tried reporting this bug via the report bug icon in client but it's literally not letting me 😭
- have dream maker with no empty slots before it
- sell, buy celestial opposition, undo x2
- place 1+ ward, die, place all wards
wards dont get refreshed until you full rebuy (-240g)
there's no team aspect. no static roster, name, logo, unified rank, ranked ladder
you just queue with whoever whenever
is this not literally just flex 5s with tournament style draft
First night of Ranked fives is in the books - what do y’all think?
What should we keep, what should we get rid of, what needs adding? How would you fix the problems you’re seeing?
We've finally done it. We figured out a way to go back to the good ol' days. But can @RiotPabro get @RiotMeddler on board?
Tune in to MSI Finals on July 11 at 11pm PDT to find out.
Back to Work - Combines Open
A few days ago, we fell in the Promote Tournament finals in NACL. It stung, but it only sharpened what we’re chasing. We’ve got one objective now: go back, and send the ones who deserve it.
We’re opening combines for prospects / NACL aspirants for ACL Summer / ACL Fall → OQ early 2027. Why the long timeline? One-time projects and rosters that only last a month and a half aren’t viable. We want to work long-term with a roster that’s prepared well in advance to lock in its spot in the NACL.
Combines are open, but moving fast over the next 72h, profiles will already be contacted and analyzed for the earliest possible start. If you want in, now’s the time.
We’re also looking for aspiring coaches who want to step into the Head Coach role, and this is the time to prove you’ve got it. The goal is to build a clear structure and environment for the players, where everyone knows their role and can develop.
This is the run. Prove you belong.
I've decided to decline my NACL offers and take this split off.
Crazy to think I've never missed a competitive split since 2018. I think taking a break and enjoying life doesn't seem so bad.
Best of luck to those still on the grind, I'll be watching.
I'll be back. 🦝✌️
@malconer_@drewlevin I saw that you already logged the bug, but I'd also like to mention it would be really nice if someone could go through and add calculators to H&S power so we can actually tell how much it's doing. You can't even heal dummies in practice tool so it makes it hard.
Congrats to Cupid eSports, all the best to them in the NACL. This isn't against them.
But there's a big question mark around this situation. The Promotion Tournament just wrapped, six teams played it on the Rift for these spots, and now we learn a slot is changing hands to a team that didn't take part, with no communication beforehand.
In 2025, when Near Airport left the league, the freed slot went to the third place team of the Promotion Tournament, Jolly Rogers, a team that earned it in competition. That precedent is what makes this current situation hard to understand.
Honestly, at a certain point, it makes you wonder why invest in the long term at all. At this rate, you might as well skip the month and a half of Open Qualifier and Promotion Tournament and just wait for a team to drop out to pick up a spot. Working for months with players, coaching and encouraging them from the start to the end of their journey, only to find out news like this overnight at the end of a tournament, it leaves those players in complete disappointment and confusion. And it sends a strange message to every org and every player who puts real time and heart into the path to pro.
Maybe there's context we don't know about, that's possible. But out of respect for the players who fought to the very end, we at least deserve an explanation, and ideally to be kept in the loop before decisions like this drop.