Tencent, a China-owned company and is one of the major players in the gaming industry who currently owns Riot Games, stated that they will be postponing the week two of the Lol Pro League(L2L) for League of Legends.
They recently posted a tweet through their official Twitter page addressing this stating that:
"We have decided to postpone week 2 of the LPL until we can ensure the safety and health of our players and fans," the LPL wrote. "To our fans, we sincerely apologize that it has come to this and we will share any and all info as soon as we can."
Originally scheduled for Feb. 5 for week two of the LPL, however, due to the outbreak, there will be a pause on all of this until safety is back on board. Initially, LPL took a break after week one for the Chinese New Year.
What is Coronavirus?
The Coronavirus, similar to the SARS virus. It is a strain that has not been seen by scientists since ever. Coined the "novel coronavirus" or 2019-nCov. Symptoms include but not limited to are acute respiratory infection and have already spread too quickly and fast in China and now have affected more parts of the world. Originally the virus was believed to be located in Wuhan City, a province of Hubei.
As far as the news related to the cases of people who are infected as well as the countries listed are: Australia, China, France, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Taipei. All have at least 2 or 3 confirmed reports of the virus in their country. This is due to the lunar celebration as per usual it lasts 15 days, and a massive influx of tourists travel and visit different locations and, by this, spreads the virus much more quickly to different countries.
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What Happens Now
In the meantime, players of the league can be content on playing in the safety of their walls and continue to hone their skills in-game instead of the larger stage as to not jeopardize the health and safety of the people competing. Until this virus is contained or at best the cure is found there is no update as to when the league will start again soon.
Not just League of Legends is affected by this but mainly e-Sports gaming in Asia as a whole, and it should be taken seriously as well since E-sports over the last decade has gained a very large following in fans who would fill the stadiums the games would be held in to support their team and the shared love of the game. With the outbreak, still fresh and a cure that is nowhere complete e-Sports gaming fans would be disappointed. However, it is for the betterment of all to postpone all things as this is indeed a serious matter.
As of the time of writing, still no word from Riot or Tencent as to when week two will resume and has set an open date to the qualifiers. Stay tuned to Tech Times for more updates.
