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Sunday, April 20 Shoutcasted Featured Matches: Piltover vs. Bandle City

STREAM: twitch.tv/CupcakeTrapLOL Stream status: Offline VODs added to the Factions gallery If you’re asking “What’s Factions?” — click here for a quick intro. versus   We will be holding a second day of shoutcasted Featured Matches on Sunday, April 20, beginning at

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Research Rolls: April, Week III

This is the first set of research system rolls. I’d like to add in some lore snippets later. For now, though, here are the numbers. By the way, the first interactive lore event for Hextech Revolution is still active. Click

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Schedule for today’s Demacia vs. Zaun Featured Matches

As usual, we’re having Featured Matches today beginning at 12:30 p.m. Pacific (3:30 Eastern), shoutcasted by LoL Tourneys. Today’s best-of-three matchup: Demacia vs. Zaun. (Tomorrow, April 20, we’re doing Piltover vs. Bandle City. You can sign up for that here.)

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Interactive Lore Event Posted! (Select a new Champion for your faction and make other decisions.)

I’ve just finished writing up 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

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Friend other Factioners, help get matches started faster

tl;dr: Go friend some Factioners from the List of Summoners and introduce yourself. We strongly encourage players to create matches. And I want to take a moment to thank everyone who’s taken the time to do so. Thank you all!

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New Lore Posted: Breakthrough!

Montesque64 has just completed a prelude piece for the Hextech Revolution storyline. Read it here. —CupcakeTrap

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Factions Staff Ask-Us-Anything

I’ve put together a subreddit thread. Feel free to submit questions, comments, concerns, requests, or whatever else there, and we’ll try to respond to everyone. There’s also a Contact Us page you can use to message staff. —CupcakeTrap

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Sign-ups open! Sat–Sun April 19–20 Featured Matches

We will be having a double-header this coming weekend! Sign up to fight below. On both days, we will have a best-of-three, with the first match beginning at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time (1:30 Mountain, 2:30 Central, 3:30 Eastern), the next

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Saturday Featured Matches Schedule (April 12)

As usual, LoL Tourneys will be shoutcasting a best-of-three set of Featured Matches this Saturday, April 12, 2014. It will be streamed at twitch.tv/LoLTourneys. Each match will be worth a base value of 10 points, twice the normal amount. The

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Want to try streaming or casting Factions?

Ready your farsight spells and activate the megavox enchantments: the League of Legends seeks streamers and shoutcasters for community casting events. If you’re not familiar with the term, “shoutcasting” refers to live match commentary. In other words, you stream a

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New forum/subreddit: r/leaguefactions

Dynoglory has just set up a lovely new subreddit for Factions. Click here to visit /r/leaguefactions. We might also make a “proper” forum at some point, but for now, we hope this will be helpful. If you’re not a Redditor

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Piltover wins April 5 mini-tournament!

Yesterday, we had our first round of Featured Matches for the Hextech Revolution arc. We’re going to be rotating through the factional matchups for these. This time, Piltover faced off against Zaun. Zaun took the first match, but Piltover rallied

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Sign-ups open for April 12 Featured Matches

As usual, we’ll have shoutcasted Featured Matches next Saturday, starting at 12:30 p.m. Pacific. We’re rotating through the matchups. For this set, we’ll have Bandle City up against Demacia. Click here to sign up to fight. There are spaces for

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Saturday Featured Matches Schedule (April 5)

As usual, LoL Tourneys will be shoutcasting a best-of-three set of Featured Matches this Saturday, April 5, 2014. It will be streamed at twitch.tv/LoLTourneys. This will be the first set of Featured Matches for the new arc, Hextech Revolution. We’re

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Still need Summoners to fight in this Saturday’s shoutcasted Featured Matches

We especially need Golds, but we have open spaces for all ranks. I’m going to leave the sign-up form open later than planned, at least until early this evening, because right now we’re a bit low on sign-ups. I think

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Reddit thread for new arc

I’ve posted up a Reddit thread for the new arc, Hextech Revolution. Link: Community-powered Factions game mode enters its fifth arc: HEXTECH REVOLUTION. Playable factions: Piltover, Bandle City, Zaun, and Demacia. Feel free to talk about Factions there and help answer questions.

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Sign up to fight! Featured Matches this Saturday, April 5

I am pleased to announce that we will be resuming our shoutcasted Saturday Featured Matches tradition beginning this Saturday. Shoutcasting will be provided by LoL Tourneys. We’re going to be rotating through faction matchups this arc. We’re beginning with Piltover

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Poll on April 5 Featured Matches

I’ve set up a quick poll (results are public) to gauge community preferences for this Saturday’s Featured Matches, which will be the first of this arc. Take the poll here Looking forward to reading your thoughts on this. —CupcakeTrap

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(April Fools’) Gameplay Rule for Zaun: Consumables Only

Fusion of gameplay with player-driven lore is arguably the central concept of Factions. Up until now, that’s mostly meant matches with faction-specific rosters, the results of which influence the storyline. Well, with the advent of our fifth arc, Hextech Revolution,

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HEXTECH REVOLUTION: the fifth arc has begun!

We’ve just launched the fifth Factions arc: Hextech Revolution. I’m really excited about this storyline. It’s a change of pace from the past two storylines, which to be honest have been pretty grim, and it’s our first “tech” arc, which

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Willing to play a couple “normal” matches to help us improve Factions balance?

We are looking for Summoners to help us with an experiment to improve Factions balance. The Problem We’re Fixing Factions matches are not always mirror-matched: sometimes it’s, e.g., Plat-Plat-Gold-Silver-Silver versus Diamond-Gold-Gold-Bronze-Bronze. This sort of match-up produces two problems: We aren’t

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Shon-Xan Update 9: Peace

At long last, we have the conclusion to the Shon-Xan storyline. Shon-Xan Update 9: Peace This is merely a big-picture overview, which leaves a lot unsaid — including some significant surprises. We decided to go with this sort of sweeping

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Shon-Xan Interactive Lore Event Results Spoiler

I’m working on the lore update now, but people are (understandably and awesomely) excited to get the gist of what happened, so here you go. Reminder of Setup Ionia’s army is surrounding the fortified refugee settlement. The Noxian shock troops

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Final Shon-Xan Email: Shon-Xan Ends, A New Story Begins

I’ve copied the final Shon-Xan email below, for those who aren’t on the list. Greetings, Summoners. First off, this event concludes at the end of March 28, so take a look and have your say if you haven’t: https://leaguefactions.net/2014/03/25/shon-xan-interactive-lore-event/ There

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Vote to decide the third playable faction for next arc (and for how Shon-Xan ends!)

The final chapter of Shon-Xan is now being written, and in the spirit of Factions we want to put you, the Summoners, at the center of the action. March 28 is the last day to cast your votes. We actually

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Mundo? Mundo! MUNDO! Mundo.

MUNDO RUN FACTIONS NOW. MUNDO SECURE AUTHORITY WITH MASTERY OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE AND MUNDO.   MUNDO POST HERE.   MUNDO NOT REPEAT.   THIS NOT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION.   CLICK NOW PUNY SUMMONER.

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Help Us Improve Factions Match Balancing

UPDATE: See this newer post.   We’re going to be running some test matches to gather data to improve our balancing system. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Read on for more. If you want to volunteer

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Decide How Shon-Xan Ends (interactive lore event and vote for next arc’s third faction)

This interactive lore event has concluded. Read the outcome here. Ionians, vote to decide next arc’s third faction. Ionians and Noxians alike, participate in determining how this arc’s conclusion plays out and shapes the Factions universe going forward. The Factions

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The Shon-Xan Arc Has Ended!

3/25 EDIT: Click here for the interactive lore event, through which we’ll decide how this result actually plays out. Both Noxian and Ionian Summoners may participate. Also, as the victors, Ionians get to vote to add a third playable faction to

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Beyond the Battlefield: Bandle City Psycho

We’ve just opened up a new lore channel, Beyond the Battlefield, for secondary lore updates which may be (at the author’s option) more or less closely connected to the central match-driven storyline. We welcome community contributions; to pitch an idea

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Vote for the next arc’s factions

Shon-Xan won’t end until March 24, but to help us get the next arc started up as quickly as possible after Shon-Xan concludes I’ve put up the poll for the next arc. Go vote, and please spread the word. I

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What’s Next (Schedule for Next Arc)

This is a quick summary post that gives our tentative schedule for transitioning from Shon-Xan into the next arc. Dates are estimates; RL does sometimes intervene, though we’ll be working hard to get things rolling on time. March 24 —

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Featured Matches: Stream Live!

Come watch! Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/loltourneys Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/213fge/march_22_shoutcasted_noxus_vs_ionia_tournament GD: http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=4364178 This is the last set of Featured Matches for the Shon-Xan storyline. —CupcakeTrap

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Pick-up Match VOD Gallery Updated

I’ve gone through and edited some Twitch.tv recordings of pick-up matches from the Shon-Xan arc. Enjoy! Factions Pick-Up VOD Gallery Highlights include ADC Master Yi from last night. —CupcakeTrap

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Featured Matches March 22! (Schedule here.)

As usual, LoL Tourneys will be shoutcasting a best-of-three set of Featured Matches this Saturday, March 22. Match Schedule This will be a best-of-three. If either faction sweeps the first two matches, the third match will be a Caster’s Choice

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Shon-Xan Update 8: Scarlet Spring

Agrofox has just completed the eighth lore update for the Shon-Xan storyline. Scarlet Spring This update depicts the carnage of the war for Shon-Xan. Darius, Warwick, Irelia, and Xin Zhao feature prominently. —CupcakeTrap

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Vote for the next arc’s factions

Shon-Xan won’t end until March 24, but to help us get the next arc started up as quickly as possible after Shon-Xan concludes I’ve put up the poll for the next arc. Go vote, and please spread the word. I

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Factions Raidcall

We now have a Factions Raidcall for voice chat, in addition to Teamspeak. The Raidcall ID is  8368092. You can download Raidcall here. —CupcakeTrap

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March 22 Featured Matches sign-up is live!

As usual, we’ll have a set of Featured Matches this coming Saturday, March 22. This will be the final set of Featured Matches before the Shon-Xan storyline ends on March 24. To sign up, click here. —CupcakeTrap

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Updated Match Creation Guide

I’ve updated the Match Creation Guide. It now includes a video example and a link to a forum thread you can bump to draw in some new people. Now go start some matches! There may be certain rewards for people

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March 15 Featured Matches Sign Up

Here’s the sign-up form for March 15’s Featured Matches. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DwT0xRBh1fxyVrEenmXeg6X0xk9BRlXqEyoHlfZ3yXQ/viewform —CupcakeTrap

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Featured Matches moved to March 9 due to server problems

As you may have noticed, we had some severe server issues today. So we’re rescheduling the Saturday Featured Matches to Sunday. Sign-Up Form Use that form to sign up to play. And please tune in! This will be a standard

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March 8, 2014 Featured Matches

We’ll be having another set of Featured Matches this Saturday. This thread has the relevant information. We will be using a new sign-up and priority methodology this time around. A Google Form is linked in the thread; use that to

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Second Shon-Xan Tournament Results

We’ve just concluded a very exciting tournament in which Noxus ultimately prevailed (albeit narrowly). This means that Noxus is back in the game. This storyline will end on March 24, 2014. At that point, or shortly before, we’ll set up

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Hexakill enabled!

Hexakill matches may be played as valid Factions matches for the next week. Each Hexakill match will have a base value of 6 points. —CupcakeTrap

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An urgent dispatch from the League!

February 23: An urgent dispatch from the League! See the Storyline page for an overview of the story to date. Zed’s ninja assassins have paralyzed the Ionian military with a series of lightning raids against key targets. Multiple Ionian military

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Sat. Feb 22 Featured Matches

Factions will be holding Featured Matches in conjunction with LoL Tourneys every Saturday, starting at 12:30 pm Pacific / 1:30 Mountain / 2:30 Central / 3:30 Eastern. Sign up to fight for your faction The next set is this Saturday,

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