Meanwhile In Top Lane… [Weekly roundup - August 27]

It was just a Darshan comp, you just Darshan and win.

Aaand the faithful have been rewarded -- Lots of conversation about the epic LCS Finals in which CLG triumphed over long-time rival TSM.

Behind the scenes of Bilgewater

We posted a blog on the role of Foundations, a team working to enhance LoL's universe by exploring its broad-strokes background, in Bilgewater.

NA servers

The NA servers have officially moved to Chicago! The Roadmap team posted an update on the move, including next steps & troubleshooting tips.

Le Toucan has arrived answered some questions

Former TSM sub and epic memer KeithMcBrief conducted an AMA over on the subreddit.

Between Two Turrets

New Between Two Turrets, a series for ya’ll to talk to individual Rioters about LoL n’ life, featuring research manager Davin.

End-of-season rewards

Tons of conversation about Lyte’s initial ask.fm post regarding eligibility for end-of-season rewards, as well as a follow-up in which he clarified that only players who have received 7-14 day game bans will be ineligible for rewards.

Don’t worry we’re keeping the maniacal laugh

Album Orna asked about the status of the MF changes -- RiotScruffy jumped in with an update and chatted with folks about their hopes for her.

My resource is those Korean Hello Panda snacks

After "5-quadrillion" questioned why champs that don’t rely on mana exist, folks talked pros n' cons of the various resource systems.

The n00b gauntlet

WhiteWolf180 wondered why people have been mean to him for being new, and ya’ll shared tips on how to avoid meanies and improve as a new player.

A Zaun-themed game already exists -- You all know it as Final Fantasy VII

Inspired by Blitzcrank’s Poro Roundup, Kyoki Shinkuro kicked off a thread to share ideas for other small games that would expand on parts of the lore.

Not that climb

The climb is back again with a video from Torenthal in which he demonstrates tips & tricks to help you play Alistar to his max potential.

They have the technology

/u/Hayv shared PickBan, an Android app he created that provides champ statistics by role such as counters, win/pick/ban rates, historical performance by patch, and more.

The roffles

For your dose of fun: /u/m12123 posted a thread for folks to share their favorite LoL conspiracies.

You may have missed…

We released a trailer for an esports documentary series “Legends Rising”, which debuts this Fall, and elsewhere posted a roundup of player-created videos that discussed the many many changes of patch 5.16.