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I love the my chemical romance reference. as a scene kid in high school in the mid to late 2000's I appreciate it lmao.
I love the my chemical romance reference. as a scene kid in high school in the mid to late 2000's I appreciate it lmao.
I gocchu
Edit: each champ insights I write I make a playlist for inspiration. For Vex's a dedicated group of former (also current) emo kids at Riot helped me source songs. The result is 6.5 hours of jams from our middle school years.
Before we get bummed out by her gloomy vibes, let’s start with her origins. Vex’s gameplay development goal was to create a anti-mobility mage. Someone who fits the “let’s-make-this-Yasuo-playing-fool’s-life-miserable” playstyle. Someone gloomy.
Stop or they'll catch on and you'll put me out of a job.
Nah, but nice champ insight. She actually looks really cool!
Thanks! Her team did an amazing job on her. They made my job much easier
/u/Reav3 are you able to share Vex's placeholder name and model
It was "Shadow Yordle", and Lutz started with Little Demon Tristana as her temp model
Shipping range extension in League would have given Vandiril so much content.
Fun fact: We also briefly experimented with the inverse, where portals slowed down incoming enemy missiles to a crawl. Walking around a slow motion Ashe arrow or Miss Fortune ult was really cool, but had its own host of technical challenges.
wait we had the option for ghost sharks and it didnt happen? wth man
They exist in Legends of Runeterra!
‘Can you make a MOBA champ that doesn’t want to be a MOBA champ?’
they underestimate the number of MOBA players who don't want to be MOBA players
I'm in this comment and I like it
Ok who is the genious that added the All Time Low reference with the "Dear Vex Count me in"?
;)
Don't you also have a placeholder splashart or something like that that one of you just draws quickly and is often a masterpiece?
This breath of human experience
is that a typo and supposed to be "breadth"?
f*ck
Aaaand I just myself a new desktop background.
Big thanks to /u/riottomukus for helping make the header image for Vex (I'm big dumb with Photoshop)
Original art is by Lonewingy!
Don't you also have a placeholder splashart or something like that that one of you just draws quickly and is often a masterpiece?
Regrettably no - I wish I had some MS Paint Vex art to share, but we used her concept art as our placeholder splash for the entirety of development.
I was ready to hate Vex due how cliche (in personality) and overcharged (in kit) she -initially- looks, but the recent gameplay reveal and this insights makes me apreciate it way more. It's easy to see the care behind her. Right now, and until I start hating facing her, great job, guys!
P.D.: How feasible would be to pick her as a support? I know it's not her intended place, but artillery mages tend to like to go well there, with some of them turning it its main home.
Per Riot Axes, she's a pretty good support!
Get ready my future ADCs, I'm coming for your kills.
Thanks! Do you keep doing these?
/u/Riot_Koyuncu would know! He gave me the one for Lillia that we shared in her Champ Insights previously!
Heh, at least I haven't seen anyone else notice it. As an English major and part time proofreader, I just can't help but notice stuff like that. great Champion Insights btw.
Editing is truly my weakpoint haha. Hate it.
Thank you!
may i ask, do marks stack on the same target multiple times?
I'm actually not sure! Maybe /u/Riot_Koyuncu would know as I know his team has played her quite a bit for testing.
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Actually my bad I forgot it was a suggestion from /u/riottomukus
she also seems like she could be a good counter pick as an APC into dodge happy ADCs. maybe thats just wishful thinking but i really want to play her bot lmfao
Don't let your dreams be dreams
When are we getting the next champion roadmap?
Also, the concept and animations for the champ are SSS+ tier.
Will try her cause I love her shadow so much. Lots of her concept art would be cool champs and some of those skins.
I wonder how much her skins and legendary will alter her shadow design. That's the biggest thing I hope for.
Next roadmap should be out later this month
I saw the ATL reference right up there with the title and am now sold on this pop punk Mike school emo champ’s aesthetic. 10/10
The subtitle was the brilliant /u/riottomukus's idea. Before that I had, "It's not a phase, mom--this is who I really am!"
You could’ve combined the two! https://www.tiktok.com/@alltimelow/video/6922175465532787973
All Time Low is on TikTok? f*ck it's over for me
Excited Devs: "Hey let's make a cool new skill that interacts with every particle and projectile in the game!"
Almost 12-year-old Game Engine: "Please, no more"
Basically this lol
I'm seeing a disturbing lack of Motion City Soundtrack lol
Gimme your top tracks and I'll add em!
Well the writer is clearly an idea person and not from marketing.
Why were the shadows emoticons removed? Didn't see them in ability reaveal....
It's a bug!
would it be possible for more of these playlists to be released for other champs you made them for?
Sure! I've got my Viego one here. I actually deleted the Gwen and Akshan ones. Lemme dig up the others.
Alright, time for my middle school soundtrack to make a comeback.
From MCS, specifically, I'll recommend the following:
(L.G. FUAD). If there's just one it has to be this
One of either (Attractive Today) or (Everything is Alright). I think both fit the same vibes here.
Incidentally, these are pretty much the top 5 MCS tracks on Spotify, so I guess what I'm really saying is that high school me was a basic af emo kid :/
Finally, I won't make the assumption that you are but if you find yourself looking for additional material, I'll throw out a mention of MAE (Basically anything off The Everglow which I'm pretty sure was my most listened to album during that period of life. I went through 2 copies of the CD), and "Twin Sized Mattress" by The Front Bottoms
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Is editoral writer considered marketing? I thought it isn't... correct me if im wrong.
It is! Haha. It's a weird one. My internal title is Marketing Communications and I sit in the marketing area of the org. But I also... It's a weird thing to communicate, but I don't view my work as marketing. I'm not selling something. I'm just here to tell you the story of how it was made and the humans behind it.
I feel like Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Face Down deserves a spot.
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I feel like some players forget that if the employee is talking to them, they're part of marketing.
That's not the case actually! Any Rioter is encouraged to talk to folks if they want. But people who work outside of marketing/comms often hesitate.
I'm sure partially because they're afraid of the spice and salt. I've been playing since season 2. I live for it.
The company has gotten so big and faceless that you have to market the humanity and sell us that riot is still infact still run by humans.
It bums me out to hear you say that tbh. I think a lot of Rioters choose not to engage because they're afraid to deal with bad reactions.
For example I've been harassed and received rape and death threats for making jokes on Reddit. It's sh*tty and definitely makes people unwilling to chat. Or the constant flame about "treat women better." Which, fwiw, keep holding the company accountable. But average sound designer guy is almost certainly the sweetest person in the world and has never done a bad thing to another soul and isn't sure how to respond.
We're all humans. Riot has changed and grown, sure. But I wouldn't still be here doing this work if I didn't think the devs cared about the game and all y'all's happiness.
Kind of unrelated to everything, but thanks for writing that insight! I usually dont bother reading them, but I was pleasantly surprised to see it wasn't just some boring corporate buzz. So, thanks for a giggle or two, keep doin' what you're doin'!
Thanks for the feedback! I'm learning a lot about what y'all like and don't like in these articles so I'll be trying some new stuff for future champions!
