WriterRiotPls

WriterRiotPls



04 Sep

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Originally posted by patmax17

Yeah, ok, maybe stories are an exception here, fair point. Thinking of it, the marvel comics also weren't tied to skins, hmm

Why a project gets made is definitely not purely determined (nor gated by) whether it’s attached to something that generates revenue. :-) Any project gets approved based on many different criteria. The questions of should we make it, when should we make it, how should we make it, are asked against several factors, with a focus on delivering player value as a primary focus.


29 Aug

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Originally posted by 00Koch00

Hey! Thanks for the love, but a bit of correction: we name Little Legends as a group, w lots of folks pitching names. Hence, “contributing” in my tweet. Choncc in particular I remember was strongly championed by Riot LoveStrut (and the group all loved that name!)


01 Aug


27 Jul

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Originally posted by zepherys713

Weird question, but is Riot Jag working on a new champion right now or should we expect a champion made by him in the near future (1 year or so). I hope that it's not confidential. (If he is working on the new marksman it would be great)

I don't know everyone's summoner names ;

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Originally posted by noshirdalal

I’m gonna let the writers take that one. Maybe u/WriterRiotPls will have some insights for us? I don’t want to speak out of turn - especially seeing as I’ve been wrong at least once already! 😅

Haha no worries Noshir!

Twocoats is a known name for Tahm Kench, but Yone's mission to seal demons includes learning and seeing their True Name, which he can do through observation and also combat.


26 Jul

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Originally posted by RngNick

How is decided who is gonna be project lead of xyz champ or rework? Who has final word about given project? Is it more like democracy or does project lead has final word? Also how do riot designers deal with things like community largely hating their designs like when it comes to Bradford 'CertainlyT' Wenban? Now about CertainlyT, was there some influence from his side or interaction ( or how to say it... ) when it came to Yone's desing since Yone was based on Yasuo which was his own project?

We talk about Yone's development a bit here: https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/dev/champion-insights-yone/

Writers, designers, and artists get assigned (and also pitch concepts) based on many different factors, from availability, to their requesting to be on projects, to the fit of their strengths / skill set for the project, etc. etc.

RE: "deal with things the community hates", remember: what some players (and subreddits :P) love, someone in the world will despise. We strongly take player sentiment into consideration, but that means all our players. We also evaluate a design's success based on additional metrics of craft and its impact on the game as a wh...

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Originally posted by noshirdalal

OHHHHHHH AND I’M WRONG AGAIN! Hahaha! Thanks for letting us know!

We had so many lines in so many different game and cinematic contexts, for you and so many made up words, I was constantly impressed how natural and familiar and GOOD you made them all sound!

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Haoliners also did the Star Guardians cinematic. :-)

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EndlessPillows did an incredible job designing a kit that captures this! He’s one of the most lore/character focused designers I’ve worked with and always draws inspo from a character’s truths, personality, and motivations and then makes them read in gameplay in a way that blows me away.

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Writer here: it is indeed the demon’s name. Glad folks liked the word, and really, Noshir (voice actor) just crushed its delivery here and made it so badass.

In game, Yone’s “Ionian” lines were largely contained to his Q to mirror Yasuo, since they both know moves and techniques from the same wind school. Because Yone’s ult draws from his new demon mask powers, we ended up cutting the Ionian callouts to make room for other lines.

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Originally posted by noshirdalal

Hey there - Yone's VA. Like you said, learning an Azakana's name is how Yone can conquer a demon, but I'm not sure Kuro'sagol is actually this Azakana's name... I could be totally wrong, but I think that was included in my script when recording for the game, and I didn't have a lot of those... I don't remember having a list of names I have to utter for every demon Yone kills. Which is why I'm pretty sure I remember this being a kiai - the battle cry he shouts when he does this move. But I could be totally wrong! I'll look into it and get back to you!

Writer here: sorry to be the rain on the parade, but that is indeed the name of the Azakana. 😅

In writing his in game Vo, during early exploration, we had considered him calling out various azakana names when he had a kill, but it didn’t make it in since it would be difficult to execute in a way that read well. (It’s hard to have a quiet moment for a mask to float from a dead body to him etc)

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Originally posted by Raichuqt

Perhaps you are right about it being a Morin Khuur. I am no expert is Asian instruments, that is certain. And you are definitely correct about the body, it doesn't have the same base as an erhu or the double string. But Yone is also playing it with his sword so some imagination helps. I think it definitely sounds like an Erhu though. I will look into the Morin Khuur!

It’s a Morin Khuur in recording I believe! (Though in world, the instrument he plays is a fantasy Ionian one that’s somewhere between Erhu and Morin Khuur in range)

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Originally posted by Raichuqt

Hey all, there's a music theory reason why these melodies work together and have a creepy, wandering, or sad sound. They're both in the key of G minor.

The notes in the G minor scale are:

G, A, Bb, C, D, Eb, F (F#), G

Their melodies follow the following pitch outlines:

Yone - Starts on an upper G and slowly descends. Instrument sounds like an Erhu, common in Chinese orchestras.

High G, Eb, D, C, Bb, A. There is no low G present at the end of his melody but if you listen to it enough times your ear can hear that that's where the melody wants to go next. It's the resolution.

Yasuo - Starts on low D, jumps up to the G and wanders around that area a bit with some pitch bends. Pitch bends are a common playing technique in Asian flute playing. Sounds like a shakuhachi flute.

D, G, A, G, A, Bb, A, G. This melody plays around with pitch bends on the A and Bb note. This is important as the Bb is one of the notes in the scale that...

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Riot composers are so good. ❤️


25 Jul

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Originally posted by ToxicNAPoro

innocents

yuumi..

idk about that one.

pretty sure you can slay that demon.

As a Yuumi main... you right.

(Glad folks are enjoying his VO and story! Writing him was so fun.)


24 Jul

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Originally posted by Echoesong

If you're able to, would you be able to expand on the DNA/jam approach to champ design? From what you said it sounds like designers, artists, and writers come together to brainstorm some stuff and some of it makes it off the cutting room floor. That kind of design process is really neat/appealing to me, I'd love to learn more.

Each champion pod starts with three members (plus the producer): a Gameplay designer, a Narrative writer, and a concept Artist. Early meetings explore who the champion could be, and those early conversations result in really quick iteration on ideas and explorations of possibilities.

An artist will do concept sketches, the writer creates microfiction story sketches, and the gameplay designer will test out variations on initial kit explorations. We really start to figure out what the core voice, themes, and feel of the champion will be!

I could go on much longer about the process, but for now I'll say as the champ continues to develop, more folks are brought onboard the champion pod, from sound designers to engineers to tech artists to animators to so many more disciplines. It's really an incredible process.

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Originally posted by moody_P

which eminem diss track would you say best describes yone?

yes

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Originally posted by Cashmiir

Shots fired /u/WriterRiotPls

...why you gotta call me out like this

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Originally posted by Wynaut_Wobbuffet

Please stop doing CGI "anime", it's disgusting to look at. I get that it's easier and budget friendly but it's unwatchable.

lol