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[KarneeKarnay]

Do you guys have champions you play, knowing you shouldn't, but are just so much fun you can't help yourself?

For me they are Garen & Leona jungle. They shouldn't work, but they do and they are stupid fun when they do. Garen does surprisingly large amounts of dmg early, but his clear isn't great. Leona brings so much cc to ganks that it get's kinda hilarious.

 

[Ken]

Do you guys have champions you play, knowing you shouldn't, but are just so much fun you can't help yourself?

For me they are Garen & Leona jungle. They shouldn't work, but they do and they are stupid fun when they do. Garen does surprisingly large amounts of dmg early, but his clear isn't great. Leona brings so much cc to ganks that it get's kinda hilarious.

teemo

 

[Wolf Akela]

Support Teemo

Support Shen before the rework.

 

[killatopak]

I play these not in meta any more but used to be stuff.

Like support fiddlesticks, jungle braum, support leb, jungle nasus, top alistar and ashe support. Just in normals though.

 

[Stone Ocean]

I'm ok with masteries but keystones need to die

 

[Nekofrog]

Going from this the last time you played your main

to this

makes my struggle to be consistent frustrating, which means i'll be in the forever plat club. i've made peace with that.

anyway, here are some highlights from that game, some funny plays, some derp crap, and some surprisingly well played teamwork from 5 randos (including a great escape that i should've died from. the flash at 2:46 was mmmfff. yes, this is the music I listen to when i play)

 

[killatopak]

I heard CL and a few FF music. ya good brah.

 

[PhillipCostigan]

good article from Polygon on Riot with interviews with Marc and Brandon

also officially 100 million players woooo!

 

[kayos90]

I've been playing a lot of games recently where the opponents are smurfing. Really ruining the experience as they troll the gameplay and the chat. It just because an obnoxious mess and causes some low quality games that aren't worth playing. And of course every single one of these matches I have lost. *sigh*.

 

[Stone Ocean]

also officially 100 million players woooo!

Dead game hehe xd

 

[Ken]

we lost to an alistar top

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[killatopak]

we lost to an alistar top

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Alistar top is amazing. Play it once to understand. I feel that it's hidden op. Just put trinity and go full tank.

 

[Leezard]

good article from Polygon on Riot with interviews with Marc and Brandon

also officially 100 million players woooo!

100 million monthly active players sure are a lot.

 

[Envelope]

Cool article

 

[clemenx]

Good stuff, really enjoyed that interview.

 

[killatopak]

good article. I now know why they sold everything to Tencent. I guess they don't want to deal with multiple shareholders.

 

[Deleted member 77995]

12 minutes in and 3 of the enemies are afk in base. Ended the game at 14:59.

Everyone needs a game like that here and there.

Some supposed diamond smurf Aurelion Sol main crushed Orianna and when Amumu and Orianna tried to gank bot they ended up dying to Cait + Morg. Of course the Amumu got salty in all chat and asked for reports on Orianna for "intentionally feeding" mid despite just a few minutes after that running out mid himself to throw himself into the fire.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

good article from Polygon on Riot with interviews with Marc and Brandon

also officially 100 million players woooo!

By the way autofill was turned on in the middle of the day, thats hard to believe ._. lol

 

[Calvero]

Going from this the last time you played your main

to this

makes my struggle to be consistent frustrating, which means i'll be in the forever plat club. i've made peace with that.

anyway, here are some highlights from that game, some funny plays, some derp crap, and some surprisingly well played teamwork from 5 randos (including a great escape that i should've died from. the flash at 2:46 was mmmfff. yes, this is the music I listen to when i play)

damn that flash was dirty as fuck

 

[Blizzard]

By the way autofill was turned on in the middle of the day, thats hard to believe ._. lol

Long games combined with massive queue times in silver were some of the reasons I left. Maybe the millions of players are in different regions or different timezones or different skill levels from me.

 

[PhillipCostigan]

Does this game count as a 1 v 1 or a 1 v 5?

 

[zkylon]

i had a dream that i had a ghost version of brandon beck show up in my bedroom and tell me a league movie was gonna happen

then the stupid alarm went off before he could tell me when

damn it

 

[NCR Redslayer]

Does this game count as a 1 v 1 or a 1 v 5?

1v4?

 

[Ghost is Bad]

Does this game count as a 1 v 1 or a 1 v 5?

1v1v8

 

[Quonny]

10AM PT and can't buy tickets.

RIOTTTTTT

 

[PhillipCostigan]

GET YOUR QUARTERFINALS TICKETS

 

[Stone Ocean]

Does this game count as a 1 v 1 or a 1 v 5?

Looks more like a 1v9 to me

 

[BreezyLimbo]

GET YOUR QUARTERFINALS TICKETS

See they use Ticketmaster for quarterfinals

But the shitty AXS for finals

No thanks

 

[PhillipCostigan]

See they use Ticketmaster for quarterfinals

But the shitty AXS for finals

No thanks

Pretty sure ticket vendor depends on the Arena, not Riot. So if the Arena where the event is taking place only uses AXS we have to go by that.

 

[Quonny]

10:10 and no chicago tix

plssss

 

[killatopak]

Does this game count as a 1 v 1 or a 1 v 5?

Full AP Sona Support and Ashe ADC with FQC. I'm surprised you won.

 

[Fracas]

Man, I want to go to quarters

But the only airport within 3 hours is a tiny regional one that would charge me like $300 for an hour-long flight. GGWP

 

[Quonny]

Welp, gonna have to give up soon.

Can't just sit here and refresh the page all day.

 

[PhillipCostigan]

Welp, gonna have to give up soon.

Can't just sit here and refresh the page all day.

I messaged NA esports people, hopefully it'll be fixed asap

hang in there!

edit: now hearing they might be sold out.

 

[kayos90]

I messaged NA esports people, hopefully it'll be fixed asap

hang in there!

edit: now hearing they might be sold out.

You were the chosen one.... Welp. Guessed you turned Vader on us.

 

[Quonny]

Cool. Constant refreshing both the TM page and the esports page and it never even popped.

Glad they're hosting the quarters in an arena that holds anywhere from 10-40% of every other arena, in a part of the country that is starved for eSporting events.

Really great.

 

[PhillipCostigan]

Cool. Constant refreshing both the TM page and the esports page and it never even popped.

Glad they're hosting the quarters in an arena that holds anywhere from 10-40% of every other arena, in a part of the country that is starved for eSporting events.

Really great.

Sorry dude, I am posting that exact feedback to esports people as we speak. I know it's been a shitty experience. Genuinely sorry

 

[Sr Kitsune]

good article from Polygon on Riot with interviews with Marc and Brandon

also officially 100 million players woooo!

Doesn't that means that over 1% of the worlds population plays League? (circa 1.36%)

That's insane, lol. Even more if you think about the amount of people with a PC and access to internet.

 

[zkylon]

Doesn't that means that over 1% of the worlds population plays League? (circa 1.36%)

That's insane, lol. Even more if you think about the amount of people with a PC and access to internet.

china is big lol

 

[jon bones]

i've enjoyed a few mobas at this point (hots, vainglory) so i think i'm ready to give lol another chance. i created an account a few years back with some code i got so have a bunch of champions owned already.

what are some newcomer friendly champions i own that i can use to learn the game? in other games i prefer support, ranged but am really open to trying anything.

 

[Stone Ocean]

i've enjoyed a few mobas at this point (hots, vainglory) so i think i'm ready to give lol another chance. i created an account a few years back with some code i got so have a bunch of champions owned already.

what are some newcomer friendly champions i own that i can use to learn the game? in other games i prefer support, ranged but am really open to trying anything.

If you wanna support with those champions, Alistar, Annie, Janna and Morgana are all decent, easy to use choices.

 

[kayos90]

Sorry dude, I am posting that exact feedback to esports people as we speak. I know it's been a shitty experience. Genuinely sorry

Honestly, this feedback should be reiterated for the ticket buying process for every single one. Finals, Semis, etc. It's been terrible.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Pretty sure ticket vendor depends on the Arena, not Riot. So if the Arena where the event is taking place only uses AXS we have to go by that.

Lame

Pretty sure most of the FInals in cali have been using AXS. Must be a california thing ._.;

I'll just cry into my Ryze and Tryndamere statues..

 

[killatopak]

almost all the champs there are user friendly except for Alistar, Ekko, Evelynn, and Zilean.

Supports are Alistar, Morgana, Annie, Janna, and Zilean (I recommend Janna and Morgana for beginners)

Ranged are Tristana, and Sivir. Either one is pretty good but I'd go with Tristana so you can have an escape tool.

 

[PhillipCostigan]

Honestly, this feedback should be reiterated for the ticket buying process for every single one. Finals, Semis, etc. It's been terrible.

I gave them that feedback, since Breezy also mentioned AXS:

We had an extremely limited quantity so they must have gone very quickly. I completely hear you @pcostigan about ticketing platforms (AXS, Ticketmaster, etc) causing player pain as of right now, we must use the ticket vendor that the venue is contracted with but we're exploring additional ticketing options for 2017.

so we're working on it. Hopefully we can find a solution.

 

[Quonny]

Sorry dude, I am posting that exact feedback to esports people as we speak. I know it's been a shitty experience. Genuinely sorry

It's just so disappointing.

I knew when the venue was announced that there was a slim chance. Then they sold out within 2 minutes. Then they announced there would be more tickets, although very limited. So I refreshed constantly, doing nothing else, for 25 minutes. Never came up.

I read the reasoning behind the venue, and it's horrible. They didn't want there to be an empty arena. The Chicago Theatre has history. It's right downtown. But they failed to take into account that Chicago never gets esporting events, and has never had any League event, ever. People here are starving for it. I have over twelve friends that would have gone, and three of them don't even play League anymore, they just want to experience this kind of event.

But they chose the Chicago Theatre. Max occupancy of 3800, which is realistically around 3000 (my aunt worked there for over 10 years). 12000 total seats in an area of more than 5 million locals within driving distance that have rarely had any esport experiences in the area, regardless of game.

I dunno. It's such a downer. I was looking forward to seeing friends I haven't seen in 4+ years. I was looking forward to the games and personalities. I was looking forward to the spectacle. And now I will probably never experience it. I'm not spending $300+ for one ticket. Chicago just doesn't get these events. I'm just so disappointed in Riot.

 

[dimb]

Whoops...I missed it.

 

[PhillipCostigan]

Sorry dude, I genuinely know how frustrating it is. I live in Ireland, so I never even had the chance to go to an esports event before I joined Riot.

I do however know that if there was an option for a bigger arena that fit their needs that they would have gone for it. They not only have to take into account the various logistical issues with regards to dates etc., but also amenities available in the nearby area and crucially the capabilities of the arena to support the broadcast, not just the live event. I know there are many EU cities that can't actually host the event because the arenas don't have the technical capabilities for the production.

I have passed on everyone's feedback here and made the esports team 100% aware of the issues.

 

[Quonny]

No, you don't understand. Now I have to spend the weekend with my wife and her friend flying in from Cali.

Truly, this is suffering. :^)

 

[PhillipCostigan]

No, you don't understand. Now I have to spend the weekend with my wife and her friend flying in from Cali.

Truly, this is suffering. :^)

...why did you want to go in the first place?