Join this exciting opportunity by Amazon Web Services and Riot Games to create a novel global power ranking system for League of Legends, Riot Game’s flagship game. Checkout the details of this amazing opportunity below!
About Riot Games
Riot Games is an American video game developer and publisher based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, Riot Games is best known for its multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game League of Legends (LoL). LoL is the most popular PC game in the world, with over 150 million active players. The game has been praised for its gameplay, graphics, and esports scene. Riot Games has also released several other games, including Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and Valorant. Riot Games is known for its commitment to player experience. The company has a team of game designers and developers who are constantly working to improve the game. Riot Games also hosts several esports tournaments for LoL, which have a combined prize pool of over $100 million. Riot Games is also committed to improving the player experience and supporting the esports scene.
About the Hackathon Challenge
The hackathon challenge by Amazon Web Services and Riot Games is to create a novel global power ranking system for League of Legends, Riot Game’s flagship game. League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena game by Riot Games where two teams of five players battle in player-versus-player combat. Since its release in 2009, League of Legends has become one of the world’s largest esports. Riot Games operates 9 regional leagues internationally with those regions having their own official ranking systems. This opportunity is to use official League of Legends Esports data to create a method for ranking LoL Esports pro teams globally. Will your method be able to predict the next world champion?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides the tools to do just that. From Machine Learning to Databases, Analytics, and more, AWS has a number of services that can help you build the best method for LoL Esports Global Power Rankings whether you’re a developer, data scientist, or machine learning enthusiast. Will your method be able to predict the next world champion!
Requirements
What to build
Build a working method (API, notebook, working web application) for a League of Legends Global Power Ranking system using the esports data provided by Riot Games and at least one AWS service. The working method must provide the following outputs:
- Tournament rankings – provide team rankings for a given tournament
- Global rankings – provide current rankings of all teams globally
- Team rankings – provide rankings for a given list of teams
Prizes
1st Prize
- $10,000 USD
- $10,000 in AWS Promotional Credits
- 4 tickets to League of Legends World Finals 2024
- 1-hour virtual meeting with AWS and Riot technical leads
2nd Prize
- $7,000 USD
- $6,000 in AWS Promotional Credits
- 1-hour virtual meeting with AWS and Riot technical leads
3rd Prize
- $5,000 USD
- $5,000 in AWS Promotional Credits
- 1-hour virtual meeting with AWS and Riot technical leads
Judging Criteria
- Realistic
How well does the ranking system reflect the state of competition? - Technological Implementation
Does the project demonstrate quality software development? How well does the project leverage the League of Legends Esports data? - Design
Is the user experience and design of the project well thought out? - Quality of the Idea
How creative and innovative is the project? - Interpretability
How well do the participants explain the underlying methodology of their ranking system, and the factors they highlighted that influence team rankings?
Timeline
- Submissions starts – Aug 31
- Submissions close – Oct 23
- Judging – Oct 30
- Winners announcement – Nov 19
How to Apply?
Interested candidates can apply online via this link.
