I’ve been thinking about how to adapt to the removal of public chats from the client, which has made match organization more difficult. Certainly, greater use of the Discord server is part of the solution, but I felt we needed…

On 30 November, 26 CLE, two Champions of the League entered the Black Winter dispute. Demacia recruited Leona, the Radiant Dawn. Ionia recruited Syndra, the Dark Sovereign. The roster page has been updated accordingly. —CupcakeTrap

Black Winter concluded its first week with a round of Featured Matches between Demacia and Ionia. Recordings Day One: Match One Match Two Match Three Day Two: Match One Match Two Match Three Original Post The following is 501st Big…

This is the first Champion pickup vote of Arc IX: Black Winter. This vote will close on Wednesday, November 30. Select your faction below. Demacia Ionia If the forum says you don’t have access to that thread, you’ll need to…

We’ll be conducting a meeting on Discord at 2 Pacific today, November 26. Meeting Agenda GDoc -CupcakeTrap

The forums seem to be down. In the interim, you might try our subreddit, /r/LeagueFactions. I’ll be sharing some updates there tonight, if the forums are still down. —CupcakeTrap

I’m rather pleased that we have finished an arc before the next one. I have just posted the resolution to Divinity, and added it to the Divinity arc page. Thank you to everyone for participating in this arc, as players, as…

Quests are subplots that are related to but separate from the main dispute of the arc. Factions pursue them in parallel with the arc’s main objective. They are meant to give meaning to week-by-week Balance of Power standings, and to…

Quests are subplots that are related to but separate from the main dispute of the arc. Factions pursue them in parallel with the arc’s main objective. They are meant to give meaning to week-by-week Balance of Power standings, and to…

CAWWWW! VOTE! The majority of Factioners seem to be from the US, so go vote! It is my understanding that most jurisdictions do not have questions about whether to equip your zombie dogs with null-magic raincoats for +2 versus enemy…

This seemed an appropriate quick post for today: a sampling of prior Factions lore relating to the Harrowing, and other topics of general spookiness. Hextech Revolution Update 2: Opening Moves We meet the Lich Queen Nefara, because yordles can’t be…

Insert jokes, complaints, etc. here, because we are keeping with the fine Factions tradition of lateness. Though I had firmly intended to stick with the October 31 launch date plan, and put in about 20 hours of work this weekend…

Quests are subplots that are related to but separate from the main dispute of the arc. Factions pursue them in parallel with the arc’s main objective. They are meant to give meaning to week-by-week Balance of Power standings, and to…

Bandle City has won its first Factions victory in Arc IX: Divinity. A fuller arc completion post is forthcoming, after the rest of these posts are up. But I wanted to briefly note this to give Bandle City Summoners a…

Quests are subplots that are related to but separate from the main dispute of the arc. Factions pursue them in parallel with the arc’s main objective. They are meant to give meaning to week-by-week Balance of Power standings, and to…

Now that we’ve finished the Quest polls, it’s time to go back and do the card draws for each week of Quest checks for each faction. Quests are subplots that are related to but separate from the main dispute of…

Arc IX is set to begin next week. It will be a Harrowing-focused arc with a 1v1 format, designed to be as broadly accessible as we can make it. The victor of Divinity has not yet been announced, because, uh,…

The Harrowing is Nearly Upon Us! How’s it going, everyone? Well, its nearly October 31st, and while for us that means we get to dress up and eat lots of junk food, in Valoran the Harrowing is preparing to strike.…

Summoner PONCHOGRANDE has graciously taken the time to set up polls to decide which Quests your factions will pursue as we wrap up Divinity. The next step will be going back and rolling these Quest storylines using prior weeks’ Balance…

Parallel development is frequently an aid to efficiency. While I’m about to hop back to wrapping Divinity, I decided to take a few hours today to begin a discussion about Arc IX’s general contours. Forum thread: Arc IX First Pitch…

I’ve completed a draft of Arc VIII’s Quests for each faction. These will be the primary focus of the (rather rapid) arc wrap-up scheduled for this coming week. I’ve created a forum thread for discussion here. —CupcakeTrap

Intermission is…not here? So, as you probably saw in the last post by Cupcake, we are done with holding all the events for Arc VIII – Divinity, but are still going to accept match submissions for the arc until we…

The tournament last weekend was the final scheduled event of Arc VIII: Divinity. However, match submissions will continue to be accepted until we formally close the arc. (And there are also several lore events to resolve; see below.) You’re welcome…

A quick update here letting you know that the main page for the Final Tournament of the arc has been updated with a link to the tournament team submission form, and the results of the preliminary round.

Alright, as several players have mentioned, we got a new yordle champion a few weeks back, and it raised the question of is he going to be added into Bandle City’s roster this arc. Well, staff has been talking about…

In case anyone didn’t already know, this weekend will be hosting the preliminary round of the final tournament of Arc VIII. The sign up form can be accessed on the main tournament page. Make sure to sign up and encourage…

Factions Friday begins at 5:00 PM Pacific time today, September 2nd, in the year 26 CLE. Reddit Thread Boards Thread What’s Factions Friday? Factions Friday is a traditional event for welcoming new Factioners into their first matches, and generally facilitating…

This update covers the Week 12 Champion highlights, which were connected with the August 13-14 Featured Matches. Backstory A vision from the heart of the Maelstrom has shown Volibear, warrior-sage of the Ursine, that a conflict of mythical proportions will…

Wombo Combo Featured Matches I am very excited to announce a special event for this weekend’s featured matches. With Arc VIII – Divinity we’ve been running a 2v2 arc where every faction has its own roster and its allied faction’s…

The second tournament of the Divinity arc was held during Weeks 16 and 17, on the weekends of September 10–11 and 17–18. The Rune of Purity The First Rune War ended circa 2,600 BLE. It had been waged between the…

Final Ally Matches This week marks the end of the last set of Featureds Matches, and wrapping the round off is the final inter-alliance mathces. Bandle City and Icathia face off on Saturday, followed by Bilgewater and Freljord fighting on…

Factions Friday begins at 5:00 PM Pacific time today, August 19th, in the year 26 CLE. Reddit Thread Boards Thread Fwhat’s Faction’s Friday For? Factions Friday is a traditional event for welcoming new Factioners into their first matches, and generally…

Week 13 of Divinity concluded with the August 20–21 Featured Matches. August 20—Bandle City v. the Freljord Summoners and Champions from Bandle City and the Freljord jointly attended a symposium about Argyrian education. It was a tense situation, but the…

Factions Friday begins at 5:00 PM Pacific time today, August 12th, in the year 26 CLE. Reddit Thread Boards Thread Fwhat’s Faction’s Friday For? Factions Friday is a traditional event for welcoming new Factioners into their first matches, and generally…

This week, each faction will have an opportunity to select a Champion for further story progression. This weekend’s Featured Matches (for which all are encouraged to sign up) will determine how that Champion’s story proceeds: for example, a 3-0 victory…

Featured Matches this week are Champion quests related. Each faction will work to help advance one of their champion’s goals, with Featured Matches outcomes heavily influencing the results. The Freljord has selected Volibear for their Champion to highlight this weekend.…

Stream: twitch.tv/LeagueFactions The tournament finals will conclude today, Sunday, 7 August of 26 CLE. Matches will be streamed on Twitch. This tournament will mark an important development in the story of the Divinity arc. The first match begins at 11:30…

I’ve taken a few hours to go through and update the arc page, mostly focusing on the “Lore” section. I’ve organized all the various lore entries from this arc in chronological order, and inserted short summaries of each. I hope…

Scandal at the Institute of War! High Councilor Vessaria Kolminye has confirmed that there has been “what appears to be an oversight, but will nonetheless be investigated fully”—something in the League’s Black Archives, dating back to the Rune Wars or…

As you probably already know the deadline has passed and the semifinals’ and finals’ teams have been locked in. They can been seen on the Tournament Page. Best of Luck to everyone who will be playing, and we invite everyone…

Factions Friday begins at 5:00 PM Pacific time today, August 5th, in the year 26 CLE. Fwhat’s Faction’s Friday For? Factions Friday is a traditional event for welcoming new Factioners into their first matches, and generally facilitating pickup matches. It’s…

With the preliminaries concluded, its time for the second weekend of the tournament. I’ve opened up the team submission form and posted it on the Tournament Page, along with posting the results of the preliminaries. Every faction will need a…

Lore written by CupcakeTrap (which is why it’s late) with extensive input from ShadowKnight1224 (which is why it’s not terrible) The following Champions were recruited in Week 8. The outcomes of their joining-stories will be written based on the Featured…

A quick announcement to let everyone know that the tournament page has been updated with the sign ups for the preliminary round. Get together with your faction, and your ally faction if you want to be a good friend, and…

I’ve tallied the votes and rolled the dice, and the resolutions to the Week 7 Featured Match Lore Events have been added to the July 9-10 Featured Matches post. —CupcakeTrap

Why does Gragas, Esq. have mirrored sunglasses? Is this a pop culture reference I’m not missing? He’s wearing a three-piece. And he’s indoors. Anyway, setting that mystery aside, Gragas, Esq. has a rule clarification for us. Alliances Divinity is a…

Factions Friday is a weekly event aimed at getting Summoners who are new to Factions into their first matches. Secondarily, it’s intended to help facilitate match creation, by setting a day of the week when people can expect there to…

I’ve updated the July 9-10 FM post with lore event setups and votes. It’s a bit rough, because we’re still figuring out this World Systems thing and testing mechanics, but hopefully it’ll be an interesting interactive story event nonetheless. Voting…

I have tallied the votes, done the World Systems rolls, and completed the Week 6 Champion recruitment lore event. Enjoy! —CupcakeTrap