STREAM: twitch.tv/LoLTourneys Stream status: Offline (VODs will be posted once received from LoL Tourneys) Reddit thread: Demacia vs. Zaun mini-tournament, shoutcasted by LoL Tourneys, happening now! GD thread: Stream’s up! Demacia vs. Zaun mini-tournament, shoutcasting by LoL Tourneys. If you’re asking “What’s…

Here are this week’s research system rolls. Balance of Power modifiers: Piltover: +2 Bandle City: +2 Zaun: +4 Demacia: +2 Piltover The Velocitronic Rail (Gamma Phase) — High-speed hextech levitating train system Target: 8 or higher Balance of Power Modifier:…

I’ve just updated the Recruitment page with a new referral rewards program. As part of this program, we’ll hand out prizes to those Summoners who do the most to recruit more participants for Factions. We hope this will increase the number…

At long last, we’re setting up our first real tournament for this arc. More lore to come; for now, I just want to post up the basic structure. Story The battle for control of the dark sand has reached a…

Next weekend’s matches will also be held on the Howling Abyss. Saturday, June 14: Demacia vs. Zaun Sign up for Saturday’s matches here. Sunday, June 15: Piltover vs. Bandle City Sign up for Sunday’s matches here. The weekend after that,…

STREAM: twitch.tv/LeagueFactions Stream status: Offline Reddit thread: TBA GD thread: TBA If you’re asking “What’s Factions?” — click here for a quick intro. Champion lists for each faction: Faction Rosters   versus   We will be holding some shoutcasted Featured…

We didn’t have enough summoners for Match I, and some problems arose as a result. I think the problems were serious enough that they warrant a formal decision, at the risk of being a little too SRS BUSINESS about Factions…

STREAM: twitch.tv/LoLTourneys Stream status: Offline Reddit thread: Stream live: Demacia versus Bandle City GD thread: Stream live: Demacia versus Bandle City Piltover vs. Zaun matches tomorrow. Summoners from those factions can sign up here to participate. If you’re asking “What’s Factions?” —…

Here are this week’s research system rolls. Balance of Power modifiers: Piltover: +0 Bandle City: +0 Zaun: +4 Demacia: +1 Piltover The Velocitronic Rail (Beta Phase) — High-speed hextech levitating train system Target: 8 or higher Balance of Power Modifier:…

Montesque64 has completed the latest lore and gameplay update for this storyline. In this update, the nations of Valoran unite to defend Bandle City from the Lich Queen Nefara’s undead hordes. Update 6: A Desperate Alliance This update portrays the…

For a bit of a change of pace, this weekend’s Featured Matches will be held on the Howling Abyss. Sign up to fight via the links below. June 7 — Demacia v. Bandle City June 8 — Piltover v. Zaun…

Montesque64 has scheduled some special Featured Matches this weekend, as part of Interactive Lore Event II, in which the Lich Queen Nefara sends forth her undead armies to assault Bandle City. 501st Big Mike will be running these matches. Undead…

First, an update on Interactive Lore Event IV: Ziggs has joined Bandle City as a secondary Champion, initiating the Strategic Hexplosives project there. Fizz has joined Bandle City, initiating the Yordle Submarines project. Zaun has begun the Extradimensional Theory project.…

Zaun and Bandle City have a quick lore event to help resolve a few lingering questions. Read more here! —CupcakeTrap

The wait is over. Factions has expanded to the EUW region! Summoner BourrinoSprotch is the new EUW admin. Here’s a Reddit thread with more information. Drop by and say hi to our new signups. Welcome to Factions, EUW! —CupcakeTrap

Piltover’s victory in a recent set of Featured Matches won it the right to add a new Champion to its roster. We decided to turn this into brief interactive lore event. You can read about the choices and setup here:…

Hot off the presses from Montesque64! Contact Montesque if you have questions or suggestions. Stage II The Factions of the Hextech Revolution have cast their votes, whether or not to assist the Yordle’s against the Undead Hordes. The undead hordes are…

Agrofox has written up an epilogue to the Shon-Xan storyline. It shows the events of that last fateful day from another perspective, and answers some previously unanswered questions about what happened. Shon-Xan Epilogue: Pax Monstro —CupcakeTrap

Zaun’s lucky dice won them another Champion as a prize for winning a recent set of Featured Matches. I’ve put together a lore update showing that pickup. Update 5: Get Jinxed Enjoy! —CupcakeTrap

STREAM: twitch.tv/LeagueFactions Stream status:Offline GD thread: (FACTIONS) Sign up — Demacia vs. Zaun matches this Sunday, May 25 If you’re asking “What’s Factions?” — click here for a quick intro. In short, Factions is a community-powered game mode in which Summoners declared…

I’ve posted up a quick Interactive Lore Event for Piltover. The only decision is which Champion to pick up after their victory in the Featured Matches today. I have worked in some story elements as well, though. —CupcakeTrap

Here are this week’s research system rolls. Balance of Power modifiers: Piltover: 0 Bandle City: +1 Zaun: +3 Demacia: +4 Piltover No luck this week — but at least they didn’t open a rift to the Void! The Velocitronic Rail…

STREAM: twitch.tv/LoLTourneys Stream status: Offline (VODs coming soon!) Reddit thread: Sat. May 24: Shoutcasted Piltover versus Bandle City mini-tournament (part of the community-run Factions game mode) GD thread: (FACTIONS) Piltover vs. Bandle City matches Saturday May 24 Zaun vs. Demacia matches tomorrow. Summoners…

Montesque64 has put together a fourth lore update for the Hextech Revolution storyline, which begins the “lich queen” interactive lore event we’ve been talking about. Hextech Revolution Update 4: The Endless Dead Enjoy! Or, uh, tremble in terror. —CupcakeTrap

As usual, we will have shoutcasted Featured Matches this weekend. There will be a best-of-three mini-tournament on each day. The Saturday matches will be streamed at Twitch.tv/LoLTourneys, while the Sunday matches will be streamed at Twitch.tv/LeagueFactions. Sign-Up Links Click the…

I’ve just put the sign-up together for next Sunday. Click here to sign up! We did some polling about timing, and the majority wanted to keep the Sunday matches at the same time slot, so that’s what we’re doing for…

STREAM: Twitch.TV/LeagueFactions Stream status: Online Reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/25vujt/piltover_vs_demacia_minitournament_streaming_now/ GD thread: http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=4529166 Next Saturday: Piltover versus Bandle City! Winner picks up Ziggs for their roster. Sign up here. If you’re asking “What’s Factions?” — click here for a quick intro. Champion lists for each faction:…

   Ziggs has been sitting on the sidelines up to this point. Well, it’s about time for him to stop eating doughnuts and get on the Fields. This Saturday, May 24, Piltover and Bandle City will face off in a…

Here are this week’s research system rolls. Balance of Power modifiers: Piltover: 0 Bandle City: +2 Zaun: 0 Demacia: +4 Piltover The Velocitronic Rail (Alpha Phase) — High-speed hextech levitating train system Target: 8 or higher Balance of Power Modifier:…

STREAM: twitch.tv/LoLTourneys Stream status: Offline Reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/25tage/bandle_city_versus_zaun_matches_today_shoutcasted/ Piltover vs. Demacia matches tomorrow. Summoners from those factions can sign up here to participate. If you’re asking “What’s Factions?” — click here for a quick intro. Champion lists for each faction: Faction Rosters versus…

This update is a long time overdue. Update 3: Chaos Enjoy! More lore to come shortly. —CupcakeTrap

Theras Arkna has joined the Factions staff as our Roleplay Director. They’re starting up a Pathfinder-based roleplaying campaign set in the Factions universe. This has just launched, so Theras is still working out the details. But here’s a GDoc with…

Sign ups are open for next weekend’s Featured Matches. Click the links below to sign up. Saturday, May 17: Bandle City vs. Zaun Sunday, May 18: Piltover vs. Demacia On each day, we’ll have a best-of-three. The first match will be…

STREAM: twitch.tv/LeagueFactions Stream status: Offline VODs are below. Sign-ups are open for next weekend’s Featured Matches! VODs: Match I http://www.twitch.tv/leaguefactions/c/4237252 Casting: 501st Big Mike and Naggarok Naggarok was having some mic issues this game. They should be fixed soon! Match…

STREAM: twitch.tv/LoLTourneys Stream status: Offline VODs: http://www.twitch.tv/loltourneys/b/527654336 http://www.twitch.tv/loltourneys/b/527640717 Links to rough-cut footage from LoL Tourneys. Reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/2588mo/shoutcasted_demacia_vs_zaun_minitournament_part/ Bandle City vs. Piltover matches tomorrow. Summoners from those factions can sign up here to participate. If you’re asking “What’s Factions?” — click here…

Here are this week’s research system rolls. Piltover The Velocitronic Rail (Alpha Phase) — High-speed hextech levitating train system Target: 8 or higher Balance of Power Modifier: -1 Roll: 5 Total: 4 People of Tomorrow (Gamma Phase) — Bio-augmentation project Target: 8…

Reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/leaguefactions/comments/24zjqq/suggestions_for_improving_factions/ We’ve received many good suggestions from the Factions community so far. However, it occurred to us that we hadn’t really set up a proper discussion yet. We’ve decided to fix that. To start with, here’s an r/leagueFactions thread.…

Sign ups are open for next weekend’s Featured Matches. Saturday, May 10: Demacia vs. Zaun Sunday, May 11: Bandle City vs. Piltover —CupcakeTrap

STREAM: twitch.tv/CupcakeTrapLOL Stream status: Offline VODs: Match I http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4192369 Casting: CupcakeTrap and SonOfTill Match II http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4192383 Casting: ArrowDealer and Slatley Match III http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4192389 Casting: Kuronan and Sgt Porkchop If you’re asking “What’s Factions?” — click here for a quick intro.…

STREAM: twitch.tv/CupcakeTrapLOL Stream status: Offline VODs: Match One: http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4183581 Casters: LordClifton and Simitachi Match Two: http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4183600 Casters: LordClifton and Simitachi Match Three: http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4183611 Casters: LordClifton and Simitachi Reddit thread: Here Bandle City vs. Demacia matches tomorrow. Summoners from those factions can sign up here…

Here are this week’s research system rolls. Piltover The Velocitronic Rail (Alpha Phase) — High-speed hextech levitating train system Target: 8 or higher Balance of Power Modifier: -1 Roll: 8 Total: 7 People of Tomorrow (Alpha Phase) — Bio-augmentation project Target: 8…

The day has finally come! Factions has launched in another region. Summoner Thedishonest is taking the lead on organizing Factions in EUNE. Matches played there will influence the Hextech Revolution storyline. To facilitate matches there, I’ve added a special rule…

Here are the sign-up forms: May 3 (Piltover vs. Zaun) May 4 (Demacia vs. Bandle City) —CupcakeTrap

STREAM: twitch.tv/CupcakeTrapLOL Stream status:  Offline VODs posted to the Featured Matches gallery: Match One: http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4145021 Casting: OrderlyAnarchist and CupcakeTrap Match Two: http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4145037 Casting: OrderlyAnarchist and Rurk Match Three: http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4145044 Casting: Naggarok Next Saturday’s matchup is Piltover vs. Zaun. Sign up here. Next Sunday’s…

STREAM: twitch.tv/LoLTourneys Stream status: Offline (VODs available here: http://www.twitch.tv/loltourneys/b/523371695 ) Bandle City and Zaun matches tomorrow: Summoners from those factions can sign up here. Next Saturday’s matchup is Piltover vs. Zaun. Sign up here. Next Sunday’s matchup is Bandle City vs. Demacia.…

Click here for a summary of the results from the first interactive lore event. In short, as it influences these rolls: Piltover’s rolls are canceled due to Zaunite sabotage. Bandle City gets to roll twice on all projects. Bandle City launches…

Even as a sneak peek, this is rough right now. Stay tuned! More to come, including a revision and prettying-up of this rough draft post. CupcakeTrap is tired. I’ve just closed the polls for the first interactive lore event of…

Voting is open for the first Interactive Lore Event for the Hextech Revolution arc. Here are the highlights: Each faction can select a new Champion to join their roster. We’ve set up a research system to connect the balance of power…

Here are the sign-up forms: April 26 (Demacia vs. Piltover) April 27 (Bandle City vs. Zaun) Also, remember to participate in the lore event if you haven’t already. This includes a vote to decide which new Champion your faction will…

Bandle City prevailed in today’s Featured Matches against Piltover. Rumble won’t shut up about this for weeks, if ever. These were very exciting and close matches. Bandle City won the first two, thus winning the set, but Piltover came back…