We've so far made two League of Legends videos, me a Sjin. We've had a lot of fun doing them and as I've said before, we're big fans of the game. Recently I've struggled to find time to actually play with everything that's going on in my personal life, and Sjin has been trying out some of the new champions and trying to think of ideas to make the videos a bit more engaging and interesting.
One thing we noticed with our Viktor The Machine Herald overview was that a lot of you enjoyed the lore piece, something that's often overlooked in League of Legends. I always knew the lore existed, but it's not really compelling enough for me to bother reading it. With Viktor's lore, I got to put my own spin on it and quite enjoyed finding out more about him.
With that in mind, we're probably going to start doing some fun little lore spotlights, possibly with some gameplay thrown in. I know a lot of you are asking for "tons of gameplay". but at the moment it's not really possible and was never something we wanted to feature too heavily. Average games of League of Legends last at least 30 minutes or so, with some of the longer games stretching out to an hour. It's fun to play, but depending how the game goes not always fun to watch. Plus I suck major ass at it and can't imagine that anyone would want to see me playing it safe and not going on massive kill streaks like a true boss. With the lore spotlight, it gives me a chance to talk about the champion a bit more, talk about why he/she is in the League in the first place, and maybe showcase some of their unique attributes to tickle your fancy.
Another thing that people have been mentioning that we might take a look at is doing some fun tutorial videos.These would be for people who are new to the game or to the genre, as most people seem to think there's a steep learning curve involved. I wouldn't say that was the case so much for League of Legends, but I would definitely agree in the case of HoN and DOTA2 (at a push). The tutorial vids would just go over the basics of how to play together as a team, how not to feed the other team, and the importance of having general game awareness.
So that's what we've got planned for the League of Legends series. We're committed to making more videos, but also want to produce stuff that you all want to watch. As usual, I'm open to comments and suggestions, and this blog is a perfect way to gather all of that. I could never tweet or post something this lengthy on facebook for instance. So let me know what you think!
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Any content from you puts a smile on my face, but I think I just broke my jaw grinning (Is that possible? No idea...)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm a big LoL fan, play with 4 friends and have an absolute blast. Especially when we win, which is less than often but hey, we're still trying different roles and powering towards lvl30 and ranked play :D
As for the lore, I was one who commented on how I loved the lore section you added. Especially with your own spin on it ^^ So the promise of more vids like that has me exited.
For the record, my LoL username is MuteNation. Just throwing it out there. Hi people! :P
Keep being awesome! I've no doubt you will.
You're doing a great job Sips, I look forward to your videos more than I do for Blue Xephos's ones, and I've seem quite a few comments that say the same!
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I watch the videos for your facetious humor, not your expert(?) skills.
ReplyDeleteWatching gameplay with you getting owned in LoL would still be as hilarious as you getting massive kill streaks my friend.
Looking forward to watching more.
I am a fairly new LoL player and the worst part of learning the game is the jargon. It's like there is a secret dictionary of online jargon that was created by the ancient mmo game gods whose knowledge is only inherited. But I digress. If you decide to do some tutorial videos on LoL you could also give a run down of some jargon, so noobs like me can communicate better with a team.
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