Meanwhile In Top Lane… [Weekly roundup - July 23]
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:
Do you wanna play an ARRR-AM?
Bilgewater is here! Folks talked about what they love most about it and what they’d like to see more of in future in-game events (spoiler: it’s lore).
HUD ch-ch-changes
Folks shared critical feedback on the new HUD changes -- A couple Rioters jumped in to discuss and offer context on them.
AMAs, eSports edition
eSports journo / epic talker Thoooorin and theScore eSports writer Kelsey Moser each conducted their own AMAs over on the subreddit.
”You’re saying you DON’T want to hear my Zap Brannigan impression?”
Lyte broke down the 2 main reasons LoL doesn’t have voice chat yet, sparking conversation about pros + cons and impact on other games.
Grandma is that you?
TONS of discussion about Fiora’s champ update, mostly on the visual changes to her splash and in-game models (which we’re now tweaking <3).
Diversify yo portfolio items
/r/nyctaaz proposed spicing up the ADC role with items that give them mechanics, prompting folks to share ideas for other itemization tweaks.
GO TEAM GO
MarkedOfKane kicked off a discussion about the value of team morale and how much of a difference it can make in winning or losing games.
Some of ya’ll must really love Vaynespotting
YumaS2Astral broke down why he thinks Vayne has a leg up on other ADCs, sparking discussion on her strengths & whether or not they’re problematic.
Pros behaving badly
Folks discussed FORG1VEN’s suspension and speculated on XiaoWeiXiao’s possible punishment after each was flagged for violating LCS rules.
Survey feedback
Folks discussed a survey that asked for players’ thoughts on bringing champion finishers back and a possible reward for champion mastery.
You may have missed
/ALL Chat tried out a handful of the many popular player-created games, such as Protect The Soraka -- We posted a thread detailing the ones they tried, and others shared their own game modes and others they’d heard of.
The roffles
For your dose of fun: The highly entertaining LoL Subreddit Simulator, where posts are generated by bots based on real data from the subreddit.
Thanks for tuning in, and feel free to point out any great conversations we may have missed!
