UPDATE: The public tracking sheet can now be found here

LCS Scouting Grounds is back for 2019! As you may have seen we’re changing up the format a little this year, so there will be 2 different ways to qualify into Scouting Grounds. The first is through the new FACEIT Scouting Grounds Circuit. The second will be through Solo Queue and will be very similar to last year.

Scouting Grounds Selection Period Details

Each snapshot is taken on Tuesday at 11:59 PM PT

Your place on the ranked ladder earns you points based on the table below

Your worst snapshot will be removed from your score. This is to compensate for instances of exams, travel, or other unavoidable commitments

Scores will be posted in a public Google Doc that we’ll distribute closer to the end of the first snapshot Scores may take up to 5 days after each segment ends

In order to settle ties, we will use a player’s placement within the last cycle on the solo-queue ladder

At the end, the top 2 players in each role will be invited to the 2019 LCS Scouting Grounds. Additional players may be contacted as backups and in case of emergencies.

Non-eligible players (pros, academy, secondary accounts, etc.) will be factored into point totals, but will be removed from the final ranking. Additional accounts will not be added to the main account total

Additional information around scoring, requirements, and the schedule is posted below

Scoring

This year we adjusted the scoring slightly to accommodate for the increase in the number of Challenger positions. Also, since we’re only bringing the top 2 players in each role, we also wanted to reward those players that were able to climb to top 50 and reward those that could maintain it even further.