edit| Year | Split | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Qualified for Worlds | ||
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| Seed 1 | Seed 2 | Seed 3 | ||||||
| 2015 | Spring | ahq eSports Club | Flash Wolves | Taipei Assassins | Hong Kong Esports | ahq eSports Club | Flash Wolves | N/A |
| Summer | ahq eSports Club | Hong Kong Esports | Flash Wolves[6] | Midnight Sun Esports | ||||
| 2016 | Spring | Flash Wolves | ahq eSports Club | Machi 17 | Taipei Assassins | Flash Wolves | ahq eSports Club | N/A |
| Summer | Flash Wolves | J Team | ahq eSports Club | Hong Kong Esports | ||||
| 2017 | Spring | Flash Wolves | ahq eSports Club | J Team | Machi 17 | Flash Wolves | ahq eSports Club | Hong Kong Attitude |
| Summer | Flash Wolves | ahq eSports Club | Raise Gaming | J Team | ||||
| 2018 | Spring | Flash Wolves | G-Rex | MAD Team | Machi 17 | Flash Wolves | MAD Team | G-Rex |
| Summer | Flash Wolves | MAD Team | J Team | Hong Kong Attitude | ||||
| 2019 | Spring | Flash Wolves | MAD Team | ahq eSports Club | J Team | J Team | ahq eSports Club | Hong Kong Attitude |
| Summer | J Team | ahq eSports Club | Hong Kong Attitude | MAD Team | ||||
References
edit- ^ 聯合新聞網. "電競主播醉後發言惹議 網友酸：敢去大陸就別抱怨 - 網搜熱話題 - 社會 - 聯合新聞網". Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "LMS: The New SEA League of Legends Master Series". Esports Betting. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ "《英雄聯盟》LMS確定合併東南亞賽區，全新聯賽「PCS」明年上路". 4Gamers (in Traditional Chinese). 25 September 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ Chen, James (10 November 2014). "LIFTING THE CURTAINS ON LMS CIRCUIT DETAILS AND THE NEW TAIPEI ARENA". LoL Esports. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "【LoL】LMS季後賽首日 M17爆冷出線 - 即時新聞 - 20160416 - 蘋果日報". Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "電競隊伍 yoe 鋼鐵人即日更名「 閃電狼」 同時成立《戰車世界》戰隊".
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