LoL season 2 Championships Most watched esports event of all time

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Riot has released numbers for the recent League of Legends Season 2 World Championships which took place last week at the Galen Center Arena at the University of South California. Riot is reporting that at peak, over 1,154,000 unique people watched the event online, not counting TV numbers. More than 8,282,000 unique viewers tuned in total via online and TV combined, with 2,402,225 people watching through Korean and Chinese TV.

Over the course of both the World Playoffs and Finals, people watched 24,230,688 hours of League of Legends. These numbers make the Riot Season 2 World Championships the most watched competitive gaming eSports event of all time, according to the company.With the rise of watching games through streaming services such as Twitch.TV and Own3d.TV, this record has been broken several times in the past year. Two months ago, the bar was set by Valve's The International Dota 2 tournament, taking in 567,000 concurrent viewers, half from China. In June, Major League Gaming brought in 437,000 concurrent viewers and 4.7 million unique viewers for the Spring Championships. Riot has now shattered those previous records.

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The League of Legends Season 2 World Championship, which took place in 2012, is widely considered to be one of the most massive esports competitions of all time. At the time, it set a record for the number of spectators and played a significant role in popularizing esports on a global scale.
The Season 2 World Championship was held in Los Angeles, California, and the best teams from all over the world competed for the title. The Grand Finals, held at Staples Center, drew over 1.1 million viewers. This was a remarkable achievement for esports at the time and a testament to the growing interest and passion for competitive gaming.
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Since then, esports viewership has continued to grow, with subsequent League of Legends World Championships and other major tournaments breaking records year after year. While specific numbers and viewership ratings may vary by event and time, the Season 2 World Championship remains a milestone in esports history and has helped League of Legends become one of the most popular esports games worldwide.