Just two days to go -- at time of publication -- and the world awaits something truly memorable at the very first League of Legends All-Star event in Shanghai this Friday.

To dispel any confusion for the uninitiated, a whopping 45 million votes were cast by fans for the players they think best represent the pinnacle of eSports gaming in League.

From May 24-26, teams from the Eastern and Western hemispheres will compete for glory, bragging rights and an all-important extra spot in the upcoming Season 3 World Championships.

To help clarify any questions on just what the event is all about, Riot has produced the handy All-Star Primer, including the video below:

Logitech G and Riot Games are working together to make laning and jungling even more pleasurable and easy on the eye.

After sponsoring League of Legends Season 2 and the continuing, tremendous growth of Riot's MOBA behemoth, it's no surprise that Logitech will be the official Season 3 mouse and keyboard sponsor.

With excellent overviews of each match and interviews with the expert summoners involved, RheingoldRiver brings fantastic insight into the events that enthralled millions as part of the League of Legends Championship Series.

RheingoldRiver is a valued member of the terrific LolKing community; the site for all of your League of Legends tools, guides and information. You can also find additional, regular LoL insights at Rhein’s own blog, right here.

With excellent overviews of each match and interviews with the expert summoners involved, RheingoldRiver brings fantastic insight into the NA Spring Playoffs that enthralled millions as part of the League of Legends Championship Series event this past weekend.

RheingoldRiver is a valued member of the terrific LolKing community; the site for all of your League of Legends tools, guides and information. You can also find additional, regular LoL insights at Rhein’s own blog, right here.

Undoubtedly the big addition to League of Legends in Patch 3.7 is the facility to create custom item sets. Soon you can map out your choices for each round of purchasing and access them at the in-game store with ease. This sounds like a great feature that will streamline the buying phase of each game and get you back in the lanes -- or jungle -- even quicker.

With excellent overviews of each match and interviews with the expert summoners involved, RheingoldRiver brings fantastic insight into the events that enthralled millions as part of the League of Legends Championship Series.

RheingoldRiver is a valued member of the terrific LolKing community; the site for all of your League of Legends tools, guides and information. You can also find additional, regular LoL insights at Rhein’s own blog, right here.

The first game of the summer promotion/relegation tournament on Friday saw Quantic running an engage composition with Kennen, Zac, and Sona, while Team Astral Poke opted for a disengage composition with Janna and Gragas.  Lane swaps of the ADC/support duos to mid went heavily in favor of Quantic, and it was able to secure a decent gold lead before the first kill or objective of the game was secured. 

With excellent overviews of each match and interviews with the expert summoners involved, RheingoldRiver brings fantastic insight into the NA Spring Playoffs that enthralled millions as part of the League of Legends Championship Series event this past weekend.

RheingoldRiver is a valued member of the terrific LolKing community; the site for all of your League of Legends tools, guides and information. You can also find additional, regular LoL insights at Rhein’s own blog, right here.

Winter has come, the fabled official ARAM (All Random All Mid) map for League of Legends has finally arrived in a massive patch. Accompanying the patch is a beautifully crafted promotion page introducing the lore around the three warring tribes of the frozen north. Perfectly timed for the release of the new champion Lissandra, the Ice Witch, and the redesigned Sejuani and Trundle. 

With excellent overviews of each match and interviews with the expert summoners involved, RheingoldRiver brings fantastic insight into the NA Spring Playoffs that enthralled millions as part of the League of Legends Championship Series event this past weekend.

RheingoldRiver is a valued member of the terrific LolKing community; the site for all of your League of Legends tools, guides and information. You can also find additional, regular LoL insights at Rhein’s own blog, right here.

The first set of day 2 of the LCS Spring Playoffs was between Vulcun and TSM after Vulcun had upset CLG the day before.  The theme of the day would be dominance by whichever team was able to first-pick Sona.

With excellent overviews of each match and interviews with the expert summoners involved, RheingoldRiver brings fantastic insight into the NA Spring Playoffs that enthralled millions as part of the League of Legends Championship Series event this past weekend.

RheingoldRiver is a valued member of the terrific LolKing community; the site for all of your League of Legends tools, guides and information. You can also find additional, regular LoL insights at Rhein’s own blog, right here.

Kicking off the first day of the NA Spring Playoffs was an exciting series between Dignitas and GGU.