The League of Legends World Championship is Riot Games' largest annual event, and this year's worlds were scheduled to be the biggest in its 10-year history. To be held across multiple cities in China and concluding in Shanghai, 2020 worlds were supposed to be a celebration of the championship's decadelong existence as well as a display of just how popular League of Legends is as both a game and a competitive esport.
Now the coronavirus pandemic has made that impossible.
With the extravagant China worlds roadshow pushed back to 2021, Riot is now trying to decide how it can hold a championship event that is as close to its original vision as possible without compromising competitive integrity or player and staff health.
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