Sion VU/Rework and LIVE ACTION FILM

You Taste Purple·Jul 21, 2014·1 votes·2,488 views

So guys when will we get to see this live action film for the Sion VU? I mean with how long this has been taking and the amount of "re prioritizing" that has gone on in the last few years as far as that goes I feel that is what we should be able to await.

"Riots Live action Sion film: Featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Cruise, And the evasive Bruce Lee making a glorious comeback for this live action film. Riot was willing to poor so much time and money into the Sion project that they found a way to bring the dead....get this? BACK TO LIFE!!"

4 Comments

Emulous WombatJul 21, 20141 votes

Riot's scope creep has steadily expanded as time has progressed, leaving massive projects like the Sion VU/GU to consume massive amounts of resources. While everyone loves cool stuff, such projects seem to delay other, smaller projects by pushing them back. Everyone was hoping for a year filled with VU's, but unfortunately we have gone from about once a month (Twitch/Karthus) to 3+ months. At what point does scope creep go from being beneficial to detrimental, with a project like Sion becoming a seeming black hole on the Art Team's plate?

RiotIronStylusJul 21, 20143 votes

ChampUP is a single team. There's no effect on the other teams at large from having a single character in the main pipeline. Sion is the same work as a completely new character so it's actually not scope dependent or out of line with standard champion development.

Rastamon GanjaJul 21, 20143 votes

Is the Sion rework being pushed back again? Because according to this:

https://support.leagueoflegends.com/entries/40116190-Champion-Update-Schedule

Sion is after Sona and now Fiora updates while the same link a month ago stated that Sion is supposed to be out after the nid update.

Emulous WombatJul 21, 20143 votes

Awesome. Thanks for clearing that up! However, your previous mentions of scope creep (such as in Cho'Gath's case) raised a question in my mind. Does scope creep inherently delay the ChampUP team, and has it ever spiraled out of control? Also, please note that I was not inferring that the Sion VU was pushing back (or interfering with) any team other than ChampUP. It just seemed as if you had far more planned towards the end of S3, such as the Great Yordle Unification Pass of 2014, much of which seems to have been pushed back. Thanks for dropping in!