Silver Scrapes is one of the many terms in League of Legends esports that many viewers might have heard while watching an intense best-of-five series. However, this relatively simple term’s history and origins go back around 12 years during the nascent days of LoL esports.
There has been a fair bit of curiosity around this term even today and many still ask why the fifth game of a competitive series is called Silver Scrapes. The article below explains what it is and why it remains one of the most iconic terminologies in LoL esports.
Silver Scrapes in League of Legends explained
Silver Scrapes is an EDM song composed by Danny McCarthy. The song gained immense popularity during the League of Legends World Championship in 2012 for a unique reason. Since Riot Games was still in its early days in organizing and running large-scale events, production qualities often fluctuated resulting in long pauses due to technical errors.
During these technical breaks, Silver Scrapes was played on stream as a background song for the viewers until the technical issues were resolved. These pauses often lasted for hours which meant that fans were used to hearing Silver Scrapes countless times to the point where it became an anthem of sorts for Worlds 2012.
Ever since this incident, the League of Legends esports community has honored the legacy of Silver Scrapes by playing it before the start of a fifth game in a best-of-five series. The name of the song eventually became a term in itself that is often used by casters to generate hype for the deciding game of a best-of-five series. The commemoration of Silver Scrapes to this day serves as a reminder of the growth of LoL esports from its humble beginnings to its unparalleled success in the world of gaming.
