Here’s some exciting news from the eSports front: The U.S. Government will now be issuing visas for professional League of Legends players to compete in tournaments in the United States. While this may seem like a minor advancement, this secures League of Legends as an official “sport” that people compete in professionally. Sure, it’s only in an official capacity, but that puts the Legends Championship Series in the same legal bracket as more traditional sports organizations like the NBA or the NFL. This is a huge step forward for not only League of Legends, but all of eSports, so congratulations to Riot and LCS on making this happen, and here’s hoping we can look forward to more news like this soon.

To see the guys at Riot and LCS talking about this head to http://www.gamespot.com/league-of-legends/videos/riots-magus-and-nick-allen-talk-tournament-format-and-more-6411345/ and skip to 8:22.