The world’s most well-known content material creator, MrBeast, nonetheless has plans to buy an expert League of Legends group as a part of the League Championship Sequence (LCS) in the USA.
Talking on Dexerto’s new Clickbaited present, he even outlined his dream of successful Worlds.
League of Legends stays a juggernaut in esports, as one of many most-watched video games. Though the LCS has been round for over a decade, the match continues to be fierce and viewership stays robust regardless of a downward development currently.
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The sport itself attracts tens of thousands and thousands of gamers a month, and what higher technique to convert them into esports followers than to get one of many greatest influencers concerned? That’s what MrBeast has lengthy been planning, expressing his curiosity in becoming a member of the LCS as early as 2022.
We requested Donaldson about his intentions and if it’s nonetheless within the playing cards. Not solely is MrBeast nonetheless desirous to enter the LCS, however he even has ambitions of successful Worlds.
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MrBeast desires to purchase an LCS group and win Worlds
“I like League of Legends,” MrBeast reaffirmed within the first episode of our new Clickbaited interview collection. When he was a youngster, past aspiring to be a content material creator, he additionally dreamed of turning professional in LoL.
“I used to look as much as Faker and all the highest professional gamers,” he instructed us. “I’d watch the f*** out of League yearly, it was one of many few issues I associated to different individuals with. A few of my associates in center faculty performed League and we’d discuss it at lunch.”
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His ardour for the sport nonetheless burns to at the present time, though he doesn’t fairly have the time to decide to the ranked grind like he as soon as did, admitting Platinum was his greatest accomplishment at his peak. Regardless of that, he stays extremely excessive on the sport’s esports scene, wanting to affix in when the time is correct.
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“I wish to personal an LCS group, it’s simply…I’ve received rather a lot occurring in the intervening time [but] I’m going to purchase one,” MrBeast confirmed.
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MrBeast has lengthy been a League fan, taking part in for over 13 years.
Whereas we’ve seen content material creators begin groups earlier than, equivalent to Nadeshot with 100 Thieves group or Disguised Toast with Disguised, MrBeast desires to affix with an instantaneous splash, greater than something we’ve seen earlier than.
“It’d be superior if I made ‘f*** you cash’ to purchase an LCS group, pour tons of cash into the salaries, import one of the best gamers, attempt to make a run for Worlds. That may be wonderful.”
In contrast to others within the area making an attempt to show a revenue, nonetheless, MrBeast has no expectations in that regard. As an alternative, it’d purely be a enjoyable facet challenge for his private curiosity.
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“It might not earn cash in any respect,” he continued, “Particularly if I wish to win Worlds. It might purely be like… You know the way wealthy individuals purchase an NBA group? I don’t have that form of cash, however this is able to be a poor man’s model of that. Shopping for an LCS group, stacking it, and making an attempt to win Worlds.”
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Concerning the boundaries of his funds, MrBeast didn’t shrink back from the notion of paying the largest potential star within the scene. “Faker on the MrBeast group?” – “If he’s buyable,” he replied with out hesitation.
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“I’m not doing it for the love of esports, I’m doing it for the love of League of Legends. I f**king love League of Legends.”
MrBeast gave a timeframe the place he’d like to purchase a group as nicely: 2027. Though, he’s solely if the present LTA system can maintain up. For these unfamiliar, the LCS is not any extra, and Riot have fully restructured the best way North American League of Legends works.
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Stefan Wisnoski/Riot Video gamesThe LCS died in 2024, with FlyQuest taking the final trophy within the league’s historical past
Viewership has been trending down, and the YouTube tycoon is barely if the League is ready to keep alive.
“We simply should maintain the esports scene popping. I don’t wanna see a decline in viewership, I don’t wanna lastly get a group and we win Worlds, and everybody’s like, ‘Nobody cares, League’s lifeless.’ Preserve this s**t going. Sooner or later, I’ll step in.”
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You possibly can watch the complete episode of Clickbaited with MrBeast on our Clickbaited YouTube channel, the place he additionally discusses his inventive course of behind Beast Video games, the worst factor about his fame, and rather more.
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