Many Korean stars have donated in support of the anti-Covid-19 campaign. Famed League of Legends player Bdd, has donated 5 million KRW to social organizations to aid Covid-19 which is booming across South Korea.
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To celebrate the 21st birthday, Gen.G’s midlane, Gwak “Bdd” Bo-seong, has donated 5 million KRW to the Korea National Disaster Relief Fund to support the victim with coronavirus (COVID-19) yesterday (February 27).
Share on Twitter, player of Gen.G said: “I take this action to celebrate 4 years since the first day of my League of Legends pro career. Although I did not hear the fans singing happy birthday, I was happy to contribute a small part to help Korean people fight Coronavirus ”.
Prior to Bdd, his organization also announced it would spend all the money earned from Seoul Dynasty’s home matches in March in the Overwatch League for aid organizations for victims of the Corona virus.
In addition, many stars of other Korean entertainment industries such as actress Kim Go Eun support 100 million KRW, actress Lee Young Ae support 50 million KRW, singer Chung Ha support 20 million KRW, Hong Jin Young donated 5,000 masks, Pledis Entertainment supported meals for lonely elderly people and difficult families.
The LPL Spring 2020 will compete online from March 9
On official social media channels a few hours ago, Chinese Riot said the 2020 LPL Spring Tournament will return on March 9.
However, because the coronavirus situation has not shown any positive signs, the organizers have decided that all matches will take place in the online form.
Players and coaching staff will have 14 days from this time to prepare equipment, especially health checks before signing up for the tournament. Teams will compete in the online form and gather at their gaming houses to ensure safety and avoid contact with the outside environment. Some teams with players in isolated areas will have to suffer a little disadvantage.
Finally, the LPL’s English-language channels on YouTube and Twitch will be back on March 15. In addition, monitoring will still be conducted to ensure fairness and transparency for the matches.
It has been a month and a half since the organizers postponed indefinitely Week 2 of the LPL Spring 2020 due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in the world’s most populous country.
This is the first time a large-scale professional League of Legends like LPL has competed in the online format. So the organizers hope that the fans and the media will give their full support for the events to go smoothly.
“There may be unforeseen technical difficulties, but we will try our best to adapt to the situation. We hope to continue to bring all the exciting and exciting matches that have become the brand of LPL ”,
The LPL’s decision came from a request from the Shanghai municipal government, China’s esports center. Besides, MSI has also been delayed as the pressure to force the tournament to return as soon as possible.