When your 0/20 yasuo-yone botlane carries the game... Best feeling ever
Playing around this powerspike
LET'S GOOOOOOO
What the frick is she trying to find in Bilgewater tho
Gonna leave this here. :)
https://twitter.com/michaelyichao/status/1286675240911663105?s=20
Oh shit, I looked up Riot Pls just now, and I didn't realize he was Michael Yichao.
He was absolutely fantastic when he was working with Wizards of the Coast ("Endure" is one of the best stories they ever put out). I was super happy to see him move to Riot, and I'm glad he's smurfing the writing as hard as ever.
đđ Thanks for the kind words! Working on Yone was such a fun challenge. â¤ď¸
What stands out to me here is that it seems like Yone was designed in a very "top-down" way. Rather than starting with an idea for a kit and creating a concept, they began with the idea of Yone and designed a kit for him. Both his fleshed-out backstory and his kit evolved from a desire to make Yone a champion.
I don't remember whether that was the case for Senna and Kai'Sa as well, but either way, it's cool to see. Most League champions seem to be designed "bottom-up", so seeing some top-down design like this is really interesting to me. I think it paid off, because his kit seems really effective at reflecting his story and lore.
This whole article is actually a really fascinating look into how narrative and gameplay design intersect in League, with a lot of moments of one influencing the other and vice versa. It's a great read for that reason.
I love our DNA approach to champ dev! Itâs so inspiring to get to jam closely w gameplay and art and really discover a champion. EndlessPillows is an incredible designer who really thrives on bringing a characterâs story and holistic fantasy to life, and RiotEarpâs work just blew us away at every stage.
Lots of people worked super hard to make this piece happen, but I want to shout out the writer, Twitter.com/thefakeDana, who did an amazing job. This was one of her first projects at Riot and I felt so lucky to get to work w her to tell Yoneâs story in this medium!
Yes, she's the fox that leads Yone (or whoever that is) through the afterlife.
Edit: I think /u/TyKindred is right in that this video is actually a continuation of the Ionian legend in Perennial:
Long ago, the world was perfectly balanced. It was as an enormous tree full of life, with each branch, each leaf, each bloom carefully and thoughtfully positioned so that the sun and rain could nourish them all. The people, the animals, and the spirits were at peace. There was no word for âwarâ because there had never been battles or bloodshed.
One day, the Gatekeeper and the Collector crossed paths. The Collector saw how many spirits the Gatekeeper had led through the spirit realm to peace and happiness, and he grew jealous of herâ
The Collector grew envious of all the spirits that the Gatekeeper had helped find peace, and so he devised a plan. He took two of his strongest, loudest bells and melted them down. Then, over twelve nights, he hammered them into two blades. Into the first, he poured some of his Jealousy. Into the second, he poured some of his Obsession. Then, when spring began, he let the spirits of those swords bloom in the physical realm, and the swords grew from the ground like saplings.
Saplings. That was what the two Brothers thought the blades were when they stumbled across them in the forest.
The Brothers were the best of friends, perfectly loyal to one another and understanding of their roles in the world. The Elder would one day inherit their fatherâs own famed sword and lands, while the Younger would inherit their fatherâs ship. Both believed they would be great heroes, one at home and one abroad. One spring, they found the two sword-saplings growing in the forest. Neither of the Brothers had ever seen a tree grow so shiny, or so sharp. Together, they chopped them down, each shouldering one to bring back to their home.
Little did they know that this would be the last thing they would ever do together as Brothers while they remained alive. For as they walked home, the strange sap from the swords began to flow onto their necks, filling them with horrible thoughts and feelings⌠those of the Collector. Though they did not become enemies that day, they would eventually bring those blades together, a clanging of bells that would sound throughout the physical and spirit realms as nothing had before.
It's quite possible that what we witness in this video is the elder brother (represented by Spirit Blossom Yone) traversing through the afterlife after being slain by his younger brother (represented by Spirit Blossom Yasuo). For a moment after his death the elder brother is at peace, but the corruption of The Collector lures him in and (at least from what I can tell) attempts to overwhelm him. The elder brother overcomes the corruption and defeats The Collector, but not before The Collector manages to get in one final blow...
After that we cut to Yone in the physical realm, a literal manisfestation of the legend you see above. If I had to guess, the legend is an allusion to what happened to Yone: He was at peace and ready to move on after being slain by Yasuo, but the darker emotions in his soul were given strength by the growing imbalance in Ioniaâthanks, Noxusâand managed to wrench him back into the physical realm as a twisted spirit seeking revenge, absolution, perhaps even both. Long story short: Perennial's Ionian legend shows us what happened to Yone in the Spirit Realm after he died, albeit through an allusion.
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If it's canon does that mean my job is also canon. Er, real?
See you at the stand up Monday, Pyke.
You never said I couldn't quote it đ
Well played.
...#canon
Random question: Why are these in reverse order? I only learned about this story today, and it does seem like it would be weird for the third through fifth parts to come in reverse as well (particularly given that the story doesn't feel like one where more important details get revealed in the past).
The latest parts are posted at the top first, while the rest get moved into chronological order. The idea was so anyone who came to find the story from the client or see the latest didnât have to scroll to find it.
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I could be remembering wrong but generally we donât post new content onto Reddit. Rioters are happy to chat and answer questions but I know I want convos to come from players who donât work here first :)
Part two is up! AEGIS: Ezreal meets Pantheon. :-)