The Regionals Post Game - Getting Ready for Worlds

The 2016 World Championship is just around the corner and the best Lol teams in the world have been doing their best to make their way into the competition. While the first two seeds were previously determined by the accumulation of Circuit/Championship points and winning the Summer Split, the last chance for teams to make it into the Championship was the Regionals.

The NA LCD Regionals took place a couple of days ago, with Team Liquid, Team Envy, Immortals and Cloud9 doing their best to secure a place in the Worlds 2016. Despite being the highest seeded team and the only ones to only have to play a single match, Immortals failed to qualify, losing 3 – 1 against Cloud9 in the third round of the Regionals.

The Matches

Round 1 saw Team Liquid and Team Envy go head to head, being 4^th and 3^rd seeds in the Regionals. The newly founded Team Envy made quick work of Team Liquid, who while a big name in the e-sports community only started their Lol team last year and are still waiting for a big break in this particular game. A quick 3 – 0 victory was enough to secure Team Envy a place in round 2 of the Regionals.

Moving into round 2, Team Envy were set to meet Cloud9, an experienced Lol crew who have been around since 2012 and have already had significant results, having played the Worlds in each of the previous 3 editions. Cloud9 made easy work of the new and upcoming Team Envy in a 3 – 0 victory that was to be expected.

The Regionals finals took place on September 5^th, with Cloud9 facing off against the top seeded Immortals. Another new team on the block, Immortals crushed the Summer Split, only coming behind TSM by one win, doing quite a bit better than Cloud9. This was all not enough to qualify for the Worlds, as Cloud9 stepped up and took a 3 – 1 victory, making their way into this year’s Worlds and leaving Immortals short of a spot on the big stage.

The final victory of Cloud9 comes as a bit of a surprise if we consider the regular season, but it is likely that the experience Cloud9 players have as a team and the momentum they built up from defeating Team Envy a day before may have played a big part in their win. Be as it may, Cloud9 will be representing NA in this year’s Worlds.

The Upcoming Worlds

The end of September will see the start of the Worlds, which are set to take place in four cities in the United States this year and the biggest Lol tournament of the year is set to carry a $1.000.000 first place prize. Cloud9 will be hopeful of making it past the quarter finals where they got eliminated twice in the past.

This year’s NA LCS Regionals winners will be joining TSM and Counter Logic Gaming to represent the American interest in the Worlds while stiff international competition is expected in what should prove to be an extremely entertaining tournament.