Meanwhile In Top Lane… [Weekly roundup - Oct. 22]

RiotA Small Man··9 votes·8,968 views


Hey guys, welcome to this week’s 'Meanwhile in Top Lane...', your one-stop-shop for great conversations from the last 7 days (with hawt banner courtesy of Crazy Boris).

Here's what you may have missed while you were busy climbing the ranked ladder:



Balance Team Q&As

The Gameplay dudes conducted the first of a string of planned Q&As - look for the next installment on Friday!


Between Two Turrets

New Between Two Turrets, a series for ya’ll to talk to individual Rioters about LoL n’ life, featuring Skins Team VFX Artist Riot Keyserito.


Snake lady still in the news

Canastus kicked off a new Cass thread, with fans new and old discussing her current place in the meta and debating potential changes.


This week on Meddler's corner

More insight from Meddler on the Gameplay team's latest thinking around Worlds, Mordekaiser, preseason, Cassiopeia; essentially ALL THE THINGS.


We can rebuild it

/u/supportforalderan posed an interesting question to the subreddit legion - what would it take to essentially rewrite League from the ground up?


Smooth moves

Folks on the sub discussed various pro stuff, from KEITHMCBRIEF joining Cloud9 to Team Liquid drinking smoothies....just watch it.


The Rabble Rouser sings his last

We announced that Gragas, Lux, and Ziggs would be disabled for the remainder of Worlds, with players jumping in to discuss the ramifications.


VO OVERWHELMING

Riot Japan released some of the work-in-progress Japanese VO for League, and everyone LOST THEIR MINDS.


Moar surveys

/u/xGarcia265 brought up a survey we sent out asking for thoughts on featured game mode rotations, and nary a complaint was heard.


Let's get philosophical

/u/Domenicklol posted a guide for not letting your League dreams stay dreams, and other players jumped in to discuss and share their own tips.


You may now mash the button more effectively

Rioter NeuroCat dropped by on the PBE forums with a preview of upcoming improvements for the report system.


Dat Zilean dance

Folks applauded Youtuber Lan Stream's awesome video detailing his on-the-ground experience during Worlds Quarterfinals.


There can be only ME

/u/TexFalls asked others to chime in with their favorite mains who they start loathing once they're on the other side of the Rift.


We made this

But for reals, Veraska came up with such a great title for Mordekaiser that Rioter Ant in Oz just had to make it so, and much joy was had.


Fresh Rockets - Market Price

YumaS2Astral argued that Jinx's rockets are a bit cheap for their power, inspiring lots of back and forth and some musings from Rioter gypsylord.


Men will do much for a bit of ribbon

TetrisC came up with some sweet ideas for an MVP system, with others jumping in to pat him on the back and toss out their own ideas.


The roffles

/u/xByteZz asked about theoretical ping from Mars, and the appropriately named /u/LoLFanfiction got folks chatting about what it'd be like to look like their main for a day.




Thanks for tuning in, and feel free to point out any great conversations we may have missed!

12 Comments

UltiMaTeGANKeRs2 votes

Man when will Taric Taric EVER get a skin.. He only has 2 available I am sick of this. No one from Riot ever responds to this question.. Of why has a champ been out two years and only has 2 skins.. WHY IS HE ALWAYS OVERLOOKED??!?!?! COME ON MAN MAKE A Taric Taric skin., Yes, he has Emerald but its not even available for purchase, EVER.. Taric

Ralanr2 votes

When they rework him, they will come.

spooky librarian2 votes

AND LETS GET STARTED WITH YORICK

spooky librarian1 votes

summoner 14 AND LETS GET STARTED WITH YORICKsummoner 14Yorick oh right....

RockSecure1 votes

Sorry if you are a Taric main, but many believe he isn't a good champion. However, he IS incredibly easy to play. Riot may have seen this response to this champion, and fell their efforts will be better invested in other champions that are popular, and more people will buy them. Everyone remember, the main goal of Riot and League of Legends is to make money. No doubt, it's still a good game, though. Hopefully Riot will rework him and he may become popular.

LegacyofTable1 votes

"We announced that Gragas, Lux, and Ziggs would be disabled for the remainder of Worlds, with players jumping_** into to **_discuss the ramifications."

Must....not.....grammar Nazi....

RiotA Small Man1 votes

It's killing me....had to post & run and can't edit till I get back (on my phone and the post uses html). Now of course I'm catching all the slips - can you find the other two? :D

LegacyofTable1 votes

Challenge accepted.

"about what'd be like to look like their main for a day. "

What it'd* (I'm kinda southern, so idc if it's not "it would")

"from Meddler on the Gameplay team's latest thinking around Worlds, Mordekaiser, preseason, Cassiopeia, essentially ALL THE THINGS."

Improper sentence structure, should contain either a period or a semicolon after Cass.

Am I right? Can I start doing this for patch notes next? D: Just become your personal grammar Nazi.

RiotA Small Man1 votes

Haha, I'll put in a word for Scarizard with you ;-) You nailed it with the "what it'd" but I hadn't actually noticed the Meddler's Corner issue. The other one I caught was "discussing her current place in the meta and debated potential changes." Thanks for looking out!

LegacyofTable1 votes

I missed the past tense. D; I am not worthy. Unless it's not wrong as is.

Shénzhì1 votes

I like this part already :D

We can rebuild it

/u/supportforalderan posed an interesting question to the subreddit legion - what would it take to essentially rewrite League from the ground up?

I've not begun reading the Reddit post yet!

We can rebuild it We can rebuild it We can rebuild it

camil13

htt

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