As mentioned previously, we’re going to take as much time as we need to get ready for the next arc. Sometimes, it may seem like staff is just sitting around. It’s definitely true that we did a few weeks of…

Some people were confused about how to send in results for Intermission matches, so I recorded a short tutorial on how to do so. I’ve also added a link to the Winrate Calculator under “How to Play”, so you can…

Here are the instructions for starting a match during Intermission. It’s pretty easy to get matches going—anyone can play for any faction, so it shouldn’t be hard finding Summoners. Do remember: the captain (pick/bans person) of the winning team has…

Porkchop Porktalk is a monthly newspaper talking about out-of-universe League news and some Factions related current events. Originally intended to be a different version of The Summoner’s Herald, sources suggested creating something separate. The point of this newspaper is purely…

  Matchstaff Needed What many among the community may not know, is that the Matchstaff department was originally created to help create pickup matches. Since then, the few Matchstaff that we have took charge of the Featured Matches, taking up most…

January 10th, Shadow Isles vs Lucian’s Independent Faction of Equality Since this week’s games are being held on Twisted Treeline, it feels only natural to have SI defend their home territory against those who seek to put an end to…

  January 10th, Shadow Isles vs Lucian’s Independent Faction of Equality Since this week’s games are being held on Twisted Treeline, it feels only natural to have SI defend their home territory against those who seek to put an end…

I realized that we had a few lore events tied to some of the featured matches over the past few weeks, but I never official announced what happened. I shall amend this right away and fill everyone in. Mundo Saves…

A major goal of Intermission is to have fun running lots of matches. I wanted to take a moment to remind people who are organizing matches to make them as fair as possible, unless everyone is truly okay with an imba…

Intermission has begun! Go play some matches. Please excuse a little roughness around the edges while I finish updating the site to reflect the transition into Intermission mode. Remember that in Intermission any Summoner may fight for any faction as…

Not much to say. Just a quick reminder that this week’s featured matches will be held on the Crystal Scar and that Saturday will be between the Winter’s Claw and the Avarosan, while Sunday will be between Bilgewater and Ionia.…

Factions is built around matches fought between factions (such as Demacia or Noxus) using faction-specific Champion lists. Intermission Anyone may start an unscored Intermission match at any time. Intermission matches use special  rosters that are more generous than usual. Primary…

The first step to getting Intermission started is to set up some rosters for each faction. Please come and comment on the current draft. Each faction has two sets of Champions listed: Primary and Allied. Primary Champions are always available. Allied…

The scoreboard is updated. The revision period is complete. (Thanks, by the way, to the many people who caught errors and sent them in for revision.) We have now confirmed Ionia as the ultimate victor of this arc, by a…

Because nothing says fun like SPREADSHEETS, I’m reminding everyone that the deadline for submitting corrections to the final BoP, which will determine the arc’s ultimate victor, is midnight (Pacific) tonight, December 27. Click here for the discussion thread and more information.…

We’re not quite out of the woods yet. I’d like to do all that I can to ensure the final scoring of the Nyroth arc is conducted fairly. The “dark” nature of the BoP provides a “veil of ignorance” opportunity…

In an ideal world, we’d have both lore events and matches end on the same day, whereupon fully finished lore would be posted up on the site, and everyone would get a pet poro and some candy. Unfortunately, with things…

I hear that the servers have been pretty borked today. Between that and all the commotion over Stormhaven, I see no problem with granting a request I’ve received to extend the arc until December 23. It will end just before Snowdown…

The results from the poll begun last night have been quite decisive. This is helpful, because it allows us to rapidly establish opening events and set the stage for today’s matches. tl;dr I get it, Summoner. You’re busy. So here’s…

Resolutions are posted below. Where possible, I’ve sketched out some details of the in-universe happenings, although most of that will have to wait until later. the Freljord Bilgewater Ionia the Shadow Isles MIAs The following Champions are MIA for the…

I’m going to need to spend some of tomorrow (Friday) doing catchup on Lore Event IV. (Long story short: assume Ionia and Bilgewater got some nifty bonuses, and the Shadow Isles massacred everyone on Neritum and raised them up as…

This is a revised overview of the remainder of the arc. We’ll be cutting it a little close, but I think it should be quite manageable. It does mean we’ll have to ask people to be a little more on…

Featured Matches This was already mentioned in another post, but due to it becoming an increasingly asked question, I’ll have to announce it again. We’ll have Featured Matches this weekend, and possibly also on Friday. We’re not sure which factions…

I should probably wait until I have all of these events rolled out to post this, but here’s a GDoc summary of the Freljord’s Lore Event IV resolution. This does not go into effect until the other events’ resolutions do.…

People are running lots of matches. This is excellent. Although I can’t announce details just yet, I do want to say that once the arc ends I’ll be looking to reward Summoners who have done these two things: Start matches.…

I stand before a line in the sand the fight lies ahead, with fate in my hands, Today, the end begins! One step, and the battle is born the road that I walk is a gathering storm Today, the end…

  It has come to our attention that LoL Nexus is no longer very accurate with regard to Summoners’ ranks. na.op.gg seems much more accurate, and can be accessed after the match instead of only during the match. (Just type…

The League has convened the second great tournament in the battle for Nyroth, the mysterious continent discovered to the west of Valoran. The victor of this tournament will be granted control over the central Yoroth region of the magic-blasted continent, where…

We’ll be having a Factions staff meeting after the tournament today. I’m making the agenda and meeting notes document public. Everyone’s invited to submit items for discussion. Click here to see the agenda. It includes a link you can use…

When the various rules involving Summoner Spell bans were devised, the latest item changes that made certain items purchasable only by Summoners packing Smite had not been made. It’s been argued that this meaningfully changes the situation, and makes a…

Update: Resolution notes available here. More formal writeup pending. At about 10:15 a.m. Pacific, we’ll close the follow-up polls for Lore Event III. I strongly encourage you to vote if you haven’t. Many crucial votes are tied. This could have an enormous…

The League has convened the second great tournament in the battle for Nyroth, the mysterious continent discovered to the west of Valoran. The victor of this tournament will be granted control over the central Yoroth region of the magic-blasted continent, where…

This really is an ultra-quick vote. Now that each faction’s petitions to the League have been announced, you each have an opportunity to select one other faction’s petition to support or oppose, increasing or decreasing its odds of success. Here…

Here are the summary results from the third interactive lore event of the Nyroth arc. They are subject to review by Naggarok and the lore team. A general note: this event does not generally represent actual in-universe votes. Very few…

Three essential points. Lore Event III voting will close today. Some important questions about what your faction should do next are exceedingly close; indeed, some are precisely deadlocked. There will be a brief follow-up poll that opens today. It will…

Teams The teams that have been submitted for the second tournament of the Nyroth Dispute are: Bilgewater Name: THE GOLDEN HYPER SPECIAL SUPER PIRATE FISH SPLASH FORCE OF JUSTIC Captain: Naggarok Co-captain: rahh231 Summoners High Tier: Heavyweapons Guy Gold 1: Naggarok Gold 2: rahh231 Silver: Darkomega…

That’s what the sign-up picture looks like. I’m curious to know how that compares to a random sampling of people browsing LeagueFactions.net, so I’ve created a quick survey. It’s linked below. Speaking of recruitment, the more Summoners we have, the…

The Shadow Isles is currently under sanctions, giving its adversary a ban against it. This has often been used to target Kalista. It also seems that Kalista is disabled temporarily. I think it’s only fair that this count as the…