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"Ultra Rapid Fire" Q&A with the Play team. 4/6, 11AM - 1PM PST

RiotL4T3NCY·4/6/2015, 5:48:33 PM·43 votes·174,714 views

Heya Everyone ^o^/

Our latest Featured Game Mode, “Ultra Rapid Fire” is currently live (I was so looking forward to NURF mode), and the Play team is here to answer any questions or suggestions you guys might have! We make all the Featured Game Modes, so feel free to ask us anything about URF or any previous modes. Who are the OP champs in URF (apparently it's the whole roster :P)? Who is your favourite champ to play? Are those two questions even different? :P

We’ll be online from now for 2 hours, from 11:00AM ~ 1:00PM PST.

-L4T3NCY -BuffMePlz -DefaultChar -Ponts -Riot Terra

EDIT: Ok guys, we're going get back to work. Thanks for so many questions though! o.O We'll keep an eye on this thread during the day though and try to pop in and answer a few more questions where we can.

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1,062 Comments

Dylightfull4/6/2015, 6:15:46 PM162 votes

Who was the genius that came up with the current login screen? No, seriously. They deserve an award. They deserve every award. Give it to them now. Not only did they create the most amazing thing to ever grace the login screen, but they had the courage to go in to the conference room and say "Guys, I just had a great idea. For the URF login screen, we see a mysterious blob-shaped shadow. Then, the screen zooms out and lights turn on to reveal Urf wearing a toga and sitting on a throne of gold behind 6 gigantic machine guns while dubstep plays, later revealing bubble machines and flamethrowers in his presence."

GIVE THAT MAN A RAISE.

Lucid Hypnosis4/6/2015, 6:17:57 PM134 votes

Can we just keep it year round?

I think that Sky Williams said it best "Urf is the Cure for League." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHzpkUFsefo

Moobeat4/6/2015, 5:54:13 PM47 votes

how fun was it to see every other related mode post or Q&A turn into "WE WANT URF" over the past year :)?

TrollingYeti4/6/2015, 6:12:17 PM35 votes

Will the intro music be available as a ring tone? It is so sweet.

The Jedi Master4/6/2015, 6:05:55 PM35 votes

When will we see the release of Urf the Manatee in the featured game mode URF, where we all have to defeat him?

Garlyle Wilds4/6/2015, 6:07:06 PM26 votes

So I have to admit I have a morbid curiosity about the NURF mode that never happened.

Based on the URFitational it appears you guys did, at least internally, create this mode for a bit. How... how was it? Is there any chance we'll get it actually enabled, even if just for a day? I'm still curious, in a masochistic sort of way.

Potte4/6/2015, 6:09:56 PM26 votes

I've always kind of imagined that one of the biggest reasons for not making URF a permanent gamemode was the amount of resources it would take to maintain it. All of the champion specific micromanaging that went on for this year's URF sort of gives credit to this theory (not to mention the fact that despite all of these changes, there are still tons of complaints about balance). Is any part of this correct?

Shamelessly tacking on my opinion to this, I support the decision to make URF a temporary gametype. I'd much rather see time and resources going into managing and adding new content to the normal Summoners Rift gamemode that we all came to love from the beginning. That said, like Moobeat said, I hope you guys are looking forward to another year of "RITO BRING BACK URF PLS!"

LaZodiac4/6/2015, 5:54:03 PM25 votes

Will we ever see URAM (Ultra Rapid All Mid) in the future?

Vampire Loli 4/6/2015, 6:11:00 PM24 votes

imo URF should be surrenderable at like 10 minutes or something. I've seen some inhibs down before 10 minutes so yeah... Although, I must admit, even when I know my team's not able to win, most (if not all) URF games are really fun :D

SolarKnightJ4/6/2015, 7:19:57 PM22 votes

I'm kind of curious about this, but did you guys during development of the mode think about changing the minions (and jungle creeps) to being URF themed. Things like golden spatula wielding melee minions and mini URF riding siege minions?

Ace is God4/6/2015, 5:54:16 PM18 votes

How long will URF last this year ? Do you consider making it a permanent mode one day ? Not necessarily this year I mean. Like on the Howling Abyss with random champion select to avoid the spam of OP picks

Best Aatrox NA4/6/2015, 5:54:44 PM16 votes
  1. Where did the idea for the death animation summoner icon things come from?
  2. Could you consider implementing N.U.R.F. mode at some point? It seems like it would be hilariously stupid and would be very enjoyable.
  3. Do you guys have any plans on bringing ascension back? That was BY FAR the most fun mode in my opinion.

I've been having a lot of fun with AP Kog'Maw. His ult is on like a .3 second cooldown so that + e + q can pretty much instantly delete someone 5 minutes into the game, and then they type /all WTF just happened?

FloatingAlpacaYT4/6/2015, 6:31:47 PM11 votes

Have you guys thought about making the death animation summoner icons for other game modes as well or just keep it with urf?

Mastahgolem4/6/2015, 6:48:21 PM10 votes

What gave you the idea to increase all champion health and damage 1000 fold?

SeexydVanessa4/6/2015, 7:27:27 PM10 votes

Did you intentionally name this gamemode Ultra Rapid Fire so the first letters of each word come together into URF?

YeuhKaiWei4/6/2015, 6:15:40 PM9 votes

Are you allowed to give a set in stone answer to "Will URF be permanent", or is it not even an answerable question as of yet?

MrEpicosityDude4/6/2015, 6:58:19 PM9 votes

How about every 5th, 10th, 15th and so on every month we have urf? Or something like every Monday?

Dalphklobic4/6/2015, 6:21:03 PM8 votes

I think nurf should be released for like 1 week and allowed to be played by people who really want to try those lovely buffs :)

ßabÿ4/6/2015, 5:58:47 PM6 votes

Love URF its so fun! My fav champ in urf would be Evelynn! Is there a way that any type of game mode such as URF would become permanent? That way us players would have more choices of game modes to play instead of just aram, normals or rank which gets tiresome time to time. Would love if you guys could find a way to have more game modes! Other than that all game modes that has come out have been great! Keep up the good job :)

Dalphklobic4/6/2015, 6:11:53 PM6 votes

is URF going to be something which happens each april of the year. OR are there other plans for next year?

Gurutsu4/6/2015, 6:13:39 PM6 votes

Have you aver though of doing some crazy stuff with jungle in urf? or at least had any crazy ideas : for example ultra scuttle crab that would turbo rocket from 1 end of river to other? xd

Riven Yasuo4/6/2015, 7:32:55 PM5 votes

Who is your favorite champ on urf? Mine is zed :D

F3stanie4/6/2015, 5:57:38 PM4 votes

What made you guys think of finishers? BECAUSE THEY ARE AMAZING.