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Between Two Turrets - Come chat with Lomar! [COMPLETE]

RiotA Small Man·9/23/2015, 9:58:21 PM·11 votes·57,539 views

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Welcome to the latest installment of Between Two Turrets, a Q&A series through which we connect you with various Rioters to chat about League, life, and anything in between. You can expect an installment every two weeks or so, with Rioters from all over jumping in to spend some time with you on the Boards.

This week, we’ve got head of Live Support, former Riot lawyer, and eternal voice of Brolaf (check out this blast from the past that gave us the mugshot above), Logan “Lomar” Margulies!

EDIT - Calling it a night guys, thanks for coming out!

What's up dudes and dudettes? This is Logan, coming to you live from the sunny west side of Los Angeles. You guys may also know me as Lomar (or as the voice/inspiration for Brolaf). I'm probably more known for doing an over-the-top frat guy impersonation than my actual work at Riot - a fact that makes my wife very, very proud. Once upon a time I was a lawyer for Riot, but after realizing that I may have been the 10,000,000th person to go to law school for the wrong reasons, I transitioned over to our Live team. Today I head up our Central Live Support group, which includes teams like Player Support, Localization, Release and Fraud/Risk. TLDR: we all work to make sure that players can experience the game without problems - and when they do, we work to get them fixed.

I'll be here for a few hours to answer any questions you guys have about Riot, me, my work, Impressionist art, English poetry from the Victorian era, or why the Cleveland Browns are so damn awful. When I'm not at Riot, I enjoy downtime with my wife and my dog, when they'll have me. I also like beer - I make my own, and I drink a lot of that, and I drink a lot of other people's beer too. Sometimes with permission, sometimes without. Among other things, I play ultimate frisbee (got hooked and played club in college), hike, and read - particularly history. I'm also a die hard football fan from Ohio, which means I live and die by Ohio State (mostly live) and the Cleveland Browns (mostly make me want to die). I also spend an inappropriate amount of time on fantasy, mostly just football and LCS, though I dabbled in baseball this summer - really giving me a chance to nurture my inner stats nerd. Variance is your friend. Kinda.

So with that, feel free to hit me with any questions you may have!

141 Comments

Moobeat9/23/2015, 10:18:29 PM7 votes

never forget https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnVLWKsO6CQ

LittleBlast9/23/2015, 10:13:33 PM3 votes
  1. What was voicing Brolaf Like
  2. Did you have any interesting cases as the Riot Lawyer?
  3. Do you play ranked, if so, what rank are you and do you want to duo :)
Tristana x Poppy9/23/2015, 10:42:03 PM3 votes

What are your views on brogot? Urgot

welcome2egypt9/23/2015, 10:36:02 PM2 votes

Ok 2 things:

  1. What's being on the Localization team like?
  2. Why do the Browns suck?
Lin Jun Jié9/24/2015, 6:26:40 AM2 votes

i think riot needs set up a new server for western players cuz we can't play with 160ping. I live in Canda. i can't enjoy the game with this ping. if this problem will not be solved i think i will unload this game

Saint Haven9/23/2015, 10:42:17 PM2 votes

Tell me about why the Cleveland Browns are so damn awful

Rebelhunter019/23/2015, 11:00:47 PM2 votes

As a Lawyer, what's your opinion on the many LOL rip-offs that have been appearing recently, such as 300 Heroes and Summoners Alliance? Is there anything that Riot can or should do about them?

biomaster9/23/2015, 10:17:42 PM2 votes

1.Out of curiosity what was it like being a lawyer for riot? They never really struck me as the suit and tie kinda guys so I can't help but wonder what you did for them. 2. how does one transition from lawyer to player support? 3. what are your thoughts on Shaco? Love, hate, mix of the 2?

w0nky d0nkey9/23/2015, 10:22:22 PM2 votes

Favorite Stone Beer?

Young Dyrus9/24/2015, 12:34:46 AM2 votes

I have a bit of a long handed question and im internally raging about it. summoner 31 So I started playing around the Harrowing of Season 3, which doesnt make me the oldest or newest player. (Currently Plat) At the end of Season 3 you released championship Thresh Thresh to the market. Season 4 you released championship Shyvana Shyvana along with Thresh Thresh coming back. Me thinking the Thresh skin was gunna be a bit more exclusive. Now I can understand bringing back the previous year's skin the new one, that's fine. But now in Season 5... 2 years later you are still going to offer it, which is also fine. But why are these championship skins (thresh in particular) less valuable then championship Riven Riven which has never came back onto the marketplace or has been bundled with some of sort novelty? There is a personal dilemma i have with this decision. What i feel is happening is that you are making the era in which I started playing less valuable than the previous and im fine with you doing whatever you want offering my (not as exclusive) skin till the end of time. All i ask is that you be more fair, meaning the same should have been done with championship Riven Riven in season 3 and something in season 4. To end this rant, I basically feel cheated on, that you would offer the Championship Skin I earned that I was a part of and that represents me when i started playing and my loyalty to LoL and would not do the same the prior Season just 1 year apart. -Young Dyrus

Old Man Riven9/24/2015, 2:25:31 AM2 votes

Hi Lomar,

I'm a 2L student in Ohio, and a fellow OSU alum - are there any insights you have into working or getting employment as a lawyer in the gaming industry? How did you go about it and were you house counsel or some other, more particular role?

Also, from a practical standpoint, are there any courses you think are always useful in actual practice (I hear trial advocacy as an answer to this quite often)

Thanks for answering! (or just reading)

Last question - why did you ultimately transition from a legal role?

jrNw6WW73A9/23/2015, 10:34:15 PM2 votes

Hey Lomar! Notice me senpai. I just recently applied for a job at customer support and I was wondering if you had any tips for the hiring process. :-) Thanks!

Dark Ice Caster10/5/2015, 10:31:14 PM1 votes

Lomar u think nocturn good or not?

TheRealStavros9/23/2015, 11:50:14 PM1 votes

Lomar, I am using the account that was logged, this account (TheRealStavros) I forgot my password, I have been using my smurf account, I haven't been able to get the forget password thingy Emailed to me, can you please tell me what to do :( I am literally begging you, I have too much on that account. Please reply

LambGotTheCakes9/23/2015, 11:56:08 PM1 votes

Hello! I have done a little bit of dabbling, and it really seems like Riot is a place I would love too work at when I finish school; However, from what it seems, most of the available positions now require a bit of experience, and as someone who will be coming out of college, that will be something i'm lacking. To get to my question, are there any entry level positions at Riot, or would I be better off getting some experience under my belt elsewhere and come back? Thanks for your time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DsPfOfyE-8

Malicious Fury9/24/2015, 12:41:12 AM1 votes

@Lomar

What is your favorite League of Legends greatest play video? Can you link it? THank you ^_^

IWipeForward9/24/2015, 3:27:54 AM1 votes

You ever smoke some danq ass bud?

Doubleknot9/24/2015, 4:28:46 AM1 votes

In the future can you please provide a link to the board version on your announcement? I spent all day today at http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/community/q/come-chat-lomar-9/23 waiting for you to come on. It was really dissapointing. All it said regarding chat location was "come chat with him on the boards" i thought that post was the board you were on. I know it's not your fault, but it was misleading and ruined my day.