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Psyonic_Reaver
United States4337 Posts
On August 08 2011 02:53 NeoIllusions wrote: lol Psy, while that might be common sense, I dunno if Riot would ever openly say that. They openly said that at the meeting I was in! They have even bought I think 3 months worth of PCGamer covers to ensure DOTA2 doesn't get one AND they have the centerfolds. Its a pretty big fuck you to Valve. | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
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beef42
Denmark1037 Posts
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JBright
Vancouver14381 Posts
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DanielZKlein
United States1171 Posts
On August 09 2011 06:59 BouBou.865 wrote: @Klein does this explain the huge hiring spree Riot had a month ago? We've been working on this for way longer, so not really, no. And it's not so much spikes as a steady ramp up. I've been with Riot for a year and four months not, and I cannot remember a time when we didn't hire for a lot of positions. Currently our list of job openings is the biggest it's ever been--and that was true a month ago and two months ago and half a year ago. We've steadily ramped up hiring. The way Riot got started was like this: let's get an awesome game to market RIGHT NOW. We were a super-lean company back then. When I started at Riot, there were three dudes in customer support (Skribbelz, Loote and the legendary Jesse Perring, who was an intern back then)--now we've got 20 people in EUROPE ALONE. But basically it's very simple math: we're super successful and we have a ton of things we want to make. Ton of things requires ton of dudes; hence us hiring a ton of dudes. (I don't think that anyone on the core team of Dominion is a very recent hire, but a LOT of the areas that expanded massively contributed to Dominion. Basically there's no department at Riot that didn't at least double in size once or twice in the last year.) The result for you guys should be that we're improving our quality in ALL areas--from the quality of our art to the design of our heroes to the stability and features of our platform to things that you may hardly notice, like the quality of our videos. I mean, compare the Art & Sound Dominion behind the scenes video we posted today: to our lame xmas video from last year: (where you can see me throwing sausages at a door) Basically we made a lot of money by making an awesome product and decided to invest that money into making more awesome. This has been a successful approach so far  | ||
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WArped
United Kingdom4845 Posts
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Esel
Germany151 Posts
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1oo
Portugal876 Posts
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jaybrundage
United States3921 Posts
"You never fist pump me" No Questions here just a thank you. Oh and you and Riot are doing a great job keep up the great work. | ||
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Stealthpenguin
Finland393 Posts
gameplay footage | ||
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jtype
England2167 Posts
 Just shroom up all the paths to the middle areas. | ||
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ShoreT
United States489 Posts
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
On August 13 2011 12:52 DanielZKlein wrote: We've been working on this for way longer, so not really, no. And it's not so much spikes as a steady ramp up. I've been with Riot for a year and four months not, and I cannot remember a time when we didn't hire for a lot of positions. Currently our list of job openings is the biggest it's ever been--and that was true a month ago and two months ago and half a year ago. We've steadily ramped up hiring. The way Riot got started was like this: let's get an awesome game to market RIGHT NOW. We were a super-lean company back then. When I started at Riot, there were three dudes in customer support (Skribbelz, Loote and the legendary Jesse Perring, who was an intern back then)--now we've got 20 people in EUROPE ALONE. But basically it's very simple math: we're super successful and we have a ton of things we want to make. Ton of things requires ton of dudes; hence us hiring a ton of dudes. (I don't think that anyone on the core team of Dominion is a very recent hire, but a LOT of the areas that expanded massively contributed to Dominion. Basically there's no department at Riot that didn't at least double in size once or twice in the last year.) The result for you guys should be that we're improving our quality in ALL areas--from the quality of our art to the design of our heroes to the stability and features of our platform to things that you may hardly notice, like the quality of our videos. I mean, compare the Art & Sound Dominion behind the scenes video we posted today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT1WNjngs-s to our lame xmas video from last year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FcI-VHW3D8 (where you can see me throwing sausages at a door) Basically we made a lot of money by making an awesome product and decided to invest that money into making more awesome. This has been a successful approach so far Sorry for being such a noob but why was Jesse Perring so legendary? | ||
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Woony
Germany6657 Posts
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Novalisk
Israel1818 Posts
On August 19 2011 01:38 Woony wrote: Anyone else thinking this mode might overtake SR both in casual and competitive play? (assuming its somewhat balanceable) I mean for Riot its just the best thing they couldve done to combat Dota2, it attracts casual players even more (the big advantage Riot has over Dota2) and it's even more different than Dota2, meaning people will probably still play LoL, even if they buy Dota2. If it's better than SR, then I hope it does overtake it. Really can't say anything before I play it. | ||
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NEXUS6
United States413 Posts
On August 05 2011 02:19 AtlaS wrote: I was afraid this was going to happen again. I'm getting sick and tired of all of these announcements. Don't get me wrong, Dominion sounds like a great idea, but in the end it's just another announcement. They announce these great ideas but then months go by and nothing happens. Spectator mode, shiny graphics patch, magma chamber, replays? All of these announcements were great but we still don't have them. It's incredibly frustrating to play a game where relatively simple things take nearly a year to develop. Riot, you've got a great game and a big fan base. But these announcements are starting to feel like slaps to the face. You've gotta start closing announcements before you open up new ones. Don't keep teasing us like this. | ||
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Ramong
Denmark1706 Posts
Can't wait to try it out! | ||
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Goshawk.
United Kingdom5338 Posts
On August 19 2011 01:38 Woony wrote: Anyone else thinking this mode might overtake SR both in casual and competitive play? (assuming its somewhat balanceable) I mean for Riot its just the best thing they couldve done to combat Dota2, it attracts casual players even more (the big advantage Riot has over Dota2) and it's even more different than Dota2, meaning people will probably still play LoL, even if they buy Dota2. I really really doubt it, probably everyone will play it on release then go back to SR. | ||
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Ramong
Denmark1706 Posts
It does seem like a fun alternative to the old map/mode if you and your friends are bored | ||
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ak1knight
United States313 Posts
On August 20 2011 06:24 Goshawk. wrote: I really really doubt it, probably everyone will play it on release then go back to SR. Personally I think if they can balance it well and the skill cap is high Dominion could become a very viable competitive format. From a spectator point of view it's much more exciting imo. | ||
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