{"id":38364,"date":"2024-09-12T01:51:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T05:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=38364"},"modified":"2024-09-12T01:51:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T05:51:22","slug":"two-lcs-teams-expected-to-leave-americas-lol-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/two-lcs-teams-expected-to-leave-americas-lol-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Two LCS teams expected to leave Americas LoL scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NRG and Immortals from the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/\" title=\"League of Legends betting guide\">League of Legends<\/a> Championship Series (LCS) are reportedly not making the jump into Riot Games\u2019 newly unified League of Legends Americas competition.<\/p>\n<p>This information, first shared by esports journalist Travis Gafford, has surprised many, particularly with NRG\u2019s unexpected exit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;ve heard from multiple individuals close to the teams that NRG and Immortals will not be competing in the LCS in 2025<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bNVn8UZAAW\">https:\/\/t.co\/bNVn8UZAAW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rD1dau8tcC\">pic.twitter.com\/rD1dau8tcC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Travis Gafford (@TravisGafford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TravisGafford\/status\/1833629042777657658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Immortals\u2019 departure comes as little surprise due to their underwhelming performance since rejoining the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/championship-series\/\" title=\"LCS betting guide\">LCS<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>However, NRG\u2019s exit has left the community stunned, especially considering the organisation acquired Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) and its LCS slot in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In a short span, NRG built a championship-winning roster, had a solid run at the 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/worlds\/\" title=\"LoL Worlds betting guide\">World Championship<\/a>, and now appears to be walking away from League of Legends esports.<\/p>\n<p>Fans expressed frustration, with some accusing NRG of buying the team only to let it operate on autopilot before bailing.<\/p>\n<p>This report also lists six teams expected to participate in the new League of Legends Americas competition: Cloud9, Dignitas, Shopify Rebellion, FlyQuest, and 2024 World Championship representatives Team Liquid and 100 Thieves.<\/p>\n<p>While these teams are expected to make the transition, there are still uncertainties, particularly regarding 100 Thieves, which is rumoured to be considering restructuring or even selling its league spot.<\/p>\n<p>The restructuring of the LCS comes as Riot Games plans to merge North America\u2019s LCS with Latin America&#8217;s LLA and Brazil\u2019s CBLOL into a unified two-conference region by 2025.<\/p>\n<p>While teams like Cloud9, FlyQuest, Liquid, and Shopify Rebellion have reportedly embraced the changes, nothing is set in stone until Riot formally announces the final list of participants.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NRG and Immortals from the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) are reportedly not joining Riot Games\u2019 new LoL Americas league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":26171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[41,261,24,1992,61],"class_list":["post-38364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-immortals","tag-lcs","tag-league-of-legends","tag-nrg","tag-riot-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38364"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38367,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38364\/revisions\/38367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}