100 Thieves participant Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng revealed a YouTube video on June 3, going over what occurred previously two weeks with the LCS walkout, explaining why he voted for the walkout regardless of disagreeing with nearly all of the requests made by the LCSPA.
Within the dialogue video, Doublelift first mentions that Riot Video games did a “actually dangerous job” coping with the tier two league since they didn’t give any discover about eradicating the requirement for LCS groups to discipline an academy lineup, placing gamers in a difficult state of affairs. “All their lives are going to be fully abrupt and disrupted,” he added. “[Players] deserve a minimum of some degree of warning that your complete scene is exterminated.”
When going over the LCSPA’s requests, Doublelift began off by saying he was upset and felt the calls for have been “both unreasonable or not the precise approach of coming to the desk with one thing that everybody ought to need.”
Then, he added that though the “VALORANT-style” relegation and promotion system could be nice in principle, doubtlessly giving tier two groups a option to get to Worlds, he additionally thinks that the LCS doesn’t have sufficient aggressive LCS-level gamers and that by including two groups, it could solely dilute the league with worse groups.
“As a substitute of including two spots, they should one way or the other discover a option to lower two groups. I believe the LCS ought to have eight groups. There are too many spots and never sufficient aggressive groups,” the veteran participant stated.
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He continued by tackling the LCSPA’s request for a minimal income pool of $300,000 for every NACL crew to pay gamers’ salaries. Whereas he thinks that there needs to be a “cheap flooring,” it shouldn’t be as excessive as $60,000 per participant and he would relatively reward robust performances with higher pay. For that cause, he needs to convey again match prize swimming pools for tier two groups and use that as an incentive for gamers.
Doublelift additionally added that top salaries within the LCSPA would disincentivize gamers from chasing promotion since performing poorly on a low-ranking LCS crew would tank the participant’s worth and enhance the chance of shedding their job. “At that time, it could be a lot better to get the ‘assured soft’ alternative within the NACL,” he stated.
Doubelift discovered himself in settlement with the third request by LCSPA, joyful that Riot agreed to permit LCS groups to associate with associates. That stated, Doublelift was confused by the request to ensure LCS minimal contracts for the gamers successful the LCS Academy Summers finals annually, mentioning how there could be instances when gamers are hard-carried to victory. “It’s a aggressive market, I don’t assume anybody needs to be assured a contract. If you happen to’re good, you can be picked up,” he added.
The LCSPA additionally requested for a continuity rule that gives gamers on a launched NACL roster the primary precedence in sustaining the slot if nearly all of the gamers wish to compete collectively. Doublelift was impartial on this, mentioning he might see “upside and disadvantages by some means”.
Within the last a part of the video, he additionally revealed that each one 50 gamers throughout the LCS participated within the assembly when the voting occurred, to Doublelift’s shock. He additionally clarified why he voted for the walkout though he wasn’t consistent with the entire LCSPA’s calls for, explicitly saying that they didn’t vote on the bullet factors mentioned up to now.
“We would like Riot to assist the tier two scene, not kill it. And particularly in the best way that they killed it with no discover, mendacity to Philip’s [Philip Aram, LCSPA’s executive director] face about it and to the LCSPA,” he stated. “Riot shouldn’t be capable of make adjustments that kill individuals’s jobs with no discover and no dialogue, and that’s why we took a stand.”
Finally, nonetheless, Doublelift talked about that if he had to choose between standing by Academy and having the LCS Summer time Cut up canceled, he would return to enjoying. “I’m not, like, so gung-ho about it that I’m prepared to not play Summer time Cut up.”
No matter how the negotiations will go, Doublelift is hoping to have a brand new tier two system. “It’s not on the groups, however it’s extra like a free market the place a crew like Disguised Toast’s will be made, and they’re actively in search of to compete in Academy.”
With Riot Video games and the LCSPA trying to have a productive dialogue about the way forward for the NACL, the LCS Summer Split has taken a two-week break and can resume on June 15.
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