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@VALORANT game designer & live design lead - Designer on Clove prev Gameplay Analyst/QA on @LeagueofLegends & VAL QA

Santa Monica, CA
Joined July 2016
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crosshair placement part 2
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I'm excited to announce I accepted a new role as a Game Designer on @PlayVALORANT ! I'll be joining the characters ("agents") team working on mostly live balance updates. I can't wait to start🥰 also maximum-hype timing with Masters Reykjavík coming up👀
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Unfortunately, this Tweet was unprofessional and out-of-line with what we stand for. The person responsible no longer works for the United States of America.
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Donald J. Trump
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I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!
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Seeing some confusion RE: the chamber radius changes on the TP. This isn't the rotation distance on the map, it's the physical distance Chamber can stand away from his anchor and activate the ability (1/x)
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Some people in my chat were unaware that the Spike has a different defuse sound after it's already been half-defused by a defender in VALORANT. Here's a quick video where you can hear the differences in pitch (since Youtube seemed relatively useless for this for quick videos)
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haha yeah guys i was doing this too in development
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clove movement speed goes crazy in the 1v5
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We have an upcoming Iso change planned for 9.00: - Removing the two-kill reset on his E - Reducing the duration of his E from 20s > 12s Removing the reset gives Iso just one activation, and reducing the duration should create a clearer window for opponents to deny him fights.
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POV: you're standing between @Asunaa and qualifying
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Excited to announce that I have accepted a position on the @PlayVALORANT team and I'll be starting in June! (contract gif to make me feel included with all the cracked gamers on the timeline)
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every older esports fan hit right in the feels
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Introducing the 2023 #VALORANTChampions anthem and music video "Ticking Away" ft. @grabbitz & @bbnomula ⏲️ Dedicated to the One More’s of life, love, and VALORANT!
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valarante child game.... look to cartoon grapfix to make kid player happy like children show.. valarante cartoon world with rainbow unlike counter strike with dark corridorr and raelistic gun.. valarante like playhouse. valarant playor run from csgo fear of dark world and realism
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@RiotPhroxzon I hope Zoe wins xD. I’m a Zoe main and she’s just so fun!! People get so trolled by the bubble, and her voice lines are so cute like when she sings about chocolate cake LOL! She’s super random but also smarter than she looks, just like me xD
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@RiotAugust classic august champ
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. @SicK_cs with the 5Head play flamewalling off the Alarmbot 🧠🧠
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valorant meme request: @daprcs 's 360 phantom headshot transitioned into "the animals are leaving, the planet is dying, do you really need anything else???" CoD4 montage clip
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@RiotAugust this is the most attention riot's given Anivia in months
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not going to lie I'm fully onboard the "delete promo series from non-division increases" train nothing makes me want to play league less than repeatedly losing promos
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Sacy when his opponents have perfect crosshair placement and he's hitting the most perfect crouch #VALORANTMasters
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If you're interested in working on VAL gameplay and are high immortal/radiant - we're hiring for entry level gameplay analysts. I started on this team on League in 2016 and it's how I got my start in the games industry!
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@LSXYZ9 @Damascus_Glenn (Champ Designer) @Squad5lol (Champ Designer) @EndlessPillows (Champ Designer) @RiotAugust (Champ Designer) @JeevunSidhu (Balance Lead) @RiotMeddler (Desig Lead) @RiotPhlox (Balance) @TheTruexy (Balance) @riot_captain (Balance) @JoGraylock (Design Director) 1/2
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7 years
EULCS right now
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@FionnOnFire Sacy For the blind, he is bald. For the hungry, he is bald. For the sick, he is the bald. For the sad, he is bald. For the poor, he is the bald; for the debtor, he is baldness.
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the duality of gamer 🥰
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Alright where's the @TenZOfficial contract buyout GoFundMe?
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6 years
Delivering. Player. Value
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I've been playing league since 2010, playtesting since June 2016! Thanks for all the memories and can't imagine my life without the game at this point! Let me know of your least favorite imbalanced content since 2016, and I'll give my favorites some RP! #League10
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Intended to curb some of the offensive power away from placing a teleporter anchor in a completely safe location & moving to deep off angles, impeding on some duelist aggressive space. Whether or not that's a true theory, we'll see :)
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I wonder if @KING_BABYBAY will make NA teams reconsider all these comps without Jett. He really makes her look like the strongest agent in the game #VCTMastersNA
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@Shakarez also on lulu W: the ability to make any assassin player want to uninstall the game if it's better in that situation than any of the aforementioned stats
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watching some jawgemo neon vods and returning to work after the weekend
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@LSXYZ9 @Damascus_Glenn @Squad5lol @EndlessPillows @RiotAugust @JeevunSidhu @RiotMeddler @RiotPhlox @TheTruexy @riot_captain @JoGraylock @ExasperatedDan (Champ Designer) @Rovient (Missions/Skins) ...I think this should be most people that would be posting context. Design leads probably the most important to follow for new info
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I'm the designer owning these changes so I'll be around to answer some questions
@VALORANT
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This week, the team will be testing changes to flashes for a few of our Agents. And while the PBE is NA-only, it’s important to give a heads up to everyone. In short, we wanted to make some changes to sharpen the roles for Skye, KAY/O, Reyna, and Yoru (+ 5.01 Phoenix updates).
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i did something decent with a ghost. this is rare for me. pls clap
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good luck and fun games will come to you but only if you say "thanks VAL gameplay engineers"
@VALORANTLeaksEN
VALORANT Leaks & News
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8.07 PBE // Bug Fixes // #VALORANT Agent CLOVE • Fixed a bug where Clove's Not Dead Yet (X) does not progress the “Use Your Ultimate” weekly mission and Match Details incorrectly reports 0 casts. • Fixed a bug where Clove’s Ruse (E) used after death does not report to the
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Trying to be more open around discussing design philosophy on VAL and since Clove is shipped I'll be around more doing more balance work - excited to keep working on this game with y'all 💞
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Talked to a friendly penguin about some upcoming duelist changes. See you tomorrow
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Ahhhh the team and I have been hard at work on Clove for a long while now and I'm so excited to get them into players' hands 🫶 See you all at the show match today!
@VALORANT
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Ready to make some mischief? Check out Clove in action before they drop during Episode 8: Act II.
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@JohnHEXA1 The video's plot is based on the protagonist sacrificing time in their personal life and continuing to grind while their OG gaming friends move on and do other things. The camera pans to the crowd after he steps up to play on stage and he sees his friends cheering him on as a pro
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@Yehty_ @Ballatw this is what peak analysis looks like
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@Shakarez me at karaoke
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Got to showcase my first internal agent prototype gameplay hook today to the characters team #LifeatValorant It's still a bit too early to share anything, but I'm super excited for what's to come in the future 🙌
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@drone_fps mental fog matters a lot in mobas - missing easy lasthits, not realizing when players are moving around the map and dying to obviously pinged/warded ganks are probably the closest equivalent feelings
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@RiotAugust and? did he stutter?
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4 years
cheater detected in my deathmatch KEKW
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@acesu i have a present for phantom users
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There's a point where every in-dev agent has a prototype ability that uses a cursed breach 1p animation and now I'm glad you all have to see how terrifying it is as well
@VALORANT
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You’ll never look at your main the same way with Update 4.1
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:) end on a solo win for the 2nd dev valorant after @SalGarozzo
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For the radius size decrease here's a picture to make it a little easier to visualize (imagine it says PBE instead of prototype)
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@JeffLanda
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Chamber PBE only!: Rendezvous (E) 🥖Base Cooldown increased 20s >>> 30s 🥖Recall Cooldown increased 20s >>> 30s 🥖Cooldown set to 45s whenever a Rendezvous anchor is destroyed 🥖Radius Size decreased 21m >>> 15m Trademark (C) 🥖Slow Duration decreased 9.5 >>> 6s
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@RiotPhlox You are brave taking on Rengar, good luck!
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I didn't know @HUYNH_CS was smurfing on the KR server, look at #5 ???
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All I can ask for: Have fun everyone! 🥹
@VALORANT
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Look alive. Clove just joined the VALORANT roster with today’s update.
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played some 10mans with @s0mcs @TSM_Myth @hazedCS @Subroza @Dronecsgo @plooful @harmfoo @Yonji_V @rileyurk and I was R U S T Y...but now I'm on vacation there's no excuses and it's time to get back into the grind so next time I wont get destroyed so hard! 😤
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27 today, here's to many more years of fragging & getting fragged 🥰🥳
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@MarkYetter I'm tired of Azir. He just slows the game down and there's not meaningful counters in the pro meta. I would like any mid lane assassins to be played more. :)
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There is actually just a crazy about of malding in val ranked rn...nobody is going to frag well when you ruin the vibe that hard
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this bug is annoying but it's too perfect for this scenario
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Still getting used to doing these on camera things (WTF DO I DO WITH MY HANDS???), but I recently accepted some new responsibilities leading our live balance efforts. Excited to keep working on the live game with y'all 🫡
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A few updates on what you can expect for the rest of the year.
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Everyone else is sleeping on Qiyana and I'm over here about to start spamming her in solo queue :)
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VAL agent tier lists should be done by map CHANGE MY MIND
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penguins may be unable to fly but I can certainly jump & right click
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There'll start to be more regular balance changes in the upcoming few months as we get towards the end of the year. Excited to keep chippin away!
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This player for Phoenix 1 is 15 years old
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Hopefully Sylas won't be banned in every single game of 9.2 ranked. I need to play him. For research purposes, not to abuse the fact that I have a lot of games on him and nobody will know how to play against him of course.
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The Zoe reveal is out! Last ~year of my life in a nutshell! So pumped for her to hit PBE and start getting feedback
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@hazedCS This twitter thread will have reasonable replies.
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@Foxie_GG @ardiis whoever is laughing in this clip just made my day LMAOO
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haven't seen this in a while, peace out loser ✌
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today i made a huge mistake and looked at the nutritional information of a taco bell baja blast you do not want to know the nutritional information of a baja blast
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@LiquidValorant this edit is insane, props to the liquid video team!
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@priusOBS because we need your hands free so you don't miss s1mple 1v2ing on cache
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This week marks 5 years for me @riotgames . So glad I've gotten to work on two of my favorite games of all time, the time has gone by so fast 🤯🤯🤯
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im a team secret fan now they pandered to me
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@RiotAugust Breaking Balance
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@RiotAugust I see you're like me and have to wait til the second card rotation for your gold card :)
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May your weekend be blessed with good vibes and no cheaters, signed into VAL to this today 😇
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@Vedius @draggles I present to you my pixelated MS paint version
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2 years
on the new patch, if you steal someone's crosshair by typing /cc, you gotta say yoinked. it's the law
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Some agent changes will ship in 5.03 send engineers your energy in the meantime ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
@VALORANT
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We’re skipping our regular patch cadence this week to allow our engineers the time they need to upgrade our game engine. You can expect the next patch, Patch 5.03, to start shipping August 9.
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Really big changes to the meta incoming with this upcoming VAL patch. Especially @ 5K it means in OT you have to be no shields/no utility if you pick up an OP
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@darkhorse4life
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In the future, we'll likely create an infinite warmup version once we can join people to matches in progress (this is tech we're currently working on). This way people can drop and join as needed to keep these matches healthy.
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The Vandal is so crispy on this patch
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@FionnOnFire I spend the whole first stage classic right clicking people
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I just want you all to know I had to stand on a box like Tom Cruise to be in the same frame as @Altombre for this
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Anna Donlon
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VAL Dev update video coming tomorrow! It's been a minute, and I'm excited about the topics we’re going to cover, because it’s a bunch of stuff you’ve been talking about in the community. And yes, we’re finally going to talk about what’s been going on with replays (I promise we
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sometimes u gotta bring back the old technology
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Can I get a poggers in the chat please
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excited to recharge over the break - building an agent is super hard but i'm so glad to be supported by godlike mentors and a great VAL team. I can't wait to keep learning in 2023 special shoutout to @rycoux
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Pitched my first set of larger scope changes today, excited to get em out to you all :)
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i accidentally toggled my shadowplay off instead of recorded so just pretend you saw this for me and hype me up, thanks
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