If other severs tend to complain about boosted monkeys in their games, China’s super servers are tweaked to take care of that.ĭespite the ideal scenarios of this fine-tuned community, there are some drawbacks to this.įirstly, when you’re at the highest rank in your region, you will certainly see the same people doing the same stuff. In addition to that, this is a good system to filter out the consistently strong players and the one-hit wonders that managed to get Masters only to fall back down to below Diamond II, thereby further ensuring the quality of games played on a daily basis. JackeyLove is an example of this, being a young ADC prodigy during his 2018 run with Invictus Gaming.
Speaking of tournament players, it is explicitly stated in the former excerpt that this is the Chinese eSports community’s scouting grounds for the next best prodigy and young legends of the LPL. Having the best of the best players curated onto a server solely dedicated for them entails high quality gameplay, and such is the things we see from the likes of Top Esports’ Knight and JackeyLove in their recent tournament runs.
However, this is the norm for China’s aspiring pro players and Challenger streamers. On the settlement date, a player is removed if their recorded monthly games do not total at least 24 (18 games in July), if they are the lowest ranked player, or no player is at least Diamond II.”įrom the requirements itself, it sounds like you have to make it to high elo in the initial server to even at least be permitted to apply, and it doesn’t stop there: you must maintain the standard rank or better if you want to keep your account in the super server.įor us players from the Riot-based servers, 1000LP is something you’d only ever hear to be possessed by the best of the best Challenger players who essentially have their top slots secured with that many points to their name. Settlement date is the last day of the calendar month, new players will start counting the next month. Entry requires Solo/Duo Diamond II and above in another server, accounts are raised to level 30, awarded Blue Essence for the required champion pool for ranked, and gain 1000LP per win. “This server is meant to scout potential players for LDL and LPL. Out of these 29 servers, two of these servers are specifically dedicated to the upper echelons of ranked: The Pro-Player Restricted, and the Super Zone.Īn excerpt from the League of Legends Fandom/Wikia site: It’s like what you would usually see in an old school MMORPG, but there are over 29 servers instead of around 3 or 4. The Chinese League community is the only community to have more than one server due to its playerbase population. If you’re curious as to what a “super server” would feel like, read on below. This is the case with the Chinese League of Legends community, which is home to the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) and the home of some notable champions as of recent.
This paper reviews and discusses the notable issue of boosting, estimates prevalence and profitability of boosting, its impact on the esports industry and community, and how it is currently being addressed.If your League of Legends region had a special server set aside for the best players out there, would you strive to gain access to it? The perceived social status of these ranks, along with rank-associated rewards such as in-game cosmetics, ability to enter tournaments and join prestigious teams are significant motivators for one to cheat. From esports games such as League of Legends to Overwatch, players are universally ranked based on performance and results-based metrics. The rapid growth in revenue, viewership, players and exposure to date has led to the rise of impropriety in the form of cheating. “Boosting” is a form of cheating whereby high-skilled players access lower-skilled players’ accounts for the purpose of increasing the rank of the account for monetary gain. Competitive video gaming, collectively known as esports, has surged in popularity over the last decade.