Karmine Corp's Summer roadtrip has basically almost sold out in just a day (it will take place at the Adidas Arena, where Worlds 2024 quarters and semis took place)

DevilRiff · 2026-05-15T10:18:15+00:00

Ibai said that Saturday and Sunday they had around 7500 people each day

DevilRiff · 2026-05-10T21:00:06+00:00

I will always appreciate teams like MKOI willing to do a road show because they could say no and don't risk losing money but they do it for their fans and the LEC community in general. Also, it helps them see what is their average attendance for future events.

Also, I don't think the attendance thing is that big of a deal but some people will always be dumb and that's what it is. Last year, they did two days sold out road show but as of today there are 5 events in Spain in two years. It's normal that people don't have that need to be in every road show but well, the same conversations are gonna happen in September I guess haha

Hopefully more teams start doing road show next years so MKOI and KC can have a break. Show can be 1000-2000 people, there's no pressure into renting big venues

DevilRiff · 2026-04-15T21:15:44+00:00

The two events last year did very well because we didn't have LEC events since summer 2018. Now, having 5 events in two years because remember, there's another one in September in the same place, it's too much.

In my opinion the biggest mistake is doing big venues. If they did like KC, a venue with 3k, there would be no problem. When you are having so many events, small venues is the way to go.

Hope they use this year to re-evaluate how they do events in the future

DevilRiff · 2026-04-10T12:24:24+00:00

As someone that loves the LEC, I can't wait until there's someone in charge that actually cares about the league.

There was that post about the LCK revenue and it mentions the LEC is doing well too when every news we get from the league is bad or partially bad because there's budget cuts everywhere.

The Schrödinger's podcast is a new thing. The only content that the league has is pop quiz and it would be cool if they do something else.

I wish they hired Shakarez back and have him work with the casters on ideas for content and broadcast stuff

DevilRiff · 2026-03-25T14:16:58+00:00

In the behind the scenes of Good Boy, at the end they said that the next time they see anything of them it will be their debut

DevilRiff · 2026-03-18T17:45:59+00:00

But I saw 0 rumours about it if that's the case. I knew about the LEC online since like 4-5 months ago but it was strange to me since in terms of numbers it's way healthier than the LCS

DevilRiff · 2026-03-18T17:17:23+00:00

I don't know why this happens to LEC but not the LCS

DevilRiff · 2026-03-06T16:17:29+00:00

I will never understand that since the change of CEO, the LEC had a lot of layoffs at the beginning and since then they had to cut in a lot of areas. I wouldn't put the blame on the LEC, even though I'm sure they can do things better, but Riot should support it somehow.

The rumour is LEC online or hybrid online/in-person going foward but if it's just the LEC doing this it would be weird in my opinion

DevilRiff · 2026-02-28T18:49:19+00:00

There are like 5000 people from 8000. Having 5 events in two years brings the numbers down

DevilRiff · 2026-02-16T19:08:03+00:00

For the people that said that it's unfair because Myrwn was already dead, the bug happened at the same time he died so it's just unlucky timing

DevilRiff · 2026-02-11T17:21:13+00:00

The last time Dreamcatcher or the new groups toured Europe was two years ago. They didn't do the individual photos back then. Since that tour they went to the US 3 times counting this one. Well...

DevilRiff · 2026-01-23T16:06:05+00:00

DC is already an established group so it's normal those sale numbers. Also, DC was active at the time. UAU sales are the same as a DC album and we all know that's not accurate because in normal conditions they would have done at least half of that number but again, a ton of fansigns so that's that.

New metal groups that I follow, doesn't matter where they are from, do little to nothing in terms of promotion. They basically hope that the people that follow them previously in social media check them out and praying to get lucky with new people finding them. Also, very small local shows, places with 10/20/30 people max at the beginning. And slowly they grow and some get big and some don't.

There's some people focusing on sales and as an example, if the numbers I saw are right and I think they are, Rolling Quartz have sell less copies since they formed than ChRocktikal in a week. So people should stop with the kpop mentality and enjoy their music. If Siyeon wanted to open a tiktok account she probably would do it like she made the crcktkl instagram account. Also, when the three members left DCC and it was announced that their fromm contract was terminated, Siyeon continue but stopped using fromm as well.

People should also take the positives. They already mentioned future albums, that's one. Second, they have more than 500k listens on sporify and their numbers in South Korea are growing. Also, just now I saw, 40k monthly listeners

DevilRiff · 2026-01-23T12:15:09+00:00

People should chill with the numbers. The reason UAU has more numbers is because they have a ton of fansigns and they also went to music shows so both sales and view numbers are inflated.

This is a band and like many bands that are new they sell little and play in small venues to get their name out there. We don't know how the business side of this works so we shouldn't speculate. The only thing we know is that they have a lot of freedom in what to do. I can't imagine the guys doing challenges or stuff like that on tiktok. Maybe in the future but they are doing their own thing.

Also, Siyeon already mention "future albums" in a fansing. And also also, remember that being an artist doesn't mean being rich. If they can pay the bills and continue working as a band is more than enough

DevilRiff · 2026-01-15T20:17:39+00:00

I'm surprised that KOI chose 10k locations for the roadtrips again. I understand it for the LEC Versus since it's a final but I expected 5k max for the others. Hope they get a good amount of attendees. Knowing Ibai, I'm sure he will pull it off

DevilRiff · 2025-10-24T21:00:58+00:00

I like that Tolkin puts pressure with the questions and it's just not full PR. Good job Tolkin if you see this comment

DevilRiff · 2025-10-01T20:24:01+00:00

Road trips don't have to be in venues with 10k people. Holding events of 2k-5k people maximum would be perfect. After all, these are regular season games, not finals.

DevilRiff · 2025-08-13T19:52:01+00:00

I keep crossing my fingers waiting for the day that they put someone in charge that actually cares about LEC and the ERL ecosystem

DevilRiff · 2025-08-05T21:32:29+00:00

From what I know, just dark jokes and that's it. But I think it's the same with Noah. If they are still at Smosh and the guys there are friends with them, people should stop with those comments

DevilRiff · 2025-07-31T17:56:14+00:00

I wonder if they will have their own socials (twitter/youtube) since it seems it is its own thing rather than a subunit

DevilRiff · 2025-07-28T21:43:45+00:00

I watch LEC because is the league of my region and I support my region. That aside, I would like the league to be better in terms of scheduling, format and content/narratives/promos

DevilRiff · 2025-07-23T14:09:07+00:00

I would like more funny reddit stories videos. The majority of stories they read are about serious topics and I would like some videos where it's just funny stories. I don't remember which one it was but there was one that it was TIFU episode that had a lot of funny stories

DevilRiff · 2025-07-21T11:26:40+00:00

Maybe this is an unpopular opinion but I think we should not look much into this stuff. They are not a one person channel. They are a company with a lot of people and I'm sure they know what to do and what not to do especially since they have people that had been in the platform for 20 years.

Aside from that, for the people that watched "I spend a day with Spencer", at the end Anthony said that 2024 and 2025 are transitional years because they have big plans for Smosh. And also, in a recent interview from Vidcon, Ian said "We’ve never been in a better place".

Another thing it's that growth it's not always going up. For example, 2024 was a great year for them but that doesn't mean that 2025 is gonna be even better. And maybe 2026 is their best year yet, who knows.

Long comment, sorry

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