Chat with game designer Morello on 7/29!

Riot·Jul 27, 2015·4 votes·20,519 views

We’re back with Between Two Turrets, a new Q&A series from the NA Community team in which we’ll connect you with various Rioters to chat about League, life, and anything in between. You can expect an installment every couple weeks or so, with Rioters from all over jumping in to spend some time with you on the boards.

This week, we’ve got game designer Ryan “Morello” Scott - come chat with him on the Boards July 29 starting at 1 PM PDT!

190 Comments

DraykonslayerJul 28, 201556 votes

Anyone else think Morello should host an eating convention and call it Morello's Nomi-con?

bóbJul 28, 201512 votes

First off, yes, but i think we all know the two who would tie for first. ( TahmKench and Chogath )

MemoryBlockJul 29, 20159 votes

Nunu would be a close second

Chaos and CarnagJul 29, 20155 votes

RekSai You rang?

PFG HermesJul 29, 20154 votes

Gragas Ehm.

AzureVoidJul 29, 20156 votes

Ahem. THE ABYSSAL MOUTH ANYONE??? KogMaw

PeachsPropertyJul 29, 20154 votes

you forgot KogMaw lesser known, but his lore proves he eats pretty much anything in front of him(and as he has acid spit prolly eat forever without getting full)

fire ladJul 29, 20153 votes

oh no its kirby in league

FindethelJul 29, 20153 votes

ok, first off, that is probably one of the best league puns ive ever heard, second, that was probably one of the best league puns ive ever heard :D

High Burst HealsJul 28, 20159 votes

I like how theres only 2 comments. Morello I'm sorry people aren't taking this as NEWS. It should be though, talking with a Rioter could lend some excellent insight into the development process and the reasons behind certain decision. Riot's pretty clear and consistent with their message of course about champion and item design reworks and changes. I am very appreciative of that, please, never change it! On a side note, good luck ;)

ArctiXJul 28, 201524 votes

I mean to be fair its only been up for twenty minutes

GhostwoodGGJul 28, 201514 votes

and this isnt where you're supposed to ask

How Do You MetaJul 28, 20157 votes

The funny part is where people are asking all of the questions now instead of tomorrow when he will be taking them.

xRestInPiecesxJul 28, 20157 votes

Morello,

East coast player here, can we get a estimate on when exactly the east coast server will be up and running and ready to use? Or the central server, thanks for what you do! Have a nice day!

RiotRiot AhabJul 28, 20157 votes

I can actually field this one! We've been updating the boards and reddit every month or so since November through the NA Server Roadmap. You can check out all the updates at the bottom of that main post.

I don't want to derail the discussion for Morello, but to address your exact question we're currently planning a centralized server move happening before the end of 2015.

gubigubiJul 28, 20157 votes

Before the end of 2015 Will I have under 100 ping before winter? Find out next time on soon (tm)

undrtowJul 28, 20155 votes

What's the difference between a banana and a cucumber?

You can't make a long distance call with a cucumber.

Waldo ButtersJul 28, 20155 votes

This, in my opinion, is one of the principal reasons Riot is such a great company. Lots of community interaction is the bees knees.

(UI needs to be customizable. I love some things, but scaling and movability would allow us to create our own CLARITY. Also: Taric rework soon pls.)

Wind WhistlerJul 28, 20151 votes

They refuse to communicate with me. They suspended my account a day before the URF event happened, and had it end a day after URF ended, and didn't even give me a reason why, and the few times I was able to ask questions during Q&A's, they refused to answer them, and they were perfectly legitimate questions. (they had them at a time before I got home from summer school).

Wind WhistlerJul 28, 20152 votes

Is there some guy who just stalks my account and downvotes everything that I say? Or two guys.

Wind WhistlerJul 28, 20151 votes

I suck and I should be downvoted for no reason.

MasterSomethingJul 29, 20151 votes

If your account got suspended, most likely you were an ass. And they don't have time to answer every question. They prefer to answer more popular ones, the ones that people want to know the most, and not the ones that spoil the lore (thus removing player theories that people love to do, I have seen some).

Weiner the PoohJul 28, 20155 votes

Why is satan I mean teemo Being buffed?

Wind WhistlerJul 28, 20152 votes

[{quoted}](name=Da Dwagonswayer,realm=NA,application-id=Ag8jgd8Q,discussion-id=MVm8nPQQ,comment-id=001b,timestamp=2015-07-28T20:54:46.111+0000)

Why is satan I mean teemo Being buffed?

Imo it's more of a nerf. Less shrooms on the map at one time, don't you just hate it when a Teemo blocks off every entrance to your portion of the jungle with shrooms?

Thunderbird330Jul 29, 20154 votes

Aaaaand how do you explain his passive buff? You can't really call permanent invisibility in bushes a nerf.

Wind WhistlerJul 29, 20152 votes

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Aaaaand how do you explain his passive buff? You can't really call permanent invisibility in bushes a nerf.

Oh yeah, I didn't see that patch note untill later and so forgot about it. He was buffed in one area, and nerfed in another, but overall I think the bad slightly outweighs the good, it's just an opinion though. I really don't understand all the hate for him, he can't do much besides poke you with his Q and AA's and bait you into walking into his shrooms, which if you're smart enough you won't do. In my opinion, he's a little bit weak.

MasterSomethingJul 29, 20152 votes

He does DoT damage and has a global taunt that does DoT damage and Slows, not to mention that Q frickin' chunks, and his W passive makes him near impossible to catch up with if you don't have dashes or mobility.

ThryaleJul 29, 20151 votes

you mean teemo actually has a passive now? Cuz last I checked his passive was one of the most impractical and inaccessible passives in the game.

(ever since they removed the ability for it to activate while recalling that is)

Thunderbird330Jul 29, 20151 votes

I wouldn't quite call it impractical. Have you never had a Teemo appear in the middle of the lane, blind you and burst you to shreds?

And yes, they are buffing his passive. He cloaks twice as quickly in brush and can move around freely in brush without losing invisibility.

Teemo was bad before...don't tell me he'll be balanced now.

Wind WhistlerJul 30, 20152 votes

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I wouldn't quite call it impractical. Have you never had a Teemo appear in the middle of the lane, blind you and burst you to shreds?

And yes, they are buffing his passive. He cloaks twice as quickly in brush and can move around freely in brush without losing invisibility.

Teemo was bad before...don't tell me he'll be balanced now.

Yeah, I've had him do that, but it doesn't do enough to kill me, and he misses out on a lot of gold if he doesn't get the kill. But I agree, his new passive effect could end up being stronger than intended.

DecritJul 28, 20154 votes

Heyo! Probably i have been disconnected too much from updates lately, but what role are you exactly filling in at Riot now? I remember you replying to questions about champion design and balance ( i might be wrong? ), but lately those roles are filled in more by Meddler. Also, i Remember all those taco tweets. why no more taco tweets? :c

BluBreezeJul 28, 20154 votes

Does he have any part in creating this horrible hud? If so I'd like to have a few words with him, as I'm sure most of the community would as well. As you can tell by the word horrible, it's not a positive thing. This hud needs to go, now.

Wind WhistlerJul 28, 201515 votes

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Does he have any part in creating this horrible hud? If so I'd like to have a few words with him, as I'm sure most of the community would as well. As you can tell by the word horrible, it's not a positive thing. This hud needs to go, now.

Morello most likely has nothing to do with the HUD. He's on the balance team, not on visuals.

MasterSomethingJul 29, 20159 votes

I kinda really like the new HUD, and so do many others. I kinda want to keep it, lot more simple and straightforward, not to mention cleaner.

Though that's just me.

TemnaiJul 29, 20153 votes

I agree, the only thing is I dislike about the new HUD is that the ping buttons by the map are gone and I can't find champions crit chance anywhere

1MazaJul 29, 20153 votes

Press C.

MasterSomethingJul 29, 20156 votes

And I never used the ping buttons. I used G. G is love, G is life

And yea, Conner is right, Crit chance is below(?) lifesteal.

8IDJul 29, 20154 votes

Does anyone think that they should give an option for players to whether use the new or old HUD? Because I've met a LOT of people who do not like the new HUD. A majority of them, including me, said that they would prefer going to a different game than getting used to the HUD changes.

UnknownNelsonJul 28, 20153 votes

So Morello, why did riot choose to rework champions like Fiora, who were played, over champions like, Mordekaiser, who hasn't seen play for a long time.
I'm a big Morde fan, and would love it if he was viable again.

Wind WhistlerJul 28, 201515 votes

That's a pretty bold statement, he has a solid winrate, and I've seen various people perform great with him. Just because the LCS doesn't play him doesn't mean he's bad.

Flesh Orbs Jul 28, 20158 votes

Morde is pretty strong in both the lane phase and once you learn him in the teamfight phase too, nothing wrong with this champion actually balanced unlike most others, and while after riot reworks Fiora she will either be broken or awfull

Kassalose is the champion Riot really needs to work on here, being the worst champion in the game right now

LÈONARDJul 28, 20153 votes

Morello? Morellonomicon? Don't think you're sneaky.

Wind WhistlerJul 28, 20153 votes

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Morello? Morellonomicon? Don't think you're sneaky.

It actually used to not be named that, and be named something else, and I believe they almost changed the name to OmNomicon Chogath , no joke.

SuperMeisterJul 28, 20157 votes

It was called Morello's Evil Tome before item 3165

Wind WhistlerJul 29, 20152 votes

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It was called Morello's Evil Tome before

Wow. I found that funny at first, because I thought you were joking, but then I looked it up and it said it used to be named Morello's Evil Tome. I'm terrified now. D :

MasterSomethingJul 29, 20151 votes

Can you tell me Old Sion's passive? I can't find anything on the interwebs.