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Notability Guidelines
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Last updated: February 13th, 2023 - See the changes
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Sadly, not everything can be added to the wiki. We want all our pages to be as up-to-date as possible and to meet our quality standards in general. That is made harder the more pages are created, not to mention additional factors, such as the fact that lower ranked teams tend to not have social media where they announce transfers, and so on.
Now, these are not non-negotiable. This wiki contains coverage of certain teams, players and scenes that do not actually meet our guidelines, yet we allow them because there is an active volunteer(s) that keeps those pages of high-quality. This however does not mean that we will allow you to create a page for your team just because you say you will keep it up to date. On the other hand, if you were to be highly interested in, say, keeping the Spanish national scene up to date, then go ahead! In the cases where this is not the case however, all of this means we have to prioritise: we try to keep our coverage to just the top and the sub-top tier of competitive League of Legends as defined by the guidelines below. Any pages that do not meet these guidelines will not be deleted, but will be moved to your user space.
If you disagree with the decision for a certain page, please do come chat in our Discord.
Players[edit]
Players may receive their individual pages, as long as they surpass a certain threshold of notability. We use a point system to determine whether a player is notable or not.
The first table shows the amount of points players receive for tournaments, while the second table shows how much points a player needs to become notable in their region. These points are adjusted for their regional tournament count, making the amount of effort required to become notable equal. Even though players are notable by making playoffs in a A-Tier event, they do receive points that are added up to their notability point count. These numbers can be used for their team notability, but no longer impact their player notability.
Point distribution[edit]
| Event Tier | Appearance | Playoffs/Top 4 |
|---|---|---|
| S-Tier | 200 | 400 |
| A-Tier | 50 | 100 |
| B-Tier | 15 | 30 |
| C-Tier | 5 | 10 |
| D-Tier | 2 | 5 |
| Other | 1 | 2 |
Regional requirements[edit]
| Region | Point requirement |
|---|---|
 General |
60 points |
 North America |
100 points |
  Korea & Japan |
40 points |
Why do some regions require a different amount of points for notability?[edit]
The North American amateur circuit features a large amount of collegiate, open and NACL Qualifier events. This results in the opportunity to gain potentially 80 points in a single split, compared to Europe where most of the regional leagues work with a spring, summer and winter split to award 30 points. To compensate for this, North American players need more points to qualify for a page. This is the opposite in Korea, where players outside of the LCK and LCK Challengers League often only compete in monthlies and a seasonal LCK Academy Series Championship. This makes obtaining points a lot harder, which is why the requirement is just 40 points.
Staff[edit]
At the time of writing, we only create pages for coaches. This is because we don't keep track of management and analysts on tournament pages and this could change in the future. Coaches are subject to the same requirements as players, which means 60 points in general, 100 points in North America, and 40 points in Korea & Japan.
Exceptions[edit]
There are a few exceptions to this point system, a player becomes notable right away if:
- They compete in a league that directly feeds into the World Championship,
- They compete in any of the 4 major region feeder series (North American Challengers League, EMEA Masters, LDL and LCK Challengers League).
Teams[edit]
All teams that have competed in S-Tier and A-Tier tournaments are automatically eligible for a page due to them competing in a highly rated competition. This point distribution uses a similar threshold as playerpages, but account for the points of their current line-up combined, as well as the organization's historical results.
If a player has competed in a S-Tier event in their career, only their previous 2 years of competition will be counted in full points, while the other years of competition will be counted as 10%. This avoids the potential of a single player making a team notable unless they're still familiar names in the current competitive circuit.
An example on this points modifier: Samux signed with Wizards Club in 2022. He did not compete in 2020 and 2021, but he did compete in various S-Tier events from 2012 to 2019, which resulted in a total of 2544 points. Since those points were gained more than 2 years ago and through S-Tier events, they now only count for 10%, resulting in a total of 254 notability points added to the team.
Point distribution[edit]
| Event Tier | Appearance | Playoffs/Top 4 |
|---|---|---|
| S-Tier | 200 | 400 |
| A-Tier | 50 | 100 |
| B-Tier | 15 | 30 |
| C-Tier | 5 | 10 |
| D-Tier | 2 | 5 |
| Other | 1 | 2 |
Regional requirements[edit]
| Region | Point requirement |
|---|---|
| General |
1400 points |
| North America |
1800 points |
Exceptions[edit]
There are a few exceptions to this point system, a team becomes notable right away if:
- They compete in a league that directly feeds into the World Championship,
- Or they compete in any of the major region feeder series (For example: North American Challengers League, LCK Challengers League),
- Or they are an academy team of any of the teams competing in a league that directly qualifies to the World Championship,
- Or they compete in the main division of an European Regional League, made top 8 in the North American Challengers League, or made top 4 in the second division of an accredited European Regional League,
- Or they finished top 4 in a B-Tier tournament,
- Or they have been active in a B-Tier competition for 3 events or C-Tier for 9 events.
Leagues and Tournaments[edit]
Professional leagues and tournaments should be added if they satisfy any of the following conditions:
- Organiser: The event is part of the World Championships qualification structure, affiliated with Riot Games, or organized by major esports tournament organizers like ESL.
- Academy: The event is an academy league below a World Championships qualifying event, a European Regional League or ERL feeder, or a Scouting Grounds Circuit event.
- Prize: The total prize pool for the event exceeds $2,500 USD and 2 notable players or teams competing in it.
- Players: The event has at least 5 notable players or 3 notable teams competing in the event.
- Qualifier: The event is a qualifier for an event that satisfies any of the conditions mentioned above.
How are tiers decided?[edit]
The majority of events are decided by the ladder in their respective region, with S-Tier events counting as the major regions of China, Korea, Europe, and North America. Wildcard regions start their ladder as A-Tier tournaments and work down from there. For example, CBLOL is an A-Tier event, while CBLOL Academy is one tier lower and is considered B-Tier. In North America, the LCS is considered S-Tier, LCS Proving Grounds are considered A-Tier, and the NACL Qualifiers are considered B-Tier. Other events like the Aegis Champions League are considered C-Tier.
If an event is held in a region that does not participate in the World Championship circuit, events start on the B-Tier level and work down from there. The Intel Arabian Cup is held during a period where MENA is not a worlds-contending region, this is considered the highest level within the region so it should be filled in as a B-Tier tournament.
An exception to the rule is when the region has an inactive or previously existing ladder. This is when the tournament should be ranked on the regular ladder. For the CIS region, this means the LCL is considered an A-Tier event, the LCL Open Cup is considered B-Tier, and other events are considered C-Tier.
User pages[edit]
Completely optional, but make your userpage a good indication of who you are! Feel free to be friendly or use some Userboxes to spruce things up.
Changes[edit]
2023[edit]
- February 13th: Added rule exception for NACL teams to account for short existence of competing teams.
2022[edit]
- December 17th: Added point distribution for the new D-Tier.
- December 13th: Added Staff section to make staff notability guidelines more clear.
- December 5th: Adjusted notability guidelines due to implementation of AutoSquad.
- All teams competing in ERL's are now notable, as well as those finishing top 4 in an accredited second division.
- All teams with a top 4 finish in B-Tier tournament are now notable.
- All teams that competed in 3 B-Tier events are notable, instead of a minimum of 4 splits.