Jojopyun will not play in the groups’ week 7 competition against CLG, EG revealed today. In his area, EG will certainly be subbing in journeyman mid later Roma, that will certainly be playing in his first LCS routine period game since 2021. On the various other side of that coin, this will certainly also be the first game that EG will play without Jojopyun since that same season.
Last night’s contest was postponed nearly an hour as the organizations’ technology team tried to deal with problems with Jojopyuns remote computer, in enhancement to various other technological problems (including an unrelated problem with rune selection) that triggered the video game to be played well past its desired start time. If last night’s delay had any type of result on EGS choice to play tonight’s video game entirely remotely, it’s unclear.
Wickedness Geniuses LCS squad will be without their beginning mid later tonight.
Last evening against Cloud9, jojopyun was absent from the LCS phase as well as played from another location. It was reported on the LCS program before the other days video game that he was not existing in the arena because of an ailment. Tonight, heck be sitting out totally, while the complete remainder of EG will play their video game from a remote place.
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Tonight’s competition between EG and also CLG holds weight for both teams because both squads are both in playoff position with simply 4 video games left on the Springtime Split timetable. CLG, that hold a record of 7-7 as well as are coming off a tough loss to Digital last evening, will need to balance out being distressed in last night’s game with a distress of their own versus EG.
Tonight EG/CLG video game– the 3rd video game on today’s LCS schedule– is scheduled for 6pm CT, preventing any kind of delays.
At the same time, EG themselves can clinch an area in the Spring Split playoffs as early as tonight if they win as well as other outcomes throughout the organization fall in their favor.