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Riot Direct AMA!

RiotRiot Laslow·7/31/2018, 8:37:46 PM·42 votes·22,507 views

Hey all! It's been a while since anyone from the Riot Direct Network Team reached out via the NA forums and I was inspired by my EU colleague who made a post over there, so I figured let's get one going here. There hasn't been a lot of change since 3 years ago when Riot moved the NA servers to Chicago which is another reason it's been a bit quiet from us, but figured you guys may have some questions anyway.

Things I CAN answer:

Network related questions What we do at Riot Direct Singed questions! Etc.

To set expectations, what I CAN'T answer:

Game related questions (bugs/balance/etc/etc) - I'm not a game dev, so don't bother asking me to remove Teemo (I've already been working on this for years and they ignore me :P) Player Behavior questions (unban me/why did I get chat restricted/etc) - I'm not on the PB team so I can't help there either Basically anything not Network related :D

So fire away!

EDIT: Shout out to our Lag Report tool btw. It got a lot of visibility back when it was released but wanna make sure people still know about it. https://lagreport.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/

225 Comments

Almost Creative7/31/2018, 8:40:16 PM21 votes

So...what exactly do you guys do?

Int Like Rickon7/31/2018, 8:40:46 PM4 votes

Hey Laslow! What does your day to day work look like? What is the biggest scramble situation you have had to deal with?

Oleandervine7/31/2018, 8:41:20 PM4 votes

Singed Question!

Since you guys updated his model, are there any foreseeable plans for the future to update his animations and rigging? He's still operating on the antiquated movements and such he launched with, which leads to him feeling old and ignored, despite having had some considerable model work done to him. It would go a long way towards making him feel more modern, especially since he's had his kit slowly updated over the years too. I just want Singed to move and feel like a modern champions, but those old animations are holding him back.

Infernape7/31/2018, 8:43:59 PM3 votes

If the riot direct system ever failed, what can players expect to happen?

Also nice summoner level.

BlueVestGuy7/31/2018, 8:40:52 PM3 votes

Not sure if that fits in game related questions but do you know when we'll get the next champion roadmap/the part with upcomming champion updates on the support page will be updated? So far the only rework we know of is nunu, which is set to come right after akali, which'll come out like... in a week or two, right? We just want to know what's next :(

Besteau7/31/2018, 8:41:03 PM2 votes

Favorite Singed skin?

Mine is Beekeeper, but I also like his medieval one.

L Psy Kongroo7/31/2018, 8:41:09 PM2 votes

What's ur favorite anime?

FeuerfalkeFX7/31/2018, 9:51:27 PM1 votes

Milk then cereal or cereal then milk?

Deathfall7/31/2018, 10:02:08 PM1 votes

I have several friends who live in Alaska and they had major problems with your servers for months. What are you guys going to do for players that are from places like Alaska so they don't have daily server outages for months on end?

Masala Chai7/31/2018, 10:47:13 PM1 votes

I played against you guys in a team with Blau, Teej, Tiza, and Altombre in flex Q when you were doing Rumble Practice. Thanks for not playing Singed. Man that was fun <3

Better luck next year <3

Spideraxe7/31/2018, 11:04:46 PM1 votes

Can i still blame lag even tho you guys are doing a good job

D4M2X07/31/2018, 11:10:51 PM1 votes

is there a reason gas man has n0 hair?

ReySolomon7/31/2018, 11:19:17 PM1 votes

how can we get 8 Ping?

XxoRazorBladeoxX7/31/2018, 11:32:57 PM1 votes

What is your hourly wage?

Ranmaru8/1/2018, 6:17:52 PM1 votes

Do you like to dab

CloudedLogic8/1/2018, 6:29:22 PM1 votes

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Things I CAN answer:

Etc.

Will I ever find true love?

CLG ear7/31/2018, 8:41:10 PM1 votes

What's ur favorite movie

Zac x Me7/31/2018, 8:46:57 PM1 votes

What do you think about Etc. ?

oOBestEveNAOo7/31/2018, 9:10:29 PM1 votes

How many comments and how many upvotes do we need to beat those EU rascals?

Just let me know, I've got smurfs. We can make this happen. NA Boards > all.

A Nunu7/31/2018, 9:34:04 PM1 votes

What is Singed's opinion on giving Nunu a dash? https://i.imgur.com/b7Hjwht.png/img

Cloud2737/31/2018, 9:49:46 PM1 votes

What are your favorite "old school" videogames?

OHminus7/31/2018, 9:50:39 PM1 votes

Is your name based on Lazlow jones from GTA, Laslow from FE Fates? Where'd you get your name, basically?