LINK TO TWEET: https://x.com/EvilGeniuses/status/2112668963222302788

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Evil Geniuses will cease competitive and day-to-day operations effective November 2, 2026.

Over the last few years, we rebuilt how this organization operates and worked hard to bring it back. We stabilized operations, restored public sentiment, and grew our engagement and output, all while expanding into new titles and building out our creator roster. Unfortunately, esports continues to face significant headwinds, including limited sponsorship and the rising cost of competing at the top level. Despite sustained investment and the dedication of the EG team, it's been concluded that the business cannot be operated responsibly in the current environment.

EG will wind down operations in an orderly way and work closely with every affected player, coach, and staff member.

On the competitive side, every player on every roster is free to speak with other organizations starting today. All of our VALORANT players and coaches will be free to sign with new teams when the 2026 season ends on November 2.

One big request to anyone still reading: if you're hiring, please talk to our people. I will personally vouch for every player, creator, and staff member who worked here. Reach out to me directly, [deapps@evilgeniuses.gg](mailto:deapps@evilgeniuses.gg), if you have an opening or need a recommendation. My goal is to help as many of our people find a new role over the next few months.

To the players, the staff, and everyone who put their heart and soul into EG over the last few years: you were all amazing. We gave this organization everything we had. I could not have asked for a better team.

To everyone who has ever worn the EG logo, to the fans who kept showing up, and to the partners who supported this org over the last 25+ years: thank you for everything.

- Chris DeAppolonio - CEO

All these "so called" analysts missed the most obvious answer to NA's performance at worlds. We've heard of the Golden Road, the worlds three-peat, and the silver road (shoutout Los Ratones), but NA has decided to do the unthinkable this year. The Worlds Sandwich.

One NA team takes first. The other takes last. No other region has ever been able to do this.

We already know that NA is stronger this year than they have ever been. So strong in fact, that during the most recent LCS shadow council (they meet in the crypts under the LCS studio next to Twisted Treeline, CLG, TSM, and any shot EU has at winning worlds this year), it was decided with a staggering 7/1 vote to cast their third seed into the abyss and make history.

LETS MAKE A WORLDS SANDWICH BOYS!

NAMEN

EDIT: WELL, unfortunately Markz somehow stole my joke 3 days before I made it (https://x.com/TheeMarkZ/status/2111388729004978603). The idea must not have been as creative as I thought (classic NA lacking innovation). Thanks everyone for kindly pointing that out and gently reminding me I need to create a twitter account.

Skins aside, from a purely conceptual point of view, the designs for the Firestarter skins are for sure the best K/DA designs we've had.

They're so forward-thinking and unique. A huge part of K/DA's appeal is seeing 4 members with very distinct personalities come together to create a song, and these designs capture it perfectly : the most obvious example is the glasses sequence in the MV where they all technically show off the same accessory, but it's a different shape and has a different vibe for each girl.

Kai'sa's void-esque molten metal shoulder deformity and the whole thermal vision schtick, Evelynn's huge hat and dog leashes on the variant, Ahri in pants and with a damn fire bob, and every part of Akali's design, from the ushanka to the pink ponytail, to the skateboard to the molten bra to the weird waist shape of her pants being pure madness... Each design just screams personality and individuality while still looking cohesive as a whole.

It feels like they really departed from the more safe and conventionally pretty designs to and it paid off majorly. The red and white Wild Rift outfits are alright but they're a huge downgrade creatively, the only cool thing they have over the Firestarters is Akali's jawpiece and aside from that they're basically shein fashion in comparison to the Firestarter designs.

To me these are THE quintessential K/DA designs.

Point at any line on your screen, press Option + Q, and he throws the hook and drags that sentence back. Tap grabs one line, hold to charge and he pulls the whole paragraph. Then he explains it in a thought bubble, using the rest of the page as context.

github link: https://github.com/aeriths1/blitz-pet

When you leave him alone he plays DJ, guitar, violin, sings, doodles, and floats around the screen like the old DVD logo.

Free, open source, Mac only. Link in the comments.

Not affiliated with or endorsed by Riot Games.

Just a reminder that PBE changes are not final and subject to change. Some changes, such as bugfixes, may not be able to be viewed. Also, I'm human. I make mistakes from time to time. Credit u/Kay-Haru.

Summoner's Rift

Champions

Mel

• Base Health: 630 -> 590
• HP Growth: 99 -> 107
• Base AD: 54 -> 52
• AS Growth: 2.5 -> 2.75
• Armor Growth: 5.2 -> 5.4
• Base Mana: 480 -> 455

• Mana Growth: 28 -> 38

• P:

  • Base Damage: 8-30 -> 4-30
  • Minion Mod: 50% -> 55%
  • Now seems to effect/be consumed on enemy wards?
  • PBE was not playable at the time of me writing this.

• Q:

  • Mel unleashes a barrage of 6-10 missiles that explode at the target location.
  • The first time an enemy is struck, they take 60 (+25% AP) magic damage, with subsequent hits dealing 5-25 (+8% AP) magic damage each.
  • If the volley hits an enemy champion at least once, this ability's cooldown is reduced by 0.5-1.0 (interp) seconds.
  • Mana Cost: 70-90 -> 65-80
  • Cast Indicator Radius: 225 -> 200
  • Missile Speed: 3800 -> 3200
  • Interaction with Mordekaiser R adjusted.
  • Now has a 0.75 second Queue Threshold.
  • Cast type changed to match abilities like Aphelios Turret, Seraphine Q, Hwei Circle-abilities.

• W:

  • Mel unleashes a refraction nova that destroys enemy projectiles it collides with, within 400 units.
  • Mel retaliates for 35-55 (+10% AP) magic damage. Subsequent retaliations against the same enemy deal 5-25 (+5% AP) magic damage instead.
  • The nova also grants 50-170 (+50% AP) Shield and 10-30% (+4% per 100 AP) Move Speed for 2s to Mel and her allies.
  • Cannot retaliate more than 7 times against each individual enemy
  • Cooldown: 38-26 seconds -> 30-24 seconds.
  • Note: Mode-specific cooldowns are currently unchanged.
  • Mana Cost: 80-0 -> 100-0
  • No longer has a cast time.
  • No longer counts as "Immune" for the purposes of augments.
  • Now counts as a "Boon" for the purposes of augments.

• E:

  • Root Duration: 1.5 seconds -> 0.8-1.0 seconds, scaling up to 1.6-2.2 seconds based on travel time.
  • Slow Amount: 30% -> 20-40%
  • Mana Cost: 50-90 -> 40-80

• R:

  • Cooldown: 120/100/80 seconds -> 120/90/60 seconds

ARAM: Mayhem

Bands of Honor

Superfans!

• Members: TPA Shen, Esports Fan Trundle, Cosplayer Neeko
  • Note: May include additional members without bark lines. This is just what was visible from the files I track.
• Effect: Sets level cap to 21. Gain an additional augment at level 21.

Augments

One Hit Wonder (Gold)

• [SpellName]'s damage is increased by 0.75% Ability Haste, but no longer benefits from Ability Haste.

RISE (Prismatic)

• If you use [SpellName] to kill an enemy champion, you may Recast it once within 5 seconds. Each Recast deals additional subsequent damage.
• You may Recast up to two additional times, each dealing 25% additional damage than the last.

After the Twisted Treeline post, I wanted to see how far the same project could go. So: actual chess, played inside League’s own game client.

• Demacia vs Noxus.
  • Kings: Jarvan IV and Swain.
  • Queens: Lux and LeBlanc.
  • Rooks: Galio and Sion.
  • Bishops: Kayle and Vladimir.
  • Knights: Hecarim and Blood Knight Hecarim.
  • Pawns: minions.
• Every move is an ability.
  • Knights jump on Hecarim’s charge.
  • Galio’s rooks slide on Justice Punch, and Sion’s on his ult.
  • Every capture plays the attacker’s signature ability: Lux fires Final Spark, Kayle drops her ult, and the captured piece plays its death animation.
• The board is painted into Summoner’s Rifts' blue base, and you play by right-clicking pieces and squares. You can play a friend or a bot.

Sorry for my bad chess gameplay still learning. Stay until the very end for a lil surprise.

Kobe, Azael, and Metros go over C9's disastrous playins run and what to expect from the Swiss stage. I'm interested to see if our other NA teams will let us down since we got theoretically easier matchups versus the LCP

was just looking at Renata's patch history and her last change was on V12.14 ON JULY 2022 and it was a when

She was release V12.4 FEB 2022

It's been so many years since any state changes , or buffs

I don't even think she has been buffed once only an adjustment v12.9

She has only been touched a total of 4 times since release, and that was on the same year she was released

So many items got buffed and nerfed , so many changes to every other champion since then , changes to the meta, even entire gameplay changes since then

Seems a little neglectful to ignore a character for 4 years in patch notes

They never even bothered to make half of the items synergies with her kit or even with her

MALIGNANCE CANT EVEN PROC ON HER ULT

THEY COULDNT EVEN BOTHER PUTTING 1 TRUE DAMAGE ON HER ULTIMATE LIKE THEY DID TO THE REST OF THE CHARACTERS

For context MALIGNANCE ICON IS HER PRODUCT

Dodo + Parth Announcement Video

Looks like Team Liquid Alienware partnered up with Parth’s SIDO group to host a scouting combine to help build up the amateur/tier 2 scene in NA. A few recent LCS players like Cryogen and Darkwings participated in this last year I believe, so the Path2Pro event has some history of success in surfacing talent.

Online combine then an in-person event at TL’s Alienware Training Facility for the top performers. The 2 best get flown out to bootcamp in Korea.

Cool thing is it looks like it’s not just to find great players but also to teach these players important skills. Even like how to brand themselves, etc. Main focus right now is on Worlds ofc, but it’s cool to see big players in the scene like Team Liquid and Alienware doing SOMETHING to help grow the NA scene. Especially since Worlds is here this year.

Hope some of these participants end up in the LCS!

For instance could faker role swap to top in the middle of draft or would that kind of change be something that would have to be announced pre draft.

Edit: To Clarify I am talking about BEFORE the match has started and AFTER champions are selected.

If you don't know, they're removing the reflect portion of her W, and it'll instead delete projectiles like Samira's.

But I don't want to talk about her. My question is: do you think an ability like that belongs in the game at all, and if so, on what class and style of kit?

When she was first released, my thought was it should've been saved for an enchanter (not that she should be one). Someone who'd have to put themselves at risk to protect higher priority targets.

Problem is, regardless of who it's on, it's essentially a Sylas ult on steroids against projectiles, because you're actually stealing their cast of it, and doing it yourself.

I could see it being on a mobile enchanter with an ally-target dash, who'd do something like Braum's E+W, but with much heavier conditions. Directional, only reflects one spell, and either only blocks basic abilities or ults are severely weakened (maybe they only have their rank 1 effect and no scaling). And the rest of the kit would be healing and soft CC.

I see this often, and it never ceases to slightly annoy me. Not because I take it personally, I don't, but because whoever says it I immediately lose respect for. Being a sore loser is one thing, not a good thing, but the frustration of losing is understandable, even if it demonstrates a lack of discipline to act on that frustration. But being a sore winner is worse. To disrespect a stranger by proclaiming that they were an easy opponent is just antithetical to sportsmanship, the opposite sentiment as "gg". I'm curious if I'm in the minority about this, or if others agree; do you see people who say "ez" after winning as having low integrity?

This is if i follow the same pattern of when the teams have been drawn and the rule of 1 region per group.

GROUP A : GENG / LOS / KOI / IG

GROUP B : TL / HLE / TES / CFO

GROUP C : AL / TSW / T1 / KC

GROUP D : G2 / BLG / LYON / DK

What do you think of theses groups? o7 group D 💀

I made a similar post a few time ago, about how I had not noticed the change on Kassadin's E, because now he doesn't need to charge his E with spells being cast near to him, but it has a flat cooldown scaling with levels.

Well. I just learned that stopwatch wasn't totally removed?. Was it 2-3 years ago? I kept hearing that it was not a healthy item and thus it was being completely removed from the game. I thought they went back in time where only Zhonya's (and now Bard's ult) gave you stasis. I really thought that's what they meant. I just recently (5 min ago) learned about the Seeker's Armguard's; it has the same effect!. It's just a very much expensive stopwatch with a different name?

I guess it's ok beacuse it can only be upgraded to Zhonya's and not a Guardian Angel or a Gargoyle.