Esports: Oceanic League of Legends spring season reaches climax with Hamiltonian sitting at the top

Hamiltonian Quin Korebrits is on the verge of finishing as top seed in the OPL. Photo / Legacy Esports

As the event calendar for live sports dries up, esports have taken centre stage with the last round of the League of Legends Oceanic spring split taking place tonight, with Hamiltonian Quin Korebrits on the verge of cementing the top seed with his team Legacy Esports.

In their penultimate games of the season on Friday night Legacy Esports, who Korebrits features for secured convincing wins against Gravitas and Pentanet to leave them in top spot with 17 wins and 3 losses with one game to play.

Korebrits, who's in-game name is Raes was key in Legacy's victories to keep them one ahead of their main title challengers and Korebrit's former team Chiefs Esports Club.

He was a student Hamilton Boys' High School before being offered a chance to play esports professionally in Australia at both Dire Wolves and Chiefs Esports club, before making the move this season to Legacy Esports.

Chiefs Esports Club sit one win behind Legacy Gaming but with a game in hand. If they are able to claim a win against Gravitas this evening they would be even on a win loss ratio. The last game of the spring split tonight will be a head to head for the first seed heading into play-offs.

Both teams have qualified for play-offs already and will be eyeing up the top spot in the Spring Play-offs for a chance to compete at the currently delayed Mid Season Invitational, a tournament where the top team of each of the 12 regions come together to compete.

The tournament was expected to take place in May but due to the on-going Coronavirus outbreak, the tournament was delayed until July.

Dire Wolves, a team that has a strong Kiwi presence has also secured a play-off spot despite losing to Chiefs last night.

The team features Ryan Short from Tauranga, Hamiltonian Andy Van der Vyver and Auckland duo Daniel Ealam and Ari-Greene Young.

The last day of the Oceanic Pro regular spring split takes place tonight at 6pm, live on both Youtube, and at Riot Games Oceania Twitch channel.

League of Legends is just one of the many games that currently run professional esports leagues across the world. The game features 10 players split across two teams who play individual champions with unique abilities to destroy the other team's base.

Esports league have been able to continue to operate due to being able to be played remotely, trading the large crowded arenas for the team's gaming houses.