Meanwhile In Top Lane… [Weekly roundup for June 18]
Hey guys, welcome to this week’s 'Meanwhile in Top Lane...' post, with hawt banner courtesy of Crazy Boris.
A lot happens in a week - interesting discussions constantly pop up throughout the League ecosystem only to be replaced by the newest hotness and fall out of visibility. Hot topics of discussion don’t always stay that way for very long, so unless you’re on top of it all day every day (and who has time for that when there’s a ranked ladder to climb?), it’s easy to miss a lot.
With that in mind we'd like to try out a weekly post featuring some interesting conversations you may have missed as well as upcoming discussion opportunities.
Let us know what you think!
Owner of creepy laugh confirmed creepy
We released a teaser trailer for The River King -- Lighthearted debate ensued over whether he’s Gromp’s daddy or a pissed off scuttlebutt who’s sick of everyone’s crap.
Melts your heart like an Annie combo
We released Love and League, a documentary following four couples who play League together, and celebrated with a thread for everyone shared their best League-related pickup lines.
IronStylus Q&A
We kicked off Between Two Turrets, a new Q&A series for you guys to talk to individual Rioters about League, life, and more -- This week’s installment featured concept artist (and parrot enthusiast) IronStylus.
Mundo say discuss merits of party
Players over on the subreddit discussed pain points and voiced skepticism about this week’s Pool Party event -- Hippalus joined in to talk about our goals and thinking behind the event, complete with Borat gif visual aid.
If you can’t beat ‘im, play ‘im
After noticing widespread Trynd hate from the community, redditor /u/pullup3 whipped up an impressively exhaustive guide on how to play him and become a splitpushing master.
Charity Logic Gaming
We announced that we’ve donated all 2014 LCS fines (61% of which came from CLG) to The Trevor Project, an organization dedicated to creating a safe and inclusive environment for LGBTQ youth.
Mina Kimes AMA
The author of last week’s ESPN article on Faker and League conducted an AMA over on the subreddit.
Revive did HOW much damage to me?
Shufflex kicked off a thread to discuss problems with the death recap, and Meddler chimed in to confirm that we’re working on making some changes that could possibly go live within the next couple of patches.
Don’t judge a law textbook by it’s cover
We interviewed a Law professor who plays League of Legends in his spare time, prompting discussion about diversity in the LoL playerbase.
Moderately Large Rod
Hot on the heels of a conversation about item diversity, we posted about some upcoming changes were making to a bunch of AP items and answered questions on how they’ll impact gameplay.
Wait you people WANT turrets to be OP?!
Anisoptera expressed concern that the proposed changes to inhibitor and nexus turrets would make them too weak, prompting Meddler to jump in with some context and background.
The more you know
We posted a video by Foxdrop that teaches about how optimizing your jungle clear makes a dramatic difference in reducing the damage you take, making you more available for ganks and objectives.
The roffles
For your dose of fun: YouTuber OLROY utilized the new dino skins to remake the Jurassic World trailer entirely with League graphics -- Now all I want is someone to do the same for this video (language warning!).
You may have missed...
We discussed some upcoming changes to the Boards' organization (specifically revamping / cleaning up the sub-boards), and announced a new incoming wave of bans focused on bots.
Thanks for tuning in, and feel free to point out any great conversations we may have missed!
