First off, FML

With the new season 3 changes coming, all of my guides will become obsolete overnight.

GP10 mid: Removal of HoG ruins the entire strategy. I'm planning on archiving my guide.
Karma: She's getting completely reworked, and I'll have to completely rework my guide.
Noob trap guide: Brand new items = brand new guide. I can only say what new items are bad after thorough playtesting, which could take weeks.

FML. Also, I'm planning on making a 'season 3' guide. This will basically talk about every single change that occurs and what it means for each character. I'll probably be talking about each item individually and who's it's good on and who it sucks on. It will probably replace my noob trap guide somewhat.

About season 3 elo climbing, I'm going to wait until next month to play my placement matches. I figure that once everyone's elo settles down, I'll be playing my matches against true 1585 players, a full 400 elo below my level at the end of season 2, so I feel like I'll steamroll my placement matches potentially. I've also been playing a lot of people's placement matches for them to practice and stay on top of my game. I think I'm like 14-2 w/l right now :D

I need to pick up a second monitor and a respectable Mic so I can record some VO for mobaTV, but besides that, not much is goin on. How are your guys' placement matches going?