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08-23-2016, 08:13 PM
'League of Legends' is launching its own player combine this fall
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League of Legends developer Riot Games is taking a page out of traditional sports' playbook and inviting top, unsigned players to a new showcase event called Scouting Grounds (http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/2016-na-scouting-grounds) to show off players' skills to top organizations.
SEE ALSO: Winning cosplay from 'League of Legend's' Oceanic Pro League final (http://mashable.com/2016/08/14/league-legends-cosplay-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The 2016 **rth American Scouting Grounds takes place **v. 13-19 and will invite the top **rth American players from League's ranked ladder to Los Angeles. Riot will be sending out invitations in late October to the four highest-ranking players in each role: top, jungle, mid, ADC and support.*
Those 20 players will get to workshop with current pros, then be drafted into teams headed by League of Legends Championship ****** pros and coaches for a round robin tournament. Following the event, teams around the world will receive VODs to check out the chosen players, similar to the NFL's Scouting Combine that *puts college football players through a number of events to show their skills off to NFL teams. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/league-of-legends-scouting-draft/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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League of Legends developer Riot Games is taking a page out of traditional sports' playbook and inviting top, unsigned players to a new showcase event called Scouting Grounds (http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/2016-na-scouting-grounds) to show off players' skills to top organizations.
SEE ALSO: Winning cosplay from 'League of Legend's' Oceanic Pro League final (http://mashable.com/2016/08/14/league-legends-cosplay-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The 2016 **rth American Scouting Grounds takes place **v. 13-19 and will invite the top **rth American players from League's ranked ladder to Los Angeles. Riot will be sending out invitations in late October to the four highest-ranking players in each role: top, jungle, mid, ADC and support.*
Those 20 players will get to workshop with current pros, then be drafted into teams headed by League of Legends Championship ****** pros and coaches for a round robin tournament. Following the event, teams around the world will receive VODs to check out the chosen players, similar to the NFL's Scouting Combine that *puts college football players through a number of events to show their skills off to NFL teams. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/league-of-legends-scouting-draft/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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