These matches will be streamed at twitch.tv/LeagueFactions. The first match begins at 12:30 Pacific, the second at 1:30, and the third at 2:30. Shurima, which seemed on the verge of conquest when this dispute began, is now taking the fight…

501st Big Mike and Shiisaa have developed some revised rules for handling Unranked Summoners with regard to making balanced matches. (The previous rule had been to treat them as Golds.) I’ve copied Mike’s initial post below. More details are forthcoming.…

If you’re new to Factions, you may find the Beginners’ Guide helpful. When you’re ready, you can sign up for a faction here. To see which Champions are available for which factions, view the Faction Rosters. Today is our second…

I needed to be somewhere else five minutes ago, but I have completed a draft. Link: Interactive Lore Event II —CupcakeTrap

This is the second interactive lore event of Arc VII: Lines in the Sand. Ballots have been sent out to all three factions. If you can’t find a ballot in your email, check your spam folder. If you still can’t…

The majority of Factions matches are pick-up matches that anyone can start or join. On the weekends, we complement these matches with shoutcasted Featured Matches using more carefully balanced teams, and with higher than usual stakes. The matches are held…

Edgar Jantleigh broke the seal on his ration tin and rolled the flimsy but sharp-edged lid back to reveal the orangey contents. They were, certainly, well-described as “contents”. Or perhaps “product”. By no means “food”. The day he started calling…

The majority of Factions matches are pick-up matches that anyone can start or join. On the weekends, we complement these matches with shoutcasted Featured Matches using more carefully balanced teams, and with higher than usual stakes. The matches are held…

Here are the July 10 recruitment results, just in time for Factions Friday. 10 July, 25 CLE—Vladimir, the Crimson Reaper, enters the dispute on behalf of Noxus. Practitioners of ancient Shuriman magic disparage modern spellcraft as small-minded and petty, operating…

Friday, July 10 is our first Factions Friday of this arc. We’re encouraging everyone to come by for some pick-up matches, and to recruit some friends to join in. This is, essentially, an effort to make match organization easier by…

I have sent out the ballots for the July 10 Champion recruitment polls for Noxus and Piltover. If you didn’t get a ballot, check your spam folder. If you still can’t find a ballot, you can submit your name and…

There has been significant demand to transfer more story significance to Featured Matches, especially in the absence of a formal World Systems setup. For the next three weekends of Featured Matches, we’ll be giving each faction a chance to make…

ADVANCE DRAFT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Shurima Joins The League Champion Azir recognized as Emperor of Shurima, given control of Shuriman capital, city of Dar’Khos by Trammon Velspar, Reporter for the Summoner’s Herald 6 July, 25 CLE—High Councilor Vessaria Kolminye personally welcomed…

Factions used to have an early victory rule, which provided a means for an arc to end ahead of schedule if one faction completely dominated. It was never actually used: Ionia came close to triggering it in Shon-Xan, but Noxus…

Well, it’s about damn time. Here it is. —CupcakeTrap

The first tournament of Arc VII: Lines in the Sand continues this weekend. With the Council expected to soon grant Azir’s petition to admit Shurima as a member-state of the League, some modern Shurimans have risen up to protest the…

Here are the pickups going into the final weekend of this arc’s first tournament. Noxus recruited Annie on June 26. As a Tertiary selection, she also consumes their pickup this week. 3 July, 25 CLE—Tristana, the Yordle Gunner, enters the…

I have sent around the ballots for this next round of Champion recruitment. The most obvious impact of Champion recruitment is the addition of a new Champion to the roster, though these recruitments also influence the faction’s personality and actions…

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…

Shurima Weekend With Piltover and Noxus having their first featured weekends, it’s now Shurima’s turn. They will be playing Noxus on Saturday and Piltover on Sunday. The prize will, once again, be that these matches will be worth a base…

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.…

The arc has only started very recently, and so the number of players that have officially declared for each faction are still pretty low. While we wait for everyone to sign up, I’ll run the streamed pickup matches this week…

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…

I apologize for the late post on the featured matches; I have been really busy getting ready for finals handling my duties at the Institute of War. I don’t know about you, but I am getting pretty excited for the…