With the season of the Brazilian League of Legends Championship (CBLOL) 2024 in full swing, it is clear that the vocabulary used by players was practically created for e-sports. Therefore, the English culturetogether with Vivo Keyd Stars, defined the most used terms in the championship matches for those who wish to delve even deeper into the CBLOL universe.
Here are the 10 most frequent terms you need to know:
- Draft | in free translation, it means ‘draft’ or ‘sketch’. In the LOL universe, the phase of choosing the champions who will be players in the match;
- Flash | in Portuguese, we can understand it as ‘clear’, and in the game, the spell maneuver that teleports the player a short distance;
- Doublekill, Triplekill, Quadrakill e Pentakill | they do not receive a direct translation into Portuguese, but are used when a single player manages to kill his opponents, in sequence;
- Ultimate | It has several translations into Portuguese. In this case, the most appropriate option is ‘irrevocable’, as it is used to show the strongest ability of each of the champions, better known as ‘ult’;
- Botside | refers to the lower side, that is, everything underneath the map. different from ‘botlane’, which only concerns bottom lane;
- The means | middle route of the map;
- Heating | map top route;
- Farm | in this case, it has nothing to do with ‘farm’. Players use ‘farm’ or even ‘farmar’ to refer to the amount of minion kills that generate gold for those who slaughter them;
- Jungle | the jungle on the map. Each team has its own jungle, depending on which side they start on the map;
- Even | Here, the Portuguese translation ‘equally’ applies, as the term is used when the teams are balanced in the match.
Keyd Stars Live Sponsorship
With the sponsorship of Cultura Inglesa ao Vivo Keyd Stars, one of the largest e-sports organizations in the country, the network of English schools aims to engage English language learning by explaining the meanings, origins and uses of words and slang of e-sports.
Throughout 2024, Cultura Inglesa will offer a series of experiences to immerse its students in the universe gamer. This package will include experiences with players, distribution of special gifts and promotional actions. Furthermore, at the start of the Brazilian League of Legends Championship (CBLOL), Vivo Keyd Stars launched ‘Decode The Call’, a series of videos in partnership with the network of English schools for the community gamer.
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