League Community Podcast Ep. 3

Riot·12/15/2015, 3:21:31 AM·3 votes·40,383 views

Thanks for checking out the League Community Podcast! We’re here to share the experiences and perspectives of the people who help make League possible. Expect new guests and new stories every couple of weeks or so. Also: We’re listening! Drop your comments, ratings and reviews right here so we can keep striving toward a Challenger tier podcast.

This week, Jeff “Lyte” Lin guests hosts a discussion about the new champ select and dynamic queues. He’s brought along designers, Eric “Socrates” Kenna and Kam “boourns” Fung to highlight the challenges and controversies of building these seismic shifts to the League experience.

61 Comments

RiotZwill12/17/2015, 8:15:10 PM16 votes

Hey all!

If you're not interested in a bit of banter at the beginning (even though I highly recommend listening to it ;)), you can skip to around 7:24 for the "meat" of the conversation.

Thanks and we hope you enjoy the podcast!

Invariel12/17/2015, 9:31:46 PM7 votes

Was it ever suggested that each member of the team get a ban? With the sheer number of champions in the game, ten bans might be a better option than six. I do look forward to trying the system out, and commenting on it once it is live.

ABoldGoose12/17/2015, 9:34:57 PM5 votes

excuse me riot put this into consideration for a new champ if u do gift me it :D

Name: Dipper Sub-Name: the Spirit Earthwarden Passive: Soul Of Gaia After Dipper Casts 5 spells grants Death Tested. The Next Spell Dipper Casts grants Soul Mark to the enemy champion that it hits. Hit the soul marked enemy with earthen spike supresses target. Hit the soul marked enemy with Soul Blast slows target. Hit the soul marked enemy with Comet Strike deals bonus true damage Q: Earthen Spike Valaby strikes the ground with Zaluga sending a fissure to the enemy champion dealing magic damage to target enemy and knocking them up. W: Earthborn Weapon Passive: deals bonus true damage to soul marked champions. Active: Self cast: Empowers Zaluga granting bonus ad and armor to Dipper Ally Cast: Grants Bonus armor and movespeed to target champion Enemy Cast: Jump-Strikes target enemy champion dealing damage to enemy champion and orders all okaraby to attack that target champion if they are in range. E: Soul Blast: Passive: Killing Minions and monsters Grants Dipper 0.10 armor and ad. Active: Blasts Target With souls from his past enemies Dealing Magic Damage. R: Comet Strike Dipper Throws Zaluga toward target location dealing massive damage to enemies hit in that line Weapon: Zaluga. A Stone Spear Tipped With Souls.

killa80012/17/2015, 9:46:48 PM4 votes

I will like to see zyra get a new skin

WitchBlxdes12/17/2015, 8:28:49 PM4 votes

I really enjoy these! Thanks :3

Solidair312/17/2015, 9:31:46 PM2 votes

Lyte in Podcast form?! SIGN ME UP

Lyrical Geniuz12/17/2015, 10:39:26 PM2 votes

I'm so sure of this,but if you didnt use soundcloud I think the number of clicks you get on this would go up 100%. Soundcloud is by far the worst in everyway. The fact it is so loud when you click play and there is no volume bar is by far my number 1 reason for hating this website so dumb its unreal.

low iq eboy12/18/2015, 2:31:02 AM2 votes

I thought the champ select would be urf music ;D

Dotajuana12/18/2015, 1:21:16 AM2 votes

Honestly the only thing I want to see in a future patch (and am shocked I have not seen this recently,) is faster map loads. I am so tired of 9/10 players sitting at 100% waiting on that 1 player who takes 3000% longer than everyone else to load the map, AND I would like to see the case where 10 players sit at 100% load rate for a full 5-6 minutes before the map finally loads be fixed.

This should be priority #1, 10+ minute map load times are becoming common, 1/4 games I would say, and I never take longer than 20-30 seconds to load the map on my pc, these 10 minute map loads have got to go.

Hex Veiler12/18/2015, 6:46:36 PM1 votes

sneakily gives the development team beef jerky

nerf LeeSin

cat bus777777712/18/2015, 7:03:19 PM1 votes

Yasuo > Zilean

warpenguin55512/18/2015, 7:24:33 PM1 votes

What I want is a Q&A podcast. Like get somebody from the Update team, balance team, etc to answer community submitted questions for a bit.

Meta Riley12/18/2015, 10:06:03 PM1 votes

Not to insult any pro players out there, but I'd say pros are more meta sheep band wagoners, than GD will ever be. They play what they are comfortable with and what they think is really strong in the current meta, they have little reason to go outside of the box and play different champions.

They aren't playing for fun so it's strictly business, they have their pool of comfort champions. That being said Akali, Katarina, Nami, Blitz and I want to say Rammus were all played in LCS this season or last season.

Don't see it as a bad thing, with the current community anything that excels in solo queue/pro play gets nerfed immediately. It's the way of the land with this game, there isn't a such thing as buffing less popular picks so it'll always just be an endless circle of the same 20-40 champions until one pro decides to take a leap and play something new. Then the new pick if it has success will see nerfs and the cycle continues.

If pros played more champions, there would be more nerfs and changes. I for one, pray each and every LCS day that no one picks Fizz/Fiora because I know what happens when champions do well in the limelight. +4

ForzaEast12/19/2015, 7:36:33 AM1 votes

I love listening to these podcasts in the morning while getting ready for work. Awesome job!

Geronimoo12/20/2015, 7:44:09 PM1 votes

That sounds a lot like urfs login screen

Keita12/21/2015, 9:52:13 PM1 votes

When does season 6 start? :D

Goddiva12/21/2015, 11:40:39 PM1 votes

Im excited to see these new changes!

HandsFadcOicho12/22/2015, 2:38:15 AM1 votes

shouldve been called 20 minute surrender.

Ezra Algard12/22/2015, 4:24:41 AM1 votes

Hey Riot, When will you introduce custom, searchable tags for champions? I've had this idea for a while now. Being able to type "top pusher" into the search bar and see a list of champions I have tagged with those terms.

If we are able to create custom item sets for champions, it'd be nice to be able to create custom tags for them too so that we can easily find the perfect fit for our team's needs.

Thanks!

Magicalcorndog12/22/2015, 12:41:40 PM1 votes

I like the idea of organizing your champions by role in champ select

sexymanbigmuscle12/23/2015, 4:37:03 AM1 votes

What song is that?

anchorboltplans1/8/2016, 5:25:59 PM1 votes

man 8 freaking mins of playful banter i had no interest in

CommadorBatman12/17/2015, 10:57:11 PM1 votes

Whoa it sounds like you guys use scaled agile framework for dev

simokillyou12/18/2015, 12:22:45 AM1 votes

item 3151 summoner 6 Teemo

Zhepp12/18/2015, 1:15:20 AM1 votes

This was an excellent podcast! Thanks guys!

TwistedGalaxi12/18/2015, 1:17:01 AM1 votes

Love these guys! Keep it up

unbrokenBullet12/18/2015, 1:32:07 AM1 votes

Thank you so much for reaching out to the community in different ways! I love listening to these as it gives the game way more personality and connection than before.

Palaven12/18/2015, 6:04:52 AM1 votes

Best one yet! Regardless of when this was recorded, it constitutes fresh content because the new queue system hasn't been released yet. Its also a topic of extreme interest for many players, especially the dynamic queueing. Great work!

JustARivenMain12/18/2015, 1:33:44 PM1 votes

I'd honestly think it'd be really cool to see animated splash arts in loading screens, as some people take longer and looking at still Images all day can be boring ;)

EMP TeemoMobile12/18/2015, 4:41:02 PM1 votes

im here cause I don't know were else to post it wny one else randomly getting a black screan on champion select that crashes your game and mark's you ditching a game? Also Stop nerfing teemo hell he has bein so nerfed he need's to get some help leblank one shot's him at level 1