Season 2 World Playoffs!

Posted on at 9:50 PM by Seranaya
HERE WE ARE! Season 2 World Playoffs begin today and I'm downright stoked for it.
I'm here with all of the information you need to follow this historic League of Legends event. Continue on!

First things first, who's playing in this thing? Well I'm sure you all already know but here's a quick recap:
Riot has put out some really great videos spotlighting each of the regions and teams participating in the tournament. For you own ease, I have provided these videos for you!

Southeast Asia
We have the Taipei Assassins and Saigon Jokers representing this corner of the globe! Here is a really great link for a cover of who's who in our southeast Asian teams.

Korea
We have Azubu Frost and NaJin Sword playing for gold from Korea! Want to see a rundown of their rosters and everything you could ever want to know about each player? Check out Riot's own spotlight here!

Europe

From Europe, Moscow Five BenQ, SK Gaming, and CLG.eu are in it to win it. Here is Riot's link for their rosters.

North America

North America is being represented by Team SoloMid, CLG.na, and Team Dignitas. Here are your rosters!

China

China is being represented by World Elite, and Invictus Gaming. Here's a link to their rosters.

These eight unseeded teams are going to compete in best-of-one round robin from October 4th-6th. The top two teams in each group are going to move on to the quarter finals where they will be put up against the regional bye teams. These will be played as best-of-three single elimination matches. Once we have our two top teams, they will play each other at the World Finals on October 13th in a best-of-five match!

Each team is competing for a shot at this amazing prize pool of $2,000,000! It's split up as follows:
  • 1st: $1,000,000
  • 2nd: $250,000
  • 3rd/4th: $150,000
  • 5th-8th: $75,000
  • 9th/10th: $50,000
  • 11th/12th: $25,000
Here are the times each match is going down tomorrow, courtesy of the League website. All of these times are in GMT-7.

Left to right: TSM, SK Gaming, Invictus Gaming, CLG.NA, Taipei Assassins, Team Dignitas, Moscow Five BenQ, CLG.eu, Azubu Frost, World Wlite, Saigon Jokers, NaJin, Sword.
Mobile Application (iPhone or Andriod)
Riot also announced today that they've put out a mobile app for cell phones! This app will keep you updated wherever you are on brackets, schedules, results, photos, players and their bios, and more. Want the app? Follow these steps to get it:
  1. Download the Guidebook app
  2. Scan the QR code below
  3. ???
  4. Profit!
Scan this QR code for the app!
So who are you rooting for? Who do you think is going to go big and make it out alive with $1,000,000? Comment below and let me know!
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35 comments

  1. GLordOctober 3, 2012 at 9:53 PM

    But when do we get to see what the Championship skin looks like??

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    1. SeranayaOctober 3, 2012 at 9:54 PM

      I'm not exactly sure to be honest. There is a PBE patch tonight, maybe it will come out with that? Keep an eye here tonight in case Moobeat finds it!

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    2. SkyeOctober 3, 2012 at 10:19 PM

      Hey, Seranaya, I'm guessing we have to suppose that M5 is Bye A, Taipei Assassins is Bye B, World Elite is Bye C, and TSM is Bye D, would that be your take? I just have to make sure I work my work schedule around when M5's games are ;)

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    3. AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 11:33 PM

      @Seranaya , How are you so sure there's a PBE patch Tonight?

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    4. SeranayaOctober 4, 2012 at 5:11 AM

      I wasn't positive there was going to be, but signs pointed that there would be. Moobeat always knows when one's coming. He's psychic.

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    5. SeranayaOctober 4, 2012 at 5:12 AM

      Skye, I was assuming that's how it would work but I'm not quite sure tbh.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 9:58 PM

    Hope they introduce a new champ next to Kha'Zix after the championship. :)

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  3. DevinOctober 3, 2012 at 9:58 PM

    TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM!!!

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    1. AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 10:01 PM

      TSM vs M5 final round, dream come true. Wouldn't even care who wins.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 10:00 PM

    Ahhh the chance to get a laugh at Dignitas' depressed faces.

    One does not simply claim to 2-0 TSM and succeed.

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  5. SkyeOctober 3, 2012 at 10:14 PM

    Moscow 5 is my favorite team. SK is my number two. They're very down-to-earth and really genuine, and AlexIch is that hilarious blend of socially awkward and honestly in-control that I just can't help but love it. Besides, the Russians are a powerhouse.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 10:29 PM

    Were the groupings randomly selected, or were they chosen in some sort of systematic way?

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    1. AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 12:42 AM

      "For the World Championship, we’ve chosen a format that both rewards the Regional victors while also providing fair opportunity for any of the twelve teams to be immortalized in League of Legends history as the Season Two World Champion.

      Two distinct stages initially divide the competition: four of the five seeded teams which won in their regions automatically advance to the quarterfinal stage*, while the other eight unseeded teams will compete in the group stage to determine which four will advance to the quarterfinals.

      The eight unseeded teams, divided into Group A and Group B, go head-to-head in a best-of-one Round Robin format in the group stage. Each group was randomly selected, and will not compete against teams within their own region during the group stage.

      After twelve games have been played in the first stage, the top two teams in each group will advance to play the Regional winners in a best-of-three Single-Elimination quarterfinals. These do-or-die matches will lead to explosive semi-finals games, after which only the two best teams will remain standing for the ultimate face-off on October 13 in the best-of-five World Finals."

      quoted from here: http://tournaments.leagueoflegends.com/s2-world-championship/article/season-two-world-championship-format

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  7. AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 10:31 PM

    How the duck I am supposed to scan the qr code with my smartphone when I am reading the post with it? :(

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    1. SneakyOctober 4, 2012 at 7:47 AM

      seems like you can download the schedule directly from guidebook..

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  8. AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 10:37 PM

    GO SK GAMING

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  9. AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 11:04 PM

    FROST!!

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  10. AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 11:04 PM

    FROST!!

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  11. historicrabbitOctober 3, 2012 at 11:18 PM

    tsm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  12. AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 11:23 PM

    Clg na vs m5 final :P

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  13. AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 11:30 PM

    TSM!

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  14. AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 12:18 AM

    ITS 2 IN THE MORNING WHERE I AM WAAAAH

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  15. LukasOctober 4, 2012 at 12:40 AM

    So the first match will be 17°° in GMT +1 / Germany, Netherlands, France? O.O

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    1. AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 5:50 AM

      Actually I believe it'll be at 18:00 because we're still with Daylight Savings Time, but just to be sure check at 17:00 so you won't miss it :)

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  16. AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 1:18 AM

    Not gonna get much sleep tonight im so pumped for this !

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  17. AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 3:13 AM

    I can't find the app for the iPod/iPhone. What's it called?

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    1. AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 5:51 AM

      Guidebook.

      Then scan the QR Code within that app.

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  18. AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 4:00 AM

    why no stream????

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    1. SeranayaOctober 4, 2012 at 5:15 AM

      http://tournaments.leagueoflegends.com/s2-world-championship
      Here's the tournament website. I assume it will be streamed there. They'll most likely have a mirror stream on Twitch.tv too.

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  19. AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 7:32 AM

    I scaned the code, is a web with lots of information, but i cannot see the profit

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    1. AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 7:40 AM

      Theres something about redeem a code, cant find the code

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  20. AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 8:26 AM

    I downloaded the app, but i cannot read the code, any idea?

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  21. AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 9:13 AM

    That code, what it does?

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