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no nasus buff?
The Nasus buff ended up getting pulled during PBE
no nasus buff?
The Nasus buff ended up getting pulled during PBE
I can't wait to ult Jhin players with 4 balls
Seems fair
another year missing riv, peeposad
He's fully on VALORANT now AFAIK
TRADE PASTRYTIME FOR HYSTERICS!
I know we're both Australian but I don't think it works that way
Here we go. It's the annual Praise a caster while insulting the others thread
Every year I wonder if maybe this time it'll be different and then next year I wonder the same.
At least we can trust C9 to make it out of groups.
Can Markz stay for more than just play-ins please
I hope so he's GOATED.
Meanwhile PastryTime again used...
I don't wanna badmouth him but he has so many things that need improvement compared to a lot of other casters. Really not a fan of his casting.
I feel like posting a vague obviously negative open ended comment and following up with "[But] I don't wanna badmouth him..." is basically you doing exactly that.
Happy to field your constructive criticism here or in a DM. We all know we're not perfect.
Also important to note that not enjoying someone's casting style is not the same thing as them not being strong enough to cast at this level and as everyone always notes this time of year, slots esp at pbp are extremely limited.
Good people will always miss out sadly.
As a dev, I am watching this thread with great interest and a bag of popcorn.
Read moreI don't think what the other thread is talking about is pocket picks. Pocket picks are definitely still around and show up often. So yes, you're right iconic picks are still around but I think you misunderstand what people mean when they talk about these signature champions of old.
I guess it's hard to relay this to someone who wasn't around in 2012.
Let me use an example. Blitzcrank and Madlife.
Blitzcrank was not a meta champion. Not even close. But against Madlife, Blitzcrank was banned every. single. game. The few times it wasn't banned he was completely smurfing to an insane level.
Blitzcrank was not a "pocket pick" for Madlife. It was way beyond that. Madlife was synonymous with Blitzcrank.
Something like Finn's Kled is a pocket pick. It shows up in the right situations, but no one is completely permabanning Kled every single time Finn is in a game.
With players Froggen, Madlife, Hotshot, the entire discussion b...
Madlife Blitz is overselling it a bit.
I remember when they got 3-0'd in finals and in the post-game interview, the winner said something like, "Yeah, I knew in game 3 they'd try to do something wilder, like Madlife picking Blitzcrank."
They had left it up all series. It clearly wasn't something they were afraid of. Madlife picked it in game 3 and still lost.
Still his pocket pick, though. The crowd cheered when he locked it in.
MonkeyKing still haunts us to this day
too true...
Yes!! Looks so good!!
Haha those character names. I want to say most of those old names for characters that have been in the game since the early seasons are still around in the files somewhere, but have been cleaned up in most cases.
I honestly just want to say thank you to all of you for an AMAZING book. I loved every page, all of you are awesome.
Huzzah!
Hi, Ant. I came to this book for Kalista but was amazed by your expansion on Ryze. May I ask if his entire story arc, mainly his connection with Grael, determined back when he was reworked or did you come up with it while writing the book? What thoughts did you have about him while writing?
His development here was pretty much new stuff for the book - it felt right for him. It was really enjoyable getting to see him (and many of the other characters) in a much earlier era, when he had a very different outlook on the world.
Any plans to write the whole shurima history?
I mean, I'd love to. I really enjoyed fleshing out a tiny bit of Renekton/Nasus's backstory, some years back, as well the really small amount of work I got to do around Azir's story, and what it all could mean going forward for Sivir, etc. Maybe one day!
When starting a novel, you need to do a lot of research... So I was wondering (especially since Riot has so many lore existing IP's launching at disjointed times) how much of the world was revealed to you before starting the project? Is there a giant lore lexicon somewhere in Riot that you can refer to when talking about characters? There was a lot of unexpected lore drops we got (Like clan Ferros interaction and some Bhuru stuff!) and it all seemed to flow cohesively in the universe.
I guess it's easier since this is hundreds of years before contemporary timeline, but how difficult was it making sure that research aligned with what's current?
Thanks again for all your work and best wishes!
Well, I've been working at Riot on the narrative/lore/worldbuilding side of things since 2014, which certainly made this easier. Had I been an outside writer, I would have needed to lean really hard on my editor (or rather, even harder) to make sure things were lining up, to give me 'insider' info on the world and champs, spent considerable time doing my research, etc.
Read moreMy other questions are;
- Promotion; were you considering making a Human Kalista or Hecarim skins to come out together with King Viego? Was there any chance they were supposed to come out with the book as a free extra for purchasing it?
- Illustrations; was there any more planned illustrations? Especially since the trailer contains some not present in the book etc..
- Story; was Hecarim's horse a mare or stallion? >! was the one from the start of the book the one that merges with him?!<
- The Ruined King game; I'm a bit sad we didn't get any Vesani mention in the novel, since they were so important in the book, was it intentional?
- How long have Viego and Isolde been married? 1 year, more or less?
- Were Vennix and Jenda'kaya a thing? 👉👈❤️
- Sorry, I want to ask more questions... I know you already said you wanted to add Vlad but couldn't fit him in the narrative, but were you considering ad...
Hey there, sorry you missed the live AMA, but I wanted to jump in and give you some answers. I'll answer the ones that are my department:
I did consider giving his steed a name and bit of its own 'history/mythology' (like Bucephalus, Alexander the Great's horse). If it was more Hecarim's story, I might have explored that, but I felt it would have been a bit too much of a tangent off Kalista's story. Also, I'm not sure Hecarim is the person who would have love for an individual horse - I could see him viewing them as just a tool for him, and not having any real affection for them, just wanting a well-trained, big, aggressive warhorse, but not really caring which one it was, so long as it served his needs. (Though I did joke at one point that the man's name could be "Hec" and the steed "Arim", so when they get spiritually merged, it forms the full name).
Partly due to the timing of things. I wrote the first draft...
Hello! I loved the book a lot!
My biggest question, I wanted to ask for a while is; was it intended to so heavily hint that Viego may have BPD? His behavior checks pretty much all the boxes, and people who have it, just feel like he's so BPD-coded too, I was wondering if it was the intention or just something accidental? Is it okay to assume he has BPD?
Hey there,
I can't speak for the League champ team, who did the heavy lifting on developing Viego's personality, so I'm genuinely unsure. From my side of things, I didn't consciously say "yeah, this guy has BPD" - but did pinpoint many of the typically associated behaviours and traits as things I wanted to portray in my depiction of him in the book.
u/Primordial_Ant Not really a question, just wanted to say that I loved your 40K work!
Ha! Thank you!