Riot Games have announced the NA LCS will be returning to a best-of-one format in the 2018 season.
Back in 2016, Riot Games changed to a best-of-three format in hopes of increasing overall viewership. This wasn’t the case as fans would join the series in the middle of the season and would not watch continuously throughout the season.
This, in conjunction with simultaneous streams at the same time, has resulted in overall viewership down.
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