2016 NA CS Summer Split primer

BY LOL Esports

Six teams are ready to make it the Summer of Challenger. Join them as they face off in Best of 2 (Bo2) matches during the NA Summer Split regular season starting on June 8. North America, are you ready for the Summer of Challenger?

Schedule

Regular Season
•Week 1: June 8
•Week 2: June 15
•Week 3: June 22
•Week 4: June 29
•Week 5: July 6

Playoffs

Summer Playoffs will take place on:
•Semis: July 13 (2nd vs. 3rd, Bo5) and July 14 (1st vs. 4th, Bo5)
•Finals: July 20 (Bo5)

Promotion Tournament

In Spring, Apex Gaming fought their way into the NA LCS during the Promotion Tournament. Will the next two NA CS teams continue their success during the upcoming Promotion Tournament on August 4-6?

Teams

The six teams participating in the NA CS Summer Split regular season are:
•Apex Pride
•Cloud9 Challenger
•Dream Team
•Eanix
•Nova
•Team Liquid Academy

How do I catch the NA CS action?

As with Spring, we’ll be broadcasting four regular season games per week on Wednesdays starting at 6PM PT – one full match, and Game Twos from the other two series. All games will be available as VODs.

Are there any updates to the NA CS rules for Summer?

We’ve made a few minor rule changes (including the introduction of Reserve Roster spots, change to tiebreaker seeding, and clarification of certain policies) that you can review in the NA CS changelog, or by reading the full NA CS Summer Split ruleset. Also, in accordance with NA LCS and other leagues, NA CS will be adopting a penalty tracker that will be updated throughout the Summer.

Don’t miss any of the NA CS action as we kick off the Summer of Challenger on Wednesday, June 8 at 6PM PT with Team Liquid Academy vs. Cloud9 Challenger.

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