{"id":24374,"date":"2022-10-08T02:05:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T06:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=24374"},"modified":"2022-10-09T21:44:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T01:44:24","slug":"koi-and-rogue-enter-into-a-strategic-alliance-ahead-of-lec-2023-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/koi-and-rogue-enter-into-a-strategic-alliance-ahead-of-lec-2023-season\/","title":{"rendered":"KOI and Rogue enter into strategic alliance ahead of LEC 2023 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nEuropean esports franchises Rogue and KOI have both entered into a \u201cstrategic alliance.\u201d The partnership will reportedly officially kick off next year and allow the Ibai Lianos-owned franchise KOI to participate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/championship-series\/\" title=\"LCS betting guide\" >League of Legends European Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rogue\u2019s League of Legends team will be rebranded for the 2023 LEC Spring Split, but it is not certain whether the team will be known as KOI. Despite the move, Rogue\u2019s current management will continue to be in charge of the operations and management structure of the primary League of Legends team.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">KOI 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QlWDrCJZ5O\">pic.twitter.com\/QlWDrCJZ5O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KOI (@KOI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KOI\/status\/1578110739381985280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>There are not a lot of details known concerning the partnership; as such, the percentage split, as well as the purchase amount, are unconfirmed. Besides the rebranding, the partnership will also see the co-owner of KOI, Llanos, become the \u201cfeatured ambassador\u201d of both organizations as well as their respective teams.<\/p>\n<p>Llanos commented on the recent partnership and revealed that it would speed up the growth of the company as well as provide more opportunities for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more proud of KOI and what we\u2019ve been able to achieve in such a short period of time,\u201d Llanos said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis partnership with Rogue just accelerates our growth and broadens our opportunities to provide the most engaging and exciting experiences for our fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anna Baumann, the Executive Vice President of Esports of Rouge\u2019s parent company, Infinite Reality, also had some comments about the partnership. She explained that the company was \u201cthrilled\u201d to be working with KOI, and they hoped to supply fans with better content in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving established Rogue as a world-leading talent factory with championship-winning teams, we could not be more thrilled to be working with KOI,\u201d Baumann said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this alliance, we can up the game and serve our fans even more industry-leading entertaining content, all while continuing to build Ibai\u2019s legacy in esports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reports concerning the merger between Rogue and KOI started making the rounds in August. At the time, it was mentioned that Rogue would retain their LEC spot and move the European Regional League lineup to LVP Superliga Spain from the Ultraliga. The official details concerning the move were not shared along with the merger announcement.<br \/>\nThe merger will undoubtedly benefit both organizations, mainly due to Rogue\u2019s expertise in building and discovering league talent and KOI\u2019s branding. Both organizations have individually impressive fan bases, so operating under the same banner will vastly increase their popularity.<\/p>\n<p>Rogue had their most successful League of Legends season this year and were awarded the champions of the LEC 2022 Summer Split. The North American team are currently among the number of teams participating in the League of Legends World Championships as Europe\u2019s No 1 seed.<\/p>\n<p>KOI, for their part, have had an impressive year and were one of the few teams in September to be selected for the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT). The team also notably collaborated with Shikenso Analytics in June in order to keep track of their existing partnerships\u2019 performances.<\/p>\n<p>The merger between both companies will officially take effect in 2023. Meanwhile, fans can watch Rogue\u2019s League of Legends team participate in their first World Championship 2022 fixture, taking place later today against DRX. Rogue have been designated as underdogs in the matchup, with odds pegged at $2.45 on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sites\/\" title=\"Top Esport Betting Sites\" >top esports betting sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rogue &#038; KOI have both entered into a \u201cstrategic alliance.\u201d The partnership will start next year in League of Legends European Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":7642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,1782,24,1842,259,250],"class_list":["post-24374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-koi","tag-league-of-legends","tag-league-of-legends-european-championship","tag-lol","tag-rogue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24374"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24399,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24374\/revisions\/24399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}