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Stirring Up eSports Drama: The 2015 League of Legends World Championship

Stirring Up eSports Drama: The 2015 League of Legends World Championship

Let’s put the pitchforks down and enjoy the game.

One of the Most Toxic Communities in Online Gaming is Having a Pool Party

What Amy Schumer Taught Me About Video Games

Understanding “OP” in ‘League of Legends’

Understanding “OP” in ‘League of Legends’

Balance is a design concept that sits upon the shifting sands of player perception and behavior.

How Fantasy LCS is Changing ‘League of Legends’

Greed Is Good: Incentivizing Good Sportsmanship in Online Gaming

Greed Is Good: Incentivizing Good Sportsmanship in Online Gaming

Sometimes to get a positive result, you need to appeal to people's baser instincts, not their better angels. Is Dawngate's karma system a better solution to changing player behavior than League of Legends's honor system?

Mechanizing Terror: ‘League of Legends’ and Character Design

A Strategy for Dying

I Admire Your Ability to Lose

Requiem for a Tiny Internet

Living for the Short Term Grind