{"id":33831,"date":"2024-01-09T22:43:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T03:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=33831"},"modified":"2024-01-09T22:43:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T03:43:24","slug":"lcs-matches-to-be-played-on-live-patches-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/lcs-matches-to-be-played-on-live-patches-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"LCS matches to be played on live patches in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professional <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/\" title=\"League of Legends betting guide\">League of Legends<\/a> matches across all regions have long remained one patch behind the live servers.<\/p>\n<p>However, the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) will step away from the tradition in the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s become a custom for professional LoL games to play on older patches due to the tight turnaround between patch releases and competitive scheduling.<\/p>\n<p>With patches being released every second Wednesday, most LoL esports teams wouldn\u2019t have the time to adapt to changes before stepping on stage.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/championship-series\/\" title=LCS betting guide\">LCS<\/a> doesn\u2019t seem too bothered by that.<\/p>\n<p>According to the announcement, which also unveiled Mark &#8220;MarkZ&#8221; Zimmerman as LCS\u2019s commissioner, the North American LoL esports league confirmed that all 2024 LCS games will be played on live patches.<\/p>\n<p>Other LoL leagues have not announced any changes to the ruleset, meaning they\u2019ll likely stick with the old tradition of playing on patches behind the live servers.<\/p>\n<p>How the rule change will affect LCS teams remains to be seen, but it will force a more challenging schedule on the players, who will have just two days of practice before the matches.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch the very first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LCS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LCS<\/a> Address with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheeMarkZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheeMarkZ<\/a> to learn about all of the changes coming in 2024!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34 Live Patch<br \/>\u23f0 Less Time Between Games<br \/>\ud83d\udc65 Community Interactivity<br \/>\u2795 And More!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2rI53xdD5D\">https:\/\/t.co\/2rI53xdD5D<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vOrhglw7Yc\">pic.twitter.com\/vOrhglw7Yc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LCS (@LCSOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LCSOfficial\/status\/1744766237094408586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The decision to move all pro games to live patches comes after a plethora of changes the league has announced in the months leading up to the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>In December, LCS unveiled that it is returning to a weekend schedule, one year after all games were moved to Thursday-Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The unconventional plan proved harmful to the overall viewership, as the LCS peaked at just over 271,376 viewers in the spring and just under 224,000 viewers in the Summer Split.<\/p>\n<p>A month prior, in November 2023, LCS was also hit with the exodus of Evil Geniuses and Golden Guardians, who left the LoL esports scene, continuing a worrying trend that was started by TSM, who exited the North American LoL league in September.<\/p>\n<p>While Shopify Rebellion replaced TSM, LCS didn\u2019t find any replacement teams to fill the gaps that Evil Geniuses and Golden Guardians left behind.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the 2024 season will start with just eight squads, making the LCS the smallest of the major LoL leagues.<\/p>\n<p>The next season starts with the LCS Spring Split on Saturday, January 20, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) will step away from tradition in the 2024 season by playing on live patches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":7706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[262,170,261,24,3563,2281,92],"class_list":["post-33831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-evil-geniuses","tag-golden-guardians","tag-lcs","tag-league-of-legends","tag-mark-markz-zimmerman","tag-shopify-rebellion","tag-tsm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33831"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33835,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33831\/revisions\/33835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}