The Dive | Driven by Kia - A League of Legends Esports Podcast

Hey there Dive fans!

In this special episode of The Dive, we have C9 Zven share his opinions on a wide range of Pro perspectives. We originally were only going to have him on for 30 minutes and that expanded quickly! We hope you enjoy. Quick update - that RP giveaway is going through a rule change. One that's less... illegal. But it’s all good!

Zven walks us through his thoughts on LCS narratives, using social media, new patches, and plenty of topics to get cozy with this Valentine's day.

We want to thank Zven for taking time out of his Friday evening to chat with us. If you enjoyed having him on the show, send some love!

Again, keep submitting those twitter questions with hot takes! We love when you submit questions! Tune in for Super Week starting Wednesday 2/15 at 2pm PST/5pm ET. See you there!

Today in The Dive presented by Honda (S4 E31), the gang revisits their power rankings from the beginning of the split, breaks down week 1's 2020 Summer Split Playoff match-ups and discusses All-Pro Team candidates.

LCS Commissioner Mark Zimmerman drops by the Dive to answer community questions and discuss the 2025 changes with Azael, Kobe, and Meteos.

For more information on the 2025 updates, visit: https://lolesports.com/article/lol-esports-building-towards-a-brighter-future/bltc9412d7575d4625d

Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro & LCS changes 2:59 - Why are these changes happening? 6:02 - Why are these changes happening now? 9:06 - Why is it not a competition for all the slots? 11:54 - Who is leaving the LCS? 13:00 - League composition & tier 2 questions 18:33 - Player Protection 19:13 - Guest spot - what happens if they win big? / questions 22:34 - Franchising, protections, and performance clauses 25:13 - LatAm questions 27:30 - Is the LCS keeping its brand? 30:07 - How much change is too much change? 32:51 - Are we keeping live patch? 33:53 - CBLOL & LLA ecosystem discussion 38:47 - Cross conference plans? 40:12 - How long will next season’s splits be? 43:53 - Fatigue and LCS history 47:20 - Broadcasting updates 50:47 - Regions and conferences: fandom, camaraderie, and obstacles 55:43 - What should fans be excited about?

This week Kobe and Kien take a look at China's "Ning race," talk about jungle pathing, and look at differing playstyles leading up to the ever more important third drake.

Hey there Dive fans! We have a DOOZY for you this week as we deliver a special 2 parter episode. We kick things off with Azael, Kobe & Mark to chat about the first week of LCS play & then we invite League of Legends Developers Riot Phroxon & Riot TrueXY to talk about the durability update and where they see the game evolving moving forward.

You may notice some inconsistencies in how they address both sections, we decided to put the League Dev discussion on the 2nd half of the episode after the initial recording, so apologies for any confusion that may cause.

On the LCS side, Kobe delivers some of that sweet CLG & Cloud9 hopium, while Mark peddles some for FLY... but Azael sure wasn't buying. Then in the discussion with the League devs, we talk about the state of scaling, how regions influence balance & how items impact our perception of durability.
Also, you may notice we experienced some technical issues during recording that resulted in a few times our mics going out. While we resolved the issues shortly after the 3rd time this happened, we weren't able to recover the audio after the fact. We apologize for the inconvenience & thank you for your patience while we resolve these hiccups.

We weren't able to get to your questions this week, but we hope you continue to leave them in the Youtube Comments below, on Twitter or on Anchor.FM so we can cover your thoughts on the LCS as it developsThe LCS returns this Saturday with the premiere of the Zven & Berserker bot lane as Cloud9 faces Dignitas at 1:30PM PT, see you there!