Cashmiir

Originally posted by Aries_Zireael

Did you research any other West African countries for inspiration?? Or did the idea of basing K'Sante on Ghana come early in the development?

Originally posted by RiotMaxw3ll

His mana is alright. You definitely can’t waste your W, but unless you spam q AND e you probably aren’t running out.

His laning is strong. Not top class early game champ but can definitely fight you and trade effectively. With his ult, he can definitely turn around a 1v2 if the enemy doesn’t respect the angles of the knockback

Originally posted by TabaCh1

what is the asian group called? how many groups are there?

Originally posted by Hellioning

I appreciate Riot having RIGs for their minorities, but did you really need to name them Riot Noir and Rainbow Rioters?

Originally posted by IcyColdStare

That point about how all the other black characters in League are defined by their struggle is one that I've never considered. Yes, character problems drive growth and create interesting story opportunities, but that doesn't mean that's all they have to have (nor does it make the ones that do bad characters by any stretch of the imagination).

I'm an African-American kid who's grown up around stories where very rarely do people who look and talk like me get to be the protagonist or hero just because, especially in fantasy and fantasy adjacent settings. K'Sante is a well crafted and interesting character beyond the color of his skin of course, but when you add that in the first feeling I get is "See! People like you are welcome here! You've got every right to exist in this place." It may seem trite or unnecessary to some but I can't tell you how much I wish I had this type of character to identify with growing up.

Representation matters.

Originally posted by Merchyy

Kinda lame they don't show they alternative champion concepts like they used to, seeing the different "could have been" versions of champions like sett was cool

Originally posted by ahris00

updating patch notes text styling is unexpectedly nontrivial work because it involves multiple teams (at least, that’s what i thought during my time writing them). kudos to u/Riot_Riru ^_^! this is a huge win for accessibility, too!

Originally posted by OrionWingSouth

I have a question about stuff at riot. Is it okay if I DM you? No troll.

Originally posted by firewall245

Put this in the game you cowards

Originally posted by TypicalDelay

Wait...

Why is the pixellation so long in the front view???

Originally posted by PierreLuc

I want Nudyr now.

Originally posted by NocaNoha

And that Guardian Angel attack change is interesting, we are going to throw gold at people? D:

Originally posted by Riot_Riru

The health change actually got pulled from the patch but this part was left in by accident. It should be removed soon!

Originally posted by MrWedge18

They speedran the development. They did it in something like 6 months as I recall. They were only able to do that by reusing league assets.

The reason for the speedrun was people were unsure about the longevity of the genre. They wanted to get in on the hype before it died down, and they didn't want to dump resources into a game they weren't sure was going to last long.

Originally posted by Ghisteslohm

Thanks for the write up, interesting to glimpse behind the curtains.

We filmed at the end of June, so months is kinda right if you go by months but date-wise it was about a month and 2 weeks!

That seems reasonable. Phroxzon tweet made it sound like it was filmed in the beginning of the year.

When Reav3 says in the beginng "for some reason they choose me to talk about all of LoL this time" is that something that comes from Reav3 or do you carefully place each individual word onto his lips? Or is that something he chooses as introduction in step 4?

Because it sounds genuine but seems like everything is planned.

Originally posted by A_Very_Horny_Zed

A few MONTHS ago?

The yearly update was filmed a few MONTHS ago?

What?

Originally posted by BurrStreetX

A dog of sorts.

BARKIN for a Darkin

HOUNDing them about a new darkin

Throw me a BONE here

Originally posted by dance-of-exile

are you in danger? Do they have you at gunpoint? [redacted] twice if you need help

Originally posted by Hyoudou

But than why keep releasing skins for champs that are in dire need of a VU/ASU/VGU?

Originally posted by AmWhaleIRL

And they have to update everything. Model, animations, VFX, SFX, rigging, splash,

Even the Splash-Arts? Wow I had no idea ASU's were going to be THIS extensive, though I'm glad for it! I can see now why it's taking a bit.