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A bizarre post managed to reach the front page of the League of Legends subreddit a few days ago, requesting that Riot lower the amount of days before a Challenger/Master account will decay from 10 to 3 days. Before...

Fantasy sports is undoubtedly an athletic pastime, drawing interest from all the fans that have ever wanted to manage a team but had neither the real skill nor capital to be in that position. Its introduction into the competitive...

Sometimes after a massive outplay I feel so 'swole' that I want nothing more than to flex on my enemies. Unlike first-person shooters where inappropriate actions involving a hot drink made from leaves can be executed, League of...

This week saw a good portion of North America's Challenger ladder effectively disappear into thin air. The players didn't disintegrate, but they might as well have; a whole slew of players were banned for "elo-boosting" (playing on other people's...

The latest action in a series of unfortunate events surrounding the topic of Riot Games' Dynamic Queue has been from the players themselves. In all likelihood, the majority of players have yet to hear about this outcry, which has been...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwPa1SGLGv0 On May 31st 2016, Riot hosted a roundtable discussion regarding Dynamic Queue. They brought together the following personalities. Riot Pwyff - Communications Lead at Riot Games Riot Socrates - Lead Designer at Riot Games (worked on Ranked system, etc.) Gbay99 - Streamer,...

I'm not. On May 18th, 2016, Riot Games announced its newest in-game feature for League of Legends: /remake. Riot Socrates made the official forum update, listing out the following details: If any player is dc’d or flagged afk for at least...

Mitch Albom, without a doubt, has been one of my favorite writers since I first flipped through the leaves of Tuesdays with Morrie. It also happens that he covered one of the most revered and controversial collegiate basketball teams of all time:...

Runeterra's epitome of masculinity has gone through an extreme makeover, but worry not - he has still retained his toned pectoral muscles and luscious hair. Most would probably agree that his aesthetic profile has only been perfected more, however,...

It's hardly a question in anyone's mind at this point: League of Legends is going through a tank meta. Generally, meta-game shifts can be attributed to either the overpowered state of one style due to a specific item or...

This week Riot made an announcement, and among many other things came a discussion of solo queue. For those who don’t know, when the current system, dynamic queue, was implemented, Riot promised that solo queue would be coming back...

"We'll be honest: there's definitely a world in which solo queue doesn't return, but we'd rather keep it on the table as we work through these issues before making a final decision." - Riot Socrates From the tone of...