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18 Sep

We’re the Books team at Riot Games - AUA about RUINATION and League lore!

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Originally posted by tossingbeavers

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.

We’re the Books team at Riot Games - AUA about RUINATION and League lore!

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Originally posted by Papuchochoe

My other questions are;

  1. 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?
  2. Illustrations; was there any more planned illustrations? Especially since the trailer contains some not present in the book etc..
  3. Story; was Hecarim's horse a mare or stallion? >! was the one from the start of the book the one that merges with him?!<
  4. 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?
  5. How long have Viego and Isolde been married? 1 year, more or less?
  6. Were Vennix and Jenda'kaya a thing? 👉👈❤️
  7. 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...
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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:

  1. 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).

  2. Partly due to the timing of things. I wrote the first draft...

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We’re the Books team at Riot Games - AUA about RUINATION and League lore!

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Originally posted by Papuchochoe

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.

We’re the Books team at Riot Games - AUA about RUINATION and League lore!

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Originally posted by CocaineNinja

u/Primordial_Ant Not really a question, just wanted to say that I loved your 40K work!

Ha! Thank you!

We’re the Books team at Riot Games - AUA about RUINATION and League lore!

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Originally posted by Antergaton

Literally did this while I was sleeping, sad times. Good reading through the comments and questions though, thanks for your time.

Sorry 'bout that! We (the folks doing the AMA) are in different time zones ourselves, so it wasn't really possible to find a time that worked everywhere. Hopefully in future we can vary the time to let folks from different parts of the world participate.

Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

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Originally posted by Saviorofsong2

He is an extremely privildged elitist person "dont wait till its too late" yeah, most people DO NOT get enough money to be able to take 12 weeks off and check themself into a mental health school then still have their job waiting for them with 6 digit salaries.

This guy doesnt even realize how much better he has it than 99.9% of the people and comes off as a rich douche

I'd appreciate if you read all my comments in this thread.

I also think I have clearly outlined how lucky I am to be able to have done this, I used the words privileged and lucky in my post. If you wanna hate so be it, but don't you dare attack my understanding of my position and country. If I wasn't in Germany, I could not have gone through the treatment or afforded it.


17 Sep

Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

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Originally posted by TheFirstMonky

It's nice to see succesful people talking about these topics. I have to admit that I used to think that these statements were dishonest when it comes to succesful people because I didn't think they could need it, but now I understand that these things can happen to anyone, and I'm also glad that after +20 years of being a mess I finally decided to look for professional help. As long as you're still here, it's never too late to look for help.

I'm so so so happy to see this comment and this level of self reflection. You're comment is respectful, polite and shows real personal growth in understanding the topic.

I'm proud of you for seeking help and I am even happier we can both share our small stories here together, it's how we can all play a role in meaningful change.

Professional success, fame, money, none of that sh*t matters when it comes to mental health. Every single person can and does struggle with things in life.

Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

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Originally posted by Thoronris

I was in a psychiatric clinic for 7 months in 2018. When I was told I had to be an inpatient because of the severeness of my problems, I was scared as well. But I took the leap of faith and decided to go and it was the best decision of my life. I firmly believe that the right professionals can help so many of us, and I am always happy to see public figures come out and talk about it, because it makes it easier for everyone to seek similar help.

Thank you for sharing. It's terrifying at first, but when you get through the first big downswing and discomfort the world starts to seem brighter and I felt more capable of dealing with things

Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

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Originally posted by Umarill

Thank you for the advice, I'm open to trying stuff (I'm at 8 different drugs tried), I just have social anxiety and what they offered me is mostly in group with other people so that's why I've been shaky about it, but I think I will build up the courage to try it.

Group therapy was super super hard at first, but I had a major major breakthrough sharing my story and seeing their reaction which helped me understand how certain things from growing up in South Africa had been repressed. I could only confront them after seeing other patients basically break down crying heading my story, and I was like "wtf I don't even feel that way" I went to 1on1 after that and broke down hard because I began to realise how much I'd packaged away and compartmentalized. I don't think I'd have learned it quickly enough without seeing other people in a group.

Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

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Originally posted by Cerinthus2

I'm enrolled in a special course to learn about myself, not assigned to a mental health clinic.

I've quoted this to half a dozen people and it's not even noon. What a fantastic way to put it.

Haha I'm so glad to hear that. It's my job to frame things in a way that people may enjoy or connect to, so I applied the same logic to my in patient stay at a day clinic and frame it for myself friends and family in a slightly more approachable way.

Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

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Originally posted by KosViik

Ohey there QS! You have become my favourite caster ever since the first time I heard you at Worlds-3. Even when I stopped following LoL Esports due to lack of interest, I always found time to check in whenever you were on. Your energy has always been something out of this world. I'm really happy to hear good news from you.

There's just one question we need answered:

How are you feeling? :)

All things considered very good, and this thread, your comment and everyone that has contributed. It's boosted my mood immensely!

My missus and I are dealing with covid at the moment, but we're doing just fine and both happy emotional at this article and the response.

Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

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Originally posted by tmcohen

Must be nice to have work let you take 6 months off :(

"let" is a strong word, I'm fortunate employment law in Germany protects me, not everyone has German healthcare at their back! I know that for sure.

Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

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Originally posted by Hyroto88

The weak fall.

You failed at being edgy, your comment is weak and it's got me grinning at how pathetic this attempt was.

Move along. We don't need or want your kind here.

I'm only commenting for the upvotes for me, and down votes for you.

Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

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Originally posted by PhAnToM444

Well he did it himself, he wasn’t involuntarily committed

Correct on both fronts. It was voluntary, but at the point emergency hospital psychological staff "very strongly recommended it" I wasn't far from it being involuntary so felt the urgency and had the desire to opt into this type of program

Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

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Originally posted by K4ntum

Trust me, as someone struggling with his own issues, it always helps to see public figures you like opening up. Makes one feel less alone and lowers the stigma as you said. Might be 2022 but it still isn't easy to talk about these things.

Glad to see you back and hoping you keep getting better and better!

Stick with it, I'm not there with you directly, but we're walking in parallel down the same therapy path. We can get stronger and more resilient to deal with whatever lays ahead.

Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

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Originally posted by Akos_D_Fjoal

Love the positive framing and adjusting your own lens to view the experience in such a novel way. I'm definitely going to pass it along if that's ok with you.

Please do, and explore the notion in a way that makes sense with whomever you're talking to. I found joy in this approach and also found it easier to communicate

Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

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Originally posted by zmsp

As a healthcare professional (not a psychiatrist), I'd like to add something on the topic, for anyone to whom it might interest:

People's awareness towards mental health issues has increased a lot over the past few years, and that's tremendously positive, but that has also lead to some new problems: A lot of the emotions we feel towards certain aspects of our daily lives are not synonym with illness, but we experience them all the same. They're healthy mechanisms.

Feeling down is not the same as having a depression. Feeling anxious is not the same as having anxiety disorder. Feeling stressed is not the same as burnout.

Why is this important to remember? Well, it's unquestionably better to have mild symptoms that don't fit the criteria for a disease and seek out help, in order to sort things out or to prevent those feelings from escalating into something serious. What's a lot scarier is the opposite: people like influencers or famous personalities, or even ...

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What an exceptional post. Thank you so much for sharing.

Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

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Originally posted by abbreviatedmeatchap

So just to clarify, you were committed to a mental health facility

Yup. It's called the mental health institute in Berlin.

Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

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Originally posted by CuteTao

"quickshot is taking some time off"

So hard.

Totally understand where you're coming from, and frankly I wasn't willing or able to make any statement.

If fans inferred anything with or without my comment, that's not on me. I made calls that mattered to me first, and I wouldn't have done it any different looking back. If anyone commented on my leave without my blessing that wouldn't be right either, so all my friends and colleagues supported me in private where I needed it most.

Quickshot on his disappearance from LEC last year: “I spent 12 weeks in a mental health 'high school' (...) I learned more about myself in those 12 weeks than I have in the 34 years of life leading up to it.” and a message for others: "Don't wait until it's too late. Don't wait as long as I did"

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Originally posted by tvr_god

Hi Quickshot, is there any way I could reach you with a private question? I am sorry this is just out of the blue but was just curios, I have always admired you and wanted to ask something

Shoot me a DM 😜 I'll try to reply if I'm able!




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