in what world does NRG and EG make it but not the above?
someone educate me pls
nutab1e [#2]TSM and T1 both had embarrassing management failures, maybe riot just likes the other orgs better
tsm had that big league scandal
honestly wouldnt be surprised if t1 end up in pacific.
alice_ [#5]i read somewhere that optic wasnt doing good in terms of money
True, and it's also likely that one of the teams that will be franchised will buy out the roster anyways.
NRG have a huge financial background, owned by companies that own multiple top esport and traditional sport franchises, dominant in OWL, so they were always a contender to get in as they're a huge org. Rosters don't mean shit as rostermania is coming around.
Evil Geniuses are albeit not as large of an org as TSM and T1 but the other two have spotty records in terms of management, so EG would be a more stable org as they've been around forever in the sport. Probably just a reliable pick. Same thing regarding roster as mentioned in NRG.
DaDoar [#11]T1 wants to play in the APAC league im pretty sure, they have a big pre existing lol fanbase in Korea and they suspisciously signed Korean, players for their NA team
what about their latest transfers?
NG1nS [#12]what about their latest transfers?
munchkin, xeta and ban are all korean and all 3 very talented, definetely a good core for a team in korea
Maybe i still live on the past, but isn't EG a big (or maybe one of the biggest) orgs of NA? At least they were in the past. The only "recent" thing i know about them is that they have a partnership with Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.
NRG for me was a question mark, but as far as i read, they have a lot of financial investment.