Ever since the LCS started to see dips in viewership over the years, North American League of Legends fans have wondered what could be causing issues for one of the game’s staple regions. A new video by Travis Gafford, for example, has sparked conversation around the current schedule that Riot has applied that is supposedly “crushing” viewership numbers.
Over the last month, LCS supporters have complained about the new schedule that the league has adopted, right off the heels of the league’s return to best-of-threes in the regular season. Even though the change was originally applauded, fans quickly realized that there was a massive three-week break in the middle of the season.