My time at Riot and on TFT as a Game Designer has come to an end. Just under 10 years, and to be honest I thought it was going to be longer, but sometimes things change.
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I’m so grateful for what I was able to be a small part of, and able to accomplish in the last decade. It’s been a dream career, and I have got to do so much thanks to Riot. Even trying to list it all feels insane what I managed to do in this time. And the crazy 7 years on TFT where I got to design, balance, teach, lead, and more for my job, but then also build a community, stream, cast, go to events…it’s just been amazing. Ending on stuff like the Unlock system and a couple other things…I’m heading out proud.
To everyone I worked with over the years, thank you for letting me be a part of everything we accomplished. I hope I managed to teach you something or bring you joy in some way. I genuinely hope our paths cross again in the future.
To everyone who supported TFT or me over the years, you have no idea what it means to me. I cherish all the moments over the years, and they’ll keep me going. I am so blessed to have been a part of your lives and thank you for letting me bring some fun into your world.
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So…what’s next for me? I’m trying to figure that out.
First off, since I was on sabbatical and am terrible at relaxing/not working, I have been making my own small indie game. I’m about 2 months into development and have already had folks playtesting some early builds. I’d say the game is like 20-30% done, but my goal is to release it as a full game. It’s been fun keeping my skills sharp in a different space, and I hope to share it with you all someday.
Beyond that, I’m keeping my eyes open for other opportunities. I’ve had a few conversations here and there already during my Sabbatical. It’s a brutal industry right now, so I’m taking one day at a time and figuring out what’s next for me, whether it’s working on another studio’s game or even my own thing.
And I’d love to find a space to do some content creation and be able to share my knowledge of game development. But that may take some time to figure out how to do it right.
-------------------------------------------------------Again, thank you for everything these last 10 years. It’s a big change and I’m nervous but hoping it all works out. Until next time, take it easy!
-Mort
So you’re telling me there was a random X account
December 21, 2023
- account gets created
- handle: HenryMa79561893
only tweet ever
“Cole Allen”
profile details
- Pepe avatar
- wearing a suit
- holding a glass of wine
very specific aesthetic
banner “TIME MACHINE”
linked visual tied to timemachineeu
- EU-funded project
- focused on 3D cultural digitization
nothing to do with time travel but looks cryptic enough
account goes silent, completely abandoned
fast forward
April 25, 2026
- White House Correspondents’ Dinner
- Washington Hilton
incident
- armed suspect breaches event
- opens fire inside high-security venue
identity revealed
- Cole Thomas Allen
- 31 years old
- from Torrance, California
same exact name
tweet resurfaces immediately
timing
tweet made years before attack
- still visible
more details start connecting
Cole Allen profile
- Caltech graduate
- mechanical engineering
- master’s in computer science (2025)
- NASA JPL intern (2014)
- worked on planetary modeling
same year
- NASA publishes technical paper
“Testing Orion’s Fairing Separation”
lead author
- Henry Martinez
- Lockheed Martin engineer
now the overlap
- X account name: HenryMa…
- NASA author: Henry Martinez
- Allen: NASA intern same year
and that one line still sitting there
posted years before everything
“Cole Allen”
@Mortdog Imagine people crying about unlock system being too hard, they want to go back to force 2-3 comps like every patch with normal amount of champions? 😮💨
@SatanSerduszk0 kurwa mac norbert gierczak to jebana legenda tak szczerze
patrzac na te hujnie ktora sie odbywa w dzisiejszym internecie to disu to byl gosc chociaz honorowy i swojski
YBY1 Pefect Synergy Ryze Transitions
Cures Trait OCD
Core start: Jhin+Trist+J4+Xin into Poppy+Kennen.
3-7 PvE set board for Nunu.
Stage 4 play pic(A) board for Ryze.
Play pic(B) board minus Taric on 8, add him on 9.
It got smashed by Aatrox.
But it was poetry. Vod⬇️#S16Notes
Chińscy naukowcy opracowali najlepszy od 41 lat algorytm wyznaczania najkrótszej ścieżki w grafie! Zespół z Tsinghua University przełamał barierę sortowania Dijkstry. To pierwsza poprawa od 1984 r. Nowy algorytm działa w czasie O(m*log2/3n). Co to może dać? Szybsze GPS, routing internetowy i planowanie tras w logistyce. W praktyce oznacza to krótsze czekanie na wyznaczenie drogi, mniej korków, tańsze dostawy i sprawniejsze działanie sieci komputerowych. No i konieczność aktualizacji programu studiów informatyki :) https://t.co/qWyNyF8gir