Meanwhile In Top Lane… [Weekly roundup - Oct. 30]
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:
Time to reload
Lots of movement from NA LCS teams - TSM’s holding ADC tryouts, C9’s doing the same for Support/Jungler, and CLG announced mid-lane changes.
ALL THE LORE
All kinds of talk around the new long-form bios for various Shadow Isle champs, as well as the new Shadow and Fortune short story.
Do we have a buyer?
Team Impulse announced that both its team and brand are for sale, with LCS fans jumping in to discuss the ramifications and future outlook.
Boards org & new boards
The Boards team announced a buncha updates to Boards organization & Universal Rules, as well as a couple new sub-boards for ya'll to dive into.
Countdown to the champ
The west’s dreams died at last with Origen falling to SKT and Fnatic to KOO in the Worlds Semi-Finals – catch the final early Saturday morning!
He's like one of those damn Kingdom Hearts bosses
MealReadyToEat (great name) unleashed some feelings on League’s own fish man, with others chiming in to dissect his impact and problems.
The great debate
Big ol’ conversation around Worlds balance and competitive parity, with some disappointed, others pointing out champ diversity and Groups chaos.
Lyte sans smite
For Carthage vented about the ageless aggravation of AFKs in ranked games…but this time Lyte hopped in to chat about a work-in-progress feature aimed at addressing it.
League… League always changes
Lots of early info about the upcoming preseason changes, and even more discussion in threads over on the new Dev Corner.
Not that Climb
New Climb this week featuring NA’s own Plat ADC Bodytags and his lessons on using input buffering to eke out those outplays.
Thanks for tuning in, and feel free to point out any great conversations we may have missed!
