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I didn't want to sleep tonight anyway.
I didn't want to sleep tonight anyway.
well we saw his run in the update in January, his demon hands come out and he kinda runs on all sixes* flailing around
Edit: Rioter correction*
Its not all fours. It's all sixes.
Please don't turn my only safe heaven into a TPP Outlast.
TPP Outlast
I don't know much about TPP Outlast, but my country feels like everyone is playing a game called "TP: Outlast" (thanks to COVID19)
Is the surprise party fiddles skin going to keep it's silliness or are we in for... A surprise?
I don't know! Sorry, I work on the security team. I commented on this thread because it's the first I saw of the trailer (and promptly bricked my pants)
Well of course, Path of Exile will release their new league.
I've been tempted to try that, but the barrier to entry seems really high in terms of gameplay complexity
EDIT: It never ceases to amaze me how welcoming the League community can be sometimes, especially with new games. Thank you to all the respondents! I'm passing these resources onto other Rioters that may be interested in getting into PoE.
like cyber security type stuff?
yes
There is delicious irony in seeing a Rioter discouraged by a burden of knowledge barrier to entry in another game...
Eh, I've played League since season 2, so you can understand why my viewpoint might be distorted :)
From my perspective it's much easier to get into LoL than it is PoE, but that's mostly b/c the first thing I do when I look at any game like PoE is look at the talent tree and PoE's talent system is kinda insane.
Leagues barrier to entry isn't as high as it used to be, but I agree it, like PoE, are not the most approachable games for someone completely green to the genre. There's also something to be said for age.. When I started playing League, I was 17, I was still in school and I could literally play nothing but games from sunrise til sundown.
These days I have much less tolerance for grinding or for high barriers to entry, so while I am now onboarded onto League, I don't think I could personally do that again for a different game
Does that mean you're not buff af?
I'm not, but there are plenty of security folks in my team who are swole.
I'm just your garden variety 7/10 previously skinny nerd who now has puppy fat from too much pizza.
Don't pay attention to it, I've been playing for 6 months and barely know what I'm doing
Its pretty fun anyway
I just can't do that :( I'm the kind of person who minmaxes. When I was playing WoW, I would play specs that were mathematically the best even if I didn't enjoy them.
One of the reasons I don't play WoW now is because Sub rogue is bad in PvE, even if I enjoy it; I hate feeling like a burden for the people I am playing with.
I wouldn't let that discourage you. If you enjoyed Diablo 2, then PoE is the spiritual successor to it and it would be a disservice to yourself to not try it. I would echo what u/Laue said and follow a build guide. Follow guides and try to find what play style you like the most. There's so much build variety that it's a truly creative experience. This update is introducing a large component to increase build creativity/variety.
I played a bit of Diablo 3, but honestly stopped playing it because it's not a fun game for me when single player and I didn't know anyone who actually played it this side of the Atlantic
Do you guys use Splunk for your SIEM?
I'm not sure I can really disclose information like that, sorry!
Wait, like are you a security guard at the Riot HQ who got a Riot account?
If so, that's pretty cool cause you can tase the balance team into making your champs super strong :)
No, I work in Application Security.
I've been trying to convince them to buff Orianna for, uh, security reasons, but they're wise to my tricks.
Holy shit this is frightening. How are they going to make Surprise Party Fid as terrifying as this?
ps: Riot make a horror game?
Fun fact - when we were first concepting this video we batted around the idea of making it a VR experience instead of a video. We just ended up not having enough time.
Do you guys hire often?
Yes, we're hiring right now, although I am not sure how COVID-19 will factor into things.
Blessed be thy internet guardians whomst have been touched by the hand of Brodin. As they protect League so too shall He protect them on the path to Swolehalla.
I'm going to print this off and put it on my managers desk (he is a strongman)
The barrier to entry to play the game and then excel at the game is what you probably don't understand.
In LoL you have a RTS style driven character hero with 4 buttons max and a list of recipes you can buy, with this information you can play the game.
In PoE you have an ARPG style driven character hero with skills that are given to you through the campaign to kill enemies with, with this information you can play the game.
In LoL you have nearing 200 champions all with unique move sets and synergies that are modified by builds, runes and team strategies that ramp complexity into infinity. Subtle metagame details like split pushing and when to ward etc all added on to that pile, learning this stuff makes you excel at the game eventually.
In PoE you have a pretty massive library of player agency - the tree, amount of uniques / items, ascendancies etc will all give you the power to do whatever it is you want to do that can make you excel at the game. The knowledge you get of how certain mechanics work together build you the ability to create your own stuff based on that experience, learning what you like from your experience makes you excel at the game eventually.
They are about the same curve in terms of barrier for entry, but after playing both games for nearly 10 years now, I would say LoL is more challenging overall, because no matter how much you understand the game - you can still improve. In PoE all you're doing is killing bosses and clearing maps, your success is binary - you are doing it or you aren't.
I would definitely agree that LoL has a very high skill ceiling
All I'm thinking now is of that meme with the one skinny nerd asking a question on his laptop online, and 3 buff dudes are replying to him and giving advice lol
That is actually exactly what talking to the rest of InfoSec is like. There are many swolebros and swolettes.
What's it like working on riot's cyber sec team?
What do you want to know?
I really enjoy it.
The rest of the information security team are some of the most talented and humble individuals I have ever had the pleasure of working with.
Information security presents interesting problems, particularly at Riot which has somewhat resisted top-down direction leadership when it comes to engineering. That's not to say there is none, but the fragmented nature of Riot (I am in Dublin, lots of engineers are in LA) makes it very interesting to effect change across the entire organization.
When something's really bad, my team has the nuclear option to enforce people do things, but we would really rather not do that.
This makes anything I build have to stand on its own merits and I have to be able to convince other engineers of its value.
riotgames.com refused to connect
RIP.
My bad! Apparently we don't have a riotgames.com to www.riotgames.com redirect; I'll raise that up!
we've been over this, padlocking your laptop isnt cyber security
Spilling coffee on it is something I have done a few times now and it is perfect for security. It's not vulnerable if it's reduced to a very expensive paperweight with stickers on.
That's exactly what I was looking for - I'm a software dev with cyber security experience, Riot and games in general sound like they'd have interesting problems to solve so was curious how you found it.
Thanks for giving me such a detailed answer :)
No problem! If you have more questions you can ask them here, DM me on reddit and I am also accessible on Keybase
Buff fingers
Certainly having issues fitting my new ring on them for sure.
What certifications does Riot, and the security team, value the most? I have my bachelors in Cyber Security and working on getting my Network+ and Security+ certs now.
Uh, well, I don't have a degree and the only formal certification I have I gained after I joined Riot, so I'm not the best person to ask.
In general, we're looking for someone who has a good head on their shoulders (i.e, is pleasant to work with), demonstrates an ability to admit when they are wrong and is an effective communicator. In general, security is a people problem that is solved with some tech rather than a tech problem solved with some socializing.
On top of that, you'll want knowledge in your field. So, if you're going into application security, being a software engineer or having strong knowledge of application security vulnerabilities would be a really big plus.
It sounds like your certifications are the 'right' ones, but my perception is that we care more about how you employ the knowledge you gained attaining those certs rather than the certs themselves (to an extent - Immigration laws can be complicated without the correct qualifications, but as long as you're not trying to emigrate you should be fine on that front).
I appreciate taking the time to respond. I’ve always been told by professors that certifications are key and that my degree is more formalities (i.e able to learn other fields).
Is the LA office the office your team is located in? I’m in St. Louis and know there’s an office here but wasn’t sure if it’s more used as a networking hub sort of speak.
So, my team, application security, is actually based out of both Dublin and LA. There are security folk in most offices, though, including St Louis I believe.
I don't doubt that certifications are important, I just don't have any, but I had prior work experience to joining Riot so perhaps that's the difference?
What other security teams does Riot employ if you don’t mind me asking?
Off the top of my head (sorry if I leave anyone out) we have:
lol f**k that's too real, dawg
if i keep saying i'm 7/10 people on the internet will believe me
Y’all been getting a crap load of phishing scams like my company?
This feels like something someone who was sending phishing emails would ask
hey I'm studying that, what do you do most days?
Depends on the day. I personally go between reviewing things we are releasing (games, yes, but also software like new web services), chasing up existing web vulnerabilities or building software that engineers either use or is inserted into the pipeline to protect them by default.
Thanks again for replying! Hopefully after some more experience in the networking/security space, St. Louis’ office will have a spot open. Thanks again for taking time to educate me
No problem. Riot will pay for your relocation to the office you're needed if you are open to it, just FYI.
Congrats on being reddits new fav rioter
I don't think that's quite true. I would not take that crown from the Cactopus himself.
Many would say that but im happy to give you my tinfoil crown.
Nice, I can wear it to keep alien raybeams out of my brain
is he braum irl?
We used Braum iconography in our team a lot!
Do you guys have a timetable for the Voli rework?
Yes, but not gonna tell. :D
When are we getting Star Guardian Urgot?
Never?
YOU LIED TO ME EARTH SLUG, PAJAMA COUNTS
You say lie I say hinted at yes with my question mark.