Sam “Smax” Heid gives insight into recent NA amateur results and the best teams heading towards Proving Grounds, and picks his first and second Academy All-Star teams based on the Summer Split so far, along with an Armchair GM exercise to cap things off.
100 Thieves promoted Busio from 100 Thieves neXt into Academy, and Evil Geniuses moved Tomio from EG Prodigies into EG Academy. What prompted these moves, and what are the implications? Here’s an in-depth exploration of the motivations for both the teams and the players, the effects of the current infrastructure and ruleset, and the ways the moves affect the amateur teams.
The podcast welcomes NA amateur mid laner Aidan “5fire” Reckamp to talk through his playing career so far, his thoughts on LCS, and players to watch in Academy and amateur this summer.
