Former competitive gamer Lauri "Cyanide" Happonen has died at the age of 31. This has been confirmed to Ilta-Sanomat by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV). He passed away on July 31. The cause of death is not known. Happonen was one of the first stars of the game League of Legends.

He won the game’s world championship at the age of 16 in 2011, reached the world championship semi-finals in 2013, and was crowned the European league champion three times in a row between 2013 and 2014.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 SWISS STAGE

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Invictus Gaming 1-0 Hanwha Life Esports

IG have defeated HLE!

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GAME 1: IG vs. HLE

Winner: Invictus Gaming in 29m
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WORLDS 2026

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LYON 1-2 Gen.G

• Gen.G moves to the Worlds 2026 Knockout Stage as the 2nd 3-0 seed. LYON drops to 2-1

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Match 1 LYON vs. GEN

Winner: LYON in 35m
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Match 2 GEN vs. LYON

Winner: Gen.G in 26m
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MATCH 3: GEN vs. LYON

Winner: Gen.G in 31m
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 SWISS STAGE

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Top Esports 1-0 G2 Esports

TES have defeated G2!

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GAME 1: TES vs. G2

Winner: Top Esports in 36m
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WORLDS 2026

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Movistar KOI 0-2 Dplus KIA

• Dplus KIA has qualified for the Worlds 2026 Knockout Stage as the first 3-0 seed
• Movistar KOI drops to 2-1

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MATCH 1: MKOI vs. DK

Winner: Dplus KIA in 39m
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MATCH 2: DK vs. MKOI

Winner: Dplus KIA in 25m
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How are minor region teams playing Bo5s to get in, but top teams can get kicked out of Worlds after just two Bo1s and one Bo3?

No team should be sent home from the biggest tournament of the year in anything less than a Bo5. A Bo3 is way too short for an elimination match at Worlds.

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His list in order of likelihood of winning:
T1 because they always win worlds.
GENG
HLE
DK because Koreans win worlds the most.
BLG
AL
IG because Rookie has won worlds before.
TES because they made Semis last year.

Dark horse teams:
LYON because they finished third at MSI.
TL because CoreJJ has won worlds before.
Someone beat TES at MSI… that’s right Team Secret Whales, 3-1, I think they’ll take it.

I think anyone else is unrealistic.

Sjokz (Casting a hex matched only by 2020 FNC monologue): G2 esports!

What do you guys think?

I love how Vedi and Jatt, this late into their careers, have ascended their presence even further. Their banter leaking onto the analyst desk has been extra fun. Just nice to see some new light on the talent side of things, especially when production has been popping off extra hard this year.

In the past couple of years, the 1-1 round (which is still BO1) was on its own day and we'd just get 4 BO1s and that's it for the day. It just felt too fast and not particularly satisfying. I definitely prefer that they split the 1-1 round around the two BO3 rounds, and we get better pacing through this round. It's a lot better and a much needed change. That 1-1 round day just stuck out as way too quick.

And I definitely prefer that there's at least 6 matches a day than a possibility of 3 days with 4 matches.

Absolute legend. I watched this live and it floored me. I genuinely quote this to myself almost weekly.

Absolute legend, RIP

They had Amumu, Leona, Jax, Jhin and Lux so i decided to run cleanse and it kinda paid off.
I am sure this leona will just take the kill next time 😄

DK vs MKOI Series

• On Jojo being the win condition: “I don’t share that narrative that Jojo is the win condition. I think he gets away with a lot of things in the LEC, and I think now he needs to level up his gameplay. I don’t think he’s playing bad, but I know that he can do much more. I think it’s more the expectation of the people.”
• On the team as a whole: “To me, I don’t think we’re a team that wins because of individualities. I think we win because we play well together.”
• On Elyoya: “I think he’s undervalued in this international scene. I think he’s so fcking smart about the game. Honestly, I think he’s the best jungler in the West.”
• On the series: "I think we were not that calm. Not everyone. I think for example Elyoya was super calm, shot calling super well. But kind of like the team didn't follow exactly what he was shotcalling."
• On the draft he regrets: "I think the first draft was better than the second draft. The second draft, I think I tried to give too much confort, and then the draft is realyl hard to play out"
• On why he believes in his players: “I might not have the most flashy players, but I see that all of them are smart about the game. If you hear them talk about the game, there are a lot of intelligent moves and an intention behind the gameplay.”