Does Marc Merrill scream to avoid death?
I probably would scream if I was trying to avoid death.
Most people probably would depending on
what that situation was.
Which of you is the better Lux?
Uh, that's obvious... and I'm gonna have to go with me
- Yes... I agree. - ...because I'm measuring it
relative to our own elo bracket.
And given how dom- no... Marc is a better Lux 100%.
I also do a better cosplay of the Lady Light as well.
What games are you playing right now?
I actually wanted to get back into Elder Scrolls Online which I played around Beta.
So I've been gearing up my Stamina Nightblade
maxed out two-hander; use a set called Shadow Walker,
a whole bunch of different monster masks...
I can come in, blow somebody else up, teleport back to an image I've created
like, behind a rock or something...
What games are you playing right now?
Um, I am hopelessly addicted to PUBG right now.
The stakes are so super high... perma death within the context of the session
- 100 people - 126 degrees GO!
- You've played it, right? - Mhmm
And how many chicken dinners have you gotten?
Oh dude... at least 10? But the solo chicken dinner...
still eludes me.
What do you guys do during Worlds? Do you watch every game?
I probably have only maybe missed 20% or so of the matches
probably that we've ever had in Worlds.
We always still have some level of stress, like last year
SKT Finals, etc... you know, where they were up 2-0
We were like "Oh my god! Please don't be 3-0!"
We were down on the floor ready to go out in case of a 3-0 sweep...
I guess we always still have some pressure involved because we want it
to be the best experience possible for everybody watching.
So, why did you call it League of Legends?
Well we almost didn't call it League of Legends...
Part of the League of Legends name... I guess it feels like it fits
from an IP standpoint, too, because there's so many different legendary
characters that are so interesting and the game is really about them.
The original name of League of Legends was actually League of Legends: Clash of Fates.
For a while we had the name "Onslaught", representing of-
of just like the constant barrage of minions from both bases
and it was way too metal. The whole... - ONSLAUGHT!!!
the whole facade, yeah.
What was the name that was always- that would show up on our debugger?
And it that was sort of tied to the engine name...
- Uh, do you remember? - Hero Wars.
- Hero Wars! - Oh god...
It was, like, the second week when we started putting files in folders!
It was like "Hero Wars" cause who knows what the hell we're gonna call it.
For Brandon: How do you feel about Ryze and his many reworks?
- I don't actually play that much Ryze so it doesn't... - Sacrilege!
It doesn't affect me as a player that much!
What I will say on serious note is like we don't like
doing reworks for the sake of change. We think change
for change's sake is a bad thing cuz it forces everyone to have to relearn something.
So we only want to rework something if we're actually improving it
or fixing a problem in the game so a lot of reworks is actually a sign
that we're not really nailing it. So, yeah. I don't feel great about that.
I wish we didn't have to- didn't have to do so many and
all of our champs were in awesome shape.
Looking back on Riot and League's history, is there anything
that you'd do differently?
This may just be an overrationalization, but I feel like-
I mean, we've made tons of mistakes! TONS of mistakes.
- But I almost feel like- - Well, at least I have.
- Yeah, I mean, he's made tons- - Exactly
Um, but I feel like we, um... you learn something from those mistakes.
So I almost feel like going back and doing things differently
the first time... sure, if we could take what we knew now, that's one thing.
But I sort of feel like there's a lot more learning in our failures
than in our successes. And so I kind of cherish them.
Do you think parents will ever see games as a valuable way to spend time?
Nope.
One framework to think about games is, like, some games have different
types of nutritional value. Just like certain types of food do, right?
You wouldn't want to spend all your time eating junk food.
I think you can really get things out of playing games.
My first game that I was super hardcore on this -maybe
pre-dates many of you guys but like- was a text-based MUD.
It taught me to type better; it taught me all kinds of of new words.
So I think parents who grew up playing games will actually get that.
I think parents who were never exposed to games will always have
one degree of being a little incredulous about it.
What were your first impressions of each other? That's awesome.
That is awesome. I remember my first impression of this guy...
Oh, shit you like video games? Oh, and you're from Los Angeles?
Me too! Brother! And we were, like, 16.
I always thought Merrill was like... you don't look like a gamer though.
And you're the captain of the football team?
And you do play D&D? Do you know what D& D is bro?
If I was gonna get a tattoo, it would be Thac0.
Which is To Hit Armor Class Zero; it's a second edition D&D thing but anyway.
Can Marc 1v1 Faker?
F*ck no. I would be embarrassed.
He would beat me a thousand out of a thousand times...
- What sport are we talking about? - Oh, that's true. That's true.
Although Faker is the unkillable demon king so... - Yeah
I think it probably just applies to anything.
He'd be in your head no matter what.
Alright, well, thanks guys for submitting the questions.
This was fun for us so, hopefully, it was fun for you guys too.
- Thanks. - See ya!