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This theme is so good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgXfFhdbgSU Is this always been Ahri's theme? We never hear the theme in game, these themes are so drat good. The whole Riot Music department for their original tracks are so underrated.(not counting world songs).
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Ulio posted:This theme is so good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgXfFhdbgSU Hard agree. Riot music loving slaps. World's is mostly imagine dragons though, right?
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Imagine Dragons did one Worlds song, though it was repurposed for a season launch a few years ago. Also they did the Arcane theme. This year’s Worlds theme was Lil Nas X.
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I think the pop star ones were in-house, though using guest vocalists.
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I honestly miss the logins with the individual themes and very slightly animated splash arts, there were a lot of really great themesongs for champs. There's so few that honestly miss the mark in terms of feeling appropriate for the champ/event
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Servaetes posted:I honestly miss the logins with the individual themes and very slightly animated splash arts, there were a lot of really great themesongs for champs. There's so few that honestly miss the mark in terms of feeling appropriate for the champ/event I miss them a lot, but I also understand why they were cut. Pouring the time and effort into a screen who 99% of people are trying to get through as fast as humanly possible ain't good business.
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Duderclese posted:Hard agree. Riot music loving slaps. The Star Guardian Taliyah music is all people from Dance Dance Revolution games and it slaps
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I reckon so, but they did something like the Amumu video for the hell of it and not for some monetary gain. I wasn't really bugged by lingering on the login screen a bit. Dunno why the mentality changed. I know they do event music in client now but it doesn't feel the same, honestly
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Feb 12, 2023 04:10
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Servaetes posted:Dunno why the mentality changed. I think it was one of those cost-cutting measures they did out of necessity to make the balance sheet look better. From what I can tell, the last batch of regular animated login screens was in 2018, and that was the year where Tencent was reportedly tightening the screws hard due to Riot's internal financial management being a basket case.
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Feb 12, 2023 04:32
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njsykora posted:Imagine Dragons did one Worlds song, though it was repurposed for a season launch a few years ago. Also they did the Arcane theme. This year’s Worlds theme was Lil Nas X. I saw the lil Nas X one love and loved it. Heck yeah!
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Vermain posted:I think it was one of those cost-cutting measures they did out of necessity to make the balance sheet look better. From what I can tell, the last batch of regular animated login screens was in 2018, and that was the year where Tencent was reportedly tightening the screws hard due to Riot's internal financial management being a basket case. Nah, it was just the switch to the new client. It's fairly trivial to make little animated screens in flash, but considerably more annoying to make them in js/css, especially when artists don't know either. fun fact: all the animated splashes had to be reversible cuz the login panel for (Tencent or Garena I forget) was on the other side. 
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Feisty-Cadaver posted:Nah, it was just the switch to the new client. It's fairly trivial to make little animated screens in flash, but considerably more annoying to make them in js/css, especially when artists don't know either. Ahhh, that makes sense. I assumed it was cost-cutting since there were still occasional login screens post-2018, but trying to do those screens in CSS already sounds like a straight-up nightmare, so the drop is understandable.
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i could do it easily but im built different
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FlowerRhythmREMIX posted:Thanks. That sounds appealing, tbh
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Gobbeldygook posted:I'm pretty sure every MOBA's elevator pitch is "LoL but faster and easier". Has anyone ever shipped a MOBA that was pitched as longer, harder and more complicated than LoL? DotA effectively occupies 100% of the boomer MOBA market share, and I can't really see anything dislodging it from that. Kids like fast-paced games with high skill expression, especially in competitive environments.
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It’s also always funny watching people who hold up Dota as the serious hardcore MOBA come to try League and struggle to grasp the basics. I always love them complaining about not being able to see the tower’s range in particular.
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Vermain posted:DotA effectively occupies 100% of the boomer MOBA market share, and I can't really see anything dislodging it from that. Kids like fast-paced games with high skill expression, especially in competitive environments. As much as I love the way league works a lot of it's mechanics are probably not uh, "good" to put into a new game either. like I love wave manipulation but the whole idea of "intentionally dont farm minions in order to set yourself up for a way more esoteric benefit minutes down the road" is absurdly unintuitive and devs have rightfully concluded that it doesnt belong in their games
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Tbf I've played nearly 14 years now and am constantly surprised by the tower hitting me
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I just let some other dolt take the turret hits while I secure the kill
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Monicro posted:As much as I love the way league works a lot of it's mechanics are probably not uh, "good" to put into a new game either. like I love wave manipulation but the whole idea of "intentionally dont farm minions in order to set yourself up for a way more esoteric benefit minutes down the road" is absurdly unintuitive and devs have rightfully concluded that it doesnt belong in their games It's a tricky area, because being able to master relatively unintuitive systems in a competitive game is a genuinely compelling idea, and it's a great way to add in an element of knowledge that still allows average players to enjoy the game as-is while creating an identifiable barrier between them and top players. I think there's a sweet spot to be hit between "game plays itself while you deathmatch" and "pulling DotA2 creep camps past an invisible trigger at specific times to stack camps to farm", and I do think that League has mostly managed to get it right with what they've chosen to discard.
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Monicro posted:As much as I love the way league works a lot of it's mechanics are probably not uh, "good" to put into a new game either. like I love wave manipulation but the whole idea of "intentionally dont farm minions in order to set yourself up for a way more esoteric benefit minutes down the road" is absurdly unintuitive and devs have rightfully concluded that it doesnt belong in their games
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i saw a league of legends ring at the thrift store so i bought it
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SSJ_naruto_2003 posted:Tbf I've played nearly 14 years now and am constantly surprised by the tower hitting me One day I will remember the range.
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verbal enema posted:i saw a league of legends ring at the thrift store so i bought it i saw a league of legends 12 pack of coke at the grocery store so i bought it
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13.4 full preview. Pretty big patch with some changes to experience gains on champion kill (presumably to help reduce snowballing leads), reduced gold for ranged supports to try and encourage a return of tank supports, and Alistar getting an extra 20% AP ratio on his full combo in case you wanted to relive the glory days of 3 AM season 1 AP Alistar.
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give tanks a button that makes them t-pose. no gameplay effect pure intimidation factor
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I appreciate what they're trying to do with this patch -- I really do -- but at the moment what I'm seeing is "Veigar becomes even more oppressive on ARAM". Daddy chill
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Vermain posted:13.4 full preview. Pretty big patch with some changes to experience gains on champion kill (presumably to help reduce snowballing leads), reduced gold for ranged supports to try and encourage a return of tank supports, and Alistar getting an extra 20% AP ratio on his full combo in case you wanted to relive the glory days of 3 AM season 1 AP Alistar. I've started to see Alistair solo lanes popping up, and I've heard it's showing up on the Korean server as well? I don't think he's at the point where he can explode people as a full mage build, but it seems kind of promising to pair him solo lane with a carry jungler or something. I guess his wave clear would still be extremely bad though
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Weird Pumpkin posted:I've started to see Alistair solo lanes popping up, and I've heard it's showing up on the Korean server as well? Showmaker's being trying it out mid, and TheShy (I think?) has been trialing it top as a specific counterpick to Jax, although Jax getting bonked in 13.4 might make that unnecessary. I think there's some merit in playing him with AP and Demonic ala, say, Galio, since his heal lets him survive in tough lanes, and his ult DR means he won't get instantly creamed when it comes time to teamfight with an AP build.
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  was this something people were doing? is this some kind of degenerate combo with futures market to turbo one item?
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Taciturn Tactician posted:
it was, hilariously, a yuumi-only trick to get an extra 210 gold for free
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I approve of more anti-Yuumi specific nerfs.
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Vermain posted:Showmaker's being trying it out mid, and TheShy (I think?) has been trialing it top as a specific counterpick to Jax, although Jax getting bonked in 13.4 might make that unnecessary. I think there's some merit in playing him with AP and Demonic ala, say, Galio, since his heal lets him survive in tough lanes, and his ult DR means he won't get instantly creamed when it comes time to teamfight with an AP build. He's probably the best setup you could get for ganks as well. I guess the question ultimately is what does he bring that's better than galio's global
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Weird Pumpkin posted:He's probably the best setup you could get for ganks as well. I guess the question ultimately is what does he bring that's better than galio's global Galio can be milked, Ali cannot
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Weird Pumpkin posted:I guess the question ultimately is what does he bring that's better than galio's global Less global pressure, but he has significantly better straight-up teamfighting, which might be fine in an era where splitpushing isn't especially strong. Galio's basic combo can't compare to Alistar's for pure engage potential, and all of Galio's DR is tied up in his W charge, so he's a one-and-done kinda champ if he goes AP and lacks teamfight sustainability if he can't disengage.
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el dingo posted:Galio can be milked, Ali cannot  Vermain posted:Less global pressure, but he has significantly better straight-up teamfighting, which might be fine in an era where splitpushing isn't especially strong. Galio's basic combo can't compare to Alistar's for pure engage potential, and all of Galio's DR is tied up in his W charge, so he's a one-and-done kinda champ if he goes AP and lacks teamfight sustainability if he can't disengage. That's a super good point actually, I always forget that Galio isn't really all that tanky without his W, and Galio isn't really an initiator either. He's more like a secondary initiator where he ults in after the fight has started
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I'm on a heater this season, boys (though assholes have banned Illaoi 3 out of my last 4 games)
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gently caress, and i cannot stess this enough, Illaoi i hate her so goddamn much. i will never play her nor Kled those are champs for douchebags
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