Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Predators Second Draft Ruleset




Custom Game Mode: Predators

Map: Summoner’s Rift

Game type: Draft or Blind. Prefer Draft.

Number of players: 7

Summary: This game mode is a 2 vs 5 match in the Summoners Rift map. The predators are the 2 person and team and the Prey are the 5 person team. Each Predator is purposely fed 5 kills by the Prey at the beginning of the game. Each member of the Prey will feed each of the Predators one kill. The Predators have to pick off members of the Prey and avoid attacking the group as a whole. The Prey need to stick together because they cannot fight the fed Predators individually. First team to reach a certain amount of kills wins.

Winning conditions: The first team to reach 25 kills wins. Since the Predators are given 5 kills at the beginning of the game, they will have to reach 35 kills in Order to win.

General Bans: AP Teemo, AP Shaco. AP Caitlyn, AP Nidalee

Predator Champions Banned: Nothing

Prey Champs Banned: Kayle, Zilean, Twisted Fate, Shen, Tryndamere.

Summoned Spells Banned: Revive, Clairvoyance and Teleport are banned for the Prey.

Items Banned: Guardian Angel, Mejais Soulstealer, Sword of the Occult.

General Rules:
-Players can farm normal jungle minions, but they cannot farm lane minions or kill baron and dragon
-Players cannot stay in of lanes or leech experience from lane, but you can use them to cross them in order to reach other section of the map.
-Players cannot run to a friendly tower if you are being chased by an opponent.
-Once a player exits base, they cannot return to their own base or recall.
-Players cannot get items that give over a total of 30 bonus armor and bonus magic resist. Players cannot get items that give over bonus 300 health.

Predator Specific Rules:
-Predators can use wards and oracles.
-Predators can use clairvoyance

Prey Specific Rules:
-Prey cannot use any sort of wards or oracles, including wriggles ward.
-Prey cannot use clairvoyance.

Monday, May 27, 2013

Custom Games Need More Customization Options



                As a streamer and a summoner who plays a lot of creative game modes like catch the teemo or battle arena, I feel like the lack of custom game customization is really holding back some of these types of game modes and would make the experience a lot better. Game modes like draft race would dramatically change for the better. I suggest that riot should add options to tweak global gold and experience, make champions and item bans, and adjust minions.
                Global gold and experience would probably have the biggest impact on custom games. Summoners rift would become more of a viable map for some of these game modes. Since you cannot farm or experience leech in game modes like draft race, gaining experience and gold can be slow. This can cause a super strong snowball effect for those who get early kills. I often run my custom games in dominion for that reason, but I would love for summoners rift to be used since modes like draft race are more fun on it.
                It would be really helpful if you could also ban items, summoner spells, and champions for a custom game. It would not be entirely necessary since you could simply tell other players the bans, but it would be still be useful. I have had my times where a player does not pay attention to bans and pick them anyways. It would be really useful.
Minions would also be really useful to tweak or turn off. Turning off minions would prevent experience leeching and the possibility of the minions taking towers and taking the base, which is always nuisance to deal with in summoners rift.
I really think that these changes would allow league of legends to grow as a game. Custom games are a major part of league of legends and should receive as much love as the rest of the game. Now that ARAM has turned from a custom game to an official game type, I would like to see other game types to rise in popularity and I think this would help. RIOT PLS.

TL;DR - There needs to be more options in custom games because it would help other custom game types greatly.

Blitzcrank Volleyball Ruleset



Custom Game Mode: Blitzcrank Volleyball

Map: Dominion

Game type: Blind. 

Number of players:  10

Summary: This mode takes place in the middle section of dominion map, around the storm buffs. There is a crack/line in between each storm buffs that both teams need to stand behind. The goal of the match is for the privileged player and blitzcrank on each team to pull enemies or poke enemies. The only way you can cross over the line is if you are pulled by blitzcrank or the privileged player. Each team has a blitzcrank and one privileged player. The privileged players and blitzcranks are the only players that can use damaging abilities across the line.

Winning conditions: Whatever team reaches a certain amount of kills wins. Each nexus starts with 500 points. Each time a team kills an enemy player, the enemy nexus is damaged by 2 points. I usually like to play until 400 nexus points, which is 50 kills.

Champions banned: Morgana, ZIlean, Kayle, Nocturne, and Sivir

Summoned Spells Banned: Revive

Items Banned: Guardian Angel

Rules:

Blitzcrank and Privileged rules:
  • You cannot cross the line into the enemy area, unless you are pulled by blitzcrank or forced by the privileged player.
  • You can use non damage abilities on fellow teammates who have crossed the line
  • You can use damaging abilities on enemies
  • You can exit the designated area if you are going back to base and you can recall
  • If you have been pulled by blitzcrank or prividged player and you are in the enemy area, you can use damaging abilities against enemy players.
  • If you are in the center section of the map, try not to hide in a place where the enemy blitzcrank cannot pull you.
  • Storm buff is allowed
  • You cannot place traps over the line and into your enemy’s zone.

Non-privileged players Rules:
  • You cannot cross the line into the enemy area, unless you are pulled by blitzcrank or forced by the privileged player.
  • You cannot use a damaging ability/auto attacks on an enemy that is across the line.
  • You can use non damaging abilities on fellow teammates who have crossed the line
  • You can use damaging abilities/auto attacks on enemy who crosses the line and moves into your area, whether they are pulled or not.
  • You cannot use damaging abilities/auto attacks on enemy champions if a teammate crosses the line
  • You cannot leave the middle section of the map once you enter it or recall
  •  If you are in the center section of the map, try not to hide in a place where the enemy Blitzcrank cannot pull you.
  • If you have been pulled by Blitzcrank or prividged player and you are in the enemy area, you can use damaging abilities against enemy players
  • Storm buff is allowed
  • You cannot place traps over the line and into your enemy’s zone.

Kill The Teemo Ruleset



Custom Game Mode: Kill the Teemo

Map: Dominion

Game type: Blind.

Number of players: 6-10

Summary: This mode is a slight variant on catch the teemo. This mode involves 2 teams trying to defend their teemo and trying to kill the other teemo. You can only score by killing the opponent teemo. This game mode takes place in the middle forest area of the dominion map, which is between the circle lanes. You cannot exit the forest area or recall. Players are allowed to fight kill each other. Teemo cannot go invisible.

Winning conditions: Whatever team kills the opponent teemo 10 times wins. The amount of teemo kills can be changed for a longer or shorter match

Champions banned: Zilean, Kayle, Nocturne, Twisted Fate, Warwick, Nidalee and Shaco cause they are annoying as shit

Summoned Spells Banned: Revive

Items Banned: Guardian Angel

Rules:
  • You can enter the center portion of the map at any entrance, but once you enter you cannot exit the area or recall.
  • Each team is allowed to have one CV
  • You cannot camp the entrances from base to jungle
  • You can use the Healing Shrines
  • Storm Buff is allowed
  • You cannot capture any capture points
  • Players can attack any opposing player.