League of Legends 2024 European Lec Spring Split regular season will return at 0:00 a.m. on March 10, Beijing time. The format is the same as the Lec Winter Split. The regular season will last three weeks, and 10 teams will compete in a Bo1 single-cycle confrontation. The top 8 teams in the standings enter the playoffs and compete through a double-elimination tournament to compete for the LEC Spring Championship and qualifications for the Chengdu MSI. However, there are still some changes in the LEC spring regular season, mainly to save time in the BP stage.
To put it simply, it is the BP link before the start of each game. It is no longer in the form of real-time live broadcast, but the pre-BP recording program of the two teams. The official can edit out some redundant transition links and the BP stage. Garbage time for pausing and restarting when the character cannot be found. The audience can directly enjoy the content of bp selection, and then quickly transition to the main competition stage.
artem explained that they decided to implement this change in the new season to reduce the transition time between matches, knowing that this is something that many fans have been asking for. Since this is the first time the LEC League has attempted such a change, they hope that viewers can share their views and feedback on this decision during the season. During the playoffs, the LEC League will return to live broadcasting, the same as in previous seasons.
lec League is not the first league to implement this change. At the beginning of 2024, Markz, the latest e-sports commissioner of the North American LCS League, announced a series of reforms to the LCS League, including changing the BP stage to Changes to recording and broadcasting. The LCS league has adopted this format for several weeks, which has indeed made the BP stage smoother and reduced a lot of unnecessary garbage time.
Therefore, Artem himself also jokingly expressed his gratitude to the LCS team and markz, thanking the North American team for pioneering this BP optimization process and helping them implement this change in the LEC league. "But this does not mean that we will relax our vigilance against you on MSI." After all, the European and American war has always been a hot topic in the Western League of Legends community.
Some European viewers questioned this change, believing that this is not a necessary step in the LEC live broadcast, which will cause fans to lack a sense of participation in the live broadcast and reduce the interaction between players and audiences. It's a minor part of the experience, but it's a big factor in engagement, and we don't get to see the post-fight fist bump, which they think is so meaningful.
and artem quickly responded to this message. He said that he would discuss with the lec team to ensure that the interaction with the live audience would still be presented in the broadcast. He emphasized that he was a loyal fan of this link and did not think it would be reduced. bp’s extra time is mutually exclusive with these interactive contents. The analysis desk has no news about BP's interpretation, and it can leave more time for commentators and analysts to discuss.
Since both the LCS and LEC leagues have a bo1 format, the other two teams will play immediately after the last game. Therefore, the team that is about to play can record the BP part in advance during the game interval. After the interview, you can go straight to the next game without watching too many commercials. However, both lpl and lck are bo3 competition systems, which require time for the teams to discuss tactics, so this change is obviously not suitable. Moreover, this reform of the Lec League is only for the regular season. The playoffs will still be the traditional live broadcast, so that the audience can see the specific broadcast content.
