'League of Legends' players become eSport stars


CELEBRITY STATUS: Voorspoels concentrating on the action during a match in the League of Legends North American Championship Series Spring round robin competition, at the MBS Media Campus in Manhattan Beach, California. — ©AFP/Relaxnews 2014

LOS ANGELES: In front of a rapt audience in a Los Angeles film lot, Krepo hooks an enemy with his scythe and harvests virtual souls with a signature move called a "death sentence". 

The grim scene played out time and again as Krepo and his Evil Geniuses team battled to victory in a League of Legends computer game match broadcast to viewers around the world. 

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