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@tommytheyordle
Pre game on expo selfies at the hotel because I FEEL CUTE DAMN IT LET ME ENJOY MY CHOPPED OFF SHORT HAIR!
WHERE MY ARIZONA PEOPLE WHO GONNA BE AT THIS FUCKING CON??? COME SAY HI OK LOVE U GUYS
//Y’know I never realised just how much part of her face Rin-mun’s glasses are until she takes them off. Not meant to be insulting, just observing the fact that I’m not used to glasses-less Rin.
Doing this to a violent person seems like an easy way to get your arms broken, in all honesty. I’m all for self-defense but this will not help. At all.
Can we talk about Veigar?
//And more about how fucking miserable Riot is when it comes to making villains?
I’m writing this after seeing Veigar’s new skin. I won’t spill shit on it anymore. @ardent-apprentice and @veigarthevile did it already and better than I ever could. I’ll just say that I’m disappointed and Veigar doesn’t match the idea of Omega Squad at all.
I fucking despise what Riot did to Veigar. He is supposed to be “that bad one” while you cannot take him seriously with his voice and him being a Yordle. He is supposed to be a badass, meanwhile he is portrayed like a little brat who is in his rebellious phase. I’m like “You see? You see that little fluffy shit? Yeah, he’s not supposed to be cute. He can delete your existence in one shot.” And, holy shit, thank God that @cosmic-corrupter and mentioned earlier @veigarthevile exist here. These are brilliant Veigar blogs who know how to create antagonists right.
And, lastly, dear Riot, you idiotic motherfuckers, get this through your head. Veigar isn’t cute or adorable. Veigar is fucking EVIL! HE’S A SOCIOPATHIC BITCHY ASSHOLE WHO DOESN’T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING OR ANYONE BUT HIMSELF. His main goal is to take over the world, SO START PORTRAYING HIM AS A FUCKING ANTAGONIST HE SHOULD BE PORTRAYED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
Kurwa mać, pierdolnę za chwilę…
Yeah, I’m ending this before I’ll die from salt overdose.
//someone asked how I can keep portraying him the way I do when he is obviously a joke character, and this is the exact reason. When someone else gets it, I feel so goddamn good.
Thank you so much. This is likely gonna make me return to tumblr stronger than I have been recently. (Once I finish making cookies)
//Riot doesn’t care about lore. Lore doesn’t sell anything. They’ve stopped trying to make internally consistent stories for a while now. Remember how long Orianna didn’t even exist? How long Kayle and Morgana never came to Runeterra? What about Fiddlesticks and Nocturne, never created? Lee Sin, who died in a fire protesting to people who didn’t exist. And this was unresolved for THREE. FUCKING. YEARS. Riot doesn’t care about lore, all they care about is that you buy their champion.
What even is a yordle?
“Welllllllllllllllllll….”“Here is where we break the 4th wall. TL;DR version, we’re short, semi-fluffy, with a lot of character. One could say, almost like gnomes or dwarves… hobbits, maybe? Just a tad more with animal-like traits…. namely, ears and nose.”“Long story? Riot is currently retconning all the old information about us, so even we don’t know what we are right now! Apparently humans can’t even see us properly and we’re not entirely sure why! More information as… soon as Riot updates us!”
“If Riot takes as long as they took to give Orianna’s existance back, we’re gonna have to wait years. I’m patient, but I’ll have reached Mount Gargantuan by that point. If that even exists at that point. How am I supposed to climb the highest mountain if the very essence of the world keeps changing?”
//Idea! Does anyone remember Chromonauts? Riot should make a Valoran version of it. Fuck, I’d buy a fan version. That’d be hilarious.
What even is a yordle?
“Welllllllllllllllllll….”“Here is where we break the 4th wall. TL;DR version, we’re short, semi-fluffy, with a lot of character. One could say, almost like gnomes or dwarves… hobbits, maybe? Just a tad more with animal-like traits…. namely, ears and nose.”“Long story? Riot is currently retconning all the old information about us, so even we don’t know what we are right now! Apparently humans can’t even see us properly and we’re not entirely sure why! More information as… soon as Riot updates us!”
“If Riot takes as long as they took to give Orianna’s existance back, we’re gonna have to wait years. I’m patient, but I’ll have reached Mount Gargantuan by that point. If that even exists at that point. How am I supposed to climb the highest mountain if the very essence of the world keeps changing?”
LGBTQ Nation reports: An executive order from President Donald Trump opening up discrimination against the LGBTQ community on the basis of religious belief is expected sometime this week, possibly as soon as today.
LGBTQ Nation reports:
An executive order from President Donald Trump opening up discrimination against the LGBTQ community on the basis of religious belief is expected sometime this week, possibly as soon as today. Several sources spoke with LGBTQ Nation on the condition of anonymity who have told us that the order will allow for discrimination in a number of areas, including employment, social services, business, and adoption.
From what we’ve heard, the executive order could be far-reaching, and could include: making taxpayer funds available for discrimination against LGBTQ people in social services; allow federally funded adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ parents; eliminate non-discrimination protections in order to make it possible to fire federal employers and contractors based on their sexual orientation or gender identity; and allow federal employees to refuse to serve people based on the belief that marriage should be between a man and a woman, and that gender is an immutable characteristic set at birth, which would impact a broad range of federal benefits.
RELATED: Trump has vowed to sign the so-called First Amendment Defense Act, which would legalize anti-LGBT business discrimination nationwide. GOP Rep. Raul Labrador is due to refile the bill in the US House this week. Sen. Ted Cruz was a co-sponsor of the Senate version last year.
Trump’s election is now officially an accidental scorched earth strategy. I was one of the people who said to wait for President Trump to show his real face and... It’s horrible. This person is walking the path of fascism. I would not be surprised if soon, riots, if not revolts, start popping up in places. I have to admit, before he took the seat I was willing to forgive his crudeness, see the potential good in his election. I do not believe that I was wrong in this stance. However, it is now clear he was not deserving in the forgiveness. I wish however, to make a request. Love one another. Especially in hard times, humanity must unite. Blaming each other now is pointless, it’s unhelpful, and only makes it worse. Do not blame, for blame divides. Do not hate, for hate radicalises. And whatever you do, do not wield the devils tools against him. Allow your interlocutor to speak, for if he is wrong, he will expose himself such. Silencing him only serves to prove that he has something valid to say, wether he does actually or not. Love one another, forgive those whose hopes were on the wrong horse, and try to endure. Remember, that which is unlawful is not necesarily wrong, and that which is right may not be lawful. And for the love of god, don’t patronise people. That’s how this entire mess started in the first place.
1966-2016 Richard Paul Astley, 50, Husband of Lene Astley, passed away suddenly on December 29th, 2016 at Alliton Health Hospital in Lansdale, PA. Born on February 6, 1966 in Newton-le-Willows, UK,
See more at: http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/25/entertainment/rick-astley-obituary/index.html
DID HE REALLY DIE
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
2016 IS JUST ON A MURDER SPREE!
FUCKING HELL… Rest in peace, Rick. We’re never gonna give you up =(
Please tell me this is Poe’s law and you guys don’t actually believe that.
So Riot finally gave Orianna her existance back
And I don’t hate it. Good job Riot. You finally finished something you started. Still not playing your game though
// Wait, what?! FLYING CAVALRY?!
And yes I’m finally getting around to reading the AMA thing but FLYING CAVALRY?!
“WHAT? THE 300 SPARTANS WAS MY CULTURES TEMPLATE!!!”
“ WHAT THE HELL?! Yes, the spartan thing IS Mount Targon template! GO GET SHIT ELSEWHERE DEMACIAN SCUM!!…. Why don’t we have flying cavalry?! That’s freaking awesome! Then again, one Garen is equal to about… oh let’s say negative 100. So they need to compensate his ineptitude.”
Flying cavalry eh? What a cute idea you humans came up with, I wonder what inspired it?
Oh wait… :P
“… WAIT A MINUTE! THE FURRY HANDBAG IS RIGHT! What the hell?! Yordles DID think of this first!”
“YOU MOTHER FUCKERS STOLE OUR AIR FORCE? WHAT NEXT, YOU GOING TO FUCKING STEAL RUMBLES MECH?”
“ Ummmm………….”
Naw, they’re too busy moving into a second hand fortress and playing like they’re badass.
// *sigh* Riot’s just making shit up as they go along. I give up. Here’s what’s probably the real answer. They don’t know, and they don’t care. Fuck it. I’m tired of this random shit.
Champ Design Breakdown: Swain, the Master Tactician
By Helmight
Given that the United States just elected their worst leader of all time, I felt it was high time to take a look at a dictator from Runeterra. Swain is the Grand General of Noxus, and one of her most skilled battlefield commanders. Demacian armies quickly learned to fear his cunning, and Swain is well known as a master strategist throughout Valoran.
Does his tactical genius come through in game though? That’s what we’re about to answer.
I’ll give the orders
Swain is yet another champion whose origins are shrouded in mystery. He first appeared in the annals of history as a young boy limping into an infirmary with his leg nearly snapped in half and a raven riding his shoulder. After the bone was set, Swain simply requested a cane before walking away without further comment. He was gone for years, until suddenly he appeared as a ranking officer in the Noxian military.
Swain’s battlefield prowess earned him no small number of decorations and catapulted him through the ranks, until he eventually was shifted off active duty shortly before the Ionian campaign. It was a bewildering move, but Swain had earned himself no shortage of enemies - Keiran Darkwill himself opposed Swain’s rise, and the Du Couteau sisters had evidence to suggest that Swain was working with the Black Rose, and had a hand in their father’s disappearance.
Regardless of the controversy, Swain managed to eventually best Darkwill in a duel and rise to the position of Grand General, with the full support of the High Command behind him. Runeterra shudders to think of what a united Noxus could do with the Master Tactician at the helm.
His title and lore imply that Swain is a master of manipulating the flow of battle, so I’m assuming he’ll have largely ally-focused abilities - speed boosts and shields, perhaps. I’d also assume that Swain can weaken enemies, allowing his teammates to take advantage of their reduced state to win fights. Classwise, Swain should probably be an enchanter.
Oh who am I kidding? Let’s just morph and eat them
Gif originally made by @techtonicactivity
Swain’s title should have been “The Big Bird,” as he has one of the biggest gaps between his lore and his actual gameplay in the entire game. When you choose a champion renowned for his battlefield smarts, you are certainly not expecting a guy with raven-based powers who turns into a giant bird - but that’s what Swain is. He’s a bird-guy, not a tactician.
The least you can say for Swain is that his kit works fairly well within itself. Torment (E) and Nevermove (W) allow Swain to set up foes to take tons of damage from his other abilities, while Ravenous Flock ® keeps him alive in the middle of the fight. All of his abilities are also thematically bird-y and/or necrotic, which play up Swain’s “decay” motifs. However, there’s nothing in his kit that makes you think “tactician.” Torment could’ve fulfilled at least part of the fantasy by amplifying all damage done to target enemy, but the fact that it only amps Swain’s own damage is a slap in the face.
Even the way in which Swain uses his skills in-game don’t fit the bill for a strategist. If Swain was played more like a disruptor, limiting opponent’s options while enabling his allies, he could still make a case for being a tactician champion. However, he’s a battle mage - so his best playstyle is to run straight into the middle of the enemy team and hope that your ravens keep you alive. Feels more like a loose cannon than a tactician.
Victory awaits
Ultimately, Swain isn’t a tactician champion. Hell, he even lampoons it with his joke, referencing a reduced need for tactics when you can just bird out and eat people. I’m not really sure what drove Riot to give a decay-themed champion the title of “Master Tactician,” but it’s certainly an inaccurate one. It’s also unlikely to change in the near future, given that Swain received a kit rework that did little to fix his thematic inconsistencies. We’ll just have to settle for the Birdman of Noxus.
Final Grade: F. Not even close to their theme.
Disagree with my assessment of Swain? Or have you got a different champion you’d like me to analyze? Let me know in the comments, and be sure to like and reblog this post if you enjoyed it!
// I’m unsure, League, being the game that it is, is based on strategy almost to its entirety even when people use it just to their own game instead of like a team-wide thing. Swain’s skills could work better together like a few reworks we’ve been seeing Riot do, yes, but it’s not completely dismissive of strategy. F is a strong negative grade, you could give him a D or however this grade thing work heh
I guess Swain as he is in gameplay right now is way more depending on his positioning than in what his skills do. He has to be in the right place to make them work, he has to keep his distance, but still land the hit, he needs to predict where people will be or will stay for a while, he needs to assure his place as a Grand General, and let’s be fair, sometimes he does.
//See, the issue is that there /is/ a general type champion now. Azir. Azir sends out his soldiers to do his work for him, and while there isn’t much tactics involved(really, the orders are limited to point and charge), he is commanding. Swain isn’t a general in combat, the analysis is correct. The kit theme and champion theme just don’t line up. I have to ask mister Helmlight: How do you feel about the champions whose lore dissalows them from existing because key parts of their lore have been retconned without them being retconned with those parts?
PSA:Please stop being dicks
//Greetings. Trump won. I get it, you don’t know is gonna happen now. You’re scared. But pushing blame isn’t helping anyone. Wheaton’s Law is still in full effect. I see people telling other people to kill themself. FUCKING STOP. THIS IS NOT THEIR FAULT. AND EVEN IF IT IS, SUCH BEHAVIOR IS INEXCUSABLE. Just because someone threathens you, DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO THREATHEN OTHERS. Ghandi didn’t threathen the English. Luther King Jr didn’t threathen the whites. VIOLENCE DOES NOT SOLVE A DIVIDED NATION. Let me adress some things. Disclaimer:, I am European, so I don’t get to vote on this matter, and I am affected somewhat negatively by it, not as negatively as some of you, but still negatively. Now, let’s discuss the elephant in the room. Donald Trump won by default. The blame for Donald Trump being elected is to be found in one place and one only. Not with the voters. The idea that voting on a third party helps the main party is ludicrous. The very idea is undemocratic. Is the USA an oligarchy? Last time I checked it isn’t. The fault for the election is to be found within the inner circles of the democratic party. All those protest votes were protesting the corruption within the DNC. So the fault is at that same corruption. Had the DNC not sabotaged Sanders’ campaign, Sanders might have won the nomination. Had Sanders won the nomination, Trump would have lost BY A LANDSLIDE MARGIN.
The second party to blame, is everyone who called Trump supporters any kind of categorist. Racism/sexism/whateverism are not spices, you do not sprinkle them on everything. Because people who /cared/ about being a nice person are just gonna think “Well, if they’re gonna call me that anyway, I might aswell prove them right.”, or they’ll get sick of your shit AND NOT VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE YOU FAVOR. Specific blame here goes to the numerous media organisations who participated in this ludicrous bullying(berniebros anyone?)
Lastly, to everyone telling people to kill themself for not voting for a candidate you like. I am gonna tell you something you must know. You are a fascist. No matter what your justification may be, YOU. ARE. A. FASCIST. When did we return to lynching people for thought crimes? The 16th century called, IT WANTS IT’S RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOR BACK. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE, AND YOU DESERVE TO GET BANNED FOR THIS. Now, for those afraid, I do have something to say aswell. I understand. I don’t like this either, but it’s the reality we now live in. But do me a favor. Take a break from politics. Wait 2, 4, maybe 8 weeks. Nobody knows what is actually going to happen, least of all those calling for protests and riots. The one hope you have right now is within the President-elect himself. Donald J. Trump is such a wild card that he might, MIGHT become a reasonable person once he’s actually in office. And remember, THERE ARE CHECKS AND BALANCES FOR THIS REASON. And the Republicans don’t like Trump much either.
Due to hurricane matthew, I've lost everthing. I rent my home and my landlord will need the help as well as myself to replace nearly everything I own. I've lost my bed, clothes, books, and all appliances. I have no savings and no job, the government is not going to replace much.
I know most of you don’t really pay attention to my blog anymore, but, if any of you do, help this guy out, if you can? Even if it’s just a share. You guys spread my message like wildfire when I was asking for help. And now one of my closest friends needs help. Even if all you can give is a share, please do.
Direct any questions to @noxian-talon
^ My boyfriend got hit by that hurricane. The aftermath is worse than the actual hurricane, since all the water from higher levels came down and flooded his house now. He got himself, 5 days worth of clothing and his pets. + his PC tower is at a save place. But he will need a lot of help fixing his little hut and plaint surviving. He is at a dry and safe place now, but that doesn’t change he lost everything.
Once I got through with my momentary commissions at the end of this month I can take more. Till then I am asking for donations, because I can only work so much. I also am streaming every single day (art, games and Atlas Reactor pro player sessions and lessons <- I am co-captain of Love Bytes after all and an official Trion Worlds Creator).
https://www.twitch.tv/gengen_
Shoot any questions at me, like Kodi mentioned.
This is me. Yes hello. I’m alive but what you see above is really happening to me. I have nearly nothing anymore. You can’t just clean things that will be sitting in filthy water for days..weeks. it’ll carry sickness, mold, ect..
Also the water isn’t just going to drain like you pulled the plug in a bath tub. It has no where to go..for a while. Rivers are full. Full rivers don’t flow water away..
I can’t depend on the government to save me completely…please help.
We feel this needs a signal boost and more attention. The big damage in Haiti and the like is on the news everywhere and has charity set ups, but areas like these aren’t covered and forgotten.
Please help them out, spread the message. We will be donating, too. Even though we might not have much. Just a bit for warm clothing before winter strikes hard can save a life.
Coming out of hibernation to say help this nerd, please. Don’t do it for him, or for me, do it for the fact that you can tell people off who tell you that you’re selfish.
Dear Riot
In response to Riot’s Bandle City idea, I have decided to compile a list of champions who’s existance in their current form isn’t justifiable by their lore. Feel free to edit it if you have any other examples that need adding
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dztxXAgGv9S3d7hOf5-AJsq37jctsDFNH9eU08s0b74/edit#gid=0
Bandle City still exists, but...
// So, yordles are typically separated from Runeterra in some way, unless they decide to leave wherever they are from and venture into human lands. He also jokes about not being able to go there unless you’re a wizard, which might actually mean you need magical or unnatural means to get to and from Bandle City.
//Okay, I need to ask. Curiosity gets the best of me. Why should this matter to non Yordle muns? I see all types of people getting infuriated over this, many of which have nothing to do with Yordles. So what if your character cannot enter Bandle City? It literally has no impact on you or your character whatsoever. Sure, it might be a stupid lore change in your opinion, but if your character isn’t related to Bandle City, or Yordles in general, why bother letting it upset you?
^ Plus if we don’t like it well just ignore it like the other lore tidbits. All in all I’m kinda tired of the mindset that we have apparently gotten as a community of “let’s shit on the lore team and over analyze their every word”. Newsflash, it’s their world AND their job, so we should wait for more information before immediately saying it’s all bad.
It’s not just a matter of a character’s relation to Bandle City, it’s a matter of continuity in the lore. Or have any of you maybe forgotten about Rumble’s lore?
“When a group of human graduates from the Yordle Academy sailed to Bandle City to visit the place where their mentor was born and raised, Rumble couldn’t resist the temptation to see them face-to-face (so to speak). He only intended to get a good look at the humans, but four hours and several choice words later, he returned home bruised and bloodied with an earful about how he was an embarrassment to “enlightened” yordles like Heimerdinger.”
See the word there being used? Human. HUMAN GRADUATES. There was a group of humans who traveled to Bandle City to visit Heimer’s birthplace, and Rumble had to get his mouth running, resulting in the FOUR HOUR BEATING SESSION he got that resulted in him becoming as reclusive, bitter and abrasive as he is today. In other words…
If Riot decides to go through with his lore change, and unless they do it in a somewhat decent, yet miraculous manner, Rumble’s ENTIRE REASON to fight and stand up to his peers will be NULL AND VOID.
// Can we officially declare Riot’s lore team as an ogre where neither head knows what the other’s doing at this point? Because Riot’s lore is so incoherent and plot-hole filled and yet they keep making it worse. Rumble gets added to the list of champions who are in a paradox because of lore changes. Y’know, the List containing Orianna, Fiddlesticks, Nocturne, Lee Sin. And some who are on shaky lore, like Irelia, Diana and Leona, and others.
All of these characters have character defining moments that were retconned out of the lore, including several which no longer exist entirely as their creators were wiped from the lore. Or at the very least, their backstory is now questionable due to lore that’s later introduced. I just want them to make some sense out of their mess.
//This is the second time someone followed me this week. I haven’t posted in 100 days. You’re not bots. I’m confused. How the eff are you people finding this blog?
And may have inadvertently created a warp drive in the process.
NASA scientists have reported that they’ve successfully tested an engine called the electromagnetic propulsion drive, or the EM Drive, in a vacuum that replicates space. The EM Drive experimental system could take humans to Mars in just 70 days without the need for rocket fuel, and it’s no exaggeration to say that this could change everything.
But before we get too excited (who are we kidding, we’re already freaking out), it’s important to note that these results haven’t been replicated or verified by peer review, so there’s a chance there’s been some kind of error. But so far, despite a thorough attempt to poke holes in the results, the engine seems to hold up.
Continue Reading.
Well, I for one am getting my hopes up.
Warp factor SCHWING.
“Be waiting out front of the HAB, Watney, we’re not fucking waiting for you to get dressed. Places to be.”
Guys. Guys. I’ve been following this story for a while now and you don’t get it. Some guy made this and was like “well hi I made a thing and it shouldn’t go but it goes.”
And the science community was like okay that… there’s no way that works.
Then they tested it theoretically and it worked.
Then NASA was like okay but technically this breaks one of Newton’s laws so even if it theoretically goes it won’t like, actually go. So they built it and tested it more and it works.
So what we have now is the scientific community slowly cautiously freaking out because this GODDAMN EM DRIVE breaks the RULES OF PHYSICS but every time we test it, it FUCKING WORKS.
How cool is this????
Every time we’ve found something “broken” that functions, it means something is wrong with our understanding of reality. The next step is to figure out what, figure out what’s true, and open up a plethora of new scientific discoveries.
This is why arrogance has no place in science and you should always be prepared to be proven wrong.
>Not one, but TWO of the most fundamental theories of physics is supposedly now broken (Both conservation of momentum and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity)
>We may see some sort of actual functioning warp drive within our lifetimes
>We may have actually been born early enough to explore the cosmos
As someone who dreams of going into space, this story made me squeal like a little kid.
FUCKING. WARP. DRIVES!
As much as I want to be excited for this, I have to remind everyone about solar roadways and fucking triton. Don’t take shit like this for granted. People trying to get you excited isn’t something new. I’ll believe it when i see it, remember that electromechanics have a tendency to screw with measuring equipment.
I want space travel as much as the next guy, but slow down. Hope leads to satisfaction or dissapointment. In any case we’re stuck on this world for a while anyway, even if we create something like that. We still need to get on it first.
There you go, all the anons who tell people to go and kill themselves. It’s pretty easy to find out your identity.
Reblog. Reblog. Spread this.
for everyone having a stupid anon annoying them this could be a life-saver
@septiceyespeed, I hope this could be useful for you
I’ll keep this in mind. Thank you!
//oh my~ :3c
I feel like this is worth reblogging. For once.
