@Morello or GhostCrawler What makes League, League, and what direction is it going in?

I was wondering, from the eyes of the Game Designers, what makes League, League?

Just example questions of what I am wondering about:

• What are the fundamental things that make League what it is?
• What is the goal for League?
• What direction is league currently headed?
• What are the things that League balances other things around?

I am really interested, plus it would help to understand the direction of this massive and amazing game.

It's also interesting for the fact that Riot is full of passionate people that are working on improving the game all around, but how do you tell if something is an improvement? And how can you tell if something that everyone considers normal can be improved?