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Oklahoma League of Legends: A history of the notorious community

December 19, 2016 By Ariel Leave a Comment

Every epic tale has its beginning; a story of overcoming adversity and conquering challenges, a young hero realizing their potential, and the tale of the Oklahoma League of Legends community is no different.

In the beginning, there was chaos.  A free-for-all forum with no sense of direction. Negligent administrators. A deprived player base. This was what the 600-member “Oklahoma League of Legends Players” community had been given. In an effort to bring League to the local scene, OKgamers and Cody Willmon, LoL tournament coordinator for HxC Gaming Events at the time, announced a gaming event and the first League tournament in the state at a small college in Tulsa, Okla., called “Saturday Reboot.” It was this event that would spark a change, all with the help of Landon “Deadi” Carroll, who would later become the head administrator of the new dawn.

(Top) United as [ONE] Gaming, (Bottom left) Mystik Gaming, (Bottom right) Insync

Only a week before the event, planning was thrown in to chaos by the hosting venue backing out. With Landon fielding two teams from his personal community, United as [ONE] Gaming, he couldn’t let his community’s first live event fall flat. He contacted the organizer, Saif Khan, who, by a stroke of organizational genius, managed to arrange a new venue by raising funds through a Kickstarter-style fundraiser. With additional help from a sponsorship from Tokyo in Tulsa, the event went off without any major bumps in the road. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oklahoma Gaming Tagged With: chad crockett, Clay Langley, cody willmon, Duke Vang, HxC Gaming Events, Insync, J Lin, Jack Counts, landon carroll, League of Legends, LOL, matthew parker, Mystik Gaming, Oklahoma League of Legends, OKLCS, saif khan, Thinh Dinh, United As ONE

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