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Ten teams are joining 。 League of Legends 。' North American esports division as permanent franchises for the 2018 season. They'll be backed by a mix of longtime esports staples and traditional sports teams like the Golden State Warriors and New York Yankees. 。
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Championship Series (NALCS) will have 10 permanent teams starting in 2018, taking a page out of traditional pro sports leagues' notebooks, like the NBA and MLB. The ten teams revealed today include a mix of esports teams that have competed in the NALCS for years and some newcomers with backgrounds in other esports or traditional sports. 。SEE ALSO:6 turning points in esports history 。
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Call of Duty 。 pro-turned-celebrity Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag and the NBA's own Cleveland Cavaliers. 。 Cloud9: 。Cloud9 is a legacy esports team organization with successful teams in multiple major esports, and its 。
League of Legends 。 team has competed in the NALCS since 2013, qualifying for Worlds the past four years.。
Clutch City Gaming:。 Created by NBA team the Houston Rockets as part of its esports venture, Clutch City Gaming makes its debut in the NALCS. 。 Counter Logic Gaming: 。Another long-running esports team organization from North America, CLG has competed in pro 。
League of Legends 。 since 2010 and recently partnered with Madison Square Garden.。 Echo Fox: 。Echo Fox is relatively new to the esports team, forming in 2015 under three-time NBA champion Rick Fox and fielding a 。
League。 team in the 2016 and 2017 NALCS seasons. The New York Yankees recently made a major investment in the organization. 。 FlyQuest: 。FlyQuest joined the 。
League of Legends 。 scene in 2017 and is headed by co-owner of NBA team the Milwaukee Bucks, Wes Edens. 。
Golden Guardians: 。 Similar to Clutch City Gaming, the Golden Guardians are the product of an NBA team, the Golden State Warriors, and is making its debut in the NALCS. 。 OpTic Gaming: 。Although the esports team organization OpTic Gaming has been a staple of North American esports for years, it has never had a 。
League of Legends 。team until now. 。 Team Liquid: 。Team Liquid is one of the oldest, still-running esports team organizations in the world, formed in 2000, and has competed in 。
League of Legends。 since 2010. 。 Team SoloMid: 。TSM has been a pillar of pro 。
League of Legends 。
since its debut in 2011 and has regularly won NALCS seasons and qualified for Worlds the past four years. 。 Previously, teams in the NALCS were always in danger of losing their spot if they did not perform well in any given season. The lowest-placing teams each season would have to compete with the highest-performing teams in the Challenger Series league to keep their spots. 。Now, these NALCS teams won't have to worry about being relegated to lower leagues. Other 。
Now, these NALCS teams won't have to worry about being relegated to lower leagues. Other 。 League of Legends。leagues around the world will not have the same franchise structure for the 2018 season, but may follow in the NALCS's footsteps later. 。
The announcement of these franchised NALCS teams comes ahead of the start of Blizzard's 。
Overwatch 。
League, which has city-based team franchises and will be starting up in December.。