Why I Chose This Topic

Hello and welcome to my blog! My topic is unfortunately not made very clear through the title of this blog. The term “LoL” refers to the game called League of Legends. ZoldierX is my in game name (IGN). Playing “league” is definitely my favorite past time. I have quite a few friends who play league along with me.  That always makes it a good time. I have a friend who was a foreign exchange student from Korea. Over the summer he and I were able to talk and play together. I was only able to play with him in the early mornings because the time there is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Time. Not only do I play with my friends, I also have the opportunity to play with my cousin. Ever since I was little I haven’t been able to hang out or talk to my other family members much. So it’s nice being able to play with him and see how he’s doing.

When it comes to league there are a plethora of sub-topics to talk about. The game in itself is quite a diverse topic. There are champions, skins, maps, a champion’s lore (story), ranking, patches, and builds. Not to mention how the game is played professionally world-wide. The third world championship is even taking place right now in Los Angeles, California! Did I mention that the game is STILL growing? Well it is! You can go check it out yourself on YouTube at any time. there are also people streaming games of League of Legends constantly. I will leave the link to such streams later on in this blog post. A stream is basically a live broadcast of what a person is doing on their computer.  

I suppose that most of you reading this have never heard of League of Legends. Since that’s the case I might as well explain what it is as best I can. League of Legends is a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) Developed by Riot Games. There are 5 players per team (3 players on the map called Twisted Treeline). Each player chooses a champion to play as. There are currently one hundred and fifteen champions to play as. The objective is to destroy the other team’s nexus. To do that, each team must fight and kill minions, jungle monsters or champions of the other team to gain gold. Gold is used to buy items. These items in turn make the champion stronger.

If you would like to watch a short cinematic trailer of the game, here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-hXQ1oEn84

If you would like to watch some gameplay to see what it is like to actually play the game, here is the link for that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndf5O6WNvkw the guy who is playing in this game is also really good at explaining how to play the game well.

Here is a link to some League of Legends streams: http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/League%20of%20Legends

I am happy to be able to talk about one of my favorite hobbies. That being said, I will gladly answer any questions or comments you may have.