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      League of Legends takes fire from LulzSec

      June 14, 2011 /

      Update 2: Forums and login servers are back up.

      Update: Forums are now down as well.

      The picture certainly says it all, but if you head over to the forums, you’ll see that the threads complaining of downed servers are legion. The infamous hacking network LulzSec is apparently behind a DDoS attack on several popular games and gaming resources. Among the affected is our beloved League of Legends login server, as well as Escapist Magazine, Minecraft, and EVE Online. The LoL forums remain unaffected.

      It’s not entirely clear what made League of Legends a target, other than the potential impact. It’s interesting to see the kind of responses to the whole thing on both sides. The LoL forums are flooded with Riot supporters and LulzSec flaming over the attack. The LulzSec Twitter feed is also getting spammed with comments like the following:

      @LulzSec Next time show true skills and help to actually keep the LOL servers up for more than 24 hours. 🙂

      The internet is a weird place.

      league of legends, News

      Champ of the Week: Mordekaiser

      June 14, 2011 /

      Lord Mordekaiser.

      I’ve had a hard time deciding who this week’s champ of the week would be. I was hoping I would get some inspiration last night, and though we did have some excellent games for Fearless Gamer LoL Mondays, but no one really intrigued me. I was thinking of playing Veigar, but I want to save him – he’s so much fun that I don’t want to use him just yet.

      Then it hit me. Play someone that I hate playing.

      Of all the champions in League of Legends, I think I can honestly say there is only one champion I both hate to play and hate to play against: Mordekaiser. Everything about him bothers me. He’s loud. He farms like a beast and gains a shield from that farm. He deals great damage, even when he only has defensive items. And then there’s his ult. That ult. It has turned the tide in more games than I care to count. For all of that, you’d think he would be fun to play. He must be for some, but I’m just not one of those people. That’s right, I said ‘those people.’ I dislike Mordekaiser so much that on some fundamental level I also dislike the people that like him (my apologies if that includes you).

      Regardless, I’m going to play him. I’m going to try to find a way to make him work for me. I know he can be an asset to a team – he hasn’t excellent laning power and his ult really can change the outcome of a game. I’ll be focusing on the team comps that work best for him, when he can afford to get a Gunblade, and how to lane with him without completely pushing up to a turret.

      It’s going to be an interesting week.

      Champ of the Week, Champions, league of legends

      Rumble to catch a nerf

      June 13, 2011 /

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      I just about jumped out of my chair this morning when I read that Rumble was slated for a nerf. In my mind he’s been overdue for one since the day he was released. He just does too much damage for how much he can tank and how well he can survive/escape damage. He embodies the Tanky DPS metagame while benefiting from an insanely strong early game, thanks to the lack of minion aggro against spells.

      Here’s the quote from Phreak:

      We are probably going to nerf Rumble, though not due to bigfatlp streaming him.

      We had nerfed his cooldown on Q last patch because he was dominating lanes too easily.

      Like with Gragas, Galio, Nunu, Malzahar, Janna, and many others, the European server is generally ahead of the curve on the real “OP” champions. Rumble has been a tournament-ban and tournament-pick champion since his release, he’s a bit too strong, and we’re probably going to nerf him.

      I’m curious to see how Dreamhack plays out and what champions are considered OP. During the Dreamhack qualifiers, Phreak called Rumble the most balanced champion in a long time. I’m not sure if that’s simply based on the order of magnitude by which other champions or OP or UP on release, or whether he’s seen some games that have made him change his mind. In any case, I find it extremely interesting that different regions of the world have different understandings of who is and isn’t OP.

      Champions, league of legends, News

      FG LoL Mondays are on – 9:30PM EST

      June 13, 2011 /

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      Fearless Gamer League of Legends Mondays are a go for tonight. For those of you that haven’t played with us before, we arrange teams to play either custom or regularly queued games depending on our numbers. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join, regardless of Summoner level or how skilled you think you are.

      Join the chat room “Fearless Gamer” (case sensitive) around 9:20 EST and we’ll get some games together. You can also add me at “The Wiggin Boy.” Hope to see you tonight!

      Note: I’ll be taking a break from Minecraft Mondays while I try to sort out a potential server we could have as our own. No promises.

      FG LoL Mondays, league of legends

      Champ of the Week: Nasus wrapup

      June 12, 2011 /

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      I was only able to play one more game with Nasus, mostly because I don’t think it’s fair to the champ of the week to play him/her when it will hurt the team comp in a serious way. When my teammates pick three physical champions, two of which are already melee, Nasus probably isn’t the right choice. When I did pick Nasus, though, I was able to have another very solid game with him.

      My impressions remain mostly unchanged – Nasus is really missing that key gap-closing skill. Wither is close, but not enough in a lot of cases. He also gets good move speed once he has a Trinity, but as has been mentioned, that requires a nice farm if you’re planning to have any defensive stats.

      If I could change on thing about Nasus, it would be to lower the cooldown on Wither. Though it retains a flat mana rate and 15 second cooldown, I really think it needs a little buff. Wither gets hard-countered by Mercury Treads. Without it, Nasus is just a big dog, waiting to be kited. I don’t think this would tip him over the edge into OP status, just make him a bit more competitive with characters like Renekton (9 second CD stun at rank 5), Jarvan (12 second Standard CD), and Rumble (10 second CD stacking slow).

      Stay tuned for next week’s champ of the week.

      Champ of the Week, Editorial, league of legends

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