UPDATE: Demise have acquired EJBY Brotherhood’s spot.
Original article:
UK esports organisations Bulldog and Darkspawn have dropped out of the League of Legends UKLC.
They fell in the recent promotions/relegations tournament, with Bulldog losing to NVision Esports 2-0 and Darkspawn losing to EJBY Brotherhood 2-0 in the upper bracket finals.
EJBY went on to beat NVision 2-1 to progress, and while Darkspawn beat Bulldog 2-0 in the lower bracket, they eventually lost 2-0 to NVision in the lower final.
This means that both EJBY Brotherhood and NVision have qualified for the next UKLC split, which gets underway in July 2019.
Their player rosters are as follows:
- EJBY Brotherhood: Lena (top), Ceikey (jungle), Vixen (mid), DenVoksne (ADC), Shayzien (support)
- NVision: Brelia (top), Infinity (jungle), 3z3 (mid), Spark (ADC), UKMealDeal (support)
We would just like to say thank you to all the people showing us support after our defeat yesterday.
We didnt realise we had so much support in the League community. Our mission has always been to look after our players and put them first. It’s nice to see it not go unnoticed.
— Bulldog Esports (@BulldogEsports) May 17, 2019
A well deserved win for @EsportsNvision – we can’t wait to see what happens in the next split.
For now, these demons are going to rest hard and play harder! GGWP#UnleashYourDemons pic.twitter.com/0sEi08sRah
— DarkSpawnEsports (@TeamDarkSpawn) May 17, 2019
#UKLC here we come!!! We have now earned our spot in the UK summer split after a convincing 2-0!
Thank you @TeamDarkSpawn for a great series and we wish you well in the future!
Thank you for all the support we have had over the last week!#ForgeOfChampions #LeagueOfLegends #
— NVision Esports (@EsportsNvision) May 17, 2019
The promotion/relegation tournament followed the latest Forge of Champions tournament, which was won by Fnatic Rising.
They beat Diabolus 2-0 in the grand final to emerge as victors.
WE ARE THE FORGE OF CHAMPIONS, CHAMPIONS! ??
We take down @DiabolusEsports with a clean 2-0! pic.twitter.com/lZWBEp5IYY
— FNATIC (@FNATIC) May 9, 2019
The UKLC will return in July.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
