I am not a particularly skilled League Player. I am not even remotely a bad ***. I am adequate at best and play mostly ARAM.

Thus there was no point in having any kind of 'cool' or 'tough' sounding summoner name.

So ya

I have 3 pet toads and this name made me smile. Read More

I am considering changing my summoner name. When I chose Atropa72 it was out of habit than a real enthusiasm for the name.

Atropa being a version of Atropos the third aspect of the Greek Fates. The one known as the crone and associated with cutting the thread of life. All well and good but kind of gloomy.

I think perhaps I would like to venture away from that association, only now I can't decide on what to change too.


Not that it really matters, just sort of 'thinking out loud' via cyber space. Read More

I think the idea of it is neat. To find out how one measures up on the Fields of Justice. However, I just don't know if that kind of play will ever be for me. I already get anxious enough just playing normal blind pick Summoners Rift.

I'm pretty sure I'd Rank somewhere in the dregs of Bronze anyway. grin

I do understand the appeal though. Read More

So I hit summoner level 30 today. Of course I feel like I should be a better player than I am having hit 30. But I am being patient with myself. After All its sort of amazing I managed to keep playing at all. Read More

So I had my shiny Hecarim out of the bot practice box for a couple games of SR. Had my friend running with me and it was fun. I started out first game going top as I was not feeling at all confident in my jungle skills. In spite of some really good practice in an earlier bot and custom setting.

I did not have an item set up for top on hand (had to wing it). I still ended up eating Volibear for lunch until I was a very well fed Rainbow Horned Shadow of War. I went 7-0-1... Read More