I’ve just put the sign-up together for next Sunday. Click here to sign up! We did some polling about timing, and the majority wanted to keep the Sunday matches at the same time slot, so that’s what we’re doing for…

STREAM: Twitch.TV/LeagueFactions Stream status: Online Reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/25vujt/piltover_vs_demacia_minitournament_streaming_now/ GD thread: http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=4529166 Next Saturday: Piltover versus Bandle City! Winner picks up Ziggs for their roster. Sign up here. If you’re asking “What’s Factions?” — click here for a quick intro. Champion lists for each faction:…

   Ziggs has been sitting on the sidelines up to this point. Well, it’s about time for him to stop eating doughnuts and get on the Fields. This Saturday, May 24, Piltover and Bandle City will face off in a…

Here are this week’s research system rolls. Balance of Power modifiers: Piltover: 0 Bandle City: +2 Zaun: 0 Demacia: +4 Piltover The Velocitronic Rail (Alpha Phase) — High-speed hextech levitating train system Target: 8 or higher Balance of Power Modifier:…

STREAM: twitch.tv/LoLTourneys Stream status: Offline Reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/25tage/bandle_city_versus_zaun_matches_today_shoutcasted/ Piltover vs. Demacia matches tomorrow. Summoners from those factions can sign up here to participate. If you’re asking “What’s Factions?” — click here for a quick intro. Champion lists for each faction: Faction Rosters versus…

This update is a long time overdue. Update 3: Chaos Enjoy! More lore to come shortly. —CupcakeTrap

Theras Arkna has joined the Factions staff as our Roleplay Director. They’re starting up a Pathfinder-based roleplaying campaign set in the Factions universe. This has just launched, so Theras is still working out the details. But here’s a GDoc with…

Sign ups are open for next weekend’s Featured Matches. Click the links below to sign up. Saturday, May 17: Bandle City vs. Zaun Sunday, May 18: Piltover vs. Demacia On each day, we’ll have a best-of-three. The first match will be…

STREAM: twitch.tv/LeagueFactions Stream status: Offline VODs are below. Sign-ups are open for next weekend’s Featured Matches! VODs: Match I http://www.twitch.tv/leaguefactions/c/4237252 Casting: 501st Big Mike and Naggarok Naggarok was having some mic issues this game. They should be fixed soon! Match…

STREAM: twitch.tv/LoLTourneys Stream status: Offline VODs: http://www.twitch.tv/loltourneys/b/527654336 http://www.twitch.tv/loltourneys/b/527640717 Links to rough-cut footage from LoL Tourneys. Reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/2588mo/shoutcasted_demacia_vs_zaun_minitournament_part/ Bandle City vs. Piltover matches tomorrow. Summoners from those factions can sign up here to participate. If you’re asking “What’s Factions?” — click here…

Here are this week’s research system rolls. Piltover The Velocitronic Rail (Alpha Phase) — High-speed hextech levitating train system Target: 8 or higher Balance of Power Modifier: -1 Roll: 5 Total: 4 People of Tomorrow (Gamma Phase) — Bio-augmentation project Target: 8…

Reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/leaguefactions/comments/24zjqq/suggestions_for_improving_factions/ We’ve received many good suggestions from the Factions community so far. However, it occurred to us that we hadn’t really set up a proper discussion yet. We’ve decided to fix that. To start with, here’s an r/leagueFactions thread.…

Sign ups are open for next weekend’s Featured Matches. Saturday, May 10: Demacia vs. Zaun Sunday, May 11: Bandle City vs. Piltover —CupcakeTrap

STREAM: twitch.tv/CupcakeTrapLOL Stream status: Offline VODs: Match I http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4192369 Casting: CupcakeTrap and SonOfTill Match II http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4192383 Casting: ArrowDealer and Slatley Match III http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4192389 Casting: Kuronan and Sgt Porkchop If you’re asking “What’s Factions?” — click here for a quick intro.…

STREAM: twitch.tv/CupcakeTrapLOL Stream status: Offline VODs: Match One: http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4183581 Casters: LordClifton and Simitachi Match Two: http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4183600 Casters: LordClifton and Simitachi Match Three: http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4183611 Casters: LordClifton and Simitachi Reddit thread: Here Bandle City vs. Demacia matches tomorrow. Summoners from those factions can sign up here…

Here are this week’s research system rolls. Piltover The Velocitronic Rail (Alpha Phase) — High-speed hextech levitating train system Target: 8 or higher Balance of Power Modifier: -1 Roll: 8 Total: 7 People of Tomorrow (Alpha Phase) — Bio-augmentation project Target: 8…

The day has finally come! Factions has launched in another region. Summoner Thedishonest is taking the lead on organizing Factions in EUNE. Matches played there will influence the Hextech Revolution storyline. To facilitate matches there, I’ve added a special rule…

Here are the sign-up forms: May 3 (Piltover vs. Zaun) May 4 (Demacia vs. Bandle City) —CupcakeTrap

STREAM: twitch.tv/CupcakeTrapLOL Stream status:  Offline VODs posted to the Featured Matches gallery: Match One: http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4145021 Casting: OrderlyAnarchist and CupcakeTrap Match Two: http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4145037 Casting: OrderlyAnarchist and Rurk Match Three: http://www.twitch.tv/cupcaketraplol/c/4145044 Casting: Naggarok Next Saturday’s matchup is Piltover vs. Zaun. Sign up here. Next Sunday’s…

STREAM: twitch.tv/LoLTourneys Stream status: Offline (VODs available here: http://www.twitch.tv/loltourneys/b/523371695 ) Bandle City and Zaun matches tomorrow: Summoners from those factions can sign up here. Next Saturday’s matchup is Piltover vs. Zaun. Sign up here. Next Sunday’s matchup is Bandle City vs. Demacia.…

Click here for a summary of the results from the first interactive lore event. In short, as it influences these rolls: Piltover’s rolls are canceled due to Zaunite sabotage. Bandle City gets to roll twice on all projects. Bandle City launches…

Even as a sneak peek, this is rough right now. Stay tuned! More to come, including a revision and prettying-up of this rough draft post. CupcakeTrap is tired. I’ve just closed the polls for the first interactive lore event of…

Voting is open for the first Interactive Lore Event for the Hextech Revolution arc. Here are the highlights: Each faction can select a new Champion to join their roster. We’ve set up a research system to connect the balance of power…

Here are the sign-up forms: April 26 (Demacia vs. Piltover) April 27 (Bandle City vs. Zaun) Also, remember to participate in the lore event if you haven’t already. This includes a vote to decide which new Champion your faction will…

Bandle City prevailed in today’s Featured Matches against Piltover. Rumble won’t shut up about this for weeks, if ever. These were very exciting and close matches. Bandle City won the first two, thus winning the set, but Piltover came back…

STREAM: twitch.tv/CupcakeTrapLOL Stream status: Offline VODs added to the Factions gallery If you’re asking “What’s Factions?” — click here for a quick intro. versus   We will be holding a second day of shoutcasted Featured Matches on Sunday, April 20, beginning at…

This is the first set of research system rolls. I’d like to add in some lore snippets later. For now, though, here are the numbers. By the way, the first interactive lore event for Hextech Revolution is still active. Click…

As usual, we’re having Featured Matches today beginning at 12:30 p.m. Pacific (3:30 Eastern), shoutcasted by LoL Tourneys. Today’s best-of-three matchup: Demacia vs. Zaun. (Tomorrow, April 20, we’re doing Piltover vs. Bandle City. You can sign up for that here.)…

I’ve just finished writing up the first Interactive Lore Event for the Hextech Revolution arc. Here are the highlights: Each faction can select a new Champion to join their roster. We’ve set up a research system to connect the balance…

tl;dr: Go friend some Factioners from the List of Summoners and introduce yourself. We strongly encourage players to create matches. And I want to take a moment to thank everyone who’s taken the time to do so. Thank you all!…

Montesque64 has just completed a prelude piece for the Hextech Revolution storyline. Read it here. —CupcakeTrap

I’ve put together a subreddit thread. Feel free to submit questions, comments, concerns, requests, or whatever else there, and we’ll try to respond to everyone. There’s also a Contact Us page you can use to message staff. —CupcakeTrap

We will be having a double-header this coming weekend! Sign up to fight below. On both days, we will have a best-of-three, with the first match beginning at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time (1:30 Mountain, 2:30 Central, 3:30 Eastern), the next…

As usual, LoL Tourneys will be shoutcasting a best-of-three set of Featured Matches this Saturday, April 12, 2014. It will be streamed at twitch.tv/LoLTourneys. Each match will be worth a base value of 10 points, twice the normal amount. The…

Ready your farsight spells and activate the megavox enchantments: the League of Legends seeks streamers and shoutcasters for community casting events. If you’re not familiar with the term, “shoutcasting” refers to live match commentary. In other words, you stream a…

Dynoglory has just set up a lovely new subreddit for Factions. Click here to visit /r/leaguefactions. We might also make a “proper” forum at some point, but for now, we hope this will be helpful. If you’re not a Redditor…

Yesterday, we had our first round of Featured Matches for the Hextech Revolution arc. We’re going to be rotating through the factional matchups for these. This time, Piltover faced off against Zaun. Zaun took the first match, but Piltover rallied…

As usual, we’ll have shoutcasted Featured Matches next Saturday, starting at 12:30 p.m. Pacific. We’re rotating through the matchups. For this set, we’ll have Bandle City up against Demacia. Click here to sign up to fight. There are spaces for…

As usual, LoL Tourneys will be shoutcasting a best-of-three set of Featured Matches this Saturday, April 5, 2014. It will be streamed at twitch.tv/LoLTourneys. This will be the first set of Featured Matches for the new arc, Hextech Revolution. We’re…

We especially need Golds, but we have open spaces for all ranks. I’m going to leave the sign-up form open later than planned, at least until early this evening, because right now we’re a bit low on sign-ups. I think…

I’ve posted up a Reddit thread for the new arc, Hextech Revolution. Link: Community-powered Factions game mode enters its fifth arc: HEXTECH REVOLUTION. Playable factions: Piltover, Bandle City, Zaun, and Demacia. Feel free to talk about Factions there and help answer questions.…

I am pleased to announce that we will be resuming our shoutcasted Saturday Featured Matches tradition beginning this Saturday. Shoutcasting will be provided by LoL Tourneys. We’re going to be rotating through faction matchups this arc. We’re beginning with Piltover…

I’ve set up a quick poll (results are public) to gauge community preferences for this Saturday’s Featured Matches, which will be the first of this arc. Take the poll here Looking forward to reading your thoughts on this. —CupcakeTrap

Fusion of gameplay with player-driven lore is arguably the central concept of Factions. Up until now, that’s mostly meant matches with faction-specific rosters, the results of which influence the storyline. Well, with the advent of our fifth arc, Hextech Revolution,…

We’ve just launched the fifth Factions arc: Hextech Revolution. I’m really excited about this storyline. It’s a change of pace from the past two storylines, which to be honest have been pretty grim, and it’s our first “tech” arc, which…

We are looking for Summoners to help us with an experiment to improve Factions balance. The Problem We’re Fixing Factions matches are not always mirror-matched: sometimes it’s, e.g., Plat-Plat-Gold-Silver-Silver versus Diamond-Gold-Gold-Bronze-Bronze. This sort of match-up produces two problems: We aren’t…

At long last, we have the conclusion to the Shon-Xan storyline. Shon-Xan Update 9: Peace This is merely a big-picture overview, which leaves a lot unsaid — including some significant surprises. We decided to go with this sort of sweeping…

I’m working on the lore update now, but people are (understandably and awesomely) excited to get the gist of what happened, so here you go. Reminder of Setup Ionia’s army is surrounding the fortified refugee settlement. The Noxian shock troops…

The final chapter of Shon-Xan is now being written, and in the spirit of Factions we want to put you, the Summoners, at the center of the action. March 28 is the last day to cast your votes. We actually…