League of Legends eSports controversy continues as Riot announces sweeping changes to

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Riot Games has announced a broad set of changes to the way it distributes eSports funding, following weeks of debate amongst the competitive League of Legends community.
The context here is complicated, to say the least, but the changes were undoubtedly sparked by last month's controversy involving complaints made by TSM team owner Andy "Reginald" Dinh, and the subsequent responses from Riot Games and League of Legends co-founder Marc "Tryndamere" Merrill. In brief, Dinh - and others - argued that Riot made the lives of team owners and players extremely difficult with both disruptive game patches ahead of tournaments, and overzealous restrictions on sponsorship income.
Since then, the community has entered something of an introspective period. Numerous team owners, such as Immortals chairman Clinton Foy, along with fellow professional League of Legends players, grouped together under the hashtag 'LCSForever' in a rather stirring show of support for the cause. The 800,000 member strong League of Legends subreddit discussed the issues with it's usual gusto.
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