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Narrative was going to have to prove they were serious about their apologies, their willingness to communicate and their interest in making better stories despite already hearing excuses from RiotEntropy that they can't release stuff faster.
They've gotten better over the weekend but they're nowhere close to healing all the damage they've done and they have a very long way to go to prove themselves.
And, for the record, I really do feel more than "entitled" to say that about Narrative. As they lost the right to my blind faith and destroyed my overall faith in Riot, I feel I gained the right to demand they act seriously about their own promises and lofty goals and press them when I feel they're not. They got me to care again, and damn it, they're going to care just as much as I do.
- Zilean's "new" skin and the problem with ChampUp:
When I hear about the skin team making/planning new skins for "forgotten" champions, I'm reminded of what ChampUp team members have constantly said in the past.
"We don't work on new skins for champs in the rework queue, since it would mean double the work for the team.
Zilean, despite not receiving a new skin since September 2010, was put in the rework queue because Meddler wanted to improve the "time lord" aspect of the champion. It was then announced that Zilean's rework would only happen after Sion, Poppy, Yorick (another champion that needs some skin love, btw) and Urgot. Evelynn and Taric are also in the same boat.
Now, Sion's always been a goal of ChampUp to rework, but in the three years (and his Warmonger skin) we get reworks on Garen, Katarina, Soraka (now twice), Twisted Fate (and his Gangnam Style dance), Sivir (and her god-awful dance), Nasus (see Sivir), Sona (who needed a texture update more than a kit rework), etc. The team has also failed to finish reworking a number of champs, most recently Fiora.
Don't get me wrong, some of those other reworks were good Karthus and the Pentakill relaunch, Twitch, Heimerdinger, etc, but they weren't going to get me a new Zilean, Evelynn or Taric skin any sooner.
Then, there's Celestine Soraka. Riot memes like "Soon™" and <insert champion> REWORK WHERE" came from Riot's inability to get their shit together and do something about a champion they considered a problem for years. Morello just never bothered to pull the trigger on it.
However, when the rework was finally released last year, it was without the teased "Battle Priestess" skin. Months later, we would finally get a new Soraka skin. What we got was a "Final Fantasy white mage" homage that was, frankly, not remotely worth the three year wait. (In comparison, Udyr got the Spirit Guard ultimate skin after waiting nearly as long.)
It seemed that Riot knew they had generated high expectations for an epic skin with the three year delay and purposefully failed to try to deliver on that just to get something out for her. Hell, most of my cosplay friends who like Soraka won't touch that design because it was so disappointing.
So, when I hear the skins team say "We're working on stuff for Zilean/Evelynn/Taric" I have all that history floating in my head. And, ironically, the skin team is one of the few departments at Riot that seems to have their shit together (Final Boss Veigar being one of the best ever!)
- Dominion:
I loved Dominion when it came out. Awesome story, faster games, everything was pretty good for me and my attention span. Riot also seemed to be excited about the map, promising a ranked mode and support for the map. The champion spotlight videos even had tips for Dominion.
I even started shoutcasting Dominion tournaments for NESL in April 2012.
Then, it seemed to get phased into the background. Dominion champion tips disappeared from the spotlight videos, a de-emphasis on promoting the map (on direction from Morello and continued by Ghostcrawler) happened, promises of a Ranked mode were made and didn't happen, Dominion tournaments were canceled and the community had to keep them going.
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skins
Full metal Jinx, where she is kind of based on Samus. She would have a regular hand, and a cannon hand, where she she can either shoot rockets or projectiles. Also, she can lay mines, and use rockets on her feet for her passive. For her W, she could shoot an orb and shoot it to slow. For her ultimate, she could shoot a mega rocket, or a large, exploding orb.
, and i think is based on Samus
