Riot Founds League of Legends High School

Riot Games has developed an alternate, accelerated education program aimed at helping aspiring professional players like Liquid’s KEITHMCBRIEF graduate faster to ensure they can pursue a full schedule of official matches, training, and browsing Reddit.

“We’d hate to see someone like Keith be handicapped by a limited training schedule,” said a Riot representative. “He’s already disadvantaged due to his region.’”

The Riot-sponsored high school offers a secondary education focused on three core subjects — Trigonometry, Agriculture, and Korean — as well as electives taught by Rioters including social media (Tryndamere) and fine arts (Nick Allen).

“We try to keep everything relevant and fun for students,” stated school Guidance Counselor Jeffrey “Lyte” Lin. “For example, our math teachers will ask questions like ‘If you miss two CS per wave, and your opponent is getting golems, how quickly should you blame your jungler?’”

Early reports suggest that Riot’s curriculum will also offer Psychology (“How does hovering over Urgot influence your opponents and teammates?”), History (“What is the archaeological evidence that North America might have once been a dominant region?”), Home Economics (“How can teams spend their food budget while avoiding scurvy?”) and even Chemistry (“What is Elements lacking in their team?”).

“This system is a great idea,” Reddit user /u/somepiglet enthused online. “It’s really exciting to think that in a few years, the majority of the League of Legends player base will be old enough to attend.”

However, critics of the school have cited inadequate staffing and curriculum issues.

“Shouldn’t we learn to program in different languages?” asked one computer science student. A Riot programming instructor responded, “No, only flash.”

“Why are our lunch ladies so slow and why do they only speak German?” asked one hungry student as he waited in queue. An administrator later clarified that the school’s budget could only afford European servers.

Education experts have suggested that Riot’s program leaves student with little-to-no real life skills and woefully unprepared for college, making it on par with traditional American high schools.