Meanwhile in Top Lane... [week of 5/21/2015]
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.
As we mentioned in our test post, with this in mind we'd like to try out a weekly post featuring some interesting conversations you may have missed as well as upcoming discussions opportunities.
Let us know what you think!
All things Ekko
Hot on the trail of his digital comic, the team behind everyone’s favorite time-shatterer took a few seconds (sorry) out of their day to host a Q&A sesh.
Machine learning, so hot right now
After giving context on why new features are taking a while, Lyte delivered awesome in the form of a new system that delivers evidence of negative behavior to reported players and enforces punishment within 15 minutes.
Mmm placebo, everyone’s favorite flavor
Scarizard and co kicked off their Live Gameplay Q&A series, complete with interesting anecdote about the placebo effect of nerfs and buffs.
Tentative switcheroo!
Gypsylord hopped onto the boards to give context on some (tentative) changes to Jinx’s minigun.
Ahri in D Minor
Redditor u/Krale_EDM gave us not one, but two new pieces in his project to compose an orchestral theme for the top voted champion every week.
Maybe not so LeBroken?
Ulquiorra995 proposed a couple ways to nerf LeBlanc by adding counterplay, and was in turn countered (not sorry) by some folks highlighting already-existing ways to counter her.
Lore, launch stories, and bios, oh my!
Mirage Night kicked off a discussion about the latest champion story pieces, with Rioter ShadowStorm jumping in to discuss specific questions and offer his personal perspective as a player on League lore’s direction..
Riven mains HATE this guy
Diamond player BrokenSoul24 whipped up an impressively exhaustive guide on how to beat Riven in any matchup, basically nerfed her for us - study up!
For those wondering “WTF happened??”
Lots of discussion around the most recent, special 50-minute episode of TSM: Legends, which gave a behind-the-scenes look at what led to the team’s sub-optimal results at MSI and how they handled the aftermath.
Bronze in League, Challenger in parenting
40 year old bronzie redditor u/Sunprofactor dropped some League-related parenting advice over on the subreddit.
Meddling with masteries
Meddler hopped into a thread to chat about the philosophy behind the proposed changes to Utility masteries.
New Crazy Boris animation!
I’d watch the shit out of this show if it were real.
Thanks for tuning in, and feel free to point out any great conversations we may have missed!
