North and South America
- Nydushermain, the support player from To Be Determined (ex-FXO), joined CLG as a sub.
- Vileroze, who was recently moved to top lane for ecco, leaves Velocity eSports and is replaced by Cris.
- It was announced during NA LCS that only three teams will be relegated after the summer split ends.
- The Latin American North Qualifiers took place on August 2nd - which resulted in Lyon Gaming in 1st, Arenales Net Games in 2nd, Dash9 Gaming in 3rd, and Tico Gamers in 4th.
- The Latin American Finals took place on August 3rd, which resulted in Lyon Gaming beating Team LoL Cave for a spot at the Gamescom 2013 International Wildcard Tournament in which the 1st place team gets a spot at the Season 3 World Finals.
- Cloud 9 HyperX have secured the 1st place spot in NA LCS, ending the week with a 21-2 record.
Current Standings:
Europe
- Creaton, who injured his hand earlier in the summer split, has returned to Team Alternate as their AD Carry.
- Voidle has officially replaced Darker on Gambit Gaming.
- GIANTS! Gaming released four of their members earlier in the week. Samux and Exterminare were left on the roster for the possibility of reforming the team with a new roster.
- It was announced that only three teams will be relegated after the summer split ends.
Current Standings:
China/Korea/Southeast Asia/Oceania
- The LoL Summer Lesson series continues with:
- Watch and CloudTemplar teaching tips and tricks to Jungling
- Faker and RapidStar teaching tips and tricks to Mid Lane. (You will have to wait until August 5th for English subtitles).
- Korean Riot Games announced the next lesson will be AD Carry and then Support afterwards featuring MadLife.
- The playoffs for OGN finished this week - here are the top 8 teams that will continue on starting August 7th:
- CJ Entus Blaze
- MVP Ozone (the previous season winners)
- Jin Air Greenwings Falcons
- NaJin White Shield
- SK Telecom T1
- Chunnam Techno University
- CJ Entus Frost
- KT Rolster Bullets
- Ragen leaves Xenics Storm
- The former Season 2 World Champions Taipei Assassins lost their chance to qualify for Season 3 World Finals after losing to Gamania Bears during the Season 3 Taipei Qualifiers.
- The Bangkok Titans secured a spot in the Southeast Asia Regional Finals representing Thailand after defeating MiTH Flashdive.
Season 3 World Finals:
- Here's a breakdown of where all the teams for World Finals are coming from:
- China - determined by LPL season standings. (2 spots)
- Europe - determined by EU LCS playoffs at Gamescom 2013. (3 spots)
- North America - determined by NA LCS playoffs at Pax 2013. (3 spots)
- Taiwan - determined by Taiwan Regional Finals. (1 spot)
- Southeast Asia - determined by Southeast Asia Regional Finals. (1 spot)
- Korea - determined by OGN/NLB circuit points. Here's a list of the current breakdown. (3 spots)
- International Wildcard - determined by regional finals + tournament at Gamescom 2013 (1 spot)
*Current Standings:
- China
- OMG (8-1)
- Positive Energy (6-3)
- Team WE (6-3)
- Invictus Gaming (5-4)
- Europe - TBD (Gamescom 2013)
- NA - TBD (Pax 2013)
- Currently Qualified:
- Cloud 9 HyperX
- Vulcun Techbargains
- Taiwan
- Upper Bracket
- Wayi Spider
- Taipei Snipers
- Lower Bracket
- Gamania Bears
- ahq e-Sports Club
- Southeast Asia
- Kuala Lumpur Hunters
- Saigon Jokers
- Bangkok Titans
- Singapore Sentinels
- TBD team from Philippines (August 10th)
- TBD team from Vietnam (August 7th)
- Korean - TBD (OGN Playoffs starts August 7th)
- Current Leaders:
- NaJin Black Sword - 500 pts. (knocked out of OGN Summer 2013)
- MVP Ozone - 420 pts.
- Regional Finals
- CJ Entus Blaze
- CJ Entus Frost
- KT Rolster Bullets
- SK Telecom T1
- International Wildcard
- Brazil - paiN Gaming
- CIS - GamingGear.eu
- Latin America - Lyon Gaming
- Turkey - Dark Passage
- Oceania - Team Immunity
*Some of these are subject to RAPID change, please don't be offended if they are wrong by the middle of the week!
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