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Riot Expands College League of Legends

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The Riot Scholastic Association of America , the group run by Riot Games to govern college e-sports based on its League of Legends title, is planning a big expansion of its college league, saying on Thursday that it will be expanding its League of Legends College Championship to a 32 school tournament.

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Delane Parnell’s plan to conquer amateur esports

TechCrunch LA

. : What esports means is playing video games competitively bound to governance and a competitive ruleset. As a player, what that experience means is you play on a team, in a position, with a coach, in a season that culminates in some sort of championship.

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

Tech Zulu Event

ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups. Companies represented include: Disney, Warner Bros.,