Teams As was posted with the sign ups, this week of featured matches are player organized teams in order to get some practice in for the upcoming tournament. Since each faction plays 3 games in a week in the featured…

Here they are! Sorry again for the delay. I’ve checked with Naggarok, and we can leave the polls open until Saturday morning. (We’ll move the weekly World Systems checks ahead a bit.) Links follow. Bilgewater: The Island of Aeaea The…

Sorry this is not quite finished yet, but I believe it sets out the basics sufficiently that discussion can begin. Proper GDoc and additional explanation to follow soon. Link: Argyre (Freljord Lore Event) —CupcakeTrap

Hi all, My sincere apologies for the delay in getting the Argyre and Korag lore events posted up. I was going to have them up hours ago, but I’ve had an RL emergency which I’m still dealing with. I will…

I’d like to start getting shoutcasted pick-ups as a semi-regular weekday event. Who’s casting week by week might change, but tonight I’m fortunate to once again have Kyle Danger Henick of Area of Defect fame as my co-caster. Matches will be…

Bilgewater has selected the island of Aeaea for its next voyage. The update is located here. This page provides the basic setup and presents the decisions facing Bilgewater’s Summoners. The poll will close on Friday (maybe even late Thursday) so…

Due to all the polls being incredibly one sided, it was closed and the results are below. Espionage voting will continue until tomorrow night however. Bilgewater’s newest research is The Atlanteans. Due to having the Moonstone and the research put…

Island Selection Votes I have closed the polls for the second round of island exploration, and here are the results. The Freljord: Argyre The Freljord is setting sail for Argyre: Argyre is a mountainous, snowy island not unlike the Freljord.…

For reasons that are not entirely clear to me, it is becoming more and more difficult to track down Summoners’ Season 3 ranks. (This started a while ago; I heard a rumor that Riot decided to start blocking the part…

For weeks, rumors have been drifting along in the currents of conversation that fill the hallways of the Institute of War, telling of meetings between Councilor Kolminye and delegates from the Shadow Isles. Some speculate it could concern the Black…

In the Factions universe, the Harrowing begins in late October and ends sometime in November—and it’s lingering especially long this year. That might be because of the horrors unleashed during Discord, or a sign of cosmic damage from the Battle…

Nyroth’s First Tournament The first tournament for this arc, Nyroth, has been set. It will be taking place on the weekend of November 22-23. It is organized differently than an average weekend of featured matches, so we are going to…

Hello, all! It’s about time to recruit some more Factions staff for various areas. I’ll get started with the lore department. Below is a link to an application. It includes some “tryout” questions. Link: November 2014 Lore Recruitment If you’re…

Here we are again. After all the drama of exploration, all you have to do now is just vote waht to spend your money on, and maybe blow up that faction you don’t like. It’s all very relaxing. The two…

See the recent exploration summary post for more information on the story so far. The League of Legends is overseeing the exploration of Nyroth. Expressing wariness as to what might be unleashed by incautious exploration, it has cordoned off most…

For a while now, we’ve been holding shoutcasted Featured Matches (streamed at twitch.tv/LeagueFactions) every Saturday and Sunday, starting at 12:30 p.m. (Pacific) on each day. We used to hold them later in the day, and that actually seemed to work…

I earlier proposed a new rule concerning trial matches and undeclared Summoners. There have been a few discussion threads on the topic, and though there hasn’t been much discussion so far, I do appreciate the comments and suggestions I received.…

More lore coming Soon™. (A friend of mine has snarked at me, “Oh, hey, CupcakeTrap, didn’t know you were on Narrative.” Very funny.) In the meantime, here are some rough summaries of what’s happened so far. Right now, we really…

Sign Ups In Thank you to all those who signed up for the featured matches after the last call (thanks goes out to those who signed up before it as well). Although it didn’t allow for the variety of matches…

Lack of Players I started making the schedule for this weekend’s featured matches, and the sign ups to play were very lacking. I worked it out and got was able to barely get a schedule together…kinda. Instead of posting it…

Hi all! I’m looking for a few Summoner characters for the Harrowing lore update. I’m mostly looking for Summoners to fill in a somewhat comedic “Ghostbusters”-esque scene set in Zaun, featuring a bunch of hextech experts running around during the…

It’s been a long time since we last had a Reddit recruitment thread, so I decided to post one up. Link: Factions: a lore-focused community game mode open to all. Current factions: Bilgewater, Ionia, the Shadow Isles, and the Freljord. You’re…

I’d like to start getting shoutcasted pick-ups as a semi-regular weekday event. We’re starting today, Thursday, November 6. Who’s casting week by week might change, but tonight I’m planning to have Venia Vis and KyleDangerHenick, of Area of Defect fame,…

Though the core Factions experience is found in Factions matches, we also use interactive lore events to help immerse Summoners in the story. The Nyroth storyline is meant to focus on exploration and discovery, so we’re planning to bring in…

I’ve finished ironing out the most important elements of the island exploration rules. With that done, I was able to do all the rolls for Avalon. It’s time for me to crash, but here are the exciting highlights to tide…

Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 4, Venia Vis and I will be casting a pickup match or two. I’d like to start getting shoutcasted pick-ups as a semi-regular weekday event. Obviously, it’s not at the top of my list right now, but…

Time for the second round of island exploration! The resolution of Bilgewater’s adventures in Avalon will be posted shortly. In the meantime, though, I wanted to get these polls up. Bilgewater and the Shadow Isles each went 2–1 this weekend, earning…

I’ll be closing the Avalon poll soon. If you’re a Bilgewater Summoner and haven’t voted in that poll yet, please do so! Link: Avalon This will be the first island exploration event. It should be pretty exciting. We’ll promptly follow…

I’d like to propose a rule change, and provide some clarifications, regarding the sub policy and how undeclared Summoners are counted. Objectives and Dangers There are a number of considerations at play here. Declaring for a faction is a core…

It was recently brought to my attention that someone had discovered a Featured Match was played with an unauthorized overfill, with a faction fielding a Silver Summoner in place of a Bronze Summoner. This was probably just a simple mistake.…

About Porkchop Porktalk Porkchop Porktalk is a new 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…

We’ve worked out our basic island exploration rules and developed a framework for island exploration. As a prize for its early victories in the first phase of the Nyroth arc, Bilgewater gets to be the guinea pig. (Imagine a little…

Due to a limited number of votes from both Freljord and Ionia, I have decided that the poll for Commerce and Espionage will be closed on Friday instead. All rolls will be done before research, and, speaking of research, the…

EUW Features Matches As I am certain several EUW players noticed, we never hosted the planned EUW featured matches over the weekend. As was announced, we were trying to relaunch EUW featured matches with those games meant to be a…

Note: Copied to a proper update page. Here’s another mini lore update to reflect a recent Champion addition by League petition. When I have the time, I’ll try to get it cleaned up and revised as a proper update. For…

Since Bilgewater went 3-0 in October 26 featured matches, they may now pick a champion of their choice from their roster including both secondary and tertiary. The champion will be decided by poll. That poll is here. This poll will…

Note: Copied to a proper update page. The announcer’s megavox-enhanced voice boomed across the Fields of Justice. “By decree of the Council of the League of Legends: let this battle begin!” The crowds burst into cheers. A sleepy-looking Summoner, a soldier-turned-scholar…