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Global Head of Strategy for LoL Esports, Former Head of NA Esports, Former LCS Commish, Former Lawyer, NJ Pizza Lover.

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Chris Greeley
4 years
“Dad move, we want a turn.” Music to my ears.
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4 years
We’re committed to growing and elevating esports in North America so we’ll be moving scholastic and amateur esports programs under the #LCS to support the entire competitive pipeline. We’re looking for a leader to help us make NA the most competitive region in @lolesports . 1/2
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5 years
I just watched @TSMReginald meet a fan who showed him a @TSM tattoo. Andy took the TSM sweatshirt he was wearing and handed it to the fan. @LiQuiD112 hugged the guy at the table wearing a @TeamLiquidLoL sweatshirt. I am so grateful for the opportunity to work on #LCS
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Chris Greeley
3 years
First, I want to apologize to @C9Perkz for the discomfort he’s felt while playing in our studio. We always want to provide the best possible experience for our pros. 1/3
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Chris Greeley
2 years
We’ll be bringing back #LCS teams into the studio in a hybrid model for Week 1. Working with each team, we’ll determine if they are eligible to come on-site. If a team isn’t eligible to come on site, their opponents will be offered the opportunity to play remotely as well.
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Chris Greeley
4 years
@LCSOfficial FYI - We are looking to shift our play to remote games (i.e. teams not on site) and get the LCS back as soon as possible. With the move of finals to the LCS Arena, our schedule is now very flexible to finish Spring Split. #LCS
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2 years
In one of my last acts as @LCSOfficial Commissioner, I’d like to make this series a Best of 7.
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Chris Greeley
3 years
All that matters in the Rumble Stage is getting out of it. 10-0 and 3-7 can give you the same result and reset in knockouts. @Cloud9 needs to sweep OCE, take the next game against PSG and match (in number) any PSG wins against MAD/DWG/RNG. Honestly, not a big hill to climb.
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Chris Greeley
4 years
This role will oversee our developmental ecosystem including college, high school, amateur, and academy. Apply, tag friends and retweet - help get the word out. Here's the job description -
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Chris Greeley
3 years
LCS teams can’t vote away Academy requirements. Multiple owners have confirmed for me that no vote actually took place. We are still very early in discussions with teams and the PA on what Academy/amateur looks like in the 2022 and beyond. 1/2
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3 years
Moreover, information regarding the medical nature of Perkz’s discomfort took several weeks to get to the right folks at the LCS. Since then, we’ve been working with @Cloud9 to find both temp. and long term solutions, ensuring that Perkz is able to play on stage comfortably. 3/3
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Chris Greeley
5 years
We are excited to have @TeamLiquid @TSM and @Cloud9 representing NA at Rift Rivals. In the absence of a third place match we informed teams at the start of playoffs that we would be qualifying our two finals teams and the highest regular season finisher eliminated in the semis.
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5 years
When a dragon is killed it shows up on the floor - so cool. #LCS @LCSOfficial
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Chris Greeley
5 years
My daughter asked me for the Switch this morning (she’s 5), hopped into Mario Kart, and promptly took 1st in her first Grand Prix. When she cures cancer in her spare time as President of the Universe, ill still be more proud of this.
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Chris Greeley
5 years
My two favorite teams at international tournaments: 1) Any LCS team 2) Any team playing an LEC team
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Chris Greeley
2 years
Found some of my old Scouting Grounds cue cards (all signed too) @Spicalol @blaber @VulcanLoL @Tactical
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Chris Greeley
5 years
We had intended to wait a week to apply the micro-patch that hit live removing the 0CS strat (so as not to invalidate our teams' prep for this week), but we applied it today at the request of the #LCS teams for LCS Week 4 and Academy Week 5.
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Chris Greeley
5 years
We don't take a lot of time at the #LCS to celebrate our wins, but 2019 was a pretty good year. Our AMA (123k) makes us the third largest sports league for 18-34 year olds in the US and our Summer Finals added 5.44m in direct economic impact to Detroit.
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Chris Greeley
3 years
To offer context on this situation: Our lighting levels & designs are in-line with other leagues and intl events, a setup Riot has generally kept consistent since 2012, so that false sense of security slowed our reaction times and it shouldn’t have. 2/3
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Chris Greeley
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MSI’s move to July was in the works before we were aware of the EWC. While the timing is certainly coincidental, I can say with certainty that MSI 2025 is not taking place anywhere in the Middle East (and it isn’t on the roadmap at this point for future years).
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Chris Greeley
5 years
FFS, can Worlds just start already?
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Chris Greeley
3 years
Fun fact - the @LCSOfficial returns to the studio today. At the time, closing the Arena last March felt like a failure. I couldn't risk our teammates, pro teams, fans or the press (even @TravisGafford ). It was the only decision we could have made, but it still felt awful.
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Chris Greeley
3 years
It is very (VERY) weird to begin searching for a new LCS Commissioner - but we're starting that process today. Hook me up with those sweet re-tweets for visibility!
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Chris Greeley
3 years
Spent the day in a @Cloud9 jersey. Have a @100Thieves hoodie lined up for tomorrow and a @TeamLiquidLoL jersey ready to go for Monday!
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Chris Greeley
6 years
Not enough fines for all the rule violations in this show match. #NALCSfinals
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Chris Greeley
4 years
I'm not sure my @FlyQuest shorts are going to get here in time for their first game, but my @TSM t-shirt arrived today and I have my @TeamLiquidLoL 2019 MSI Jersey ready to go. #FLYWIN #TSMWIN #TLWIN #LCS #Worlds2020
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Chris Greeley
5 years
Fantasy #LCS 2020 - For Spring, there will be no LCS endorsed/affiliated products. However, we’ve created a structure for third-parties to create fantasy products. We’ll have more updates on LCS affiliated products later in 2020. Here is some cool stuff (HMU with others) (1/4)
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Chris Greeley
4 years
@LCSOfficial Competitive integrity is a top priority for the LCS and we’ll be implementing similar precautionary measures to LEC to protect competitive integrity while games are played online.
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Chris Greeley
4 years
Finally, I’m validated for still having cable. Great to see the #LCS on @espn
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6 years
After the year that @Cloud9 has had as an org across all titles, I am convinced @JackEtienne must have sold his soul to the devil.
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Chris Greeley
5 years
Minion blocking is not an exploit so long as the minions are not pinned into the tower or any other terrain in order to significantly delay the full waves from crashing. The video everyone looked at included both blocking and pinning 1/3
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Chris Greeley
7 years
We need to get on these light up signs in NA.
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Chris Greeley
6 years
After talking to the participating teams, NA/EU Rift Rivals will be played on the micropatched 8.13 - (what we have on live). Also, rule change - the 2v2 side selection matches can now be ANY two players on a team's RR roster - not limited to their bot lanes. #RiftRivals2018
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Chris Greeley
3 years
We’ve worked hard to continue to build out the developmental system. We haven’t gotten everything right, but LCS teams have supported the changes and iterations and we’re working together (and w/ the PA) to build something great. 2/2
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Chris Greeley
2 years
Working on something exciting… @Quickshot
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Chris Greeley
6 years
Fined again.
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Chris Greeley
3 years
@JacobWolf @TimSevenhuysen @I_am_jerm @TSM @ValorantEsports @DotEsports To be clear, FTX is approved as a TSM sponsor in the LCS, but we don't currently permit cryptoexchanges on jerseys or as naming partners. @TSM was very collaborative with us as they worked through their partnership.
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Chris Greeley
6 years
@G2Wadid @G2Hjarnan This would have been a good day to wear those championship belts...
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Chris Greeley
5 years
We issued a global disable for Sylas in competitive play overnight due to a variety of game-impacting bugs, which means he won’t be available in Academy or #LCS until further notice. We will re-evaluate his status for competitive play for Patch 9.5.
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Chris Greeley
5 years
We're hiring and training a new Head Referee for the LCS - if you were Plat in Season 8 and love you some #LCS , then you should be applying:
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Chris Greeley
6 years
Saw this on Reddit - more than 25 years ago, people playing video games for a living was satire. Also, Far Side was amazing.
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Chris Greeley
3 years
@LiQuiD112 @TSMReginald This is the one I was actually looking for - taken minutes before Andy gave that sweatshirt to a TSM fan and Steve took a bunch of pictures with some TL fans.
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Chris Greeley
3 years
It is pretty sick that the President of France ( @EmmanuelMacron ) sent a DM to congratulate @KarmineCorp on the #EUMasters win.
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Kameto
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On a vu le message que ce matin, merci @EmmanuelMacron pour le petit message après la victoire d’hier ! 😎
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Chris Greeley
4 years
As we prepare for Week 2, we'll be working hard to fix a lot of the issues the cropped up in Week 1. Thanks for hanging in with us! #LCS
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LCS
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#LCS broadcast updates, week 1 viewership, and next steps heading into week 2 Read now at:
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Chris Greeley
6 years
@leagueofemily Impact is an NA resident. So is Piglet. They both applied and were approved.
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Chris Greeley
4 years
Congrats to @Cloud9 , @FlyQuest and @EvilGeniuses for an amazing Academy and LCS Finals Weekend. Thanks to all of our teams and pros for making the transition to remote so seamless and to our fans for hanging in with us on our crazy quarantine journey. #LCS
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Chris Greeley
4 years
I am going to shamelessly use @Spawnlol as a message broadcasting tool - we intend to provide both a domestic VAL scene through local TOs in OCE in 2021 (RFPs coming soon) as well as path (albeit not a direct path) to Champions.
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Chris Greeley
6 years
We will be issuing more information in the next few days about today’s awarded game victory as well as following up with all of the NA LCS teams on the usage of this rule. #NALCS @lolesports
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Chris Greeley
5 years
As promised, here is a quick update on Fantasy. We’re still pushing on the solution that we've been working on. We expect to be able to share these plans or an alternate solution to work with the community by 8/31 - our goal remains to have something in place for Spring 2020.
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Chris Greeley
6 years
MSI Group Stage - 64 potential outcomes, TL can make the semis in 22 of them. 14 require them to win both Tuesday games (and in 2 others, they win both games and don't advance). In 8 scenarios, TL can win 1 game if FNC goes 0-2 and the two play a tiebreaker for semis. #MSI2018
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5 years
It’s me! Come be our LCS head ref!
@LifeAtRiot
Life @ Riot
5 years
Love @lolesports ? Rank Platinum 5 or higher in Season 8? Looking for a new role? If so, you should be applying for our North America LCS Head Referee position. Find a link to the job in the responses below.
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6 years
"Pending Riot Approval" - the note that signifies the League is missing some piece of paperwork (or often a behavior check from another region) that we need to approve a player on a roster.
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This does not change our league-wide stance on cryptocurrency exchange sponsors. LCS activations with FTX can be removed from broadcast when needed in regions that limit cryptocurrency advertising. A sponsor that appears on apparel or other non-digital activation cannot.
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We are excited to announce a seven-year partnership with @FTX_Official making them the Official Cryptocurrency Exchange of the #LCS Learn more at:
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5 years
Never doubted @TeamLiquidLoL and @LiQuiD112 . So incredibly proud of the #LCS
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3 years
And any better than that avoids a tie-breaker. In 2019 TL went 4-6 (trading a loss against Flash Wolves with a win against G2) and the 3-1’d the defending world champions.
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Chris Greeley
2 years
We hope this is the first step to getting back to "normal" and I am excited to get our pros back on stage!
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New year, new @LCSOfficial . Check out the regular season and post-season format changes for our 2020 season which kicks off Jan 25 (1/24 for Academy). #LCS
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Chris Greeley
3 years
@RiotMAXtheX @MADLions_EN You spend too much time talking to @CarlosR (and you'll both have the same number of teams at Worlds in about a week)
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Chris Greeley
5 years
It's crazy to me that the only team to ever win the Gauntlet is @Cloud9 . I feel like now that the streak is over, we should just get rid of it.
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Chris Greeley
6 years
Some notes on the future of Fantasy LCS (and LEC):
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4 years
Bring the wings!
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We are excited to announce that we are entering into a multi-year partnership and joining forces to make @BWWings the Official Sports Bar of the #LCS ! Learn more at:
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3 years
Congrats @100Thieves on Esports Org of the Year!
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@LiQuiD112 Still fined.
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5 years
When some people asked directly about minion blocking, they were told it is ok, which caused the information disparity. Our apologies to our teams and players, especially @ClutchGaming and its staff and players for our miscommunication.
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4 years
@RiotAzael Are you sure? Because Twitter and Reddit for the last two weeks said something different....
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@JackEtienne playing 4D chess to make sure @Cloud9 gets as much exposure as possible at Worlds.
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@CarlosR Check your venmo
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@EnderCasts @RiotPhreak @Shakarez Same reason EU imports casters.
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Congratulations @totheLaPointe and @EvilGeniuses . Bring that #MSI Trophy Home!
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What a fucking banger - congrats @EvilGeniuses - can’t wait for tomorrow
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Chris Greeley
6 years
This weekend is going to be awesome #NALCS
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Chris Greeley
5 years
Sunday at 8pm ET/PT - "E My Sports" - that's right friends, Bart is going pro.
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League of Legends
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This feels...familiar... 🤔🤔🤔 @TheSimpsons
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We did a poor job of explaining to teams and players what is legal (blocking) and what is not (pinning) and our answers to questions like "is this legal" were usually met with a no, as we focused on pinning. 2/3
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2 years
Unbelievably grateful for what I get to wake up and do for a living everyday, for the team I get to do it with and for the fans, partners, pros, team staff and colleagues I get to see at live events that remind me how fucking grateful I should be. #Worlds2022
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@Pastrytime "That or This" with @esports_kobe and the Former Commish. Obviously.
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Do you live in the 🇺🇸 or 🇨🇦? Do you play @wildrift or did you watch NA Wildrift Esports (through our friends at @GiantSlayerWR and @nerdstreet )? Do you want to provide some opinions as we put together WR Esports for 2022? Then drop me a DM! And Thanks!
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Chris Greeley
4 years
@YamatoMebdi @RiotVedius Is there an ice cream truck anywhere in the world that doesn’t have vanilla? That’s why the question is insane. It’s like he’s never been to an ice cream truck.
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6 years
We'll be watching this in NA during Spring Split to see how it plays out - we will be sticking with our usual format, but this is on the table for Summer or 2020 based on how it works in practice - good luck LEC!
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LoL Esports
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New Name, New Brand, New Format: The 2019 #LEC Format explained!
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6 years
Only a few hours until the future 2019 World Champions play their first game of the season. #LCS
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2 years
Well, @EvilGeniuses has just taken the first step to reverse sweeping @G2esports in the Best of 15. That’s a thing, right?
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Chris Greeley
4 years
My kids are having a tough time deciding who to cheer for. @EvilGeniuses hooked them up with donuts, but @FlyQuest and @megumixbear helped them make plants and hair clips. They’re hoping for a tie. #LCS
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@WhosEmmaStone @CaptainFlowers @Zirene During a social night at the office I played against @Zirene (I was on Malz, he was on Sejuani). As soon as I hit 6 I flashed on him and ult'd him. I then stood up and yelled across the room that he was terrible at LoL and just got owned by someone who will never get above Silver
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@LCSOfficial @Cloud9 Congrats @Cloud9 - this is still one of my favorite pictures.
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3 years
I love the Clutch Gaming emote on the win @VulcanLoL
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7 years
While none of our actual on-air talent will lose sleep tonight, had a great time announcing our very first NASG Draft #NASG #NALCS
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2 years
Best. Draw. Ever. #MSI
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5 years
@esportsoneinc has created a fantasy platform that covers the LCS. It is free to play and lets you build a dream roster against a budget in a daily fantasy style. (2/4)
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@ControllableHab @lolesports We don’t tend to address rumors and speculation with official announcements
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Chris Greeley
7 years
A great first day of #NALCS with our new teams - @OpTicLoL @100Thieves @ClutchGaming (with @HunterLeigh and @GoldenGuardians hiding in the background) - the future of the League is bright (and @Eidelweiss hiding in there too). Rise Up!
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6 years
This is great advice and a constant refrain from your friends at the LCS.
@Morrison
Ryan Morrison @ SDCC
6 years
Reminder to all the League players at the start of free agency: We can’t help you after you sign something and don’t like it later. Let a lawyer read your agreement BEFORE you sign. Even your mom’s friend who does real estate law is better than nothing. Read and review!
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Chris Greeley
5 years
Commissioners Unite! #SSAC19
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Chris Greeley
3 years
LETTTTTTTTTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO @TeamLiquidLoL
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3 years
@TravisGafford “One” of our living rooms - love the humble flex. I hope the east wing turns out just as you and the design team envisioned
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Chris Greeley
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I really enjoy the @theblitzapp
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