Happy Holidays!

If you are new to the game or eying to get into it and don't have anyone to play with - the holiday season is one of the best times to get started!

On one hand the online queues will be a bit more populated than usual from the sale, but perhaps more importantly: The next New Player Challenge is on Saturday, January 4.
And here is how you can make the most of it:

1. sign up for it on challonge[challonge.com]
   
   • take note of other players that signed up
2. join the community discord server[discord.com] and submit your game hours
   
   • seek out other participants and play with them until the tournament
     
   • dip your toes into the ranked queue for inspiration
     
   • chat with veterans for advice
3. play in the tournament!
   • win a DLC outfit of your choice by placing among the top 3
     
   • review your performance with commentary, if one of your rounds appeared on stream (here[www.twitch.tv])

Don't have the time on that particular weekend? The community hosts these every month!
However the DLC outfit of choice is usually reserved for first place.

The next New Player Challenge is on Saturday, December 7.

If you are new to the game, this tournament is a great way to dip your toes into playing competitively.

It is only open to players with less than 200 hours in game.
And the winner gets a DLC skin of their choice.

Register Here!
[challonge.com]

IMPORTANT:
Don't forget to read the full description and the explanation about submitting your hours. Failing to do so will disqualify your entry.

Watch it on https://www.twitch.tv/very__epic

Tournament communication will happen on the LLB Stadium[discord.com] discord server.

Season 13 will be archived today, starting the next ranked season 14, which in turn runs until June 4!

If you are new to playing competitively, I highly recommend entering the ranked queue during a sale, when other new players are joining in. Outside of that, the regularly hosted NPC tournaments are the best entry point.
Speaking of which, aTastyT0ast has made a new community leaderboard specifically for tournaments:

https://llblaze.pro/

Any player with at least 2 tournaments in the data set will show up in this list, allowing you to look up full ranking history, biggest upsets, win chances, compare players directly and more.

I hope you didn't think #40 was the last one ːcandymanː
The next New Player Challenge is on Saturday, November 2.

If you are new to the game, this tournament is a great way to dip your toes into playing competitively.

It is only open to players with less than 200 hours in game.
And the winner gets a DLC skin of their choice.

Register Here!
[challonge.com]

IMPORTANT:
Don't forget to read the full description and the explanation about submitting your hours. Failing to do so will disqualify your entry.

Watch it on https://www.twitch.tv/very__epic

Tournament communication will happen on the LLB Stadium[discord.com] discord server.

The next one is on Saturday, Oktober 5.

This is the last New Player Challenge that Desselie will be hosting. He joined the community through one of the first NPC tournaments himself. And to celebrate it running consistently for over two years now, we are giving away DLC outfits of choice for the top 3 players in this tournament. (instead of just one for the winner as usual)

If you are new to the game, this tournament is a great way to dip your toes into playing competitively.

It is only open to players with less than 200 hours in game.

Register Here!
[challonge.com]

IMPORTANT:
Don't forget to read the full description and the explanation about submitting your hours. Failing to do so will disqualify your entry.

Watch it on https://www.twitch.tv/desselie

Tournament communication will happen on the LLB Stadium[discord.com] discord server.

Lethal League Blaze is back at Heat Wave 7[www.start.gg] on the second November weekend with another $500 pot bonus from us.

The next New Player Challenge is on Sunday, September 8. Desselie is back hosting 2 more of these, rounding up to a total monthly streak of 40 NPC tournaments.

If you are new to the game, this tournament is a great way to dip your toes into playing competitively.

It is only open to players with less than 200 hours in game.
And the winner gets a DLC skin of their choice.

Register Here!
[challonge.com]

IMPORTANT:
Don't forget to read the full description and the explanation about submitting your hours. Failing to do so will disqualify your entry.

Watch it on https://www.twitch.tv/desselie

Tournament communication will happen on the LLB Stadium[discord.com] discord server.

The second event we are sponsoring with $1000 this year is the community organized MACH 1 invitational! 24 of the greatest players, past and present, will battle it out on September 7 in a fully streamed event with interviews, antics, onions and merchandise.

Streamed on https://www.twitch.tv/hyhytv

The second qualifier last month resulted in a very special addition to the deck of player cards you'll be able to get: Two red Nitros won the top positions and are joining in with a set of connecting cards!

cards of the 4 additional qualifying players

The community is pulling out all stops for this one, creating a variety of things including t-shirts, posters and the player trading cards - all of it available through https://store.hyhy.gg
(the store will close 3 days after the tournament and all orders are then produced and shipped)

Half of the profits will go to the tournament prize pool, the other half to the artist that designed the item.

The trading card booster packs in particular will feature everyone on the packaging who also directly contributed over $5 to the prize pool[matcherino.com].


Okay, we may have said the second qualifier last month was the last chance to enter. But nothing in life is absolute! One of the invited players had to drop out - and to replace them, there will be a bonus qualifier on August 31. Last last chance? Probably! (edit: the event got delayed a week due to steam matchmaking servers being down on August 24)

The respective player card will be replaced as well!

Register for the bonus Qualifier
[challonge.com]Tournament communication will happen on the LLB Stadium[discord.com] discord server.

Need to brush up on who you're gonna be up against? Many players who didn't make top 2 in the qualifiers below will likely give it another go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPnMsaBUEFI&t=610s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwdeNKa_5wg&t=713s
event host:

hyhy

stream commentators:

imadethis_Scooter

event logo:

sakai9052

trading cards art & design:

J.J.K.

The next New Player Challenge is on Saturday, August 3. Once again, hyhy will be taking over for Desselie hosting this one.

If you are new to the game, this tournament is a great way to dip your toes into playing competitively.

It is only open to players with less than 200 hours in game.
And the winner gets a DLC skin of their choice.

Register Here!
[challonge.com]

IMPORTANT:
Don't forget to read the full description and the explanation about submitting your hours. Failing to do so will disqualify your entry.

Watch it on https://www.twitch.tv/Scoobr

Tournament communication will happen on the LLB Stadium[discord.com] discord server.