Hello! My name is Froskurinn and I work with Riot Shanghai's team as a Caster for the English production of the League of Legends Pro League (LPL). You can find my previous AMA here.
The LPL is the Chinese league and the largest professional LoL league. It's currently Franchised with 14 teams that are seperated into two Conferences: East vs West that runs a Bo3 double round-robin + a Cross-Conference single round-robin. Three of those teams are currently geo-locked into a Conference due to the LPL's unique Home/Away system.
Those 3 teams are:
Oh My God (OMG) - Chengdu
LGD Gaming (LGD) - Hangzhou
Snake Esports (SNAKE) - Chongqing
The rest of the LPL Teams:
Edward Gaming (EDG)
Royal Never Give Up (RNG)
Invictus Gaming (iG)
Team WE (WE)
SN Gaming (SNG)
BiliBili Gaming (BLG)
JD Gaming (JDG)
Vici Gaming (VG)
Rogue Warriors (RW)
TopSports Gaming (TOP)
Fun Plus X (FPX)
The LPL will continue to expand in size each year, promoting two teams from the League Development League (LDL) until it reaches 20 teams. Teams are also building their home bases and arenas outside Shanghai and the league will incorporate a travelling circuit over time. This coming 2018 Spring Split will use the LGD arena in Hangzhou. You can view more about it here.
When this AMA goes live it'll be 4AM in Shanghai to accommodate for the North American time zone. I'm here with the rest of the LPL English broadcast team:
Color Casters/Analysts
Zack "Rusty" Pye
Barento "Raz" Mohammed
Clement Chu Indiana "Froskurinn" Black
PBP Casters
Mathew "Fish" Stewart
Dom Roemer
Richard "Pulse" Kam
We'll gladly answer any of your questions, whether it be about the upcoming LPL Spring Split, casting, moving to Shanghai, or anything else!
I'm the one on the keybaord for this account, and I'll spend the entire day answering as indepth and detailed as possible. You can spot the rest of the team bouncing in and out of the AMA as their sleep/work schedules permit.
Helpful Links
LPL English Twitter
LPL English Twitch Channel
Cheers!
