It’s Sunday November 19, 2023, and my wonderful partner and I have plopped into two oversized chairs in a cinema in Edinburgh, Scotland. We’re here to watch the 2023 League of Legends Worlds finale, both of us non-subtly rooting for T1. It’s a quick affair; T1 demolishes Weibo Gaming 3 – 0 and it feels somewhat like a wasted trip – until I remember that a T1 win means a new line of Worlds skins. That alone almost makes the ridicule I’ve received for watching LoL esports in the cinema from my colleagues almost worth it.

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