Riot Mort
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Opinions are mine alone. Currently a Game Design Director at Riot Games & Lead Designer of Teamfight Tactics.
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Can you believe this is Year 5 of posting these as my pinned message? Sheeesh.
Anyway, here are the 2024 Patch Dates. How do we top 2023? Let's find out together!
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ARCANE SPOILER - YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.
DON'T LOOK IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED
My wife sent me this meme and its the funniest one I've seen yet. A+ dark humor, right up my alley.
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87.5% of TFT players will not win their game.
If you are angry with a 2nd-4th, you need to change your perspective or you'll never have a healthy relationship with the game.
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Our next set will debut an all new unit for TFT---Bel'Veth. Many are asking why her? The answer, simply put, is that she isn't Rammus.
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Shout out to the team for putting together this sick new feature coming to 10.16:
You'll be able to right click any item component and see what it can build into. It even highlights what you can make based on what items you have ready to go!
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Today i saw a Reddit comment that said I was the reason TFT was a shit game.
That comment had a -232 score.
Today was a good day. Now I sleep.
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(1/3) In 13.3, we're making a big change to Hero Augments, and you'll get 4 rerolls. We're making this change because we've heard how, for a lot of you, you only have so much time to play TFT, and getting to play something you enjoy is important for having fun with the game.
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I hit challenger to prove I could do it. During the push, it made me worse at my job and almost burned me out.
So I wrote an article on how expecting devs to be high ranked at their games is not conducive to getting the best game to play. Read my full thoughts in this article.
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Or at least I was going to...but I woke up to this??? What the heck???? Hoping this is a bug or something, but what in the????
Hooray more stress...
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Part of being a good designer is understanding your audience.
In this case, I knew EXACTLY who my audience was and delivered.
Mortdog asked to join our discord call so he could tell us this...
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Spoilers on some special Lagoon drops
1500 stacks = 3x Radiant Items
2000 stacks = 1000 gold
2500 stacks = Rammus
3000 stacks = Mort's Cell number
3500 stacks = A spatula. Like a plastic one
4000 stacks = Bonus 100 LP
5000 stacks = Chibi Rammus
9999 stacks = Riot MMO account
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Player and Dev relationships are in a weird spot in the industry right now. There's a lot of animosity on both sides sometimes, and the culture of the internet doesn't really help.
That being said, there was a good exchange between
@kevinparkertft
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Patch 12.12 Preview
-Every Olaf will come with an Assassin Emblem attached.
-Draven's Axe will give you Radiant Items each cash out.
-Tempest Stun Duration: 1sec >>> 10sec
-Fixed a bug where Idas could take damage
-3-star 1 costs now do 50% more damage and take 50% less damage.
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Youtube channel issues are resolved! Woo hoo!
Thank you to everyone who reached out to help. Thankfully got it fixed, and was just bad timing with the 4th of July holiday or it might have been fixed faster. Hopefully won't be an issue again in the future :)
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(1/8) Now that Runeterra Reforged is shipped and patches are mostly put together, I want to talk about something I tried to ignore the last few weeks in order to focus on shipping. Something that put pushed me harder than it has in a long time. How we treat game devs.
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OK EVERYBODY I GET TO TALK ABOUT THIS SOON...
WE ARE OFFICIALLY ADDING PAY TO WIN TO TFT.
MORE INFO SOON. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
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TFT - Since people have pieced it together, let's confirm it. Coming with Set 2 is a bigger board! 4 rows for each player, which should open up a ton of new positioning options.
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To all those asking...yes Crab Rave is intended to be that hard and no we won't be nerfing it. Ever.
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TFT - Welcome to Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies!
The first of the info, with more to come!
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First there was Lux, the Avatar. Then there was Teemo, the Cruel. Now there are the Seven Dragons!
Are you excited to play with TFT's latest unique champions?
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The "35-year old mom test" and what it means when playtesting your game.
Everyone knows you should playtest your games to get feedback and iterate on them. That much is obvious. What isn't as widely known it seems, is who you should be playtesting with and why. Enter the "35…
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Was digging through old photos when I found this pic with two GODS of Game Design. Good times.
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Top players right now have played 200-270 games since Runeterra Reforged went live. The set has been live for just over 10 days, so players are averaging 20-25 games a day or more.
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I found my wife using character ai, and talking to…Riot Mortdog.
I have no words…
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Another year not being part of the mainstream game industry...
Oh well. TFT rocks, that's all that matters :) I do it for the players, not for this crap.
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For the next set we're thinking of bring back Phantom but expanding on it.
(2) - Set a random enemy to 10 HP
(4) - Set a champ of your choice to 10 HP
(6) - Set the enemy little legend to 10 HP
(8) - Set the enemy to Iron IV 10 LP
Thoughts?
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Imagine you open a restaurant. Your food is great. So many people enjoy eating there! Amazing stuff!
Now imagine there’s a guy who eats there every meal, every day. But for some reason all he does is tell everyone else how bad the food is.
Wouldn’t that be lame?
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Representation in gaming.
This is a complex topic that a lot of people have very strong feelings about. I'm not naive enough to think I am going to change anyone's mind about the topic with a post or anything, but I did want to share my experience with my daughter.
Both my wife…
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I'm so happy to share that I've been promoted from Principal Game Designer to Game Design Director.
Leaving Nintendo as a Game Director was a tough call, and it was my goal to get back to that level, so I'm glad I could do it.
TFT role doesn't change, so I'll still be here :)
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Patch 14.1 is locked! The patch rundown will be on Sunday, the full patch notes on Tuesday, and then the patch goes live on Jan 10! Will be nice to get back to patching the game!
I wanted to take a second to talk about three system changes you'll be seeing next patch.
First,…
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I’m going to bed…I’m clearly disappointed in this automated response, but I’ve had humans reach out now. Really bad timing with the holiday.
I also get how hard something so massive must be to run, so no ill will. Will be interested in learning the cause though. Thanks all.
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With Gizmos & Gadgets being our best set yet, I wanted to prove once and for all I could hit Challenger, so I pushed myself hard this last month. I have some thoughts on the experience, but may save those for a Dev article. Until then though..
LET'S GOOOO!
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So this just happened. Charity stream honored! Going to reveal it at Vegas.
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SURPRISE!!! ITS HAPPENING!!!
Spectator is coming to TFT! 💥 It will debut on PBE on Dec 6th, allowing you to spectate TFT games of friends on the PC client. We expect the feature to go to live with patch 14.1.
TFT community competitions, your time to shine is almost here! 😍
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With everything going on, posting various TFT/Dev posts each day doesn't feel appropriate. I'm going to take a step back for the rest of the week and let everything breathe a bit. I'll resume things on Monday.
Until then, my heart goes out to everyone affected.
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Foreman: The patient doesn't have brain damage. They're only 16 and show no symptoms.
Patient: The current TFT meta is the worst meta of all time.
House:
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TFT - Here's all the cheat sheets you can use for now. Take it all in, there's a LOT different this time :)
Can't wait to see how you all enjoy it!
Teamfight Tactics Set 2 - Rise of the Elements
What does your board look like? 🤔🤔🤔
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The OFFICIAL TFT Streamer tier list. You can't debate this one, sorry.
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I'm reading a lot of the feedback around some of the music tracks, and obviously I can't personally do anything about any of it. I'm not a musician lol.
But then I started picturing our music team trying to prep music patch notes and that made me laugh.
"The B-Flat is now a…
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I've mentioned before that I read every message, DM, post, etc. Sometimes they are very kind and heartwarming which is always awesome. But today's is a new kind of smile.
A player named their new puppy Mort! So there is officially a Mortdog out there. Isn't he cute?
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Just a friendly reminder for no particular reason
Taking advantage of any exploits in TFT can and most likely will result in your account being banned.
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I won't lie...my nervous levels are through the roof right now. I'm going to go to bed and wake up to one of three realities:
1.) I wake up, players are having a great time, balance is good, it's amazing, and life is great! The dream!
2.) I wake up, and there's a few "out of…
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If you list all the 4-cost champions in alphabetical order...Jhin is 4th on the list ;)
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Good morning everybody, and happy Monday! The start of a new month, which means more fun stuff for TFT!
I wanted to start the month off by giving a preview of the upcoming artifacts that are being worked on. Our goal right now is that these will release in Patch 14.9 (May 1st),…
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Me: "Hey challengers, how ya liking this trait so far"
Them: "Oh, that music isn't my favorite. I prefer this other trait music better"
...honestly...this is probably a huge win
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After nerfing Sion by shifting his identity to a tank, the complaints stopped coming and moved to different champs.
So 11.24...we're shifting Katarina's identity to tank. Lux...also AP tank. Jhin? Tank. Yone? Tank. Jinx will be a 5 cost tank.
This plan has no flaws!
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Even though Dragonlands has launched, the work is never done. The team is working hard to improve the game even more, which is one of the joys of a live service game.
For example, the Guild tooltip in 12.12 will show you your current levels!
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Coming in Patch 13.7 - New Trait!
We don't usually add traits like this, but it felt like the right time to get this in the game to really help the meta as we head to the championship. I think this opens up a lot of new possibilities. I hope it's not too OP though...
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(1/2) Raising a son with autism has a lot of challenges, but one of the most unique ones is birthdays/Christmas. Because he has his patterns and routines, getting him to want anything new is impossible. I offer to buy him a new switch game, he says “nope I have 3 that’s enough”.
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This is going to be a long post...not really directly about TFT, but about leadership and how we should approach mistakes and failures. If you're looking for a solid promise about the future of TFT, this isn't that post. But if you're interested in my thought process, let's go.
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(8/8) I guess I'll close with this. Treat game devs with kindness. Especially those willing to be honest with you. If you don't like their game or message, go play something else. There's so many great games! All your anger will do is cause there to be less of them. Thanks all <3
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Holy shit both teams drafted so many 5 costs! They came to win it!!
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Thanks to everyone who was kind to my daughter as she tried her first stream for her birthday. She loved how friendly everyone was. And as promised we let her do pulls off stream and she got Venti.
Normal TFT streams resume tomorrow
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GIVEAWAY!
Today was a busy day, during which I hit 50k followers :O. So to celebrate TFT Mobile and Galaxies, let's give away 1300 RP to 7 lucky players.
Simply reply with a pic of you playing a mobile game (end of game screen is fine) and you're entered!
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When is ARURF+ coming?
Jan 28
What about Lunar Revel event?
Jan 28
When do we get details about it?
Jan 28
But what about...?
Jan 28
Jan 28?
Jan 28
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We’re changing TFT so only 1st gets LP. Other seven need to suck it up. We’re not raising a player base of squibs.
(Bluey is such a good show)
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Good Morning! Time to get back to work and...wait what the heck is this?!
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I did it. I wanted to prove to everyone how seriously I take my job and much I want TFT to be an awesome game, so I did it. It took a lot of time and energy on non-work time, but I couldn't be happier.
Thank you everyone who plays TFT. We can't wait to show you what's next.
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Well it finally happened. After more than 2 years of avoiding it, I got Covid. 102.9 fever, I’ve slept like 36 hours in the last 48. This sucks. I wanna work on TFT not writhe in bed with chills 😭
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2021 Mort was tired of Mortdogging you every game and listening to all the complaints.
2022 Mort is ready to Mortdog your games in all new different ways this year and listen to all the new complaints! You ready?
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Today marks 5 years at Riot.
When I left Nintendo, my goal was to do as much as I could in 5 years, and prove I wasn't just a puzzle game designer. I think I hit that goal. Here's some of the stuff I'm most proud of. Thanks to everyone I worked with who made it possible!
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Runeterra Reforged is pretty fun and doing very well. I can’t talk player numbers, but seeing Twitch viewership where it is more than a month in is pretty cool. TFT is a pretty cool game!
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Sometimes I'm a meme in ways I have no idea. Apparently this one is popular in CN and roughly says:
"If If you don’t like the game design or operation, then I hope you quit TFT."
When I was shown this today my reaction was "That sounds like something I'd say" lol...
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(1/2) Hey folks. It's clear that we missed the mark on balance on Horizonbound's launch, and the live team is working on a micropatch to ship as soon as possible, which is looking to be tomorrow afternoon (PT). You can expect it to hit the over dominating champs, traits, and more
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We are aware of an exploit right now on ladder. It will be fixed in the B patch next week.
Any accounts abusing the exploit will be permanently banned. You’ve been warned.
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Every time I read a Reddit post where the Odyssey game mode comes up, I’m filled with joy at how much people loved it, then sadness that no one will (likely) ever get to play it again. Still so proud of that one and happy it made so many good memories for folks.
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Call a dev "Lazy" or saying they put "no effort" into something is the quickest way to burn bridges...
There's is no world where it's acceptable to call devs "lazy". You can disagree with their decisions, you can not enjoy their work or game. But I've never met a lazy dev.
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TFT has had it's share of rough patches. When a rough patch occurs, there are usually two immediate questions from players and devs. "How did this happen?" and "What are we doing about it?"
How did this happen is honestly a tough one to be transparent about externally. In the…
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