League pros have already forgotten about Champions Queue days after its latest release

The 2023 season for League of Legends Champions Queue kicked off on Jan 12, and North American pros have already nearly deserted it, in line with the server’s sparse match history.

Only 28 video games have been performed on the devoted server all through the course of per week, together with simply three video games on Tuesday and none on Wednesday.

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Champions Queue is a closed server, devoted to high-level gamers and professionals. It’s solely open for part of the day—from 10pm to 4am CT, which may clarify why so few video games have been performed at this level.

In October 2022, dozens extra video games have been listed when gamers from all around the world educated for the World Championship. Champions Queue recorded its highest exercise throughout this era.

Leading as much as the 2023 LCS Spring Split, it seems professional gamers have prioritized solo queue over Champions Queue.

This doesn’t come as a shock to many followers. Quite a lot of gamers have been criticizing the state of Champions Queue ever because it was launched to the North American server.

In November 202, Doublelift said it supplied poorer high quality than solo queue video games, requiring extra time to be performed and that includes unbalanced video games.

To convey extra gamers into the server, nevertheless, Riot Games is rewarding prizes for individuals who attain the highest of the Champions Queue tables. The greatest participant from the Spring season will earn $25,000, the second place $12,000, and so forth.

The 2023 LCS Spring Split kicks off on Jan. 26, leaving per week for skilled gamers to coach earlier than stepping on stage once more. In the meantime, it’s unclear if Champions Queue will achieve extra consideration or if gamers will prioritize scrims and solo queue video games.