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plinq

@plinq_uncharted

8 months

conductor asked for my ticket, saw i was playing LoR, and said “Runeterra ? “ “yeah i’m a dev” “i play every day” man, the feels

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@plinq_uncharted

9 months

So unfortunately I am off LoR at the end of March. As much as I love the game, love making stuff for y'all, the sharpest pain is losing that fabulous team, best I've ever been on by miles. (There should be some content that I helped drive coming out this year tho...)

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

There are two buffs that didn't make the main announcement that are also part of the patch: Illaoi Ornn sorry about the confusion!

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@plinq_uncharted

6 months

I may be biased (since I led it) but the art in this set is unreally good

Legends of Runeterra

@PlayRuneterra

6 months

✨Let the light guide you in LoR’s newest expansion, Dreamlit Paths, coming April 24.

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@plinq_uncharted

9 months

I really should give my take on LoR's monetization issues, prolly wait until I am officially laid off at the end of March (not because I am worried about blowback -- especially since it's not terribly critical of Riot honestly) but it just makes more sense to me outside the org

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@plinq_uncharted

7 months

I know I promised some thoughts about LoR's monetization, but I've got good news/bad news there. Good news, I got re-hired by Riot for an new R&D project! Bad, I got nothing until they can me again... sorry y'all (as I said before, it isnt really that critical anyways)

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@plinq_uncharted

6 months

That's the champs! -- there is a lot of action in the rest of the set, including a lot more Story landmarks I'll drop some threads on the set in a week or 2 providing some history and context on the development feel free to hmu with rules questions in the interval

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@plinq_uncharted

7 months

So I'm officially off LoR now, a game I really poured my heart into. I will deeply miss engaging with this fantastic community, and miss working with the dev team even more. I will share thoughts and vignettes when my and @RuneclawBarich 's set drops, really excited for release!

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

it's my birthday AND a champ I worked on should get spoiled this week! time to make that cake I never got around to yesterday lol

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@plinq_uncharted

9 months

bittersweet way to hit 1k followers but i do appreciate y’all

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@plinq_uncharted

9 months

LOR probably occupies about 70% of my waking cognition, so there might be some gains from this change, involuntary as it was and will be

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@plinq_uncharted

9 months

@RubinZoo Tough way for it to end, brother, but we did make some cool stuff together!

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plinq

@plinq_uncharted

6 months

Ah she fills me with so much happiness!

Legends of Runeterra

@PlayRuneterra

6 months

Vex slowly rolls out of bed in the newest expansion, Dreamlit Paths, going live on April 24.

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@plinq_uncharted

6 months

*sniff*

Aaron Barich

@RuneclawBarich

6 months

Dreamlit Paths was made by many people who made some great stuff, but for my final post about it, I want to focus on the devs that were laid off by Riot who I know contributed to some part of the set. So much talent here and it was a joy to work with all of them.

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

how they let me print Reggie 2|2 I have no idea

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

haircut!

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1 year

hanging out late with the LoR peeps just brought such joy — love this team so much!

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@plinq_uncharted

6 months

Dreamlit Paths design thread and AMA @RuneclawBarich did a stellar job of summing up our work, read her posts! I had a few small things to add, and also wanted to give you a place to ask any questions you like, e.g. balance struggles, playtest names, whatever you like

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@plinq_uncharted

5 months

Masters with Vex/Lux Boost! WR 70% or so once I learned the meta a bit and added the 3rd Rising Light usually thwack eddie piles, can die to burn

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

pretty easy climb with Nidalee BC -- played horribly in D1 so loitered there for a bit prolly rock this or Neeko Shirima for a bit -- both decks have felt very fun tactically

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

Thanks, Red Gwen...

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

Super excited for this expansion -- I was really just on a hand on deck for their creation but can't wait to play them live

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

I love reading stories about people being excited to play after watching all the brilliant games at Worlds. But it is inspiring for the devs as well -- watching really fired me up to make some more cards for this game we love.

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@plinq_uncharted

8 months

it’s Erin and I’s 10th anniversary ! cooking and eaiting all day to celebrate! She made this mortadella and burrata sandwich to kick us off!

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

@dan_estreicher she levels

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

@cosinejoe we are blessed on LoR w our community relative to like almost anyone else — y’all make it easy to interact freely

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@plinq_uncharted

11 months

There is certain joy right at the start of the day when you get your desk set up just so, with a big cup of fragrant coffee, and a bunch of clear stuff to work on (currently coding some cards) tldr: Let's Go!!!

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@plinq_uncharted

9 months

@Yamisokuse i do love y'all -- hugs are always free!

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

Have seen a few questions re: Empowered. (and a lot of correct guesses!) For clarity, Empowered: A unit has its Empowered bonus while its Power is at least the listed number. So while Divine Clerk had 3+ Power, it has Lifesteal

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plinq

@plinq_uncharted

6 months

Lillia!

Legends of Runeterra

@PlayRuneterra

6 months

Fawn over Lillia in LoR’s new Expansion, Dreamlit Paths, coming April 24.

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

doggos!

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@plinq_uncharted

11 months

It’s Pepper!

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plinq

@plinq_uncharted

1 year

@DRocksaint i play akshan/janna in house a lot — dont bother shooting for infinite tho

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plinq

@plinq_uncharted

2 years

Today we had to say goodbye to my dog, my heart, Tanuki. I am utterly devastated.

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

I think the feeling of being nowhere, of being between but in motion, is why i have my best creative moments on public transit i once rode a bus loop for 5+ hours i was banging so hard on my dissertation excited to implement this all later!

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@plinq_uncharted

9 months

Thursday's Twin Poll: 1) What is the most underrated card in the game? 2) What is the most underrated vegetable? (i'll give my answers in a couple of hours or so -- and yes, you probably did not need to see my name to know who wrote this...)

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

baby capabarra’s at the san diego zoo

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

Was a delight to be part of this with @RiotVriss -- hope y'all enjoy.

LoRreport

@LoRreport

2 years

@dan_estreicher @her0x0ftime Sure! These are the YouTube chapter titles for the video and should give you a good idea of what questions were asked during the interview.

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@plinq_uncharted

9 months

Grateful I love to cook, since traveling in Thailand in Vietnam over the Winter Break has completely trashed my desire to eat out in the US, which at least locally is worse on almost every vector.

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

@RiotDurdle @RickoRex to understand you must feel it in your bones

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

this is Roux

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@plinq_uncharted

9 months

@_joeysticks I just like the competition part tbh, esp. if the other player is very good — if the game is good enough (as a competitive engine) the experience feels almost like emergent art. Good games I often don’t care who wins (poor thing for competing tho) Winning is nice too ofc

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@plinq_uncharted

10 months

@AikadoLoR i certainly dont miss designing games with packs

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

One of my earliest experiments with Gwen was creating this: Stitched Up (or some such name) 3c Fast Kill a unit. Next Round Start, revive it. Card was sweet with Hallowed, but let SI protect allies, which isn't their thing really OP too, and hard to tune w/o losing its magic

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6 months

@Spideraxe30 yeah Runeterran might work as well I think short answer: she was super thematic for set and we wanted an Ionian champ more thematically, we wanted to feature her interaction the Dreaming Tree, and this makes the most sense with an Ionian vibe and locale

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@plinq_uncharted

10 months

i think i have received more genuine smiles in Thailand in 3 days than US in a year

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

@Drisoth consider, yes comprehend, no

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

He's such a good boy!

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@plinq_uncharted

6 months

@DRocksaint definitely a few -- good guess!

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

roasted eggplant, tomato, fresh mozarella, mint

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@plinq_uncharted

10 months

trying not to work as i head out on vacation (Thailand! Vietnam!) but i quite literally dreamt game design stuff all night so we may be looking at design plane! ( or i might read bad fantasy novels for 18 hrs, still up in the air…)

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

@_joeysticks @RubinZoo @RiotVriss Gwen gets both buffs, yes

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@plinq_uncharted

6 months

oooh Stories! I love Stories!

Legends of Runeterra

@PlayRuneterra

6 months

This is only the beginning.

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

a year later i am still missing and dreaming about my little guy

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@plinq_uncharted

11 months

whenever i build new decks for live i am always trying to add future cards or search for cureent ones using their dev names

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

a few cracks here and there but really happy with the flavor/texture! (lemon olive oil cake)

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@plinq_uncharted

6 months

@hatboi__ instead of doing the math I am going to just try it and report back lol

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

Might depend on the game, but I honestly just think this is flat false. Players will perhaps miss more often than devs, but there isn't some magic sauce only devs have bottled.

Tom Farnsworth

@tomfromtheweb

2 years

Players are pretty good at finding problems. But no one can offer realistic solutions to a game design problem without game dev experience and direct working knowledge of the specific game. Devs don’t want your solutions, just constructive feedback about the problems.

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@plinq_uncharted

6 months

She has such a better memory than me! This was a joint product from start to finish -- I was so lucky to have such a great design partner. (I can't wait to find out what else we did...)

Aaron Barich

@RuneclawBarich

6 months

He pitched to some designers a keyword that gave +1|+1, but was also something cards could spend as a resource to trigger other effects. I thought it was exciting and gave Demacia more choice when using its large stats. I was still on Fate's Voyage, but the idea was planted.

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@plinq_uncharted

9 months

@pixelet_dan thanks -- it is a tricky topic to untangle honestly

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1 year

pepper does not approve

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

@BanditKeithLoR @Rox89716855 lol how did we not print!!!

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1 year

@_joeysticks @BanditKeithLoR @PlayRuneterra

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@plinq_uncharted

9 months

if you are ever looking for a new cooking technique, I really recommend learning to fricassee (combination of saute and braise) it is very easy, very tasty, and since you pour off most of the fat pretty healthy I mostly do chicken

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@plinq_uncharted

8 months

so this dish was intended to be pumpkin/amaretti gnocci, but we didnt like the way the gnocci were coming out so we tried baking it instead (with a few changes)! then we sauteed it in brown butter and sage — not the prettiest thing but tasted awesome

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

@RickoRex 20|18!

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

I wake up quite early, so by the time the other designers hit the office (for, you know, the actual working hours) I am lit on caffeine and proceed to carpet-bomb them with every thought I have had today

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@plinq_uncharted

7 months

excitement on design train! previous train being cleaned by people in hazmat suits supposedly this is a false alarm but pretty sure the only explanation for both is 👽👽👽

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@plinq_uncharted

7 months

erin made pepper a cake for her 1st birthday— layers are their wet food baked with egg and a little flour frosting is greek yogurt there is also a kibble crumble along the bottom both doggos were very hyped!

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@plinq_uncharted

11 months

@BirbLOR i wanna play but i know the answers :(

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

@Yangzera @PlayRuneterra @RubinZoo @jonmoormann @DesignerDanF next balance patch is 2/1

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

@AikadoLoR who will break first, you or me @jonmoormann ?

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

@MoniinoLoR @DRocksaint I honestly don't think so, but if y'all find like a 20%+ better build instead of like the usual 10% or so we will try to fix sooner rather than later

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@plinq_uncharted

6 months

@Andrrerr short term no planned PVP expansions this year but a lot of stuff coming to POC should be canon, but many things that are happening are in the character's dreams so take "canon" with like a full lump of salt

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

mr Roux

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

@Kingsgrave_ well, in that I am not alone hehe

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@plinq_uncharted

6 months

@Rox89716855 mainly to make it clear in your card collection that it is a 2|2 and not a 1|1 with Spirit -- in hand Spirit is already applied so it is a 2|2, same on the board the "why this way" specifically has to do with how these things were already implemented and what plays were available

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

@AyingottLoR Foyer is definitely a direction we could have gone (and honestly likely will go) but kat had been breaking kpi's in multiple decks, not just hallowed is the main reason

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@plinq_uncharted

10 months

amazing experience at the Elephant Nature Park — elephant rescue sanctuary that frees elephants that have been abused doing logging or trick shows got to prepare food and help feed

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

@wickhelm I know the cards and this is a very tough question actually

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

@wickhelm it was set to go out, but we brought it back for region health/identity mainly 2|1 Fearsome is a really elegant spot on the curve tbh

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

I'll confess I always forget Oracle's Eye exists lol

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@plinq_uncharted

8 months

Oh how I've missed you Valley of Imitation!

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

finally done with tasks and ready to go on vacation! Going to Italy for 17 days! So prepare for food pics (and more food pics)

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

@RickoRex lol I thought you might like

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

@GrappLrTwitch @PlayRuneterra it's next Nightfall card

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

@DRocksaint no (no no)

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

ooh! I like this one! Ten games to get to know me: - Bloodborne - MTG - Nethack - Anarchy Online - Civ IV - No Limit Hold-em - Psychonauts - Slay the Spire - Shaman King TCG (co-designed) - LoR (like 5 other From games could have displaced things on here tbh)

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

this is Pepper (6 months)

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@plinq_uncharted

1 year

strawberries honey balsaminc vinegar mint pine nuts toast

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@plinq_uncharted

5 months

really just vile intentional behavior -- so glad our future hinges in part on these grubby sociopaths I doubt Sam A. is going to kill us all but that is more of my lack of confidence in their abilities than his or Open AI's ethical compass

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So let me get this straight. She is Black Widow and sued Disney, so you thought after she turned you down you'd mimic her voice without her and that would go how exactly?

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@plinq_uncharted

6 months

(this in turn made me worry about Abby, although she is right and narrative just crushed it here)

Abby LeMaster

@Abby_LeMaster

6 months

I absolutely cannot wait for everyone to meet my new favorite character, whose script went so hard I DM’d Narrative and asked them, “So uh, y’all okay?”

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@plinq_uncharted

5 months

finished Another Crab's Treasure -- a few glitches aside, what a fantastic little souls-like!

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@plinq_uncharted

6 months

@RiotDurdle @bkopleck @RuneclawBarich One last callout -- the dev team that brought you Dreamlit Paths was almost entirely female! (the champs entirely so!) It was also my favorite team I have ever worked on, and likely the best as well. Thanks again y'all!

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

@RubinZoo I always want to play and add a change and then I am like, wait...

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@plinq_uncharted

6 months

sites trying to force me to use AI as an interface, or pre-writing messages to people, is honestly beyond tedious like, I am not sure I want this once the tech is good, and it certainly is not that now for any use case i care about

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@plinq_uncharted

6 months

sometimes you focus so hard on the design train you forget to get off…

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

@banewastaken not really, no

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@plinq_uncharted

2 years

Hallowed is one of my favorite mechanics in LoR so I was really happy for the chance to help land Gwen and friends

Riot Durdle

@RiotDurdle

2 years

Thank you for subscribing to LOR Facts! Today we'll be talking about Gwen! THE TEAM Design: Me with some much needed help from @plinq Art: Oliver Chipping Narrative: @rnoelliams (1/11)

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@plinq_uncharted

8 months

I don't Platinum a lot of games , but I was so close with Sifu I just knocked it out yesterday few games I have played support such joyous skill expression and as I have (slowly) improved, I just have more and more fun

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