IMT loses NA LCS Spot because they are LA OWL

http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/21063368/immortals-echo-fox-na-lcs-sources-say

https://twitter.com/JacobNWolf/status/920675261137412096

Okay so I only follow Overwatch esports, so can someone please explain what's happening/what the significance is?

bweesh [#2]

Okay so I only follow Overwatch esports, so can someone please explain what's happening/what the significance is?

It’s literally because they’ve invested in specifically LA OWL and NA LCS is based there. They just played in worlds.

C9 and OpTic get in though.

CamRa [#3]

It’s literally because they’ve invested in specifically LA OWL and NA LCS is based there. They just played in worlds.

C9 and OpTic get in though.

I'm still a little confused, so they're being denied not because of OWL in general, but because they're specifically LA OWL?

bweesh [#4]

I'm still a little confused, so they're being denied not because of OWL in general, but because they're specifically LA OWL?

Yep, because competition is a no no and we can’t have that.

CamRa [#5]

Yep, because competition is a no no and we can’t have that.

Yikes!

Seems like a weird reason though.

Now IMT has no stake in LoL at all, and they can actually try to get people to come to LAOWL games instead. Whereas if IMT were in both games, they would have an interest to get people to both.

That’s bullshit. Unless someone can explain to me why, there is no reason for this.

How Lol can be scared of OWL??? Come on....this is unfair for IMT

This just seems unreasonable to me. IMT is in the top of every eSport, denying them based on a geographic location of a league on its first season makes no sense.

This is a very stupid decision. Riot is serving as an indirect marketer for the OWL. This kind of actions will make the public and light esports fans without full details between those two games believe that the OWL is an emerging threat to LCS although the current situations say 'never for now'.