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The winner of this year’s U.S. League of Legends Championship Series tournament is officially out of the game’s 2015 World Championship. Counter-Logic Gaming (CLG) lost its first two games today, meaning they don’t have enough wins to go past the Worlds group stage. They’re playing their final pride match now.

The first woman to make it into the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) is going to keep playing after all, she said on Twitter (via Reddit). Maria “Remilia” Creveling originally said that she was planning to step down from her position on team Renegades after winning the LCS qualifying game last week.

Riot has concluded its investigation of the professional League of Legends player suspected of boosting accounts for cash, and decided to suspend him from the League Championship Series for seven months. Riot also found that he was negotiating “the sale of an unlocked account granted to LCS pros.” Read more

Here’s an interesting nugget of League of Legends eSports information: GameSpot interviewed a bunch of North American pro players and found that an overwhelming majority would prefer the League Championship Series (LCS) format be changed to best of two games, rather than best of one. I think they all have a point.

Riot released a lengthy statement about the recent revelations that a League of Legends team manager had threatened one of his players this morning. The company's explanation of its investigation and the ensuing discussion on the League subreddit are both worth reading for fans of the game and eSports followers. Read more