The 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon was an esports live stream event hosted by Riot Games, featuring international League of Legends competitions and exhibition matches from multiple regions. It was the replacement for the 2020 Mid-Season Invitational, which was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The primary goal of the event was to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts.
The 2020 Mid-Season Cup was an international tournament featuring the top four teams from the spring season of the LCK (South Korea) and LPL (China). Games are played online with artificially standardized ping to ensure competitive integrity. Players compete onsite at their respective league's home arenas, but without a live audience present. The tournament's total prize pool was US$600,000.
The 2020 Mid-Season Showdown was an international tournament featuring the top two teams from the spring season of the VCS (Vietnam) and PCS (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia; excluding Vietnam). Games are played online with artificially standardized ping to ensure competitive integrity.