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Shopify Rebellion rebuilt its video process and ended a 232-day drought

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Shopify Rebellion ended a 232-day winless LCS drought after rebuilding its video review process to involve rookie mid laner Zinie. Now Team Liquid and CoreJJ await.

Shopify Rebellion jungler Juan Arturo "Contractz" Garcia celebrates after his team defeated Dignitas 2-0 at Riot Games Arena in Santa Monica, Calif. , on April 5. The first split of the Legends North American League Championship Series match offered surprises, but none were more surprising than Shopify Rebellion losing all three of their matches and every game it played in the lightning-quick sprint.

"Shopify going 0-6 was a shock to me," LCS commissioner Mark Zimmerman said. "Zinie, being a new kid, it makes some sense that he had a tough first couple of weeks. " But 232 days since their last victory, Shopify Rebellion broke through on April 5, defeating Dignitas 2-0 in Week 1 of the LCS.

Shopify Rebellion will play Team Liquid Alienware at 1 p. m. Saturday.

"We're on the board finally," Shopify Rebellion jungler Juan Arturo "Contractz" Garcia said. Lost in Translation Yoo "Zinie" Baek-jin is in his first season in a Tier 1 competition after coming to North America. He spent the first three years part of Korean powerhouse KT Rolster's academy and League Championship of Korea Challengers League, the region's second-tier competition.

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