I feel a bit tuckered out from
League of Legends tournaments. I love the game, and I love the pro scene, but sometimes I'm just not
in the mood to watch hours and hours of gameplay and then try to digest it all. As a columnist, I have to watch tournaments with a different eye than a normal spectator, which can be exhausting, so I wasn't really looking forward to
IPL 5. My favorite team (Dignitas) wasn't playing, and all my tournament hype was spent watching
the Season 2 finals.
However, IPL did a lot to keep my interest. Normally, I'm not really into IGN's
LoL coverage, as it's heavy on entertainment and presentation value and low on information. This time, not only were the matches interesting, but the format was excellent, the commentary was good, and the space between matches was filled with tons of informative content. I really couldn't have asked for a better
LoL tournament to end the year. Every other tournament this year paled in comparison.
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