LEC Commissioner Artem Bykov has acknowledged that the league's late-split scheduling left some teams with badly uneven workloads — and confirmed changes are coming as soon as Summer. Speaking to Jankos on his stream, The LEC Commissioner admitted they had "underestimated the impact" of the tweaks made to accommodate this year's road trips, leaving Karmine Corp in particular crammed into a closing stretch that drew sharp criticism from fans.
The admission
"We're also not happy how it worked out," Artem Bykov told Jankos, pointing to small adjustments that snowballed into a lopsided final stretch. The Commissioner stopped short of detailing the exact fix, but confirmed two things — road trips will be spread more evenly across the Summer calendar, and Riot will rework match allocation to avoid extremes like a team playing two games one week and seven the next.
The road trip context
The scheduling issue is inseparable from the LEC's road trip programme, which Bykov was keen to defend. He stressed the initiative comes from the teams, not Riot.
The first step is for the LEC team to come to Riot and say, 'hey Riot, we want to run a show in this city'
He explained, calling the setup a "true co-production" where teams handle the on-site fan experience and Riot runs the broadcast and competitive operations.
