Starting Monday, 20 of North American League of Legends top Challenger ladder
players will have a chance to prove themselves in a combinelike competition
called Scouting Grounds, hosted by League of Legends developer Riot Games.
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from each of the five roles -- top lane, jungle, mid lane, AD carry and support
-- and will have professional teams in attendance, including Echo Fox and Team
Liquid, to scout the competitors.The requirements for competing are simple.
Players must be 16 years of age, the required minimum age for the League of
Legends Challenger Series, by January 2017 and must not have played more than
two matches in any professional league (Challenger Series or the League
Championship Series) in their career.Top lanePlayer to watch: Maxime Maxtrobo
Delangis GallichandHailing from Quebec City, Québec, Canada, Maxime Maxtrobo
Delangis Gallichand is among the small number of Canadian players who are high
on the American-dominated Challenger ladder. He is currently ranked 44 overall
on the North American Challenger ladder and tells ESPN that he often queues as
fill, meaning he plays all roles within the game.His competitive experience is
limited, having only played with amateur team DatZit Gaming Fire in two
invitational tournaments, as well as Challenger Series spring qualifiers, at the
end of 2015 and beginning of 2016. In the latter event, his team lost in the
first round to Team Liquid Academy. But despite the lack of experience, Maxtrobo
says hes committed to competing in League of Legends and recently dropped out of
school to pursue the career full-time.Ive been playing a lot of things in solo
queue, Maxtrobo told ESPN. Sometimes, I just put fill because I want a faster
queue time, but I realized around a year ago that the role I was the best at was
top, and I did a lot to improve during the year.Excluding champions from other
roles, Maxtrobos highest played top lane champions in the game are Gnar, Jayce,
Riven, Illaoi, and Ekko. Despite putting a lot of time into many of these
champions, Maxtrobo tells ESPN he doesnt really have a best champion and that he
likes to play aggressively in lane regardless of champion pick.I just like to
carry and play aggressive in lane, he says. I just play what the coach tells me
to play. I have a big champ pool.JunglePlayer to watch: Andrew BmxSpecks
SpeckertPrior to Friday, Andrew BmxSpecks Speckert was not slated to attend the
Scouting Grounds event. However, due to a last-minute personal emergency for
another player on the list, BmxSpecks will compete as a jungler at the
event.Aside from streaming and coaching, BmxSpecks gained his notoriety when he
vowed to reach rank one in the League of Legends subreddit in April 2015,
despite only being Master tier at the time and Diamond 4 the week before that.
In his post, he noted that many pros laughed at him or didnt take him seriously.
But less than a week later, he made Challenger and eventually hit rank one in
the 2015 season.At the end of this season, he achieved rank 41 using a diverse
pool of jungle champions with a heavy favorite of Elise. Earlier in the year, he
competed on Zenith eSports in the Challenger Series Summer Qualifiers, falling
out in the first round against a team with inexperienced Challenger players. But
if he can apply his determination from 2015 to the competitive scene, the
inclusion of BmxSpecks could make for an interesting Scouting Grounds.Mid
lanePlayer to watch: Seungmin Strompest LeeOriginally born in South Korea,
Seungmin Strompest Lee moved to the United States at 2 years old and has lived
in several places in the States. Currently in Southern California, the
17-year-old Korean-American player, who is still a senior in high school, has
recently become known for his Ryze play on the Challenger ladder. Like many of
his peers, however, his competitive experience lacks depth, something he hopes
Scouting Grounds gives him the chance to improve on.Strompest tells ESPN he has
played League of Legends since spring of 2013, at age 13, and earned the
Challenger rank roughly a year later. He now has two Challenger accounts, both
of which ended up in the top 30 of the ladder (rank 26 and 28 respectively)
before the end of the season last week.My aspirations for competitive League at
this moment is just to hopefully make it into NA [League Championship Series]
and then prove myself to be a good mid laner, he tells ESPN. I dont think I can
become the best instantly, so Im aiming for what is directly in front of me at
the moment. Realistically, Id probably have to go through NA [Challenger Series]
first before I even get to enter NA LCS.Prior to competing in Scouting Grounds,
Strompest competed with Serpentis eSports White and Insomnia eSports. On the
latter team, he met a player named Dat Kitzuo Nguyen who helped him develop his
Ryze play. While neither team found success, Strompest said that both have given
him the ability to learn communication skills in a competitive environment.AD
carryPlayer to Watch: Matthew Deftly ChenEighteen-year-old Matthew Deftly Chen
of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, has begun to make his mark on the League of Legends
amateur scene even before Scouting Grounds. Like BmxSpecks, he was not
originally planning to attend Scouting Grounds, but due to the revocation of
Tristan xPecake C?té-Lalumières invite for alleged in-game trolling, Deftly
received the invite for the event.For the past three months, Deftly has worked
with a new iteration of Cloud9 Challenger that will bid to compete in the North
American Challenger Series next spring. Deftly has also competed on Denial
eSports North American roster and briefly subbed in on Eanix during the summer
Challenger Series.In season 4, I was able to hit Challenger and start playing
for amateur teams, which never amounted to anything, Deftly told ESPN.
Eventually, the lack of strong teams taking interest led me to quit in season 5,
where I later returned and am in the position I am now. Im extremely happy to be
where I am now and am hoping to prove myself whenever an opportunity
arises.Deftly earned some of his notoriety during his time trialing for DatZit
Gaming. During the trial process, one of the teams scrimmages was leaked to the
public, featuring Deftly obtaining a pentakill on Sivir.SupportPlayer to watch:
Ryan Whyin KaraszkiewiczKnown as cute pupper irl on the ladder, 17-year-old Ryan
Whyin Karaszkiewicz of Michigan had his first season in Challenger this season
after being Diamond rank in seasons four and five. Whyin has competed on Sain
eSports in both Spring and Summer Challenger Series qualifiers this year, but
has failed to make it into the series.During his Spring run in the Challenger
qualifier, he supported well-known AD carry Marko Prototype Sosnicki. While he
has seen limited success on competitive teams, Whyin is currently ranked 54 on
the North American Challenger Series ladder.Whyin plays most support champions
within the meta and has played the highest number of games this season on
Thresh.
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the New York Mets are beginning to play much better. Now they need to start
gaining some ground in the standings.Wilmer Flores launched a grand slam,
Asdrubal Cabrera homered from both sides of the plate and even Colon had two
helpful hits while pitching the third-place Mets to a 9-4 victory over the
Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.Jose Reyes and Cabrera opened the Mets
half of the first inning with consecutive home runs, just the second time the
franchise has accomplished that feat. But the defending NL champions (65-63)
remained 3 1/2 games behind St. Louis in a crowded race for the leagues second
wild card.Weve still got things weve got to make sure we address and stay on top
of, Mets manager Terry Collins said. Its not all a cakewalk from here on out.The
43-year-old Colon (12-7) carried a two-hitter into the eighth and took over the
team lead in wins as New York began a pivotal 10-game homestand by winning for
the fifth time in its past six.The only other time he got two hits in a game was
in August 2002 with the Montreal Expos against Milwaukee.Colon just seems to own
us, Philadelphia manager Pete Mackanin said. We cant square the ball up off of
him.The pudgy pitcher lashed two sharp hits that delighted the crowd, a leadoff
double in the fifth and a line-drive single in the sixth. He scored both times,
first ahead of Flores third career slam and then in front of Cabreras second
homer of the night.The switch-hitting shortstop became the first Mets player to
go deep from both sides in one game since Carlos Beltran at Colorado on May 12,
2011.Its not easy, but Im excited that happened, Cabrera said.A tiring Colon
gave up four straight hits to start the eighth but walked off the mound to a
warm ovation and acknowledged the crowd by patting his glove and pointing two
fingers.It means a lot. It took me back to my Cleveland days, when it was a
sellout every time I went on the mound, and we feed off the energy, Colon said
through a translator.Phillies left-hander Adam Morgan (1-8) gave up two homers
on his first five pitches but recovered. He was trailing 2-1 when Neil Walker,
just back from the paternity leave list after the birth of a baby girl, worked a
nine-pitch walk to load the bases with two outs in the fifth.Flores reached down
and lofted the next delivery over the fence in left-ccenter.
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summoned out of the dugout for a curtain call.It feels good, Flores said. They
make you feel good every time you do something special.Morgan, who has dropped
eight straight decisions, allowed eight hits and struck out eight in five
innings. He was fortunate to avoid a serious injury, too, when he barely ducked
out of the way of Yoenis Cespedes screaming line drive.Morgan, hit by a line
drive earlier this season, spun around and crouched in front of the mound as he
caught his breath. The crowd let out a trio of collective groans as the big
video board showed three replays of the ball whizzing just above Morgans head.I
just know that Im learning. I see improvements. Sure, the home runs and the
numbers will tell you different, but I see improvements, Morgan said.CHART
CLIMBINGWith his 230th career win, Colon passed Luis Tiant for third-most by a
pitcher born in Latin America. Dennis Martinez had 245 and Juan Marichal
finished with 243.START ME UPThe only other time the first two Mets hitters
homered was in July 2007 when Reyes and Ruben Gotay connected against
Cincinnati. Not long before Reyes went deep Friday night, Gotay homered for the
Long Island Ducks in the independent Atlantic League. ... Reyes hit his 23rd
career leadoff homer and 18th with the Mets, tying teammate Curtis Granderson
for the club record.TRAINERS ROOMMets: CF Justin Ruggiano struck out twice and
then left in the sixth with left shoulder discomfort. He was replaced by
Alejandro De Aza, who drew a leadoff walk to start a three-run sixth. ... RF Jay
Bruce struck out all four times, drawing boos from the home crowd. Bruce was
back in the lineup after missing Thursday nights victory in St. Louis. He left
Wednesday nights game with cramping in his right calf.UP NEXTPhillies RHP Jeremy
Hellickson (10-7, 3.60 ERA) starts the middle game of the series Saturday night
against Noah Syndergaard (11-7, 2.61). Hellickson, set to make his fourth start
this season against the Mets, has won four consecutive decisions overall and six
of his last seven. Syndergaard, who is 3-0 with a 1.40 ERA in three career
starts against Philadelphia, is coming off eight scoreless innings of two-hit
ball at San Francisco on Sunday.
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