ShiroKaisen Profile Joined June 2011 United States 222 Posts Last Edited: 2015-02-13 10:12:40 February 13 2015 08:29 GMT #1







League of Legends Japan League 2015 (Owned and operated by SANKO Corp. Ltd) hereby announces that the winner of the first season of the 2015 LJL will become the Japanese representative at the International Wild Card Invitational.



The IWCI will become the first time Japan will participate in an official League of Legends tournament. The IWCI winner will receive the right to participate in the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a world-wide tournament. The LJL Season 1 Grand Finals (3/29/2015) looks to become a historic event, with both the season title and a chance to stand on the world stage up for grabs.



About the International Wild Card Invitational (IWCI, owned by Riot Games, Inc)



The IWCI will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on April 24-26, 2015. Turkey, CIS, Oceania, Brazil, Latin America, and Southeast Asia will join Japan in a seven-team official Riot Games tournament. The winner will earn the right to participate in the Mid-Season Invitational.



About the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI, owned by Riot Games, Inc.)



Held from May 7th to May 10th in North America, the MSI is a new tournament being held for the first time. Held in between the Spring and Summer seasons, it will feature the winners from America, China, Korea, Taiwan, Europe, as well as the IWCI victor, for a total of six teams.





The takeaway:

LJL Season 1 winner attends IWCI



WCI held in Istanbul on 4/24-26



IWCI winner does NOT attend Worlds, attends MSI



MSI held in North America, features #1 from all officials + IWCI on May 7-10





Translated from the official LJL site. The takeaway: Writer Dame da na, zenzen dame da ze!

manisier Profile Joined May 2013 Australia 160 Posts February 13 2015 08:53 GMT #4 The IWCI will become the first time Japan will participate in an official League of Legends tournament.



They mean Riot-organised tournament here, by the way. Japan has been in NLB and WCG before. They mean Riot-organised tournament here, by the way. Japan has been in NLB and WCG before. ESPORTS JOURNALISM

ShiroKaisen Profile Joined June 2011 United States 222 Posts February 13 2015 08:54 GMT #5 On February 13 2015 17:53 manisier wrote:

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The IWCI will become the first time Japan will participate in an official League of Legends tournament.



They mean Riot-organised tournament here, by the way. Japan has been in NLB and WCG before. They mean Riot-organised tournament here, by the way. Japan has been in NLB and WCG before.



Yeah. The Japanese verbage means "official," but the implication is "official" meaning Riot-owned.



They've also competed at an IEM, too.

Yeah. The Japanese verbage means "official," but the implication is "official" meaning Riot-owned.They've also competed at an IEM, too. Writer Dame da na, zenzen dame da ze!

Zess Profile Joined July 2012 Adun Toridas! 5029 Posts February 13 2015 10:08 GMT #6 the winner of the first season of LJL Season 1



Is this a typo or referring to the "first season (i.e. split)" of the 2015 LJL season which is "Season 1" of the LJL?



Is this a typo or referring to the "first season (i.e. split)" of the 2015 LJL season which is "Season 1" of the LJL? Staff @TL_Zess

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ShiroKaisen Profile Joined June 2011 United States 222 Posts February 13 2015 10:12 GMT #7 On February 13 2015 19:08 Zess wrote:

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the winner of the first season of LJL Season 1



Is this a typo or referring to the "first season (i.e. split)" of the 2015 LJL season which is "Season 1" of the LJL?



Is this a typo or referring to the "first season (i.e. split)" of the 2015 LJL season which is "Season 1" of the LJL?



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