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More than 400,000 people on Twitch.tv, YouTube, and AZUBU.TV tuned in to watch the first day of the European League of Legends Championship Series today.
The 2014 #LCS season starts NOW! http://t.co/lh1tk7f2Pq pic.twitter.com/IJ8keHT3Qo
— LoL esports (@lolesports) January 14, 2014
Today's matches saw a strong Fnatic take convincing wins over Gambit Gaming and the new Alliance squad. Gambit would strike back against Copenhagen Wolves to get on the boar, Copenhagen Wolves would manage to wrestle Alliance into submission for their second loss of the day, Supa Hot Crew would lose to the newly minted Roccat, and the largely revised SK squad would fall to Millennium.
Fnatic | 1 | 0 | Gambit |
Copenhagen Wolves | 1 | 0 | Alliance |
Supa Hot Crew | 0 | 1 | Roccat |
Alliance | 0 | 1 | Fnatic |
Gambit | 1 | 0 | Copenhagen Wolves |
SK | 0 | 1 | Millennium |