Riot introduces scrim streaming to LEC, but fans can’t decide if that’s a good thing

Fans will be able to take a peek behind the curtain even more now, as a major change is coming to the League of Legends EMEA ecosystem. Riot Games has announced a trial phase allowing teams to stream their scrims under specific conditions, following recent controversy over scrim streaming restrictions.

Until now, scrims have always been conducted behind closed doors to prevent teams from revealing strategies; scrim results were only hinted at in interviews or fully revealed after the end of the split. Starting tomorrow and running until March 23, though, LEC teams will be permitted to stream their scrims under specific guidelines. The LEC Commissioner, Artem Bykov, announced the new rule just days after Riot faced backlash for stepping in to prevent GIANTX and Los Ratones from streaming their scrim, despite no explicit rule forbidding it at the time.