Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Riftbound's Las Vegas Regional Qualifier is in the books! We caught up with Michael Sherman, Riot's head of Esports for the game, to talk about the event at length: how things have improved since Houston, the excitement of watching events unfold, the challenge of growing event capacity without compromising the on-site experience, and more.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:09 - So how was Vegas?
01:05 - Key takeaways from Houston/Bologna for improving Vegas
03:03 - How do Riot and UVS implement event changes?
04:40 - The importance and value of best-of prizing
07:19 - The joys of watching metas evolve and tournaments unfold
08:23 - Community outreach and sourcing feedback from players
10:40 - Gearing up for Lille and Atlanta
12:19 - Balancing growing attendee counts with event scale
14:53 - Outro

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