The well-known team TSM announced on September 20 that it would sell its LCS seats and “League of Legends” team to Shopify Rebellion, ending the eleven-year League of Legends e-sports road. During this period, they won a total of seven league championships, creating a It has produced countless wonderful scenes and was hailed as a “cult” by global audiences. Now it has sadly come to an end, symbolizing the gradual demise of North American e-sports.
The trend is gone, CLG and TSM veteran teams have left one after another
This is the second time a North American team has left the LCS since CLG was resold in the middle of this year. However, this time TSM is luckier than CLG, which was sold at a low price, because according to New York Times reporter Kellen Browning, TSM sold the game for 10 million US dollars, and This amount of money also exactly equals the amount paid by TSM when the LCS became a league.
TSM sold the slot to Shopify for about $10 million, per source
— Kellen Browning (@Kellen_Browning) September 20, 2023
Shopify Rebellion, which took over the LCS seats and teams, has its parent company Shopify, a multinational e-commerce company from Canada. It is currently the second largest e-commerce platform in the United States after Amazon, with a current market value of US$68 billion. It can be said to be a company with A company with strong capital.
TSM has been working hard in the North American League of Legends for eleven years. Even before the birth of the North American Professional League LCS in 2013, TSM held many events to cultivate the community. It was also one of the participating teams in the first World Championship;
After entering the LCS, TSM won the championship in the first season (2013 spring), and then successfully crowned the king in the 2014 summer, 2015 spring, 2016 summer, 2017 spring and summer, and 2020 summer. Although they did not go further in the last three years, But it is still the team that has won the most championships in North American history.
The 2020 Summer Split champion was also TSM’s last league champion. Picture taken from LCS Twitter.
During this period, TSM created many wonderful shots and touching moments, and cultivated many well-known players, such as DoubleLift, WildTurtle, Hauntzer, Tactical, Spica, Bjergsen, Reginald, Amazing… and so on. It also attracted well-known Taiwanese player Maple With the addition of SwordArt, it is the first foreign team to introduce a Taiwanese manager.
TSM’s popularity is not limited to North America, it is also one of the best-known in the world, and has operating teams in many games, such as the APEX team that recently won the world championship, CSGO, PUBG, Fortnite…, it can be seen that TSM is in the North American e-sports field The investment is very huge.
However, at the end of 2022, it experienced the collapse of its sponsor, the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which caused the sponsorship of up to 210 million US dollars to disappear. Coupled with the decline of the North American e-sports market, ratings hit record lows, and finally forced TSM to make a decision to sell the League of Legends division. decision.
The moment the TSM APEX team won the ALGS championship. Image taken from TSM Twitter.
11 years, 7 league titles, 1 international title
There were rumors that TSM was going to resell seats, but everything was finally settled after TSM issued a statement on Twitter on 9/20.
In 11 years, TSM won 7 league championships in the LCS and brought back 1 international championship to North America, which was also the first international trophy in North America.
The cheers of TSM fans once resounded all over the world. In every venue where they played, the memories of everyone laughing and crying together became an unforgettable emotional connection. TSM emphasized that “without the support of fans and the efforts of the staff, Without the dedication and dedication of the players, none of this would be possible.” TSM’s spirit will remain in everyone’s hearts forever. “Thank you to the LCS for the memories it has brought to us.”
Today is our final day in the LCS.
11 years, 7 domestic championships, 1 international title.
Together, we have established an unrivaled dynasty and brought North America their first-ever international trophy. We have made the voices of the black-and-white fandom heard across… pic.twitter.com/W6nSuvg1ry
— TSM (@TSM) September 20, 2023
The LCS league official also issued a message to bid farewell to TSM. “From their first game in the league, to their seven LCS championships, to countless wins, records and awards, they have always been with us.” Thank you everyone for each other. Accompany me through these eleven years.
Today we bid farewell to TSM.
From the very first match played in the league, to their seven LCS titles, to their countless wins, records, and awards, they’ve been with us through it all.
Thank you to TSM and its staff, players, and fans for eleven magnificent years. 🤍🖤 pic.twitter.com/oKzJu0dNZZ
— LCS (@LCSOfficial) September 20, 2023
TSM！TSM！TSM！
If you ask the author, there are three events that impressed TSM the most:
First, in the 2014 World Championship, TSM bleeds the then unbeatable Samsung in the quarterfinals;
Second, in the 2015 World Championship, Dyrus, then the top laner, was moved to tears in front of the camera during a post-game interview because he was about to retire;
Third, in the 2016 Summer Finals, DoubleLift used Lucien to play an unscientific team battle in the middle to destroy C9.
“TSM! TSM! TSM!” The waves formed by the black and white team uniforms stirred up ripples in the hearts of the global audience. Thank you TSM for bringing us all kinds of memories, which will be beautiful memories of our generation.
Picture taken from LCS Twitter.
2023-09-23 10:11:14
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