If the opening to Arc VII is not published by this Friday in time for the Champion recruitment post, I hereby pledge that I will instead upload a video of the opening acted out by myself with sock puppets which…

ADVANCE DRAFT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Shuriman, Noxian Workers Demand Independence, Noxus Deploys Task Force Darius Dispatched To Shurima, Expected Not To Appear On Fields Today by Trammon Velspar, Reporter for the Summoner’s Herald 28 June, 25 CLE—A protest of pyrikhos…

There’s only one actual pickup this week. So you get extra lore. Yay! 26 June, 25 CLE—Annie, the Dark Child, enters the dispute on behalf of Noxus. She also represents the Grey Order, Noxian witches and warlocks who fled a…

After talking it over with lore staff, we’ve decided to go for a lengthier opener for this arc. Still, I’d like to get material circulating as it’s ready, so I’ll be posting semi-finished drafts one-by-one until the whole thing is…

I have sent around the Champion recruitment poll for this week. Since Shurima and Piltover each opted for a Tertiary selection last time, consuming their subsequent pickup opportunity as well, only Noxus is eligible this week. If you’re a Noxian…

The Featured Matches post for this weekend has been updated with schedules. These schedules were created with our fancy new Featured Matchmaker program, which basically involved asking Blitzcrank to rework his Fleshling Compatibility Service to select Summoners for matches on…

12 June, 25 CLE—Warwick, the Blood Hunter, enters the dispute on behalf of Noxus. He was transformed into his monstrous shape when he quaffed Singed’s unfinished potion. (Singed had warned him that without the final ingredient, the blood of a…

I’ve sent out the ballots for the second Champion pickup vote. This next set of Champions will join the fray this Friday, June 12. If you didn’t get the ballot, check your spam folder. If you can’t find the email,…

The first round of Champion recruitment in the new Shuriman dispute is complete. 5 June, 25 CLE—Morgana, the Fallen Angel, enters the dispute on behalf of Noxus. Though she sees in Azir the same arrogant hunger for dominance that made…

The voting for the first round of Champion pickups closes tonight. We’re using a voting system that requires registration. Here is a list of registrations to vote for Champ pickups so far. If your name is there, but you don’t…

I’ve made a few more updates to the lists of recruitable Champions for this arc. The first Champion pickup vote will be posted soon. I wanted to invite everyone to take a moment to glance at the current options and…

Guys, Factions just got more exciting. It now includes the joys of voter registration. I know! Pretty intense, right? Basically, I’d like to use a rank-order preference voting system for Champion pickups. The old way of doing it involves a…

En garde! Summoner Azazalis has come forward and agreed to be the regional admin for EUW this arc. I’ve just added an EUW signup link to the sign-up page. Here’s the Summoner List page. And here’s a direct link to…

I’ve updated the Factions Match Submission page with a draft of the new scoring rules. Hooray! I’ve also created a survey about those rules. You’re all encouraged to vote. I will randomly select two voters for a scoring-related lore cameo.…

I’ve just created a simple Summoner list for Lines in the Sand. Obviously, I plan to pretty it all up at some point, but the basic functionality is available. Statistics As of this posting, there are 128 (tryhard, early adopter)…

Link: Arc VII Lore Outline Initial Draft See also: Discussion Thread We are moving through our Arc VII Agenda nicely. Next up is lore. Renekton spent thousands of years in a dark and mysterious a Shuriman tomb, tormented by Xerath.…

The Arc VII match submission form is live. The site will be updated shortly. —CupcakeTrap

There is still a lot of work to be done. But, as promised, here is the sign-up link, which you’ll note has been posted before the end of May 16. Arc VII has officially begun! You can interpret the lingering…

I have posted newly revised rosters for Arc VII. Go talk about them here. In the interim, I will be continuing down the agenda, mostly focusing on setting up the basic lore for this arc’s opening. When that’s done, I’ll…

Arc VII will begin tomorrow, May 16, in the year 25 CLE. We are currently chugging caffeine and rushing around doing last-minute preparations for the arc launch tomorrow. You are all invited to come join in and share your ideas…

As preparations for Arc VII continue, I’ve created a discussion thread on the forum in order to invite community comments on rosters. This evening, I gathered together the suggestions from that thread and created a synthesis GDoc. You’re all encouraged to…

The voting is complete. The next Factions arc will feature as playable factions Shurima, Noxus, and Piltover.  We’re still discussing the story specifics, but as I see it, the obvious solution would be to have Shurima demand entrance into the…

Traditionally, we throw in a post-arc poll so that Summoners from the various factions can make some final decisions and set their factions’ course going forward. Here are the Nyroth polls. Bilgewater the Freljord Ionia the Shadow Isles Discussion I’ve…

I have just posted the poll that will select the factions for the next arc. Cast your vote Discussion and information thread Since there has been some confusion, please note: this is the poll to select next arc’s factions. It…

It’s time to get moving on next arc. Before we post up the polls that will determine which factions appear next, I’d like to encourage some community discussion on a few issues. Roster Discussion Proposal: Handicap System General Discussion Thread…

I’ve set up a simple survey regarding the number of factions that will be featured next arc. Myself, I’m leaning toward three factions, in part for the sake of administrative simplicity and storytelling coherence, and in part to make match…

The tournament to decide which faction will gain control of the Ironspike nexus concludes this weekend. There will be three matches per day, with the first match beginning at 1 p.m. Pacific (4 p.m. Eastern) on each day. This tournament…

The battle for the Ironspike Mountains nexus continues this weekend. The semi-finals will be held on Saturday, and the finals will be held on Sunday. We’ll be using premade teams for these final rounds. Anyone can gather and submit a…

As we gear up for the next arc, we’ve been thinking a lot about the fundamentals of Factions. After much deliberation, we have decided to revamp the Factions narrative universe to increase its dynamic flexibility and disrupt the concept-space within…

The aftershocks from Nyroth’s restoration have sent energy surges through Valoran’s nexuses. Summoners have managed to diffuse most of the excess energy without serious damage. However, two energy bursts from the event collided in the Ironspike Mountains, triggering the formation…

This is the third and final Nyroth Loresplosion, which is a cute name for “let’s slap something together and get this lore finished so we can move on”. Don’t expect masterpieces, especially from the exploration posts. You can think of…

No! CupcakeTrap has failed! CupcakeTrap will have to shut his ears in the oven! I am so, so sorry. And no, I’m not talking about the Piltover roster from Hextech Revolution. But I will have David Tennant say it for…

Factions has a forum, administered by CrazyMLC. I figured I’d toss up a post to encourage more people to join in on those discussions, especially as Intermission moves toward a close. There are a lot of lore and rules questions…

I decided to do some more lore revision tonight. I had to stop partway through Neritum, but I thought I’d share the initial results. I also recently posted up another lore recruitment thread; we should be getting some reinforcements for…

Summoners of the League of Legends! Hear ye and be warned that the Council has decreed that a contest of arms upon that Field of Justice known as the Howling Abyss shall conclusively resolve the disputes hereafter described. ♦ 14…

I’ve upgraded the Balance of Power duplicate detection formula to use Match History links, which (unlike match durations) are truly unique. This has enabled me to remove the “match duration” field from the submission form, hopefully saving people some time.…

I’ve updated the schedule post for this past weekend’s matches with short resolutions. Technical difficulties prevent us from posting the long-form lore at this time, but we know you’ll be excited when you see the full Herald stories They’re a bit…

We’re revising our match scoring systems, including match results submission. As always, we’re trying to make it as simple as possible, especially for Intermission, when you’re all basically just doing it in the name of science. Before, we used match…

Back in November, we did a round of recruitment for the lore team. Montesque is looking to gather up some more writers, editors, and concept people for a special Intermission team. Its primary task will be to clean up the Nyroth…

Riot has announced a two-week trial run of the Party Rewards system. Basically, if you queue up as a premade, you get a chance at bonus IP. (Summoner Lyte does have a certain empirically grounded fondness for intermittent reinforcement schedules,…