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ESPORTS

SPL RELEGATIONS RECAP

By Jacob Russell

THE SPL IS BACK, BABY! GRANTED, WE’VE BEEN WATCHING CHALLENGER CUP

TEAMS FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, BUT THE REAL DEAL IS HERE! Will the old guard

retain the bottom three spots or will the league see fresh blood to start the season?

To decide that is relegations, where in both regions the bottom 3 SPL squads go up

against the best three teams the Open Bracket could offer. The SPL squads have a slight

advantage in that they have had practice in a league environment, but they don’t know

what to expect from the lesser known teams. Most of the Open Bracket teams aren’t

that well synergized, as they have only been teaming together for a month, but the SPL

rosters have had changes as well. How these factors will combine on the Battleground of

Gods attracted thousands of viewers, so let’s go over what their eyes were glued to.

EUROPEAN TEAMS iceicebaby’s internet issues, we saw AllHailMuppets sub

in the jungle for two of five relegations matches. This

As per tradition, Hi-Rez started the weekend roster finished 8th in the Fall Season, as they went 1-11

with European competition. Returning from the SPL in Group B. The consensus was that Cyclone struggles

was Cyclone, Elevate, and New Game Plus. CycloneGG against SPL level competition, but there were questions

retained the same roster from the Fall Split, but due to on whether or not they could defend the highly coveted

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