[PC] League of Legends

[Kreceir]

Originally Posted by Last Sinner

So true.

Here's another one.

Spoiler for Warding:

That usually happens with my premade bot lane hahaha.

Its teamwork! we were thinking of the same thing

Though, when we place 3 pink wards in at the same time and in the same place that might be a little bit of an overkill haha

[Kreceir]

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Riven Smile

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[Last Sinner]

I really appreciate you posting that one. It is very hard to find anything good of Riven. Seen way too much stupidity.

Shurima lore/tale related to Azir, Xerath, Nasus and Renekton

[Kreceir]

Originally Posted by Last Sinner

I really appreciate you posting that one. It is very hard to find anything good of Riven. Seen way too much stupidity.

Doesn't help either when Riven got immensely populair after her Battle bunny skin came out so most of her fan art is rather 18+ and will get me banned on AnimeSuki

Though gotta admit guilty, since I immediately bought Battle bunny Riven when I bought my RP

[Bogart]

I liked the one of Riven wandering in the desert.

[Kreceir]

Originally Posted by Bogart

I liked the one of Riven wandering in the desert.

was it this by any chance?

[Kotohono]

So with group stages revealed now.

Spoiler for Group stage reveal:

I think groups C & D will be the closest with 3 teams stuck going for 2nd place since blue being number one korean seed is heavily favored and none of those teams seemingly like ones that could hope to match it, imo, while C9/Alliance/Shield in D will be very interesting see (I feel bad for the wildcard being here, they have no chance) and lastly I think group B is the most unpredictable with TSM, TPA, SK, AND OMG it's anyone's race, and A is the most predictable with it all but certain that Edward and White will advance.

[Last Sinner]

Spoiler for Full groups list for anyone who hasn't seen them yet:

Group A = Dark Passage, AHQ, SSW, EDG
Group B = SK Gaming, SHRC, TPA, TSM
Group C = LMQ, OMG, FNC, SSB
Group D = Alliance, Cloud 9, NJWS, Kabum

(Btw Kona, you did mix up Royal Club and OMG as to which group they were in. All good, though.)

A is essentially a free pass for White and Edward.
B is a bit volatile but Royal Club and TSM should get through.
C looks the most unpredictable since it's the strongest overall. Blue should get through, other team...probably OMG, but if Fnatic finally adapt properly to the present, they can.
D is another logjam with 3 strong teams and one unfortunate wildcard. I think Cloud 9 really lucked out here. Froggen & Alliance will have a field day with Hai, as will Shield. And that's probably the source of why I think C9 are doomed. Hai is utterly restricted in what he's good at now.

[Mach56gs]

Spoiler for Groups:

Group A is pretty much guaranteed Samsung White and EDG. Probably some fun matches here though.

Group B is completely up for grabs. 25% odds for all of them. Going to bet on TSM and SK though, which probably will surprise some people. TSM because they've gotten training with LMQ against hyper-aggressive comps and the 'protect the puppy' comp isn't suited against them. I'm an SK fan, so I'm biased: SK is the Cloud Nine of Europe and their ability to play the map is crazy good, and their lanes aren't a joke either. I didn't like the article on them because Fredy122 is arguably one of the best top laners in Europe and Sven is always a possible playmaker. That's not counting the fact they play offmeta champion pools (Aatrox Top/Kayle Support) to great effect. I feel that they're used to hyper-aggression due to their EU/Alliance experience and they'll get the upper hand against teams that try the "protect the puppy" strat since their strat just plays the map and doesn't focus on feeding anyone.

Group C. Another very volatile group. Samsung and Fnatic, I'll wager: Fnatic is adapting and they have the experience factor. Samsung because holy guacamole.

Group D. Poor Kabum....NWS and Alliance probably, but Cloud Nine could take on Alliance, Hai can likely pull even with Froggen, since they both love the roams. I don't think Froggen will roll over him, but thats what'll decide the match, definitely.

[Last Sinner]

Reveal show for anyone that wants to see it.

[Mach56gs]

Came up with a nickname for Group B:

"Animal House"or "The Zoo", because:

CandyPanda, WildTrutle, Puppy(Uzi) and Jay. All animals!

If only Jay was an ADC it would be super funny... :/

[IceHism]

yay clg not relegated. Reverse all-kill too good.
It must be the other curse curse. win 2-0 for false hope, then lose 2-3.

groups predictions
A: SSW, EDG
B: SHRC, TSM
C: SSB, OMG
D: NJWS, ALL

[MrTerrorist]

So how does anyone feel about this?

League Of Legends Just Destroyed Its Lore, Will Start Over

Meanwhile...

Mod Is Bringing League Of Legends To DOTA 2

[Kreceir]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

So how does anyone feel about this?

League Of Legends Just Destroyed Its Lore, Will Start Over
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Kinda feel Meh

Though, I'm quite qurious on how the new lore will present.
Specially with the factions/Places(?) that LoL has.

[Mach56gs]

As a lore junkie, I was originally irritated.

Now I'm apprehensive. It better be something good, not just two champions locking blades and everyone confined to their own region and some simple finished story.

The old lore gave an excuse for Nasus and Maokai to interact, no matter how trivial it could have been, the two "champions" acknowledged each other.

The new lore.... I don't know. Everyone seems absorbed in their own squabbles that Garen could care less what happens in Piltover or BilgeWater since he's cheifly going to be squabbling with Noxus, you know? We lose a part of their perspective.

Making it an open world I feel ultimately narrows story-lines. Which is a relief that we can finally hear the end of those stories, but as I said, the storylines may end up making the champions blind to the world around them. It has potential, if its done right it could be amazing. So I have hope.

Also poor Kassadin, now he has to go around 24/7 fighting every Void Champion without a League to keep them in line.

[frivolity]

As a writer of LoL fanfiction, I too dislike the direction that Riot has chosen to take with the retcon removing the Institute of Justice. I've played DotA for over 10 years but always found it difficult to write a good fic for it because its heroes' lore is mostly disjointed without a unifying theme to keep them together. The lore for LoL champions, on the other hand, used to be bound together because their backstories all led to the common decision to join the League of Legends.

Riot's reasoning is that the IoW heavily restricted the storylines that could occur because all conflict would simply be funneled to the IoW and the all-powerful summoners would prevent fights from occurring. Riot claims that they want the lore to be character-driven rather than event-driven, and that the IoW detracts from that goal.

In my view, Riot's argument is incorrect. Human history is rife with records of the rise and fall of supreme institutions, and some of the richest examples of literature make use of that exact same theme. Greek theatre is full of heroes determined to challenge the establishment and/or the Greek gods. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar involves an intricate plot to take down a dictator. The ending of George Orwell's Animal Farm made the observation that regardless of the system being used, the common thread in governance is that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. In Asian literature, the Sengoku period in Japan and the Three Kingdoms era in China feature some of the most-well known characters in Asian history, and both started out because the emperors of both countries had grown weak through decades of decadence.

When it comes to real life, we have recently started to see how fragile the framework of international law actually is since it relies on each state mutually agreeing to subject itself to the authority of international institutions. When a state is too powerful for the institution to impose any serious ramifications on it, the result will be the wars that we see today in various parts of the world.

Imagine all the possibilities that Riot could have gone with the IoW, taking inspirations from any of the above:

• Greek theatre: A faction wanting the summoners' powers for themselves, going off on a killing spree to eliminate the summoners one by one.
• Animal Farm: The leader of the summoners becomes overly power-hungry and tries to make himself dictator over Valoran.
• Three Kingdoms: The source of the summoners' powers was cut off, causing the IoW to be greatly weakened. On the surface, the states continue to subject themselves to the IoW's decisions, but each of them are plotting away backstage to further their own interests. Noxus, Piltover, and Demacia somewhat loosely fit the Wei, Shu, and Wu states respectively.

[Kreceir]

@Frivolity

What kind of LoL Fanfiction do you do?
Is it Naughty ones

Or the ones with an [OC] Summoner/Champion

I remember reading a few LoL fanfiction/novel(?)
dunno where though/

A-Ahem...

So with this Lore reboot, do they mean like the Runeterra lore / Journal of Justice
or also Champion lore?

[Kotohono]

Originally Posted by Kreceir

So with this Lore reboot, do they mean like the Runeterra lore / Journal of Justice or also Champion lore?

Runeterra lore, since the IoW has been declared non-canon basically.

Champion Lore will remain similar mostly, though those heavily dealing with IoW in their lore may change some ie brand/noct/fiddle from what riot said.

And personally I don't think there is anything wrong with gameplay and lore not being directly connected to each other especially for a PVP game, I mean look at MTG and how it's lore and gameplay have been disconnected and how it allowed them to do lore.

Spoiler for Spring Promo games day 1 & 2:

I was really happy to see CLG pull thru to make it back in, I would have been sad if they didn't since I like them as a team. And EG got thru again without dropping a game they've really got better as a team now that they've gotten more use to Altec I feel.

And I was honestly surprised that Gambit made it back since they've looked a shadow of their former selves since Alex Ichi left.

[Hooves]

It still feels weird when you have Sona, Poppy, etc saying "summoner" when we don't exist anymore.

[Skane]

Soooo... what's the current reason for champions to team up and beat the crud out of each other in Summoner's Rift now?

Eh?