RIOT GAMES LEAGUE OF LEGENDS

C: Hello! Today we are going to talk to you about Riot Games and about their first and only game,
League of Legends.
C: My name is Catalin Ionescu and along with my colleagues, Ovidiu Dobre and Stefan Oancea, I
will present to you the game developed by Riot Games. But first let me talk to you about Riot
Games. Riot Games is an American video game publisher that was established in 2006. Their main
office is based in Santa Monica, California. It was founded as an independent game studio by
Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill in Los Angeles. The company announced its first game, League of
Legends: Clash of Fates, in October 2008, and released the game in October of 2009 as simply
League of Legends. Their game uses a free-to-play model, supported by micro-transactions rather
than ads or boxed copy sales.
C: League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and
published for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS and it is inspired by the mod Defense of the
Ancients for the video game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. The game was first announced on
October 7, 2008, and released on October 27, 2009. League of Legends was generally well received
at release, and has grown in popularity in the years since. According to a
2012 Forbes article, League of Legends was the most played PC game in North
America and Europe in terms of the number of hours played. As of January 2014, over 67 million
people play League of Legends per month, 27 million per day, and over 7.5 million concurrently
during peak hours.
C: Now that you know some information about the game I will let my colleague talk to you about
the gameplay.
O: League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena where players control a "champion" in
order to be matched in a short Player-vs-Player battle or bot game. As of February 27, 2014, there
are 118 different Champions from which to choose. Players gain levels from killing the opposing
team's Champions, controlled by other players or bots, and minions that regularly spawn and
attack the other team's turrets, minions, and champions. In the classic game mode, the map is
typically divided into "lanes", which are paths that spawned minions take, the "jungle", an area
between lanes where neutral monsters spawn, and "bases", where players spawn and can
purchase items. The primary map, Summoner's Rift, features three lanes, commonly referred to as
top lane, where bruisers and tank type champions tend to go. Mid lane, where assassins and burst
damage carries tend to go, and bot lane, where the ranged damage per second carries and their
supports tend to go.
O: The player is personified as a "Summoner" and acts as the persistent element in the game, to
be used to track statistics and scores for each player. Summoners gain experience points and
"Influence Points" for each battle they participate in. Experience points lead to persistent level
gains for the Summoner, up to a maximum level of 30. The benefit of gaining levels is unlocking
Mastery Points and Rune Page slots which improve the overall strength of the Summoner's chosen
champion in-game. The Summoner can also choose two summoner spells. These spells
significantly impact gameplay, and have a high cooldown while costing no mana. All spells can be
improved by masteries, which are developed in a skill tree.
O: The League of Legends Store allows players to purchase additional options through Riot Points
and Influence Points. Riot Points must be bought using real money, while Influence Points are
earned by playing the game. You know about the gameplay so now I will let my colleague tell you
more about the game modes and matchmaking.
S: League of Legends is a session-based game. Matchmaking creates teams with even average
Matchmaking Rating of the constituent players. Matchmaking Rating uses a special formula with
proprietary adjustments.
S: Tutorial mode is a set of two introductory sessions that teach the basics of the game. It is
intended to help new players learn concepts such as the controls and the game's HUD. Custom
mode allows players to create games that players manually join rather than relying on the game's
matchmaking system to create the teams. In custom matches, the teams can be uneven and may
include a mix of players and bots, which are computer-controlled champions. Classic mode is a
normal or ranked match played either 5v5 on Summoner's Rift - a three-lane map with each
team's side having three lane turrets and an inhibitor per lane, as well as two base turrets and a
nexus - or 3v3 on Twisted Treeline - a two-lane map with each team's side having two lane turrets
and an inhibitor per lane, as well as one base turret and a nexus. The map also has three altars,
two of which add bonuses to the players, and the third heals the players, these altars are
surrounded by a jungle. A team wins by destroying the enemy team's nexus, which can only be
attacked if all lane turrets and the inhibitor in at least one lane and all base turrets are destroyed.
S: Dominion mode is a normal match played 5v5 on Crystal Scar - a map with a single circular lane
that has five neutral turrets arranged in a star pattern. A team wins by reducing the life total of
the enemy team's nexus, which only occurs if the opposing team controls at least three of the five
neutral turrets, until it is zero.
S: But there are also big tournaments in the League of Legends world, at the moment there are on-
going tournaments like the European LCS Spring Season or the SK Telecom League of Legends
Masters. These events are huge and the teams can win large sums of money.
C: Well, that completes our presentation, I hope you liked it and thank you for your attention.