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League of Legends has continually been one of the worlds biggest video games and esports titles for close to a decade now. Over the years League of Legends has gone through multiple ups and downs, which include major sports teams like the Golden State Warriors investing in a pro league team, crypto sponsorships, and the hit show Arcane. Over the games lifespan, North America has yet to win a World Championship and many fans are getting tired of watching their teams lose which eventually affected how popular the game became. Joshua Chen, sat down with Ijlaal “Scalar” Abdali a former player for the Western league of legends team who is currently their coach, and Mustafa “Randomcandy” Keskin who also played alongside scalar and currently is the coach for the Fanshawe Fuel League of legends team. We talked about what its like to play professionally, why we fall so far behind compared to Asia in competition, and if league of legends even has a future in North America.