All posts by Tim Sevenhuysen

Tim Sevenhuysen is the founder and sole developer of Oracle's Elixir and provides a variety of consulting and contracting services throughout the esports industry. He is the former Director of Esports Analytics for 100 Thieves, served as Head of Data Science for Esports One, led Shadow.gg from 2017 to 2019, and was Statistical Consultant for Fnatic in 2015. Follow Tim on Twitter at @TimSevenhuysen.
Analysis and Opinion

What would “success” look like for each LCS team at Worlds?

Let’s be honest: North American expectations for the 2020 League of Legends World Championships are pretty low, especially if you’re asking someone from outside of NA. The LCS has become a punching bag for global commentary.

In the coach/analyst panel preview I assembled, Immortals coach Malaclypse even wrote, “[It’s an] appropriate question […] whether we will see a LCS team in top 8. I’m pretty sure we will not, and LCS will be taking some rough losses vs. wildcard regions this year.”

My own opinion is that the LCS is not quite as bad as the public narrative suggests, but I do believe that North America has fallen behind the curve of China, Europe, and South Korea by a noticeable margin.

So, with that being the case, what are some appropriate expectations for the three LCS representative at Worlds this year?

TSM: Reach Quarterfinals

The TSM organization shouldn’t come away from Worlds satisfied unless they at least get to play in the Quarterfinals. Continue reading What would “success” look like for each LCS team at Worlds? →

News

NEWS: More Historical Data!

Historical data is being added over the next few hours to cover basic stats from the oldest events, where official data is unavailable, using manually entered data from Gamepedia.

Also, the GPL has been added to the stats tables for more historical data coverage, under the “SEA” heading.