League of Legends' Season 2 World Championship starts today, 12 hours of games

League of Legends' biggest tournament of the year begins today as the World Championship for Season 2 kicks off the group state of play. Twelve games in twelve hours will result in four teams heading home, and the four winners continuing on to face the #1 regional seeds who have received byes through the group stage. While the day is already starting late due to technical issues, the games are set to begin any second now (Official, Own3d, Twitch).

Today's group play works like this: there are two groups of four teams and each will play every opposing team in their group for a total of three games each. The top two teams in each group continue on, the bottom two are out. Here's the full schedule today, Thursday, Oct. 4:

• Azubu Frost vs invictus Gaming (Starting 10AM)
• CLG Prime vs invictus Gaming
• Azubu Frost - SK Gaming
• SK Gaming vs CLG Prime
• CLG Prime vs Azubu Frost
• SK Gaming vs invictus Gaming
• Dignitas vs CLGeu
• NaJin Sword vs Saigon Jokers
• NaJin Sword vs CLGeu
• Dignitas vs Saigon Jokers
• CLGeu vs Saigon Jokers
• NaJin Sword vs Dignitas

Again, if you're just tuning in, the first game is just about to being at 10AM PST, 1PM EST, and each consequent will begin about an hour later. Considering how late the show is starting , they may just start one game after another to catch back up to the original schedule. Start the stream when you can and hopefully they'll keep at least somewhat on schedule.

With a $2,000,000 prize pool there's a lot on the line. It's potentially the biggest eSports tournament in gaming history. Check out the free HD live stream now and cheer on your favorite League of Legends team (Official, Own3d, Twitch).