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2:06 AM
New free rotation listing is up, by the by
 
2:23 AM
@GraceNote It seems a little crappy of them to put one of the easily obtainable free champs in the rotation. =(
I am excited to try Heimerdinger, Volibear, Lee Sin, and Gangplank, though.
 
@Tristan Who do you mean?
 
@FallenAngelEyes Alistar.
 
Ah
Let's see, I haven't played Ashe, Janna, Lee Sin or Ziggs
 
@FallenAngelEyes Ziggs should be the first one you play. =3
 
@Tristan If I can manage to grab him. I'm sure pretty a lotta people will be wanting to try him this week.
 
2:41 AM
@FallenAngelEyes Probably... We could always just do a custom game though.
 
Ah, that's true
anywho, sleeptime for me, night!
 
G'night!
 
 
9 hours later…
11:17 AM
@FallenAngelEyes So... @OrigamiRobot finally caved and bought Riot Points to unlock Caitlyn. =P
 
@Tristan Hahaha
was she on sale?
 
She was not.
Now he thinks she'll go on sale this week just to spite him.
 
@Tristan This happens to Zam a lot!
Champion Sale History. Champs go on sale every 20-26 weeks, though some have only a 10 week gap, some more. Use this guide to try to help time your purchases!
There.
 
11:35 AM
Patch notes and spotlight are out
 
I expect to see Phreak jungling
"Heartseeker Vayne" as a new skin? :O I'll have to check that out and see if I'm interested.
 
Shadow dash does damage now?
 
Bah I don't have time to read this or else I'll miss my tram, argh.
Heading out for the afternoon, later!
 
...okay, Nautilus' ultimate is really amusing
 
11:56 AM
I am really looking forward to playing the new Shen. I loved him before and now it shall be even more AWESOME! ^_^
 
12:17 PM
@Tristan Not everyone has a youTube account. Or a Facebook account, for that matter. Sure, it's free for those who opt that route, but if you don't, well, they're still champions.
 
For reference.
 
Oh, that explains why I ran into Nasus bot this morning...
> Added Ziggs, Master Yi, Nasus, Ezreal, and Nidalee to the bot roster
 
They also added a lot of the bots to custom games...AND THEY WANDER NOW! :D
 
Oh, so they don't just slavishly stick to a single lane (excepting Shen)?
 
Of course Ahri got nerfed immediately after I bought her.
 
12:31 PM
Nope. They move now...but allied bots don't seem to...hrm...
 
Haha
 
The first part of our game on saturday.
 
Pffft at the title
 
I take that back, allied bots DO wander too, just take their time to.
This is AWESOME!!!
 
@GraceNote It's from the last minute, when we're doing well killing people and then, you!
 
12:35 PM
Hah
 
Anyone want to play one?
 
@StrixVaria I'm catching up on my backlog of youtube videos.
I can't watch any while I'm uploading.
 
The Shen buffs are reeeally nice! ^_^
 
12:59 PM
@Ronan Oh, to answer your question about towers that was asked amidst the video - Alistar and Rammus can damage towers with their passive and ult respectively, Janna can shield towers, and Heimerdinger can heal towers with his passive regen. I believe that's all of the champs whose abilities can affect towers
 
1:12 PM
I just randomed a hero and got Alistar in a bot game. I have no idea how to use him normally, and he doesn't seem like he's terribly effective in bot games, so I came up with a wonky build on the spot to see how it worked.
Do not get Rageblade, Nashor's Tooth, and Lich Bane on Alistar.
It doesn't work.
 
Haha
No, Alistar is not meant for Attack Speed, hahahaha
Honestly speaking, I'm not sure there's anyone who particularly works with Lich Bane and AS/AP items
 
I'm not sure why that sounded appealing to me when I thought of it, really.
I might try straight AD items if I use him again.
 
I think AD benefits him a bit more in terms of effective damage output. While all his spells are AP, you don't really have the resource or cooldown to be spamming those to really make use of the AP.
AP, however, helps your heal and support role, so a support Alistar would probably prefer going AP Tank
 
The main reason I was coming up with a build like that at all is because I was laning with Soraka and who wants to play a tank against bots.
They aren't coordinated enough for your team to need a dedicated tank.
 
Yeah, that does sound like a good motive
But... AS and Lichbane...?
 
1:21 PM
Not sure.
 
(I'm fully aware that I'm pretty sure in my recent match history, I have a Lichbane Teemo in there. I still don't know why I did that.)
 
Lich Bane is just so appealing that you don't think before buying it sometimes. At least that's what happens to me.
 
It is, it truly is
 
 
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5:06 PM
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Q: What happens if the target of Nautilus's ult teleports?

StrixVariaNautilus's ultimate, Depth Charge, seeks out opponents and pops up everything en route, and finally pops up the target when it reaches him. What happens if the target teleports just as Depth Charge is cast? Does it slowly make its way across the map? Does it have a maximum range? If it has a maxi...

 
@StackExchange @Strix What makes me curious now is what happens if someone teleports while hit by his Dredge Line.
 
@GraceNote That sounds even more fun, actually.
 
You know about a Blitz grab on a teleport, right?
 
I remember watching a Youtube video of Blitzcrank pulling Anivia across the map doing somethign like that.
 
Yeh, that would be it
 
5:40 PM
@StrixVaria Tristan and I teamed with someone who played Alistar and only bought 4 Zeals
I couldn't wait to read the patch notes so I read them on Jochem's phone on the drive home >>
yay more Custom bots and better AI!
 
@Fallen So... Heartseeker Vayne is... well, you'll need to see for yourself. But... it's continuing a certain direction, even more.
 
@FallenAngelEyes This sounds like how I build Janna in bot games.
 
@GraceNote This makes me wary.
patches
 
@FallenAngelEyes It's 2/14
 
@GraceNote ...is it pink?
Please tell me it's not pink.
 
5:44 PM
It's not the most predominant color. I think "Red" and "Skin" are more than pink in this skin
 
Disconnected from PVP.net, connection timed out o_O
Odd
Never had that on login before
And now North America is Unavailable
I just want to log iiiiiiiin ;_;
 
6:00 PM
yay it's online again
> Champion swapping during champion select is currently unavailable
Yeep
..............
I will not be purchasing Heartseeker Vayne
 
I didn't imagine you would
 
I saw the name and I was hoping for something that looked kind of like, deadly and badass. :( I forgot about Valentine's Day.
 
I was wondering what you were thinking when you expressed interest.
The Valentine's Skin Sale did note that they were going to release some number of theme skins, so I expected "Any non-Nautilus skin this week, is going to be Valentine's Day skin"
 
Yeah, completely forgot about V-Day. :(
 
 
2 hours later…
8:28 PM
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Q: Do passive auras like Sona's grant assists?

ToastIf Sona grants an aura to an ally that gets a kill, will this count as an assist? I'm assuming she hasn't changed her auras during the fight.

 
8:49 PM
LoL, y u patch so slow!? ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
 
hehe
Because your hotel hates you
 
@FallenAngelEyes That it does... On the plus side, I'll be going home either this weekend or next. Depends on ticket prices.
 
@Tristan Awesome! Are the issues all sorted out?
 
@FallenAngelEyes They are.
 
@Tristan Glad to hear it!
 
 
1 hour later…
10:18 PM
In other news, Ima thinking of going to get my first win soon.
 
@GraceNote I don't have time, or I'd join you. =(
 
Aww
 
@RonanForman I've got 720p chunks of the first half hour or so of that game - do you want any of it (I can also resize to 360p like you mentioned)?
 
@GraceNote flehblergh
@GraceNote I'd be up for a game
 
Aiite, I gotta finish some stuff first.
 
10:26 PM
@Ian It doesn't matter if we're on different teams.
 
Gives you a different perspective, though. Lets you see what we saw (and, for example, how I avoided @Rapida coming top, or how I saw @Origami at the very end)
 
The only bits that would matter would be where we we're fighting and the video would be the same anyway.
 
@RonanForman I know you mentioned wanting to show that side when you were dead or something, up to you
I'd have it together to give to you if VDub wasn't double appending every chunk
 
In this game when I'm dead I can still see stuff.
 
@RonanForman I disagree that that'd be the only bits that would matter. It's cool to be able to see the alternative gameplay.
 
10:32 PM
The alternate video would also include the Mumble audio, though I don't know how much Zam/Aeo/Ian were all using that.
 
You also need the other audio though.
 
@RonanForman I've got that, didn't have any trouble this time
 
I know Ian and I did a good bit of talking.
 
Zam and I talked a bit
 
You did lane together, so I imagine that helps, haha.
 
10:33 PM
I already have the replays from Zam anyway
 
I wanted to have copies of the replays, too, to show my brother tomorrow.
But I can't get LOLReplay to work
 
@GraceNote What issues are you having?
 
A General Exception has occured!

Unable to find League of Legends.exe: C:\Users\<nombre>\Documents\LOLReplay\data\1.0.0.132\League Of Legends.exe
This is not the directory that I have League of Legends installed in, naturally, and I did not specify that path anywhere, either.
 
@GraceNote ...I have never seen that error. Huh.
 
@Ian I meant you can't really mix it in.
 
10:40 PM
* 3) ”general exception“/League of Legends.exe not found trying to play an older replay

This can happens when Riot releases a normal patch or a ”stealth“ patch that changes things, but doesn't up the patch version number.
For stealth patches, report it and Haxalot should have it fixed very soon after reading the report.
(any old replays for which the cached data was previously downloaded by playing another replay from the same patch version shouldn't run into this problem, so therefore this tip:
I'm gonna give up on putting that in quote syntax because quote syntax hates me
 
So it's breaking because I'm running a replay from an old patch?
And thusly, shouldn't break if I run a replay from this most recent patch, which includes the Game On replay
 
I... think so.
 
So, @Zam, gimmeh that replay
 
@GraceNote Which one you want? Both games or a particular one?
 
The first one. The second was a bit... um... weighted, one might say...
 
That's working. So, apparently, it's just my Pentakill that ain't workin'.
Aww, man, it even records how long it takes my computer to load the match? BOOO!
I should stick to playing you guys on my brother's machine. It's stronger, faster, and less explodey.
 
@GraceNote Haha, yeah, and unfortunately if you try to skip ahead during loading there's a possibility it'll bug the replay
Apparently the way it works is that it records the network packets during the game, then to replay the game it basically sets up a local server and sends the same packets to that server to re-emulate the game I guess.
Details here on how they do it
@Grace Any ETA on when you're hopping in for first win? AKA do Zam and I have time for a Dominion match or something
 
Well, I've confirmed the replay to work
 
Hrm...Can't decide what to do for my Shen mastery build. Should I go for the increased energy or decreased death time?
Or should I go into the offense tree for AP, CDR, and maybe Magic Pen?
 
Think about it this way - decreased death time only benefits you if you're dead
 
11:03 PM
Yeah, but as a tank I expect to die at least a few times, though maybe not in bot games...
 
When the tank dies, you've failed your job! Though something can be said of Shen's ability to rejoin a fight, but if you're dead, there's no one to teleport to because they'll all be dead!
 
11:17 PM
That was... fast
 
How... how did we do that
That was Int?
 
We held onto 5 points. That majorly helps
We didn't do an entirely strong job, but we always stopped from from neutralizing, and that ultimately carried our victory.
I held off 3 at the Drill for almost 50 damage to the Nexus
 
That was an 8 minute game, geez
 
Started as 2 but became 3 eventually
My dinner is here so I won't be joining in another match for now. Later~
 
Eat well!
 
11:20 PM
Later! Thanks for the game! ^_^
 

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