Recently Riot Games has announced a lot of changes in the schedule for professional League of Legends tournament for 2023, including the fact that the LCS area suddenly changes from the broadcast days are Saturday and Sunday to Thursday and Friday with the time of early starting time.
These changes have caused a stir in the North American community, many people complained about this issue. Some people think that this change makes North American League less noticed. Those who go to work will not go to the studio to watch live, if Riot wants to target the audience of high school students, they go against their plans. Even professional teams will have problems with advertising revenue or funding -related contracts.
From a negative perspective, Riot is gradually abandoning the Na area and focusing on Riot to support the game that is more attractive in the North American market, Valorant. Back to the organization of League of Legends at LCS, it is difficult to find a balance between the tournament time and viewers. The unexpected change will cause Riot to lose the audience file loyal to two days of competition.
It is not the first time Riot has made unfortunate changes for the broadcast schedule. Unfortunately for LCS fans, spread out the day/hour of the competition only makes Riot upset the viewers live at the studio. This may be Riot's wrong move for the father of the LoL game.
